Jedox vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

"The system is quite flexible. Based on our requirements, we create different cubes that can help us to do complete planning."

"We can configure and have complete freedom while creating solutions."

"The main strength of Jedox lies in mastering the navigation, especially the Excel add-in."

"The customer porting is the most valuable feature."

"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 ETL itself was pretty useful and it's integrated in the tenant itself. So the Olap service technology was impressive to me. In order to extract that and load it in the tube in the same tenant or the same tool that was something magnificent because I actually missed this in SEB. SEB requires another tool, and you have to integrate all the tools together. But for Jedox, it was in the one tool."

"The EPM is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is an easy-to-use tool."

"When we are introducing Microsoft BI to our clients, if they're familiar with Excel, the transition phase will be much easier for them. They can easily switch from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft BI. The core foundation or the base technology is the same in both tools. There are a few limitations in Microsoft Excel, and this is where Microsoft BI comes in."

"Real-time refresh is quite interesting and user-friendly, provided you have access to a gateway. It works well."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is real-time report tracking."

"The solution is stable."

"The flexibility of the program is valuable. We are able to add other information to the reporting information and expand upon it."

"This solution has improved our ability in making decisions and explaining data."

"I like the fact that Power BI lets me use Excel data. At least 90% of my state data is in Excel spreadsheets. Having the ability to just attach a spreadsheet as a data source is very, very important. It's also good for training and teaching. Sometimes you don't always have access to a live production database, so having a spreadsheet with sample data is always nice."

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

"More emphasis is needed on the availability of the learning aspect of the solution. Because unless you take up their course that enables you to be an expert in creating the report, you must seek help."

"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."

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

"Jedox should improve the design and server issues."

"There is not much training for Jedox."

"The solution should enable a modern look and feel in the front end."

"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."

"In Microsoft Excel, you are able to have tabs. However, in Microsoft BI you do not have this flexibility."

"Microsoft BI could improve by having better collaboration between developers working on the same dashboard. The developer platform is all done on a single laptop and it's difficult to have the same project files work. Two developers have to go back and forth. You have to have the project file on one developer's laptop making it difficult to co-develop."

"If you are having millions of rows of data or you have a large database, Microsoft BI's performance depends upon how powerful your hardware is. When I am handling large amounts of data I do not use Microsoft BI or Tableau because of this, I use D3."

"I would like to see a more user-friendly interface with Microsoft BI."

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

"Anything they can do to improve enterprise collaboration is going to help people get set up and utilize the solution."

"The challenge of this product is in truncating the table data."

"We did have some issues building the Microsoft blog."

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

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

"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."

"It is a cheap solution for our needs."

"The price of the license can be better."

"The price for this solution is reasonable. However, there is an additional cost if you want to publish the dashboard privately."

"Globally, we evaluated a number of products, including Salesforce's product, Microsoft won on the ground of simple functionally and cost."

"Downloading Power BI Desktop is free."

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

"The premium licensing is approximately $5,000 per month which is pretty expensive."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."