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Amazon SageMaker vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 in Data Science Platforms , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 6.9% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in BIT , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 21.4% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.
Amazon SageMaker
Read 37 Amazon SageMaker reviews
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91% willing to recommend
Microsoft Power BI
Read 321 Microsoft Power BI reviews
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  • 17,369 Comparison Views
93% willing to recommend
 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
Amazon SageMaker offers significant ROI with cost reductions, time savings, and notable financial benefits, especially in fraud detection and targeted ads.
Sentiment score
7.9
Organizations achieved substantial ROI with Microsoft Power BI, finding it cost-effective, user-friendly, and beneficial for small teams.
The return on investment varies by use case and offers significant value in revenue increases and cost saving capabilities, especially in real time fraud detection and targeted advertisements.
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In a world surrounded by data, tools that allow navigation of large data volumes ensure decisions are data-driven.
Power BI is easy to deploy within an hour, providing robust security against data leaks.
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reviewer1363764 - PeerSpot reviewer
MO
Shoury Priyanshu - PeerSpot reviewer
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Amazon SageMaker customer service has mixed reviews, with satisfaction varying based on user experience, support promptness, and service tier.
Sentiment score
6.7
Microsoft Power BI customer service is generally responsive and effective, but many users rely on online resources for solutions.
The technical support from AWS is excellent.
The support is very good with well-trained engineers.
The response time is generally swift, usually within seven to eight hours.
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The significant drawback I notice is that Microsoft's size makes it hard to get specific change requests addressed unless they involve a bug.
We have a partnership with Microsoft, involving multiple weekly calls with dedicated personnel to ensure our satisfaction.
The support is good because there is also a community available.
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Hemant Paralkar - PeerSpot reviewerreviewer1363764 - PeerSpot reviewerSaurabh Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
MO
James Balbach - PeerSpot reviewer
MH
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Amazon SageMaker is highly scalable, handling diverse data needs effectively but may require deployment expertise for optimal efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.0
Microsoft Power BI scales well for diverse organizations, but large datasets and costs may affect performance and scalability potential.
The availability of GPU instances can be a challenge, requiring proper planning.
It works very well with large data sets from one terabyte to fifty terabytes.
Amazon SageMaker is scalable and works well from an infrastructure perspective.
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You expect only a small percentage of users concurrently, but beyond a thousand concurrent users, it becomes difficult to manage.
With increasing AI capabilities, architectural developments within Microsoft, and tools like Fabric, I expect Power BI to scale accordingly.
As more data is processed, performance issues may arise.
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reviewer1363764 - PeerSpot reviewerSaurabh Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewerHemant Paralkar - PeerSpot reviewerShoury Priyanshu - PeerSpot reviewerJames Balbach - PeerSpot reviewerRaymond De Rooij - PeerSpot reviewer
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Amazon SageMaker is stable and reliable, with minor issues mainly due to user configuration errors, not infrastructure problems.
Sentiment score
7.5
Microsoft Power BI is reliable, with occasional issues on large datasets, generally viewed positively compared to similar products.
There are issues, but they are easily detectable and fixable, with smooth error handling.
I rate the stability of Amazon SageMaker between seven and eight.
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In terms of stability, there's no data loss or leakage, and precautions are well-managed by Microsoft.
We typically do not have problems with end-user tools like Excel and Power BI.
It is very stable for small data, but with big data, there are performance challenges.
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Saurabh Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewerHemant Paralkar - PeerSpot reviewerShoury Priyanshu - PeerSpot reviewerJames Balbach - PeerSpot reviewer
MH
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon SageMaker needs UI simplification, better documentation, cost efficiency improvements, enhanced security, scalability, training resources, and performance optimization.
Microsoft Power BI needs improved data integration, user-friendly features, enhanced visualizations, better mobile support, and clearer licensing options.
Having all documentation easily accessible on the front page of SageMaker would be a great improvement.
This would empower citizen data scientists to utilize the tool more effectively since many data scientists do not have a core development background.
Integration of the latest machine learning models like the new Amazon LLM models could enhance its capabilities.
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This makes Power BI difficult to manage as loading times can reach one or two minutes, which is problematic today.
Access was more logical in how it distinguished between data and its formatting.
Microsoft updates Power BI monthly based on user community feedback.
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Syed Muhammad Noman Akhtar - PeerSpot reviewerHemant Paralkar - PeerSpot reviewerreviewer1363764 - PeerSpot reviewerShoury Priyanshu - PeerSpot reviewer
MO
James Balbach - PeerSpot reviewer
 

