Microsoft Power BI vs NetSuite Business Intelligence comparison

"In the process of using data there is the Extract, Transform and Load (ETL). For extracting we are using another software, for transforming we are using our own coding in C#, and then we use Microsoft BI for loading the information. Microsoft BI displays information very well."

"Technical support is quite good."

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

"The scalability is good. We have 20 people in my organization using this solution and plan to increase usage."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft BI is its visualization and its ease of use."

"We find the solution offers good stability."

"The main feature I find valuable is the possibility to work with an extensive amount of data."

"We have a lot of servers and applications from which we want reports, and it allows us to create reports from an SQL source or some other source."

"You can export almost anything whether it's graphics or data."

"Areas of Power BI that could be improved are the learning curve for developers who come from non-technical backgrounds."

"There is no column-level security in Microsoft BI, and this is a feature that most of our customers are looking for. That is something that should be implemented."

"​It needs more graphics and overlays."

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

"here are some limitations with the data models needed to build the report."

"An area for improvement is data refresh functionality"

"There are some other visuals that are available in the Microsoft marketplace, however, you need to use them via trial and error. There needs to be a write-up about how to use them with a quick guide describing the visual."

"The solution struggles with large amounts of data."

"Graphics are limited and could be improved."

"The cost of licensing depends on the number of people that are going to be using the reports, and we are satisfied with it at $10 per user."

"Our license is paid yearly and we have found that we have to be careful not to over-extend our usage in order to avoid upgrading our capacity plan."

"I used the tool's free version."

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

"The price of Microsoft BI is expensive. We found the price of Tableau to be less expensive."

"All of the licenses are on an annual basis, but Microsoft will amortize it to an extent. If it's five years, they'll include the possible interest they might have the following year. Ideally, their licensing scheme is an annual license, but they make it easier for some of our clients to take a five-year license but package everything inside for them to buy the license for five years."

"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 solution's costs are quite reasonable given the range of features provided."