Powerful Tool to Visualize Data
February 24, 2025

Powerful Tool to Visualize Data

Marcos Vinícius Costa de Carvalho | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power BI Pro

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Power BI

Here at[...], we use Microsoft Power BI to address our anlytical visualization needs in regard to our People and Finance teams and we use it as our data orchestrator as well

We user the powerquery to make requests to fetch data directly from our Tools' APIs so that we can centralize it and we make our visualizations upon that

Pros

  • Data Visualization Reports
  • Data Ingestion
  • Visualization as context filtered tooltips
  • Advanced model calculations (DAX)

Cons

  • Data Orchestration
  • Report Update limitations on Microsoft Power BI Service updates due to Privacy settings
  • The new dark mode
  • We reduced turnover
  • We fully automated our reporting activities
  • We now have all data in a single place
  • We now have a single source of truth
Microsoft Power BI has a drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy to create reports and dashboards. You don't need to be a data scientist to use it.

Microsoft Power BI has a lot of features that can help you with your data analysis. For example, it has a built-in data modeling tool that can help you clean and transform your data. It also has a wide range of visualization options so you can create reports that are easy to understand.
Complexity: Microsoft Power BI is more powerful and complex, Looker Studio is simpler and easier to use.
Data: Microsoft Power BI handles complex data modeling and diverse sources, Looker Studio is better for simpler data and Google ecosystem sources.
Analytics: Microsoft Power BI excels in advanced analytics, Looker Studio focuses on basic reporting and visualization.
Cost: Microsoft Power BI is generally more expensive, Looker Studio offers a free tier and is generally more affordable.

Do you think Microsoft Power BI delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Power BI's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Power BI live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Power BI go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Power BI again?

Yes

Microsoft Power BI is by far the best product for data visualizations. It has a built in ETL tool so that you can make the whole ETL proccess within the same software. If you need to ingest data to a model and make a visualization from it, this is totally the product.

Microsoft Power BI Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
9.5
Pixel Perfect reports
9
Customizable dashboards
10
Report Formatting Templates
Not Rated
8.5
Drill-down analysis
10
Formatting capabilities
8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
9
Report sharing and collaboration
7
9.3
Publish to Web
10
Publish to PDF
8
Delivery to Remote Servers
10
9.5
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
9.3
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
7
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Report-Level Access Control
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Not Rated
Not Rated
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated
Not Rated
REST API
Not Rated
Javascript API
Not Rated
Java API
Not Rated
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Not Rated

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