We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Salesforce Einstein Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is not that difficult to install, although this will vary with the experience of the person responsible for its installation."
"Power BI is more powerful than other tools because it is new for us. Each new version has more capabilities, and we're expecting AI and ML features in the next version."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is an easy-to-use tool."
"I like how the Query Editor lets me manipulate the data, and the available visuals are good. You can do everything using the UI."
"The interface is very fluid."
"Its connectivity with other Office applications, mostly with Excel, and the ability to deploy it very easily are the most valuable features. It comes sort of bundled with the cloud, so you don't need to set up a server and a standalone infrastructure. So, getting into the system or building something that you can deploy is very easy and very cheap. With other systems, you need to have a server, and you need to have a license for the server. The initial setup is very costly."
"The solution has a good toggling feature."
"We are able to collaborate on things and get insightful data visualizations."
"Transparency is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The out-of-the-box features are good for companies that want to try analytics and data science interventions."
"Einstein Analytics provides insights into what we are doing and how we are doing it. It tells us what benchmarks we need to hit consistently to achieve our goals. In sales, there is sometimes a disconnect between actions and objectives. We aren't necessarily going to close a deal because we call X number of people. There are some underlying skills that add nuance to these metrics."
"We have found the scalability to be very good."
"The most valuable features of Salesforce Einstein Analytics are the flexibility around the deployment, overall capabilities, user-friendliness, and interactiveness with the tools that came built with it."
"Salesforce Einstein Analytics is a simplified CRM. It's integration is good."
"The tool is a cloud-based solution capable of integrating any kind of data in the world."
"The way Salesforce Einstein Analytics is structured in terms of the work assignments and the user profile is very good."
"The default parameters of the prompt could be improved by including a dynamic option."
"A few features available in Tableau are not available in Power BI. For example. Tableau has the ability to make up the physical layer and all other stuff at runtime. In Power BI, we have to develop a proper physical layer to connect it. The limitation that we normally face is related to the direct query mode. When it comes to the direct query mode, most of the functionality is not working, which is an issue for us. We have to use the direct query mode frequently because the client needs real-time data. They should work on this limitation. There are a lot of other technical things that need to be improved. I am also following the Power BI platform and Microsoft Support Center platform on the web where users have put their requirements. Microsoft is also working on improving this solution. In every update, they add new features to this solution."
"I am taking a course to be able to use the solution better. Some aspects of the solution are not straightforward."
"The upgrade process could be improved."
"The reporting could be a bit better."
"Microsoft needs to do some more research and development to make it more stable."
"We would like improvements made to the paginated reports so that it produces quality similarly to SSRS."
"They can improve the user interface a little bit to make it more user-friendly. When creating a dashboard, it is not very user-friendly. You have to click on a certain style and use your keyboard keys to move it. You cannot drag and drop it."
"Improvement-wise, I feel the solution must be more robust since it is not exactly ready to handle large data."
"Einstein Analytics could incorporate something like SFIA 8 to help users understand the underlying skill sets."
"When it comes to generating reports, it appears that many users rely on experts to handle technical aspects. For instance, if you require a weekly report displaying accounts transitioning in and out of your modules, it seems challenging to accomplish without consulting experts for assistance. Such tasks should be user-friendly and easily achievable without external assistance."
"The product must be more transparent."
"All of the timesheets and appraisal management I have not been happy with. There should be some improvements. For example, as a management team, our managers do not have access to see a summary report, such as who is on leave today or how many hours each person logged in. You have to get into individual users and see. You cannot see a summary report, the reporting is missing. There should improve the reports."
"There are some offerings like Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud that have very useful online learning options. There need to be more avenues for self-learning with this particular solution. That would be useful."
"They can provide more end-user customizations. There should be the possibility for the end-users to change some elements in the interface. I have a way of doing my job. My colleague may have his own way of doing his job. If I ask for a change, it'll change for everyone. It'll be good to have some end-user personalizations. I can't see many in Salesforce right now."
"If a user leaves your organization, you shouldn't lose the visibility of all of the records."
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Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 293 reviews while Salesforce Einstein Analytics is ranked 10th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 17 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Salesforce Einstein Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power BI writes "A complete ecosystem with an builtin ETL tool, good integrations with python and R, and support of DAX and Power Query (M languages)". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Einstein Analytics writes "Helpful consistent measurements, high availability, and scales well". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Qlik Sense, whereas Salesforce Einstein Analytics is most compared with Tableau, Databricks, SAP Analytics Cloud, IBM Watson Explorer and Qlik Sense. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Salesforce Einstein Analytics report.
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