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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft BI (MSBI)

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.

    $14

    per month per user

    Oracle Analytics

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AOracle 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 BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    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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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Outsourcing work is easy to understand, and there are plenty of resources available in the marketplace. It is expensive, but it is still significantly less costly than the alternatives. Results from Microsoft BI (MSBI) are dependable; therefore, there is no problem with trust. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Easy data load through Excel.
    Data load using standard API is possible.
    Data synchronized and harmonized.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Microsoft BI is ideal for proficient Excel users, and it is the best choice in terms of visualizations. We decided to use Microsoft BI for these reasons.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    One of the main reasons Microsoft BI was chosen by our company is because it is a reliable program. We tried different programs in the past (and currently also use other ones for certain reporting and analysis needs) but Microsoft BI was the least buggy out of our top choices.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Oracle is primarily one amongst the leader in ERP applications and they have quite easily leveraged their BI products to offer pre-built dashboard and operational reporting which is received well by the users. But with Microsoft BI there are host of other features which beats …
    Incentivized
    Oracle
    Chose Oracle Analytics
    Compared to Microsoft BI, Oracle BI has got good data modeling, adhoc reporting, scheduling and some rich visualization capabilities which definitely made us to choose Oracle BI against Microsoft BI.

    Tableau BI is a very simple and easy tool to implement and helps business users …
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
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    Features
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    48 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.4
    37 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.041 Ratings8.933 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.048 Ratings9.236 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.046 Ratings7.137 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    48 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.2
    37 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Drill-down analysis9.043 Ratings8.436 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.048 Ratings8.137 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.038 Ratings7.123 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.048 Ratings9.236 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    9.1
    37 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Publish to Web9.043 Ratings8.731 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.043 Ratings9.237 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.039 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.042 Ratings9.835 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.023 Ratings8.717 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.5
    36 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.046 Ratings9.035 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.043 Ratings8.531 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.041 Ratings8.126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.8
    37 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.045 Ratings9.237 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.042 Ratings8.237 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.045 Ratings8.536 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.027 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    38 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    7.3
    29 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.035 Ratings6.729 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.026 Ratings7.325 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.035 Ratings7.527 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    20 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    7.7
    17 Ratings
    1% below category average
    REST API9.018 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Javascript API9.018 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    iFrames9.017 Ratings6.713 Ratings
    Java API9.016 Ratings9.715 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.017 Ratings7.114 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.016 Ratings5.913 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (72 ratings)
    9.2
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    9.2
    (38 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    8.1
    (38 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft BI is well suited for Stream analytics, easy data integration, report creation and UI/UX designs (limited but what all available are great ones) Microsoft BI may be less appropriate for handling huge number of datasets and difficult queries. It may also be difficult for a company with heavy data.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Data Visualization is very effective if used in an enterprise context with huge volumes of data coming from different systems. It supports dashboard and reporting capabilities and is easy to scale. It also allows you to leverage machine learning capabilities to extract hidden data trends. Visualization capabilities are powerful but not so various if compared to other solutions on the market. If you want to present a dashboard to an executive audience and you want to make your dashboards beautiful you must adapt them through PowerPoint.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Comparatively easy to use compared to other data analytics solutions, collaborating with other colleagues on data work is simple.
    • Using Visual Studio for database, ETL, reporting, and analytics development save time and money.
    • Transfer of data from one application to another via Excel and comparison of data attributes between applications
    • Dashboard functionality, as well as Python support, are available, allowing you to add additional charts and graphs.
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    Oracle
    • Available without of the box connectors for Salesforce and oracle Saas Cloud. This is a huge plus for our business since we don't need another middleware solution just for this sake.
    • We are able to connect to our on-prem SQL Server database where we have our RMA database and other applications seamlessly without writing custom APIs.
    • OAC writes directly into ADW which is another advantage for loading Excel files into ADW after dataflow transformations.
    • OAC allows replication of the database from fusion ERP and lets us create subject areas using the data modeler.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The race to perfect gathering of Non-Traditional datasets is on-going; with Microsoft arguably not the leader of the pack in this category.
    • Licensing options for PowerBI visualizations may be a factor. I.e. if you need to implement B2C PowerBI visualizations, the cost is considerably high especially for startups.
    • Some clients are still resistant putting their data on the cloud, which restricts lots of functionality to Power BI.
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    Oracle
    • 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
    Microsoft BI is fundamental to our suite of BI applications. That being said, Northcraft Analytics is focused on delighting our customers, so if the underlying factors of our decision change, we would choose to re-write our BI applications on a different stack. Luckily, mathematics are the fundamental IP of our technology... and is portable across all BI platforms for the foreseeable future.
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    Oracle
    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
    Microsoft
    The Microsoft BI tools have great usability for both developers and end users alike. For developers familiar with Visual Studio, there is little learning curve. For those not, the single Visual Studio IDE means not having to learn separate tools for each component. For end-users, the web interface for SSRS is simple to navigate with intuitive controls. For ad-hoc analysis, Excel can connect directly to SSAS and provide a pivot table like experience which is familiar to many users. For database development, there is beginning to be some confusion, as there are now three tool choices (VS, SSMS, Azure Data Studio) for developers. I would like to see Azure Data Studio become the superset of SSMS and eventually supplant it.
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    Oracle
    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
    Microsoft
    The product has been reliable.
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    Oracle
    No problems, it's that simple.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) can drag at times. We created two report servers and placed them under an F5 load balancer. This configuration has worked well. We have seen sluggish performance at times due to the Windows Firewall.
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    Oracle
    Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    While support from Microsoft isn't necessarily always best of breed, you're also not paying the price for premium support that you would on other platforms. The strength of the stack is in the ecosystem that surrounds it. In contrast to other products, there are hundreds, even thousands of bloggers that post daily as well as vibrant user communities that surround the tool. I've had much better luck finding help with SQL Server related issues than I have with any other product, but that help doesn't always come directly from Microsoft.
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    Oracle
    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
    Microsoft
    This training was more directed toward what the product was capable of rather than actual programming.
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    Oracle
    Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    I have used on-line training from Microsoft and from Pragmatic Works. I would recommend Pragmatic Works as the best way to get up to speed quickly, and then use the Microsoft on-line training to deep dive into specific features that you need to get depth with.
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    Oracle
    It was a private training site.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    We are a consulting firm and as such our best resources are always billing on client projects. Our internal implementation has weaknesses, but that's true for any company like ours. My rating is based on the product's ease of implementation.
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    Oracle
    A properly implemented Endeca solution performs extremely well on the largest of datasets and it positions your organization to immediately achieve your ROI.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    We have used the built in ConnectWise Manager reports and custom reports. The reports provide static data. PowerBI shows us live data we can drill down into and easily adjust parameters. It's much more useful than a static PDF report.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Analytics Cloud, is one of the most agile and secure data analysis platforms that according to the budget and the amount of use, you can use the resources you need under the cloud. The Oracle brand is also very well known in this field and can meet all the needs of an organization or industry in any sector.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    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
    Microsoft
    • As a SaaS provider we see being able to provide self-service BI to our client users as a competitive advantage. In fact the MSSQL enabled BI is a contributing factor to many winning RFPs we have done for prospective client organisations.
    • However MSSQL BI requires extensive knowledge and skills to design and develop data warehouses & data models as a foundation to support business analysts and users to interrogate data effectively and efficiently. Often times we find having strong in-house MSSQL expertise is a bless.
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    Oracle
    • 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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