Jedox vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

"The solution is quick with analysis and calculation. The tool offers high digitalization which helps us to run the controlling department with less number of people. If the software wasn't there, I would need two to three people extra to run the department."

"The data entry point is most valuable. The way we can customize our report or do data entry is very good."

"The ease of reporting is one of Jedox's most valuable features."

"We use the tool for performance management and planning."

"The ETL function simplifies many tasks."

"The solution is very versatile."

"The customer porting is the most valuable feature."

"The EPM is the most valuable feature."

"The best thing about this solution is that it is very user friendly. It is interactive in terms of visualizations. It is very eye-catching, and it attracts users. There are a lot of options to visualize the data in different drafts and views. I have used different visualization tools, and I found Power BI to be more efficient in terms of performance, user-friendliness, and ease of use."

"The user experience is easy. Users get familiar with it quickly."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."

"The drill-down capabilities and automatic charts are the best ones. The visualization is also very good. In terms of visualization, no competing product, such as IBM Cognos or any other product, has the same capabilities."

"It's the analytic engine in terms of the interface on the Power BI environment, as opposed to pivot tables, and it's a mobile solution."

"The Microsoft Power BI app is very good. It's also very flexible."

"The most valuable feature is integration with Python."

"I have found the most valuable feature of this solution is the Natural Language tool."

"The tool has changed its pricing and it's now too expensive for small and medium organizations. I miss the open-source version which was free and we could do a lot of things with it."

"From a development perspective, there's room for improvement in the area called the designer, where you actually build your reports to make it easier to manage the process."

"Online pixel-perfect reporting is an aspect that has room for improvement."

"The solution needs to improve its support. The visualization in Microsoft BI is more modern and comfortable than Jedox's. I would expect something similar with the solution."

"Jedox should improve the design and server issues."

"There is room for improvement in the scalability. It is a very massive tool. It's not easy to just build everything yourself."

"Being an analytical solution, it should have more visualization options like graphs. When we are putting it, it should have more options. The UI can be made more modernized based on today's market. Sometimes, when we are doing heavy reports or dashboarding, there is a bit of a performance issue because it is pulling up a huge amount of data. That can be improvised by buffer memory and getting some buffer memory feature into it. It is a bit complex because it is a CPM solution. It helps you to get the information based on the different tools that we are using, which is a bit of a complex thing. It is not as easy as Microsoft Power BI. It is also not that easy as an implementation piece. It takes time to convert the business requirement into the proper solutions in the tool, which is time-consuming. It took about eight months to do the complete implementation. We got some training from the partner and the Jedox team, which helped us later on in pulling things forward, but too much learning is required, and too many possibilities are there."

"I don't find it particularly user-friendly."

"The biggest thing with Microsoft right now is better support. There should be more timely support. We can do 90% of it ourselves by the same token. When we're into the 10%, we do not get timely support via Microsoft's support team."

"The data source definition is all over the place."

"I am taking a course to be able to use the solution better. Some aspects of the solution are not straightforward."

"Microsoft is behind IBM when it comes to security features."

"The orchestration module for refreshing data flows is something that is missing and we have to do it manually."

"The significant drawback I notice is that Microsoft's size makes it hard to get specific change requests addressed unless they involve a bug."

"The initial installation is difficult."

"Licensing could be improved."

"If you are using SAP, then you will have to take an SAP Connector license. The license across the tool is paying for the people who are using it as an admin or as a normal user. They can work out those costs in a manner that can help. This can also be a point of improvement where they can work out the costing, and the developers have a specific licensing cost. The normal users, who are going to do probably data entry or just going to view the dashboard, can have a separate license cost."

"Excellent value for money."

"Jedox was a bit cheaper compared to Calumo."

"The product’s pricing will not be suitable for setting up a small solution."

"We paid a one-time fee, which included product purchase, licensing, and first-time implementation. We are paying for the maintenance regularly."

"The solution's pricing is specific to your requirements."

"Regarding cost, the initial investment wasn't too high, but ongoing licensing could add up."

"Paid for itself in the first month."

"I have never worked on licensing, but I have heard that it is reasonable."

"MS BI comes with all the tools and it is, to the best of my knowledge, the most affordable solution."

"Power BI is cheaper for smaller groups when comparing to competitors. It requires a monthly per-user subscription."

"I would rate them 4 out of 5 for their current pricing. There are no additional costs to the standard licensing fees."

"It depends upon the tier of your Office 365 subscription. On E5, which is a Microsoft Azure subscription, you get it for free. If you are on a lower tier, you can subscribe for $10 a month per user, which is really cheap."

"You don't need a license for development, but if you want to publish to external users, you need a license. The licensing is very costly, but I think that since the advantages and benefits of Power BI are so high, people are willing to pay. I can't blame them."