Microsoft Power BI vs Oracle DataRaker [EOL] comparison

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Microsoft and Oracle are both solutions in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category. Additionally, 93% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Microsoft Power BI

Read 332 Microsoft Power BI reviews

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93% willing to recommend

Oracle DataRaker [EOL]

Read 1 Oracle DataRaker [EOL] review

100% willing to recommend

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power BI

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

332

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (1st), Reporting (1st)

Oracle DataRaker [EOL]

Average Rating

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Featured Reviews

Hemanthreddy Vakiti

Data Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Interactive dashboards have transformed restaurant data into faster daily business decisions

Microsoft Power BI has many features and there is not a lot to improve. However, the licensing can be confusing. When deciding between Pro and Premium, I find it difficult to distinguish what features are offered by Pro and what features are offered by Premium, including the particular differences to choose between both licensing models. Additionally, some features such as DAX, which I mentioned previously, involve DAX calculations and complex data modeling, which are somewhat advanced and not easily understandable. Prior knowledge is required or you need to go through the documentation. If the documentation is made comprehensive so that anyone with no knowledge on DAX can easily use it by going through the documentation, it would be really helpful. Additionally, if the integration with non-Microsoft tools is improved and performance is optimized, then Microsoft Power BI can become a top-ranked visualization tool. The user experience with Microsoft Power BI is quite good. The intuitive user interface makes it easy for both technical and non-technical users to create reports. However, only the advanced features are somewhat complex, and if the documentation is improved, it can be easily accessible.

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it_user522222

Enterprise Architecture at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The analytics ability is pre-built. We're trying to get the same quality set of services out of the product.

We're looking to see what the total cost of ownership is; from housing our data internally and running the product, to putting it into the cloud and letting Oracle manage that as a service, and we just provision the information out and get the data back. We're trying to see the total cost of ownership for the hardware and the infrastructure into the cloud, and getting the same quality set of services out of the product. Something interesting that’s going on in the utility industry is, as we've collected data on our customer, we tend to have federated pockets of information, yet the traditional BI is not addressing those things. People have been coming to us with solutions of, "Hey, send us your data. We've already done these things for other utility industries, other utility customers." You're basically riding once and leveraging it across the whole industry.

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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 scalability overall has been quite good."

"I would recommend Power BI as the best working solution."

"The solution is very powerful and very flexible; it is very easy to set up and you can connect it to multiple systems very easily."

"Its integration with the Microsoft Office Suite is great, I can easily connect it to any of the Excel or any CSV files, and I can immediately create a dashboard."

"Microsoft SQL Server BI made data correlation between the agencies so fast, that the simple POCs for the dashboards let the decision-makers to migrate our so-called enterprise architecture."

"The solution is easy to install and it does not take long."

"Microsoft Power BI is used extensively throughout the organization."

"The visuals are great and make everything look very professional. We can change the look and feel or manipulate the data according to our requirements. It's extremely flexible."

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"Through my interactions with them, I’m finding that they're knowledgeable."

Cons

"I would like it to be a little bit more secure when I'm using the design feature on my desktop. For example, to have the ability to set up security passwords for opening the file. Currently, they don't have that. Tableau, for example, has a visual way of doing data processing steps, whereas the Power BI system still has some code, although it is very low code. It would be great to have the kind of view that Tableau has."

"Bad performance or heavy load on the dashboard often results from issues in backend data modeling or invalid data."

"Better mapping capabilities and easier administration access would be beneficial, especially for understanding who has viewed reports."

"I would like it to be a little bit more secure when I'm using the design feature on my desktop."

"You need to purchase upgraded support separately."

"The initial setup is pretty complex. It's not straightforward or simple."

"The look and feel should be updated in terms of the types of dashboards and graphs that you can produce. They aren't as visual as some of its competitors."

"The current licensing model that Microsoft BI has is expensive."

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"My rating reflects that, quite often, we don't know what we want, and the solution thinks they know what you want."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the license can be better."

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

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

"They have a free Power BI Desktop version, but it has limitations."

"The Report Server is pretty expensive on-premise. But as long companies are happy to use the cloud version, that's very cost effective."

"This solution came free, it was offered by Microsoft with our E3 license."

"Power BI premium is really expensive for our market. A lot of small and medium companies would like to purchase it, but they can't afford it."

"Setup is easy, and the cost is economical. You do sometimes need to pay additional costs for third party products which "plug-in" to Microsoft BI."

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it_user79932

Senior Manager - BI Head with 5,001-10,000 employees

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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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

13%

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Construction Company

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	137
Midsize Enterprise	59
Large Enterprise	171

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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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Compared 4% of the time

IBM Cognos vs Microsoft Power BI

Compared 3% of the time

QlikView vs Microsoft Power BI

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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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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Oracle DataRaker is a cloud-based analytics for utilities. It unlocks smart grid data and turns it into actionable results for electric, gas and water utilities. Its analytics platform reconciles transformer level data and smart meter data to monitor device performance and preemptively determine overload and predict failures. Its user interface includes dashboards and reports with meter data, device, and customer explorers. DataRaker improves utilities’ operational performance and customer service.

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Sample Customers

Accenture Adidas Aetna AIG Airbus Alibaba Allstate Amazon American Express Aon AT&T Audi Bank of America BASF Bayer Berkshire Hathaway Boeing Coca-Cola Comcast Cisco Coca-Cola Dell Disney Emirates Equinix FedEx Ford GE Google H&M Home Depot Honda IBM Intel JPMorgan Chase Kellogg's Kroger L'Oréal McDonald's Merck MetLife Microsoft Nike Oracle P&G PepsiCo Procter & Gamble Prudential Financial SAP Siemens Snapchat Spotify Starbucks Target Toyota T-Mobile Unilever Visa Walmart WeWork World Bank Xerox

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