CA Deliver vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

Broadcom and Microsoft are both solutions in the Reporting category. Broadcom is ranked #45, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.9. Broadcom holds a 0.0% mindshare in RT, compared to Microsoft’s 26.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Microsoft Power BI and CA Deliver are analytics and reporting tools. Microsoft Power BI holds an advantage with its comprehensive data visualization and real-time analytics capabilities.

Features: Microsoft Power BI offers interactive dashboards, real-time data integration, and robust data modeling tools, making it suitable for dynamic data exploration. CA Deliver focuses on report management and automated distribution, ideal for enterprises seeking structured report delivery.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Power BI features a cloud-based deployment model with easy installation and strong online support. CA Deliver requires additional configuration but offers tailored support to facilitate custom setups.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Power BI provides flexible pricing options with scalable plans and low upfront costs, enabling quick returns. CA Deliver's higher initial investment focuses on long-term savings through efficient report management, justifying its premium cost for businesses prioritizing structured reporting.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Deliver

Ranking in Reporting

45th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Power BI

Ranking in Reporting

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

321

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of CA Deliver is 0.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power BI is 26.7%, up from 25.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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it_user346092

Senior Systems Programmer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It's in essence a digital bank that keep customer information for 40 to 50 years, accessible 24/7.

It’s an archiving solution with all the support of CA. All your customer data flows through it, from their names to all their other details The benefits are that it keeps their information for over 40 to 50 years, so in essence it's a digital bank for customer information. This means that the…

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James Balbach

Executive Director, Decision Support at Community Health Network

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Flexibility of report configuration; allows for quick and simple amendments to definitions."

"Having one repository for various output formats and retention periods. Provides the flexibility to establish hundreds of different retention entries, based upon business need, and then group the like retention period outputs together on the same media. It is very efficient."

"There is continual improvement year-over-year."

"The tool is very flexible so it allows creativity."

"The initial setup is relatively simple."

"The querying capabilities are the most valuable because they allow me to build many automations. We have many workflows and many databases that we work on a daily basis. They need to be updated quite quickly. In order to not to take much of our time doing these updates manually, I have set up these automations using the systems. The process is just to ingest the data and reprocess it. Every time I click a button, everything is updated in almost real time. It is by far the easiest system not only for querying but also for data modeling, data visualization, and deployment. It is light years ahead of Tableau and even Microsoft Excel to do these kinds of things. It is very easy to use and set up, and it has a lot of videos on the internet."

"I like all the tools in Microsoft BI because they all have different purposes. There are a lot of people using Microsoft BI, and everybody is using it. The users have adapted well to the technology."

"It gives you an edge if you are on the Microsoft platform. If you have been using Microsoft products for a long time or if you have the Microsoft infrastructure, this is the right tool for you. It has seamless integration with Microsoft SQL Server and other sources, and you get the best of the three things (SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS) in one suite."

"Its visualization capabilities are pretty good. It is very easy to use. You can easily make your dashboard."

"Power BI, once made available, can connect to various data sources, irrespective of the application, whether it be HR or business applications. The bank has many applications, but all eventually need to generate reports for tracking, distribution, or problem-finding based on analysis. Power BI was made available as part of the productivity suite to all businesses, which can connect to their applications and provide the reports and analysis they require."

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Cons

"A common theme with all CA products is they state compatibility with new technologies when it has not yet been proven. I cite the example that CA mainframe products were deemed to be compatible with Extended Address Volumes (EAV) - larger sized disk volumes - when they were not."

"Needs ability to allow export to xls/pdf, etc. (Note: this is available in add-on product CA – OM Web Viewer)."

"The initial installation is difficult."

"The product could have better analytics capabilities."

"Real-time refreshing for SAP BW would be nice. We know its on the radar for the development team at MS. "

"Lacks the ability to copy data from BI into PowerPoint."

"Integration with products that are not Microsoft could be more improved."

"If you need data in real-time, it's not an ideal solution."

"I would like to see some AI incorporated into this solution in the future."

"In an upcoming release, the solution could be simplified and have a more complete product package rather than a suite of products that we have to put together."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is reasonable, licensing model suitable for large enterprises."

"Its pricing is reasonable for the desktop stuff, but for enterprise-level, it is a little expensive."

"We pay for users who are publishing on the cloud. The desktop version is free. Its licensing is on a yearly basis."

"Downloading Power BI Desktop is free."

"The licensing can be complicated."

"Its price is very low. It is like $10 per user, per month. The clients pay for their own licenses. It is not on us. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. That's the beauty. With other systems, you need to spend a couple of thousand dollars just to get started, and then you need to spend $500 per year for the license, which becomes much more costly. You have a system here where for $120 to $140 a year, you can start with two people and start developing and deploying. You can see why the cost difference is huge, especially when you are on a low scale, like us, and you're not building something very huge."

"The cost of the solution is more flexible for us because the desktop is free and we pay as we use it in the cloud."

"As far as I am aware you do not need a license for the solution."

"Both cost-wise and implementation-wise, this product is a good choice."

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Overview

CA Deliver is an online report management system that provides you with tools to manage and reduce the cost of report distribution. Able to be utilized by itself or in conjunction with other enterprise report management solutions from CA Technologies, CA Deliver uses the power of the mainframe to automate the day-to-day report management functions of distribution, tracking and printing.

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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.

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