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Power BI Embedded Analytics vs Sisense comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Power BI Embedded Analytics
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
28th
Ranking in Reporting
19th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sisense
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
11th
Ranking in Reporting
9th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Analytics (4th), Data Visualization (8th), Embedded BI (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

VishnuReddy2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Enterprise Architect at R2V2.ai
Embedded analytics has unified diverse data sources and supports real-time operational decisions
I find Power BI Embedded Analytics to be a fairly good reporting tool and dashboarding tool. The color palette and everything about it is good. It would be beneficial to have reporting on top of a data warehouse, a lake house, or directly on an Excel-based solution. If Power BI can come as a full stack similar to SAP Analytics Cloud, it can embed with Azure very quickly. However, the full suite provided by SAP, starting from ERP through reporting, is somewhat loosely coupled, which can be helpful for some clients. Overall, Power BI is a very good tool for reporting. Embedded analytics may lack some features from the modeling perspective, such as dimension modeling, and there are multiple factors that lead us to prefer analytics on top of the warehouse rather than going for embedded analytics.
Caramel Moana - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst at Target
Data analytics has transformed our KPI tracking and now drives faster sales decisions
This tool has given me the power to convert data into new analytical applications, giving me transparency about working on multiple platforms, and since it is cloud-based, it combines different pages for a complete progress report. Overall, it is playing a perfect, fantastic role in my organization. Some of the best features Sisense offers include its speed due to the In-Chip methodology, great visualization that makes BI easier, and the ability to load millions of data in seconds, which did not seem possible with other traditional reporting tools. It also has a robust architecture and provides REST APIs for external access. I emphasized the In-Chip methodology because it allows for accessing millions of data in a short span of seconds while providing the best visual effects for our business data.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What I appreciate most about Power BI Embedded Analytics is that it is tightly integrated with Microsoft, which is a strong feature."
"ROI was realized immediately by reducing manual report labor."
"The Sisense solution was very easy to set up, and its visualizations were effective."
"The customer service provided by Sisense is excellent; it's clear that the company is invested in their clients successfully implementing and using their product."
"We have been very pleased with our experience with Sisense to date."
"There are many built-in connectors, which allow us to easily add new sources of data, often in minutes."
"Sisense's documentation and video tutorials were thorough and helpful in starting off with the basic usage of the product."
"Time to deployment was one of our most critical factors in choosing a BI vendor, and I am not sure you can get to deployment faster than Sisense."
"ElastiCube Manager is a very easy to use ETL tool, which includes the ability to easily transform raw data into reusable data."
 

Cons

"Embedded analytics may lack some features from the modeling perspective, such as dimension modeling, and there are multiple factors that lead us to prefer analytics on top of the warehouse rather than going for embedded analytics."
"The solution's setup process could be easier."
"The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team."
"At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed."
"They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."
"I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums."
"Admins can't view all of the dashboards when needed; only dashboards that have been shared with the admins."
"Although its plugin support mitigates this, Sisense could use additional out-of-the-box visualizations."
"Sisense is easy to set up and connect to various formats and platforms, but it could improve its management strategy for dashboards created by multiple users, reducing complexity and enhancing security."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Compared to Power BI or Tableau, Sisense is much more expensive."
"This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
 

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Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Power BI Embedded Analytics?
I find Power BI Embedded Analytics to be a fairly good reporting tool and dashboarding tool. The color palette and everything about it is good. It would be beneficial to have reporting on top of a ...
What is your primary use case for Power BI Embedded Analytics?
I use Power BI Embedded Analytics for various purposes including reporting, dashboarding, supply chain management, daily management dashboards, and profitability analytics dashboards for finance. I...
What advice do you have for others considering Power BI Embedded Analytics?
I do use Power BI Embedded Analytics's custom visualization. Power BI Embedded Analytics helps consolidate data from multiple sources in my environment as we generally work with heterogeneous syste...
What needs improvement with Sisense?
So far, Sisense is performing well, but some visualizations lack flexibility in design options. Sisense should improve on handling extremely large data sets, and they should improve on maintaining ...
What is your primary use case for Sisense?
In our organization, we use Sisense for business intelligence where it helps us with complex data from multiple sources and provides excellent insights, which makes it easy for us to make data-driv...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sisense?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been positive, as the price is relatively affordable compared to other solutions, and I have no challenges with the pricing. The setup is s...
 

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