Board vs Microsoft Power BI vs Mode Enterprise comparison

Board International and Microsoft are both solutions in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category. Board International is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.3, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.8. Board International holds a 0.6% mindshare in BIT, compared to Microsoft’s 20.4% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Board International users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Board

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94% willing to recommend

Microsoft Power BI

Read 326 Microsoft Power BI reviews

24,290 Views
14,817 Comparison Views

93% willing to recommend

Mode Enterprise

Read 4 Mode Enterprise reviews

625 Views
388 Comparison Views

100% 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:

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Board is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power BI is 20.4%, down from 21.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mode Enterprise is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Wiboon Thabsuwan

Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited

Easy to use and requires less time to learn or understand its features

I think the product is good in terms of ease of use. The interface looks really nice and very easy to use. Every command appears in the icon. It looks like you don't have to understand everything about the command. You do not necessarily have to know more, or I would say that there is less time for our study about the products. Functionality-wise, it is quite easy to use and requires less time to understand or learn about the product. I am a software vendor, so I do not use the tool myself. I use it for my clients. My clients mostly use it for budgeting and timing purposes. I would say that's really less maintenance at all because they can do everything by themselves. It is good in terms of ease of use.

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Shoury Priyanshu

Senior Manager, Strategy & Consulting at Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd

Facilitates seamless data aggregation with some outdated visual elements hindering user appeal

Real-time data integration is an area for improvement. Although I've worked on several solutions involving real-time integration, it's not very user-friendly and often lags, especially with over a million data rows. This makes Power BI difficult to manage as loading times can reach one or two minutes, which is problematic today. There are challenges with scalability, requiring multiple pages in dashboards to manage these issues. Visualization could be improved as it appears outdated. Users, especially newcomers, find it unappealing and not user-friendly.

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Yoeri Samwel

Logistical engineer at DSV

Helps to run Python-based scripts but needs enhancement in user experience

The most important feature of the solution is the ability to run Python-based scripts. Mode Analytics needs to improve the overall user experience. I have been working with the solution for two years. I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten. I rate the tool's scalability a seven…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability to do write back and visualization, with minimal IT development orientation."

"The flexibility and the user-experience are the most valuable features of the solution."

"My favourite feature of BOARD is the ability to write back to the OLAP DB, as well as the Rdb, and secure user data allowing databases to be flushed and rebuilt daily."

"I liked the way that I felt as a user and administrator of it. There were a lot of clicks, drops, drags, etc. versus writing code."

"All staff can now see their relevant scorecards online."

"Instead of taking two people a week each month to perform our internal KPI reporting, the same two people can have it done in a day."

"The support from the BOARD team and their consultants is great. Whenever I use technical support, they are good."

"It has definitely saved us time, especially in our budget and planning processes."

More Board pros

"I like the flexibility it offers."

"It is a little easier at buildings charts and graphs than Tableau."

"I like that I can use Power BI to upload data. That is very important for me. The visualization is also convenient and easy to use."

"Users already using Excel can generate new reports and dashboards within minutes."

"We've used Microsoft BI for the general use cases around reporting and dashboarding."

"The way data is presented is very valuable. The amount of information that we can get at a glance is also valuable. You can then drill-down and see data from many different angles in the same chart by selecting certain things. Based on the selection, everything changes automatically. If we have four parameters in a particular item, when you select a parameter, the remaining charts on that page automatically change for that particular parameter."

"The use of graphics to show and view the data indicators is the most valuable feature. It is also very stable."

"The product can go easily go and extract data and it can put it into any format."

More Microsoft Power BI pros

"The tool helps to catch results and review them."

"The solution is simple for people from a viewing perspective, not a coding perspective."

"The most valuable feature I would say is the flexibility in editing."

"The most important feature of the solution is the ability to run Python-based scripts."

Cons

"One of the things that I would like to see is the ability to have a rule directly referenced on the cubes."

"If we could upload other data, e.g., pivot tables which can be done in BOARD already, that we have pre-existing and have that data distribute to more complex spreadsheets, I would like that going forward."

"We would like to see better logging in the procedural world."

"In terms of scalability, I would say that there are some limitations in the solution. It cannot handle data that is too big."

"What could be better is the manual... nowadays, most people use a web client, but on the Board manual website, a lot of the information is only about the Windows client. If they could update that, it would be helpful."

"It can have more functionality for narrative reporting. They should also improve their training courses, which are currently very lightweight. When you get into more complex things, it is quite difficult to figure out what you're supposed to do, and you have to look at a lot of videos before you actually understand, which is a bit frustrating. Their training can be more comprehensive."

"Some of our users are still using an MS Office add-in for Excel for certain calculations, and when they export from Board, some of the values, some of the totals and column names, are not coming through into Excel."

"Board's integration could be a bit more robust, but what we have works. If the design isn't right, the flexibility of Board can negatively impact performance."

More Board cons

"Integration with artificial intelligence would help. Humans take time to review the data and eliminate errors. Artificial intelligence based on machine learning and understanding can bring the same functionality."

"The maps in Power BI could be improved. You deal with many maps over the years, like maps of America and Saudi Arabia. The maps aren't detailed enough, and there aren't enough visualization tools. Whenever I want to use a map, I struggle with choosing the right visualization."

"They can provide a user-friendly and easy way to use this tool for people who don't know about programming or technical things. It will be quite good if they can improve the look and feel and make it simpler to operate. They can make it easier to create some of the reports. They can also include predefined templates that you can directly use."

"The default parameters of the prompt could be improved by including a dynamic option."

"It needs more graphics and overlays."

