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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Metabase

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMetabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.

    $85

    per month

    Microsoft Power BI Embedded

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AA solution from Microsoft to provide customer-facing reports, dashboards, and analytics in applications by using and branding Power BI as one's own. Designed to reduce developer resources by automating the monitoring, management, and deployment of analytics, while getting full control of Power BI features and intelligent analytics.N/A
    Pricing
    MetabaseMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $85
    per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
    Starter
    $85
    per month up to 5 users
    Pro
    $500
    per month up to 10 users
    Growth
    $749
    per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
    Enterprise
    15,000
    per year
    Open Source
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MetabaseMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    MetabaseMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
    Considered Both Products
    Metabase
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    MetabaseMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Metabase and Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Feature
    Metabase
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Metabase and Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Metabase and Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Metabase and Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Metabase and Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Metabase and Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Metabase and Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    MetabaseMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MetabaseMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Metabase
    Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    This product is very convenient to use and implement and is considered a "de facto" standard in the Business Intelligence sphere. First of all, it contains numerous features in terms of visualization, data provisioning, data source integration which makes it a perfect tool for the development of BI analytics. Secondly, it provides great capabilities for the development of data markets for the whole development team. Thirdly, the sharing capabilities of dashboards that are updated in a real-time manner provides great incentives for end-users
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    Pros
    Metabase
    • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
    • Data representation from database directly.
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    Microsoft
    • It is very easy to connect multiple data sources for a single report. You can use CSV, Excel, database integration, etc.
    • Power Bi supports Python as well, which makes it a lot easier for us as it is known by most of our team.
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    Cons
    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
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    Microsoft
    • Similar to how Excel has VBA, Microsoft Power BI uses PowerQuery (M/DAX). Though DAX is similar to Excel in terms of how it is written, I just think it's something that would be difficult for new users to figure out.
    • Something I would like to see done differently in Microsoft Power BI is the ability to have presets for sorting/arranging of visualizations. Though it is nice to arrange the dashboard freely, it would also be nice to have preset arrangements based on visualizations (for those of us bad at making dashboards look appealing).
    • With Microsoft Power BI, it is hard to show others your dashboard using the free platform (unless you show them from your computer/account). This can cause issues if your firm is trialing Microsoft Power BI before purchase.
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    Usability
    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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    Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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    Microsoft
    I haven’t used any other software that can be compared to this and that is a good thing as this means that this software is the best one on the market. Tough other apps may exist we only use Microsoft Power BI because it is simply the best app out there.
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    Return on Investment
    Metabase
    • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
    • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
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    Microsoft
    • Saved a significant amount of time for reporting current rollout status to project stakeholders
    • Project stakeholders were able to view the live dashboards at any time so felt they had a better understanding of the rollout status
    • Project stakeholders found it beneficial that they were able to set their own filters. For example, to view rollout status for their own departments.
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