Microsoft Power BI vs The Mortgage Office Comparison

It comes with Office 365 so no need to buy it differently alone. You can just add it on your office 365 subscription.

Free version does not allow you to do the things as compared to other BI tools available so be aware of that.

It's easy to use, better than biggest alternatives (I've tested Qlik and TableAu) and I've chosen Power BI

There need some expertise with other Microsoft Office products, and a little programming skills / SQL

I like the flexibility to visualize data from different sources regardless of whether it is in the cloud or local servers.

I would like you to have more information about the connection to the gateways for integration with OnPremise systems.

the fact that is part of the Office 365 suite and for Excel users very easy to use

As a Qlik Consultant i don't like the fact that data analysis and exploration is not as easy as in other BI dashboarding products

Power BI is a tool that enables employees to view the data and information of the work, in a more graphical and organized manner. I use this Power BI tool to have trends of the reports with the previous pattern and also to analyze the data into a more organized and statistical manner to get business decisions.

The only cons in power BI is the lack of artificial intelligence, Others are well enabled, I have no other cons with the tool

I love the ability to turn all our excel spreadsheets into something people will care about. It really helps use data to tell a story.

I don't love Microsoft. This has similar functionality issues as most of the Office Suite does. Full transparency, I am an avid Mac user.

It gives you power to connect with an external database or cloud databases. We can develop custom graphical reports based on the client requirement.

I did not found anything specific about this product. But one part is it is not free and it requires a subscription to use all the features.

It's flexible features and compactibility with other MS office tool.

It doesn't give incremental and cumulative bar/line in same chart.

Being part of Microsoft,the interface is very familiar to MS Office users Connectivity to data sources is very good

Somewhat weak on the Data Visualization side Need more help on sample reports. Cant be downloaded and replicating them can be time consuming

Intuitive for people who have already been utilizing any variety of Microsoft's other products. They are adding features and functionality to Power BI at such a rapid pace that it won't be long before Power BI is better than all of the alternatives.

Missing a small number of features. Can run into some bugs/glitches because it is still fairly new to the BI tools market.

The software has good support provided by Microsoft which makes learning quick. It has a lot of similarities with Excel especially with the DAX expressions which makes adoption easy. It also integrates with a variety of database and software's which makes data pull smooth.

PowerBI service has a sharing feature which lets you share dashboards with the team. However, the sharing is a premium feature which has a separate subscription. The app store does not have a variety of additional visualizations and you rely mostly on the default visuals.

Having been a user of the full range of Microsoft Office, it was only natural that PowerBI comes to mind when trying to create a live update dashboard. It is extremely easy to use - a plug and play approach comes to mind - and if you had worked with Microsoft Office before, some of the features are very intuitive to use. If the organisation that you are working with uses Microsoft Office, access issues are sorted and it becomes incredibly easy to drive adoption of this dashboard on a day to day basis

The design of the dashboard created with PowerBI can be found to be lacking at points, compared to some of the other BI softwares. The templates available seem great, but there aren't as many options as I would like when I am creating a specific type of dashboard.

It is well integrated with Microsoft office suite making sharing workbooks across organization.

The interface could be more stylish. Updating product every time for a new release in a month could be time taking as it is takes you through Microsoft store to download updated version. I wish they directed us to the power Bi website for the update.

Power BI makes the Data Analysis and Visualization tasks simplier without keeping track of advanced tools, it's a great tool to anyone who needs to rely on or even produce and realease such analysis.

Despite of being very familiar to those people using MS Office, Power BI user interface might seen a bit crowded for most people.

Very simple to use, it interfaces with most office suite software, making data presentation intuitive.

It has no problems that impact the use. I would suggest a lighter version for simple computers.

Integration with existing Office products, at negligible additional cost. For users willing to invest in training to understand how to use it, there are a lot of synergies w/existing user workflows.

Hard to use. Our employees had trouble figuring out how to use it, despite it being marketed as an addon to their existing Office products.

The best thing about Power BI is the ability to customize it to my needs. Meaning, I can make every report look and feel the way I want. If a visual is not available as a built-in service I can go to the marketplace and search for one. If the built-in calculations won't work for what I need I can code in custom calculations.

The interface still has the look and feel of Office 2010. For software that gets updated on a monthly basis, it is surprising to me that it still looks like a product from a decade ago.

It has diverse integrated solutions for showing all the trends of a specific business or project or social matter on a single dashboard. Its interactive graphics are quite helpful for understanding the trends.

I am a quite new user and till now I only think that it needs some what higher knowledge and training than regular office user.

Power Bi is well integrated with the rest of the Microsoft Office suite and helps easily embark users relying on data to accomplish their daily tasks, through the self-service capabilities.

Data modeling and advanced statistical analysis require upfront investment in training, but it's worth the while.

While already a robust and competitive analytics software, Power BI is constantly coming out with new and improved features and functionality. The integrations with Excel is impressive and makes my life so much easier.

There still isn't a good integration with Microsoft's other Office programs other than Excel. Integration with Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook simply doesn't exist yet, and it should.

I really like the full integration with not only Microsoft Office 365 but the interface it has with other database product. I use it mostly with SharePoint to create nice looking interactive Dashboards.

The licencing model but I don't have to worry about this. This came with our Microsoft O365 E3 licences. As an administrator this was available for me to use.

The UI is very intuitive. Great for displaying/creating visual information. Loading data is simple. Compatibility with other Microsoft Office products. Power BI also has a lots of dashboard charts.

You need license for every user to use the Pro. Data is not updated very frequently. The browser version doesn't have all the features of the desktop version.

The ability to bring in data from multiple sources and present this in a way that is easy to view and understand.

The flexibility of the layout design leaves a bit to be desired. Full customisation and branding would be nice.

Al ser un producto de MS, creo que puede ser más sencillo de utilizar para las Pymes que están acostumbrados a utilizar Office.

Formaciones y tutoriales casi en exclusiva en inglés, podría haber más contenido en español.

Ease of use, especially for first-time users. Dashboard is of great help for data visualization. Not expensive when combined with Office 365 suite.

Could be easier for data exporting, especially when used on non-desktop browsers.

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Ease of purchase and installation. I can customize everything and anything. The math computations are accurate and also custom to your specific needs.

It's difficult to get support staff on the phone and sometimes end up in a phone tag scenario.