We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's quite flexible, and it's easy to create reports using this system. It is very graphic and very user friendly."
"The stability is good."
"The most valuable features in Microsoft BI are the analysis using the feature drag and drop function. It's very easy to load and use different data sources."
"I have found the best features to be the dashboard creation, graphs, charts, and presentation bar graphs."
"It is easy to work with and very chic."
"The solution is easy to set up and implement."
"We have found that the reporting and publishing are great."
"Two valuable most features are the ability to create columns and create measures."
"The SQL Server Reporting Services makes it very easy to get the data whenever we need it."
"I like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services' automated reporting feature."
"We were able to embed the report builder within our internal proprietary systems, improving our reporting capabilities."
"I'm very satisfied with the customer service. And usually, whenever we have any issue or details, we get to the person for the support. I'm really satisfied with the service. Within a few minutes or within a few hours, the support person will be available."
"I am impressed with the product's seamless integration. It can work with different databases like Oracle."
"The initial setup is easy."
"We get good support from Microsoft."
"The solution's features are all just wrapped up in one nice easy package. I don't need a lot of toolsets to get everything I need done."
"Technical support could be a bit better."
"here are some limitations with the data models needed to build the report."
"The solution could be quicker at rendering data."
"The initial installation is difficult."
"The challenge of this product is in truncating the table data."
"Power BI's drillthrough feature could be improved. I didn't like drillthrough and those options much, but I did like it in MicroStrategy."
"There is no specific area that I have a problem with. It's just that, with whatever feature you come across, every visual has its own formatting and behavior. What you get in one visual for a feature, you don't seem to get in another."
"Drill-down in dashboards needs to improved. The capability only works in Power BI Desktop today. We need to have an alternative approach today."
"Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services needs to improve performance."
"I would like the solution to add the scheduling feature for reports."
"The setup is difficult because you have to install different servers."
"The solution's interface is old."
"The product should improve its performance."
"It doesn't have quite the flexibility of a Tableau or something like that. Many users are more comfortable with Tableau and I'm not quite sure why that is right now, but it seems to be the case."
"We encounter some barriers while trying to build a report."
"In this solution, the cost should be reduced for the enterprise edition."
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Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in Reporting with 297 reviews while Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 8th in Reporting with 13 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.6. 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 Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services writes "Offers useful templates but needs to improve the connectivity offered". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is most compared with TIBCO Jaspersoft, Tableau, SAP Crystal Reports, Oracle OBIEE and IBM Cognos. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services report.
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