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Microsoft Power BI

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in
4.4
Market Presence: Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, Data Preparation Tools

Overview

Product Information on Microsoft Power BI

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI is a software designed for business analytics and data visualization. It enables users to aggregate, analyze, and share data through interactive dashboards and reports. The software supports integration with various data sources including databases, cloud services, and spreadsheets, allowing for real-time insights and data-driven decision making. Power BI provides features such as customizable visualizations, data modeling, and automated data refresh. It addresses business challenges related to data accessibility and analysis by offering tools to simplify complex data sets and present information in an understandable format. The software is suitable for organizations seeking to centralize business intelligence tasks within their workflow.

Microsoft Power BI Pricing

Microsoft Power BI software uses a subscription-based pricing model, offering different plans that may be billed monthly or annually. The software provides options for individual users as well as organizations, with prices varying by features such as data capacity, collaboration tools, and integration capabilities. Some versions of the software may also be included as part of broader suite licenses.

Overall experience with Microsoft Power BI

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
10B - 30B USD, Insurance (except health)
FAVORABLE

“Power BI Enhances Collaboration Yet Presents Advanced Feature and Cost Challenges”

4.0
Sep 29, 2025
Microsoft Power BI creates captivating dashboards with interesting visuals and connects to multiple data sources, transforming data with Power Query. Microsoft Power BI integrates with Microsoft365 which makes collaboration more efficient and provides analytical and governance capabilities with low-level security and DAX. Despite the advanced features and certain customization constraints, Power BI is still the best option for businesses seeking continuous, real-time, scalable insights. This is especially the case for businesses working in Microsoft's ecosystem.
VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
<50M USD, Insurance (except health)
CRITICAL

“Lots of potential, but with big gaps in functionality”

2.0
Aug 18, 2025
While there's a lot you can do with Power BI, there's a lot you can't do, as well, and many of the things that you can't do are very important and should be easy to accomplish in the product. It feels like Power BI is a tool that got lots of up front investment by Microsoft and then was just left to flounder without any attention.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 11th August 2023

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Updated 25th March 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
https://microsoft.com

Key Insights

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User Sentiment About Microsoft Power BI
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Microsoft Power BI Likes & Dislikes

Like

Power BI is best known for its ability to allow basically anyone - no matter their skill level - to transform data into meaningful insights with interactive dashboards and reports. Simply the fact that it automatically works with Excel, Azure, and other Microsoft services makes it an ideal match for companies that already value the Microsoft ecosystem, thus taking the work processes to a higher level of efficiency and cross-team collaboration.

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Like

There are lots of visually engaging ways to display the data and to connect various portions of the display together so that related portions of the data are kept in sync.

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Like

1: Esta es su ventaja absoluta. Conecta a Azure SQL Database, Sypnapse, Dataverse o incluso una simple tabla de Excel es SharePoint Online es cuestión de clics 2: A pesar de su curva de aprendizaje intermedia, DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) es un lenguaje increíblemente potente y flexible. 3: La publicación de informes desde el Desktop al Service es sencilla y abre un mundo de posibilidades: dashboards interactivos accesibles desde cualquier navegador o la app móvil, alertas de datos, actualizaciones programadas y, sobre todo, una colaboración excelente.

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Dislike

Microsoft Power BI is really high up on my challenge list mostly because of the complicated and advanced features that go along with its learning curve, for example, DAX and complex data modelling which often become a problem for new users or people who do not have a technical background. Although the interface is user friendly for basic tasks, understanding the more complex functionalities still requires a lot of time and training. In addition, the software might work slower when trying to handle a big data set or a model that is not optimized well for which certain visual customization options. Licensing could also be an issue because of the sharing and collaboration features that require Power BI Pro or Premium may not be economically affordable by smaller teams and organizations.

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Dislike

1.) There is no way to subscribe to a report and have the data sent to you. You can subscribe and get a notification that data is there and get an image of the report but the ability to subscribe in the traditional sense is not there. 2.) Permissions aren't granular enough. For someone to be able to use filters, you have to give them the ability to edit the report. There ought to be a way for someone to use a report and be able to filter the data in it without them being able to also edit (and potentially, corrupt) it. 3.) Workspaces need folders. Data organization is a weakness for Power BI. 4.) Report sprawl is definitely a thing. It's hard to see which reports are related and easy to get lost in copies of copies of copies.

