Microsoft Power BI vs. Oracle Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Power BI
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.N/A
Oracle Analytics
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Analytics is a solution used to visually explore data to create and share compelling stories. Oracle Analytics Cloud is a cloud native service, and Oracle Analytics Server is the on-premise option.N/A
Pricing
Microsoft Power BIOracle Analytics
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Features
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BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.8
Ratings
8% above category average
Oracle Analytics
8.4
Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.50 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
Oracle Analytics
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
Ratings
3% above category average
Oracle Analytics
9.1
Ratings
9% above category average
Publish to Web8.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Report Versioning9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.7
Ratings
9% above category average
Oracle Analytics
8.5
Ratings
6% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
Ratings
1% above category average
Oracle Analytics
8.8
Ratings
4% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.30 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Oracle Analytics
7.3
Ratings
7% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Mobile Application7.70 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.70 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.4
Ratings
7% above category average
Oracle Analytics
7.7
Ratings
1% below category average
REST API8.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Javascript API9.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
iFrames8.00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Java API8.00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.10 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.40 Ratings5.90 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Microsoft Power BIOracle Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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9.2
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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9.1
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Usability
7.9
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9.1
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Availability
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9.1
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Performance
-
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9.1
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Support Rating
10.0
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9.1
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In-Person Training
-
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9.0
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Online Training
-
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9.1
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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9.1
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Configurability
-
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9.1
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Ease of integration
-
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8.2
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Product Scalability
-
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Microsoft Power BIOracle Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Power BI is great for sales tracking, financial reporting, and real-time operations monitoring. It integrates data from multiple sources, creating interactive dashboards for better decision-making. However, it's less ideal for real-time big data processing, offline access, or when deep customization is needed. It works best for structured reporting but struggles with highly complex data models.
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The entire deployment and configuration stage was easy and it was accessible across the organization in a matter of days. Oracle Analytics Server being a cloud-based solution helped right from Input of Bulk Data to Info preparation, Data cleaning, and finally Data Modeling. Everything was visual and the Help Wizard was very intuitive.
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Pros
  • It is great at taking in large amounts of data and housing it all.
  • Microsoft Power BI is so user friendly and it's dashboards are very easy on the eye.
  • The ease of sharing dashboards makes it great for use across a large company.
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  • Oracle helps with easy customization of reports.
  • It helps with the creation of dashboards and the integration of different data sources.
  • Oracle BI was a package used for multiple users across our organization - publishing and distributing reports was a breeze.
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Cons
  • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
  • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
  • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
  • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
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  • More AI but with human back up.
  • Less mumbo jumbo so even IT guys/gals can more easily work.
  • More statistics (math) and orientation for those not familiar with it.
  • More live as well as virtual (live) show casing of real situations in business.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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Scalability and rich integration capabilities. In the future, if we go with Hyperion for the Financial Consolidation and planning purposes -BI integration with Hyperion is going to be much simpler as it has native interface connectivity and even integration capabilities with well known CRM products (Siebel) and ERP Products (Oracle EBS, Peoplesoft, SAP) is going to be easy and straight forward.
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Usability
Takes a little bit to get used to it. Not natively intuitive but fairly straight forward to pick up. Also docking it a few points because you can create a really clean, simple UI in Claude very quickly that's faster than building all of this yourself in Microsoft Power BI.
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Great, if you are limited to using it along with other Oracle products; sadly, not if you are integrating with other products, which can be a challenge. It is a great product with tons of functionality and great integration with other in-house platforms. Great visuals and customization for data and analytics to provide decision-making data and analysis.
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Reliability and Availability
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No problems, it's that simple.
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Performance
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Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
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Support Rating
It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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Oracle Analytics Support team is very proactive and I have never had a situation where I had to wait for more than a day or two to get my issues resolved. This is a very big help for us and we appreciate Oracle and its team for guaranteeing that experience.
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In-Person Training
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Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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Online Training
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It was a private training site.
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Implementation Rating
It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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Like most other large implementations of such technical programs, it pays to plan as much upfront as possible, and this is why we are researching this great product so much.
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Alternatives Considered
All others apps are enablers and Microsoft Power BI is the visual that end user sees which often adds more value to the end user to make strategic decisions from this. All are equally great but Microsoft Power BI is the end result
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If compared with other major BI and data visualization tools ODVC guarantees a higher level o scalability. In fact, ODVC is ideal to be used to cover very complex use cases with data coming from different enterprise systems through different integration technology. ODVC can easily deal with millions of records.
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Scalability
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We have seen the results of this in our initial research and are not surprised that Oracle does this like it does soo many other things in this area, so well.
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Return on Investment
  • We're still early in the adoption process at this company, but we've illustrated how bad data keeps us from being more productive. ~25% of a team's work week was dedicated to effectively cleaning up entries, but it was always seen as a normal to them.
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  • We've used OBIEE (or it's previous named product) for over 13 years and it's still the most used tool for BI by the business.
  • We moved our largest business system off of Business Object into OBI so we could gain improved performance, reliability, and easier management of metadata.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Turns insights into impact for business usersScreenshot of Power BI integrates easily with Microsoft 365Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - AI-Powered CapabilitiesScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Copilot can be used to create reportsScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Data HubScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Scales as organizational needs grow