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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    ThoughtSpot

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThoughtSpot is an Agentic Analytics Platform for enterprises where users ask data questions using natural language and get answers with AI. Code-first for data teams and code-free for business users, ThoughtSpot can handle large, complex cloud data at scale.

    $1,500

    per year (5 users)

    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedThoughtSpot
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Pro
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user (25-1000 users)
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedThoughtSpot
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedThoughtSpot
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedThoughtSpot
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    7.6
    85 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.085 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.725 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    7.8
    87 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.187 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.786 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings5.447 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    8.8
    80 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.552 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.574 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.261 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.133 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    8.0
    83 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.782 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.876 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.062 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    8.5
    82 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.679 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.671 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.575 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.313 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.668 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    7.4
    50 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.148 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.131 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.943 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    ThoughtSpot
    6.5
    48 Ratings
    18% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings5.039 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings4.732 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.231 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.032 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedThoughtSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    8.4
    (87 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (82 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedThoughtSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    It is well suited when the same data is consumed by many different people with different analytics and visualization requirements because, if you have the data available in ThoughtSpot, every user can prepare different views. Also, it is a good reporting tool, you can get rid of slides if you have a good dashboard prepared, gaining flexibility and agility.
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    Pros
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    • Beautiful visualizations. The visuals are distinct, clean, and easy to discern from one another.
    • Intelligent querying functionality. When looking to manipulate the data, the search function makes it easy to manipulate the features in the data, along with aggregating them in the way you'd like.
    • Embedding! It has been a smooth process thus far for our product & technical teams to work with ThoughtSpot and bring it into our product.
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    Cons
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    • It would be great if ThoughtSpot can add the feature to filter by clicking on visualizations. i.e if I click on a particular data point in the chart if the full dashboard can filter just for that particular data point.
    • Color coding the heatmap with different colors like green to orange to red.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    I give it just waiting because passport is brilliant and it has helped our organisation In advancing to the next stage in the age of AI. It has allowed or non-tech people to better service and clients in a cost-effective way. George port has allowed us to create new products for us and for our clients increasing our revenue streams and reducing clients churn
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    The rating is because of the ease of use of the interface as it has a no code interface that makes it easy to setup data pipelines without extensive programming. Cloud native integration: It integrates seamlessly with cloud based data warehouses. Automated data loading, Scalability, Cost Effective, Transformations, Data Governance and security.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    it's available unless there is a server or system update etc. sometimes the timing of this is bad (for example during a month end close)
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    It does what it is supposed to. Would be nice to have a bit more insights
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    I give it this meeting because the team is not only help able to help us in the current solutions but also amazing and taking feedback and feeding it back to their development team which includes more products and features into ThoughtSpot
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    inhouse in-person training. Took a bit to long to get the basics.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    poor instructions
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    Understand use case and model and design accordingly
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    We also explored Tableau Ask Data. Tableau is our standard for BI in our organization. We want to use the smallest amount of tools in our company to have the best adaption. ThoughSpot will fill a few gaps that we have with our current set up and will also enhance out offering for our employees in the transition of being more data driven within in near future
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    Because it is very reliable, inside the situation, we need strong internet connection to access a lot of data but easily never had any downtime except during the upgrades
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    Return on Investment
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    • Time to market ROI is massive vs hiring the full-time dedicated team to build and maintain a frontend multi-tenant SaaS data viz product.
    • It will be interesting to see over time how the advanced features play out in terms of usability and end value, such as Natural Search, which we are very excited about, and the machine learning tools.
    Incentivized
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    ThoughtSpot Screenshots

    Screenshot of the ThoughtSpot home screenScreenshot of SpotIQ, which offers AI-driven insightsScreenshot of the Spotter AI agent that surfaces insights through natural language queriesScreenshot of AI Assist producing SQL in real timeScreenshot of SpotIQ, which offers AI-driven insightsScreenshot of the integration with dbt models and metrics