Setup Cost

Amazon SageMaker is costly, especially for notebook instances, with better visibility needed to optimize pay-as-you-go costs.
Microsoft Power BI provides flexible pricing with a free desktop version and paid options ideal for various enterprise needs.
The cost for small to medium instances is not very high.
For a single user, prices might be high yet could be cheaper for user-managed services compared to AWS-managed services.
The pricing can be up to eight or nine out of ten, making it more expensive than some cloud alternatives yet more economical than on-premises setups.
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I found the setup cost to be expensive
Power BI isn't very cheap, however, it is economical compared to other solutions available.
The pricing for Microsoft Power BI is low, which is a good selling point.
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Syed Muhammad Noman Akhtar - PeerSpot reviewerHemant Paralkar - PeerSpot reviewerreviewer1363764 - PeerSpot reviewer
ST
Shoury Priyanshu - PeerSpot reviewer
MH
 

Valuable Features

Amazon SageMaker provides flexible AI/ML solutions with easy AWS integration, strong deployment features, and comprehensive tools for scalability.
Microsoft Power BI offers robust data visualization, integration, and insights, enhancing decision-making with intuitive interfaces and extensive connectivity.
SageMaker supports building, training, and deploying AI models from scratch, which is crucial for my ML project.
They offer insights into everyone making calls in my organization.
The most valuable features include the ML operations that allow for designing, deploying, testing, and evaluating models.
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In today's data-driven environment, these tools are of substantial value, particularly for large enterprises with numerous processes that require extensive data analysis.
Within the organization, Microsoft Power BI is used to create dashboards and gain insights into data, enhancing data-driven decision-making.
The solution makes it easy for me to develop reports and publish them.
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Syed Muhammad Noman Akhtar - PeerSpot reviewerMaxwell Seefeld - PeerSpot reviewerreviewer1363764 - PeerSpot reviewer
MO
Raymond De Rooij - PeerSpot reviewer
ST
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon SageMaker
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (3rd), AI Development Platforms (5th)
Microsoft Power BI
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
321
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (1st), Reporting (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon SageMaker is designed for Data Science Platforms and holds a mindshare of 6.9%, down 9.7% compared to last year.
Microsoft Power BI, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 21.4% mindshare, down 22.2% since last year.
Data Science Platforms
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Hemant Paralkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Improves team collaboration with advanced feature sharing but needs a better user experience
Improvement is needed in the no-code and low-code capabilities of Amazon SageMaker. This would empower citizen data scientists to utilize the tool more effectively since many data scientists do not have a core development background. Additionally, dealing with frequent UI updates can be challenging, especially for infrastructure architects like myself. It involves effort to migrate to new UIs, making the updates not seamless. User auditing requires enhancements as tracking operations performed by users can be difficult due to dynamic IP validation and role propagation.
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James Balbach - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust system consistently elevates data visualization and seamlessly updates with user-driven advancements
Power BI is a general-use visualization system. I can express the performance of our network through high-level key performance indicators. It allows me to show detailed improvements in quality and safety and patient experience. I create improvement dashboards for task forces and work teams. I have built analytic dashboards that guide analytics, enabling research and dataset manipulation.
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Comparison Review

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Feb 4, 2015
Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho
1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
40%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Amazon SageMaker?
We've had experience with unique ML projects using SageMaker. For example, we're developing a platform similar to ChatGPT that requires models. We utilize Amazon SageMaker to create endpoints for t...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon SageMaker?
Before deploying SageMaker, I reviewed the pricing, especially for notebook instances. The cost for small to medium instances is not very high.
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Also Known As

AWS SageMaker, SageMaker
SSRS, SSAS, MSBI, MS Reporting Services, Microsoft BI Tools, Microsoft Big Data, Power BI Pro, MS BI
 

Overview

Amazon SageMaker is a fully-managed platform that enables developers and data scientists to quickly and easily build, train, and deploy machine learning models at any scale. Amazon SageMaker removes all the barriers that typically slow down developers who want to use machine learning.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Power BI is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. This tool stands out for its ability to merge and analyze data from various sources. Widely adopted across different industries and departments, Power BI is instrumental in creating visually appealing dashboards and generating insightful business intelligence reports. Its intuitive interface, robust visualization capabilities, and seamless integration with other Microsoft applications empower users to easily create interactive reports and gain valuable insights.

Microsoft
 

Sample Customers

DigitalGlobe, Thomson Reuters Center for AI and Cognitive Computing, Hotels.com, GE Healthcare, Tinder, Intuit
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