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Dislike

1: El entorno de desarrollo (Desktop) puede volverse muy lento e inestable cuando se trabaja con modelos que superan varios gigabytes o tienen relaciones complejas y mucha tablas. 2: Si bien DAX es una fortaleza, también es una gran barrera de entrada. Para ir más allá de los informes básicos, es necesario entender conceptos de modelado tabular (herencia de DataVertis), contextos de filtro (contexto de fila vs. contexto de filtro) y funciones complejas. 3: La estructura de licencias puede ser confusa y costosa a escala empresarial. La diferencia entre capacidades PRO (por usuario) y Premium (por capacidad o por usuario) es significativa .

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Peer Discussions

What Your Peers Are Saying About Microsoft Power BI

IT Manager
Is anyone using a central AI to report on project status in realtime highlighting dependencies and bottlenecks. Or are you just connecting project management systems (MS Project, Jira, Primavera) to dashboards with Power BI or Tableau?
CIO
Leading indicators are super useful because they give you a heads-up about potential problems instead of just telling you what’s already gone wrong. We are using an AI powered tool ( can't be named here, I guess) that gets you insights that help you notice issues before they escalate. Plus, it really encourages everyone to be transparent about project status so the whole team knows what’s going on from the get-go. This openness motivates everyone to take responsibility and helps build strong teams that tackle problems early on and stay focused on their goals together. Traditional reporting often comes too late to make necessary changes. By being proactive and embracing transparency with some AI support, teams can adapt and improve on their own. The key is to catch issues early and empower teams to make adjustments as needed. AI plays a role in all team decisions, like a performance coach, and also helps out at the management level. It identifies risks and suggests improvements for senior executives. I hope that helps? 🙂
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31 Mar 20252.4k Views2 Comments
Data Scientist
We are looking to modernize our Data & Analytics landscape. We have SAP BW & BusinessObjects(BO)/Analysis for Office(AO) now and  planning to move lake house based technology for DW and Power BI reporting. How was your experience in terms if  1.  Analysis for office(AO) replacement? 2.Overall change Management?
Data Manager
SAP Analysis for Office is not something I would recommend after using it for five years. It is clunky. The Azure storage/ Azure Data Factory/Power BI is perhaps the way to go. You can easily convert your SAP BO SQL to direct query method in PBI. 
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Microsoft Power BI Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 3212 ratings and reviews for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms market. View all 4026 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.4

(3212 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
44%
4 Star
49%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    10B+ USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Power BI Enhances Collaboration Yet Presents Advanced Feature and Cost Challenges

    4.0
    Sep 29, 2025
    Microsoft Power BI creates captivating dashboards with interesting visuals and connects to multiple data sources, transforming data with Power Query. Microsoft Power BI integrates with Microsoft365 which makes collaboration more efficient and provides analytical and governance capabilities with low-level security and DAX. Despite the advanced features and certain customization constraints, Power BI is still the best option for businesses seeking continuous, real-time, scalable insights. This is especially the case for businesses working in Microsoft's ecosystem.
  • Director, It Security And Risk Managemen
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Power BI destaca por su integración fluida pero enfrenta retos de rendimiento

    5.0
    Dec 29, 2025
    Mi experiencia general con Power BI es una opinión positiva, considerándolo el estándar de facto para Business Intelligence en el ecosistema Microsoft y uno de los más completos del mercado. Lo que funciona extraordinariamente bien es su fluidez de integración: desde la conexión a datos en Azure, SQL Server o Excel, pasando por la transformación con Power Query, hasta la publicación y compartición segura en el servicio web, todo se siente como un entorno unificado.
  • PROCUREMENT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    A powerful and intuitive data visualization tool that rewards planning and patience

    5.0
    Dec 23, 2025
    Microsoft Power BI has become one of my go-to tools for transforming raw data into insightful and interactive dashboards. My overall experience was quite smooth and productive. It feels professional user even I am not a business analyst but setting up data connections, cleaning up sources and visualizing complex numbers into something which actually tells a story has been easier than I expected.
  • ITO
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Initiate ONE (beginners) to ALL (data experts), powerbi delivers scalable & intuitive analytics insights. .

    5.0
    Sep 29, 2025
    A+. consistent tools to transform datasets into meaningful insights that drive decision making. Microsoft PBI being a comprehensive Business Intelligence solution, empowering me to both my doctoral labs and professional projects with lots of clarity.
  • VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    <50M USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Lots of potential, but with big gaps in functionality

    2.0
    Aug 18, 2025
    While there's a lot you can do with Power BI, there's a lot you can't do, as well, and many of the things that you can't do are very important and should be easy to accomplish in the product. It feels like Power BI is a tool that got lots of up front investment by Microsoft and then was just left to flounder without any attention.
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