We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, and Zoho Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools."The feature I find most valuable is the ability to publish Power Bi reports, using an embedded link, directly onto a website."
"The interface is very fluid."
"What's most valuable in this tool is that it gives its users detailed error messages. It's a very stable data analytics tool, and it offers good scalability."
"It is quite easy to use and it helps me to achieve the projects that I've been assigned."
"I also find connecting to different data sources is quite simple. Other solutions we were using before were complicated."
"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."
"I like how the Query Editor lets me manipulate the data, and the available visuals are good. You can do everything using the UI."
"It provides easy integration with Office tools."
"The most valuable feature is the aggregation function."
"The ease of presenting findings is very helpful."
"Compared to other products, visualization features are really good."
"Tableau's visualization features let you present information insights quickly and practically. So it's something which I prefer with Tableau. In terms of reporting, I have to point out the sheer quality and function of the Tableau server, but the first impression is that it's a great visualization tool."
"I work for clients. That is my business model. Business people really like to see Tableau. They love Tableau because it is very user-friendly. The platform provides an easy to use interface, which is what most people like about it."
"The most valuable features are the visualizations, the way they show the combination charts."
"I like the solution's web version, more so than Power BI's web version. It just makes it easier to drag and drop things and to blend data on the backend. It simplifies the process."
"The product offers an intuitive user interface, detailed screens and widgets, and the absence of data limitations"
"We use the solution for financial and sales analytics. It brings data from our IT incident management tool. Hence, we have three business use cases for IT support, sales and financials."
"The integration interface is very easy to use and allows you to directly connect to a variety of APIs."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We moved the data from Zoho Creator to Zoho Analytics and created reports."
"The most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics is its connectivity with ERP systems and the functionality to set up different fields for leads."
"It's a very strong analytics tool."
"We can create advanced-level reports with the tool. We can get data from different Zoho applications and also from other third-party applications. We can create schedules for syncing data from third parties to Zoho Analytics. We can also use table queries for getting data from more than one table."
"I have to write scripts to query data for analyzing performance."
"The initial installation is difficult."
"Our expectation is putting BI to work in real-time data collection systems in the maritime environment."
"It needs more analytic tools."
"My data is restricted to my DB and I'm not sure how this would handle an extremely large dataset."
"Microsoft BI’s integration and visualization could be improved."
"The solution could benefit by allowing deeper data analytics."
"Microsoft BI's visualization could be better. Though Power BI's visualization has steadily improved over the years, it's not on the level tools like Tableau and SAS or some of the more expensive products on the market."
"There are more than a powerful tool in the market, such as Microsoft BI."
"Lacks machine learning algorithms that you can implement using R, SPSS Modeler, and Python."
"Implementation requires a technical background."
"The setup was easy but we are having some problems with the configuration that is taking a long time. We have done some initial tests and some of the delays could be from bandwidth issues. However, the whole installation process should be simplified."
"The charting is overly complex in comparison with Power BI's"
"Tableau's data modeling, mining, and AI library features need improvement."
"The user experience for less savvy or non-technical people (from my experience)."
"I also work as an SME on the platform side. Tableau is very nice and jazzy for the end-users, but there are pain points for the admins. Performance is something about which we hear a lot of complaints, such as the dashboard doesn't open in time. It performs well on the desktop but not on the server. I know that there is always a limitation when it comes to a huge amount of data or the complexity of the calculations, but we often hear from end-users about the performance on the server side. It is easy to drag and drop all the columns and do what we want, but if it is not going to load better on the server, users are not going to like it."
"The hourly pricing needs improvement."
"The navigation on the interface is not intuitive."
"There should be more types of graphics available for use in the reports."
"The customer service and support for this solution could be improved by faster response times."
"The tool needs to improve analysis and add more features."
"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option. I know they have a white labeling feature in which I can white label Zoho Analytics with my company theme, logo, and URL, but it seems a little expensive. If they can make it cheaper, it would be great. The same is applicable to Tableau."
"A higher degree of artificial intelligence could be included in this solution. The data and overall insights could be improved."
"I like the solution's Query Table feature which helps me write SQL queries. We can get data from different tables and then use it to create reports."
