Microsoft Power BI vs NetSuite Business Intelligence comparison

Microsoft and NetSuite are both solutions in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.9, while NetSuite is ranked #34. Microsoft holds a 21.4% mindshare in BIT, compared to NetSuite’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetSuite users who would recommend it.

Microsoft Power BI

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93% willing to recommend

NetSuite Business Intelligence

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299 Views
235 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and NetSuite Business Intelligence based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power BI

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

321

Ranking in other categories

Reporting (1st)

NetSuite Business Intelligence

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

34th

Average Rating

10.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Microsoft Power BI is 21.4%, down from 22.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetSuite Business Intelligence is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

James Balbach

Executive Director, Decision Support at Community Health Network

Robust system consistently elevates data visualization and seamlessly updates with user-driven advancements

Power BI is a general-use visualization system. I can express the performance of our network through high-level key performance indicators. It allows me to show detailed improvements in quality and safety and patient experience. I create improvement dashboards for task forces and work teams. I have built analytic dashboards that guide analytics, enabling research and dataset manipulation.

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Antonio Lira

Territory Manager LATAM at LeaseWeb

Scripting is a great feature as is the ability to export almost anything

Scripting is a good feature if you have programming and scripting skills. It can be used without those skills but I think it's difficult to integrate them in PRISM. The best thing is that you can export almost anything whether it's graphics or data and you can change dates on the fly.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most interesting feature of Microsoft Power BI is that it's very user-friendly."

"SSRS and the Tabular server/Vertipaq engine/DAX are probably the two most valuable components."

"Implementation is very quick and the solution is very user-friendly."

"The best feature for me is Power Query. I know that probably sounds strange, but you can't do too much with visuals and reports if the backend stuff is horribly dirty and just bad. But for me, that is absolutely fantastic. I can load the data and do the transformation and be able to load it in a useful way. There are tons of connections, which is absolutely fantastic as well. It's been fairly easy, and it's intuitive."

"The solution is very intuitive, you do not need to have too much programming knowledge to use it. Advanced Excel users can use it very easily."

"The virtualization of Microsoft BI is very good."

"Provides a full platform (database, ETL, reporting, analysis, and so on)"

"The dashboards of Microsoft BI are easy to use."

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

Cons

"I would prefer that the solution not be shared. I'm concerned that if we make a mistake we could reveal information to people who shouldn't see it. I would like to have my own on-prem server, to buy my own server and have my own infrastructure for Microsoft BI, with only with my data."

"More connections with other systems should be added, which would allow for other integrations."

"People without private emails cannot publish and, frankly, this doesn't allow for easy training."

"From a scalability and performance perspective and based on my understanding and feedback from end users, there's room for improvement in data processing, scaling up, and leveraging the cloud. That could be an enhancement area for me to look into."

"The licensing needs improvement. There needs to be a middle option between Pro and Premium versions."

"I would like for there to be some type of user manual that shows steps on how to navigate the solution."

"An area for improvement is data refresh functionality"

"Microsoft Power BI was born native on the cloud, however, it's quite difficult when it has to connect to on-premise data sources."

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"Graphics are limited and could be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"I believe that the price is reasonable, at least for an enterprise solution."

"The premium capacity is very costly in respect of the market in Egypt, amounting to $5,000 monthly."

"My company needs to make monthly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."

"We pay for users who are publishing on the cloud. The desktop version is free. Its licensing is on a yearly basis."

"The pricing is good. It's pretty competitive because I have worked on a few other tools as well, and Power BI is on the cheaper side."

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

"We have premium licenses, but you can use it for free. You can share the content with anyone else, so you can use it for free."

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Senior Manager - BI Head at NVidia

Feb 4, 2015

Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho

1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…

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Educational Organization

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Questions from the Community

Seeking lightweight open source BI software

There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...

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Is Power BI a complete platform or only a visualization tool?

Power BI is an advanced visualization tool oriented to big data with a very complete set of widgets to visualize information, control users accessing information, the configuration of governance po...

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How does Oracle OBIEE compare with Microsoft BI?

Oracle OBIEE is great in allowing design and creativity per the individual needs of the organization. Dashboards are fully customizable and very user-friendly. This solution is very stable. Oracle ...

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Also Known As

SSRS, SSAS, MSBI, MS Reporting Services, Microsoft BI Tools, Microsoft Big Data, Power BI Pro, MS BI

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Overview

Microsoft Power BI is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. This tool stands out for its ability to merge and analyze data from various sources. Widely adopted across different industries and departments, Power BI is instrumental in creating visually appealing dashboards and generating insightful business intelligence reports. Its intuitive interface, robust visualization capabilities, and seamless integration with other Microsoft applications empower users to easily create interactive reports and gain valuable insights.

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NetSuite Business Intelligence provides the power of built-in, real-time dashboards, reporting and analysis across all the integrated processes within the software suite.

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