We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Provides good data flow related to the container and control flow."
"It's a powerful platform."
"In contrast to what we were using before I think that Power BI has given us more extensive results."
"It is a little easier at buildings charts and graphs than Tableau."
"You can learn a lot of things quickly using resources like ChatGPT or Microsoft's own solutions, which are very helpful within the Microsoft ecosystem."
"This is a self-service BI tool, so it doesn't require a huge amount of technical training, knowledge, or a background in BI in order to induct new people into it."
"Its connection to every database: Whatever and wherever it is."
"The best thing about this solution is that it is very user friendly. It is interactive in terms of visualizations. It is very eye-catching, and it attracts users. There are a lot of options to visualize the data in different drafts and views. I have used different visualization tools, and I found Power BI to be more efficient in terms of performance, user-friendliness, and ease of use."
"The integration interface is very easy to use and allows you to directly connect to a variety of APIs."
"I like the way I can share dashboards and embed dashboards. I normally use embedding. So, I create a dashboard, and I embed it into specific websites. Sharing of the dashboard is seamless, and it is easier than any other visualization platform, even Tableau."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We can create advanced-level reports with the tool. We can get data from different Zoho applications and also from other third-party applications. We can create schedules for syncing data from third parties to Zoho Analytics. We can also use table queries for getting data from more than one table."
"It provides insights into leads, information about the team and about various sales activities. The graphical representations in the form of charts is excellent."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"We moved the data from Zoho Creator to Zoho Analytics and created reports."
"The most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics is its connectivity with ERP systems and the functionality to set up different fields for leads."
"The solution could be more customizable and you do not have too much freedom on the code."
"Power BI doesn't support some open-source data sources that are new, such as SnowSQL, Iceberg, or ClickHouse."
"It would be nice to use other connectors to link with the data."
"The graphic interface could be better."
"From an improvement perspective, I think if the Power BI developers of that platform would really focus on being more detailed and specific on the error messages, it would help a lot of developers troubleshoot and maintain the report ECT or the dashboard ECT."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly interface with Microsoft BI."
"In Microsoft Excel, you are able to have tabs. However, in Microsoft BI you do not have this flexibility."
"There are some other visuals that are available in the Microsoft marketplace, however, you need to use them via trial and error. There needs to be a write-up about how to use them with a quick guide describing the visual."
"This solution does not support manufacturing facilities."
"There is a limitation that we cannot create more than 300 columns in a worksheet on Zoho Analytics."
"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option. I know they have a white labeling feature in which I can white label Zoho Analytics with my company theme, logo, and URL, but it seems a little expensive. If they can make it cheaper, it would be great. The same is applicable to Tableau."
"In terms of improvement, they have a limited number of graphs available in their store. They should come up with more graph style forms. They should have more charts and at the same time, you can't create panels like with Microsoft BA."
"A higher degree of artificial intelligence could be included in this solution. The data and overall insights could be improved."
"I have a lower rating when it comes to Zoho Analytics. The tool has poor performance. It needs to improve the dimensions and measures."
"It would be great to have more user input fields which can be used on dashboards."
"There should be more types of graphics available for use in the reports."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while Zoho Analytics is ranked 13th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 24 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Zoho Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power BI writes "A complete ecosystem with an builtin ETL tool, good integrations with python and R, and support of DAX and Power Query (M languages)". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zoho Analytics writes "An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Zoho Analytics is most compared with Apache Superset, Tableau, Looker, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Zoho Analytics report.
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