"Microsoft has got a very large repository of all change suggestions which have been raised by the BI community. They keep on adding features that are very widely sought after by the community. We don't focus on product features. We focus on business requirements. To use the solution, we find that existing features are good enough and offer us a very effective solution."

"The solution could be quicker at rendering data."

"When it comes to improvement, I would say there could be more tutorials for students in universities who are just learning it. And it wouldn't have to be just for students in universities. It might also be for the people who use it in the real world."

More Microsoft Power BI cons

"Mode Analytics needs to improve the overall user experience."

"The data visualization is cumbersome in Mode Analytics. I want the solution to add a map that has an easy interface. The UI is slow sometimes."

"I think in terms of User Interface, I would say it can be better."

"The solution could run faster."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Find a partner who will take responsibility for the implementation, and be available for support."

"It is not the cheapest product on earth, but you get so much. It provides good value for money."

"The solution is quite expensive, if it is made cheaper then we can have more clients. I rate it four out of ten."

"In terms of the pricing, it was reasonable. BOARD is not the lowest in the market, but it was reasonable for us."

"The tool's price is a bit high compared to other solutions."

"The only other cost, besides the licensing fee, would be to cover support."

"Power BI comes with enterprise Microsoft licensing. So for the user, you don't have to pay, but you do have to pay a one-time cost."

"Downloading Power BI Desktop is free."

"It is somewhere in the middle in terms of price. Licensing is quite clear."

"Licensing is on a monthly basis, but I am not sure."

"The license is on a yearly basis."

"There are a few options available for purchasing a license. Typically the number of users you have will determine the price of the license. The more users you have the more you will pay."

"The pricing is very reasonable compared to any other tool."

More Microsoft Power BI pricing and cost advice

"The pricing is per user."

"Mode Analytics is cheap compared to other tools."

"My decision-maker found the pricing expensive, but it is okay for me."

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Comparison Review

it_user79932

Senior Manager - BI Head at NVidia

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

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

22%

Media Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

Is Board better than Anaplan as a Business Intelligence (BI) solution?

We've had several FP&A departments include Anaplan in their analytics discussions, and while BI information IS ge...

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What do you like most about Board?

All the reports are prepared automatically.

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What needs improvement with Board?

Board's integration could be a bit more robust, but what we have works. If the design isn't right, the flexibility of...

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Seeking lightweight open source BI software

There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I wou...

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Is Power BI a complete platform or only a visualization tool?

Power BI is an advanced visualization tool oriented to big data with a very complete set of widgets to visualize info...

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How does Oracle OBIEE compare with Microsoft BI?

Oracle OBIEE is great in allowing design and creativity per the individual needs of the organization. Dashboards are ...

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What do you like most about Mode Analytics?

The solution is simple for people from a viewing perspective, not a coding perspective.

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What needs improvement with Mode Analytics?

The solution could run faster. You just sit there, waiting during the load times, especially for the large ones. And ...

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What is your primary use case for Mode Analytics?

I was put in charge of creating a lot of the dashboards, so it was very much that there weren't people at the company...

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Overview

BOARD International - headquartered in Switzerland - is a leading global provider of software for improving business results through better decision making. By unifying Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management into a single product, BOARD enables companies to achieve a shared vision of their performance across the entire organization, and thus a single version of the truth.

BOARD provides seamless solutions for • Reporting & Analysis • Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting • Profitability Modelling & Optimization • Simulation & What-if-Analysis • Scorecarding & Strategy Management • Financial Consolidation. Based on visual modelling, BOARD has enabled global companies to deploy BI and CPM applications without a single line of code in a fraction of the time and cost associated with traditional solutions.

Board International

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

Mode Enterprise offers a data-focused analytics platform designed for businesses seeking advanced insights and efficiency. It combines robust data exploration with seamless reporting capabilities.

Mode Enterprise caters to data-driven enterprises by providing them with the tools necessary for real-time analysis. It’s engineered to enhance business decision-making through comprehensive data visualization, encouraging immediate insights and collaborative work across teams. The platform’s integration capabilities allow for smoother adaptation into existing workflows, enhancing agility and responsiveness.

What key features does Mode Enterprise offer?

Real-Time Collaboration: Enables teams to collaborate on reports simultaneously.
Data Visualization: Offers dynamic charts and graphs for data insights.
SQL Editor: Advanced querying tools for complex data analysis.
Custom Reporting: Flexible report creation tailored to specific metrics.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Improved Decision Making: Facilitates informed business strategies.
Increased Efficiency: Streamlines data management workflows.
Enhanced Collaboration: Supports transparent and cooperative efforts.
Cost-Effectiveness: Reduces time and resources spent on manual data handling.

Mode Enterprise effectively serves sectors like finance, retail, and healthcare by providing industry-specific analytics solutions. Its adaptability allows for personalized implementations, meeting each sector's unique data analysis needs and contributing to improved operational outcomes. By fostering agility, it aids industries in staying competitive through timely insights and informed strategic decisions.

Mode

Sample Customers

Coca-Cola, Puma, Desigual, Ricoh, KPMG, H&M, Groupe SEB

Accenture Adidas Aetna AIG Airbus Alibaba Allstate Amazon American Express Aon AT&T Audi Bank of America BASF Bayer Berkshire Hathaway Boeing Coca-Cola Comcast Cisco Coca-Cola Dell Disney Emirates Equinix FedEx Ford GE Google H&M Home Depot Honda IBM Intel JPMorgan Chase Kellogg's Kroger L'Oréal McDonald's Merck MetLife Microsoft Nike Oracle P&G PepsiCo Procter & Gamble Prudential Financial SAP Siemens Snapchat Spotify Starbucks Target Toyota T-Mobile Unilever Visa Walmart WeWork World Bank Xerox

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