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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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.

    $10

    per month per user

    Zoho Analytics

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Zoho Analytics (formerly Zoho Reports) is a self-service BI and analytics platform that allows users to analyze their business data and create reports and dashboards. It is designed to help users create and share reports quickly, without IT assistance.

    $30

    per month 2 users

    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BIZoho Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $30
    0.5M rows, 2 users
    Professional
    $30
    per user per month billed annually
    Standard
    $60
    1M rows, 5 users
    Premium
    $145
    5M rows, 15 users
    Enterprise
    $575
    50M rows, 50 users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BIZoho Analytics
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThere is a 20% discount for all plans if subscribed yearly. Customers can buy add-on rows and users, in addition to the plans listed above.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Power BIZoho Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    NA - did not use any other software, yet. Happy with the services and features provided by Microsoft Power BI which helps us navigate through the client requests on a daily basis while also providing actionable insights / solutions with maximum efficiency and that too in a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    They all offer a free trial with free versions available, but for enterprise installation and support and overall cost per user, we decided to try out Microsoft BI. Microsoft BI offers predictive analytics as well as data prep tools which Google Analytics does not offer. Power …
    Incentivized
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    We would have preferred to set up an API into Microsoft Power BI, however, this would have taken resources to investigate and implement. Signing up for Zoho Analytics in order to gain access to the necessary data points within Service Desk Plus Cloud was seamless. It was very …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho Analytics has the best UI and user friendly to create reports and dashboard along with features like Zia Assistance that guide in creating reports and dashboard and also help in the forecasting of the data based on the past records.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Compared to Qlik BI, Power BI, and Tableau, Zoho is a very economical option. It still manages to perform and proves to serve on par with the other mentioned software. It only lacks popularity, which is why not many people are using it. Zoho Analytics is a solid option for BI.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho has good reporting and analytical tools if they work on more API integration.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Ease of Use and Accessibility
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Have briefly used Tableu
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho Analytics is better in form of costing and pricing. The package is cheaper. The firm being large, small cap or mid cap, Zoho Analytics can help them provide accurate analytics and details. Customized graphical representation can be created which is easy to understand and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Not nearly as robust or full function as PowerBI, but is lightweight and more cost effective.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho has an intuitive interface with WYSIWYG interfacing so that there is little to no coding required. The other platforms we looked at are powerful and perform similar tasks as Zoho, however, the pricing of Zoho is a significant value. Additionally, there are more and more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho costs less than power BI. Also, it's easy to use whereas power BI is a bit complex to use. Zoho has a lot of extra features than a Smartlook. Zoho is best for easy integration and data capturing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Needs expert-level knowledge and becomes very expensive to maintain.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    one of the things i do like about zoho analytics is that we don't have to pay for integrations the same way we do on Google Data Studio. So, in terms of cost effectiveness, ive had much better luck with zoho. It can also do pivot tables with data and provide visualization that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho Analytics was better than these products for a company of our size, cost-effective and gets the job done as you want. One of the most prominent features that turned us to use Zoho was their NoSQL support. Apart from this everything worked on SQL which was easily used by …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Zoho Reports has the features that we were looking for -
    • Import of data from an API endpoint in JSON format (no specific schema)
    • Scheduled imports
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Power BI, Tableau are leaders in data visualization tool industry. They provide extensive features and they are priced accordingly. Excel is still my go to tool for analysis on my local machine but it likes functionalities like Zoho app sync, customizable dashboard and AI …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    77 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    96 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    78 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    67 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    71 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Power BIZoho Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.7
    131 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.5120 Ratings8.9102 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.0140 Ratings8.5131 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.1
    133 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.0139 Ratings8.0127 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.0138 Ratings7.6132 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.0135 Ratings8.6133 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.4
    125 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web8.0129 Ratings8.1104 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.0122 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.0104 Ratings8.4108 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.0
    80 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.0131 Ratings8.276 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.0122 Ratings8.568 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.0102 Ratings7.462 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.5
    125 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.0121 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.0102 Ratings8.968 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.0111 Ratings8.5118 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.394 Ratings8.670 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    6.4
    93 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.0111 Ratings7.367 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.793 Ratings4.169 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.7112 Ratings5.882 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.3
    61 Ratings
    6% above category average
    REST API8.072 Ratings8.157 Ratings
    Javascript API9.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.055 Ratings8.549 Ratings
    Java API8.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BIZoho Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    7.2
    (135 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    7.8
    (79 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    5.4
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    7.7
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    8.8
    (51 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (67 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Power BIZoho Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Zoho Analytics is the best way to consume data created by Zoho products . It's robust and quick build formula libraries and auto generated reports. A data source can be integrated and be ready for consumption within minutes. This gives a well developed baseline for organizing to develop advance analytics. It's mobile dashboards are very intuitive and useful for leaders who are on the move.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    • Zoho Analytics’ predictive analytics capabilities can help forecast future trends, allowing for proactive planning and risk management.
    • Performance Monitoring: We can track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments, such as sales, marketing, finance, and HR. This aids in identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
    • Decision making regarding resource allocation.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    • I'm guessing it's out there somewhere but I really could have used a 'quick start guide' or guided start.
    • Once I figured it out, it makes sense how to make sure the right data is provided in order to make dashboards quite flexible--- but without examples, I found it quite a challenge
    • The initial organization of Analytics is NOT intuitive. Once in context, the organizational features make sense, but (at least initially) it would have been most useful if the organization of Analytics reports in Zoho Analytics had saved me a lot of time.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    ZOHO is a very reliable company/product. We never had any issues with downtime or inaccessibility to our data. Any type of maintenance that they had to perform was clearly communicated and never an issue. We use a lot of external hooks and we've never had any issues with getting ZOHO to communicate with any of those hooks.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    ZOHO has obviously invested a lot of time effort and money in to creating a reliable infrastructure with high availability. We've never had any issues with performance and all of our data crunching small to large has always been well within reason. We have come to appreciate the performance of ZOHO and will continue to use it for all of our data needs.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    The support team is honestly not that great. At times, it seems as if members of our own team know more about the product than the support team. They must not have a lot of training or the turnaround is quick
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    If your external data sources are previously organized and correlated (e.g.: in your datawarehouse or database) your implementation will be easier. Of cource some not previously predicted correlation would be necessary to be done during the implementation, but if your organization let it to be all done into Zoho Analytics, it will take more time from your team.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    As far as I know, Zoho Analytics has been able to fulfill every need we've had for it. Our reports have gotten better and more detailed with pretty much every new issue of our magazine. It just keeps getting better, and we keep feeding it more data to digest and present to us.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    • Analytics has been the foundation of my role. I manage 2000 accounts myself, so I need analytics to help me know whom to serve first.
    • Analytics provides a lot of visualization options that I need to serve my customers.
    • Analytics has excellent options for accountability with our training team to know where each account is in their customer journey.
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    ScreenShots

    Microsoft Power BI Screenshots

    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

    Zoho Analytics Screenshots

    Screenshot of Zia Insights, which provides contextual intelligence with detailed diagnostics.Screenshot of where OpenAI's large language models (LLMs) are leveraged within Ask Zia to build complex queries, construct metrics and formulas, and discover public datasets.Screenshot of key metrics with KPI charts.Screenshot of streaming data, which is available for real-time insights. Users can process streams from Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, PubNub and APIs.Screenshot of reports accessed from iPad and Android tablets.Screenshot of custom machine learning models, available with a no-code assistant.