We performed a comparison between Microsoft BI and Oracle OBIEE based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft BI is the clear winner in this comparison. It is easy to set up, has good customer support, and is reliable and easy to use. In addition, it has an impressive ROI and is less expensive than Oracle OBIEE.
"My primary use is for view of the dashboard."
"It gives you an edge if you are on the Microsoft platform. If you have been using Microsoft products for a long time or if you have the Microsoft infrastructure, this is the right tool for you. It has seamless integration with Microsoft SQL Server and other sources, and you get the best of the three things (SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS) in one suite."
"In the early stage of an implementation, it not only helps decision making, but it allows people to have insight into problems with data so that they can go and get it corrected."
"Reports, dashboards, and visualizations are most valuable."
"The solution is not that difficult to install, although this will vary with the experience of the person responsible for its installation."
"The product is stable."
"I have found the most valuable feature of this solution is the Natural Language tool."
"It is easy to use. It has got a desktop where people can develop their own dashboards. Basically, we have figured out how to connect finance contracts and all programs for the government agency. So, they can see everything in a dashboard. So, it is very easy to use from a technical standpoint of view."
"The centralized metadata model component is most valuable."
"It has a lot workaround in order to do the report. data blending, and getting information from big data sources."
"There are some great new features in the latest version."
"The security is good. For example, we can implement column-level security."
"A great feature of the solution is its stability."
"The solution is easy to use and very flexible."
"The scalability of the product is good."
"The technical support services are good."
"SSMS & SSRS."
"Adding paginated reports to this tool could be of great help for users who want to move away from SSRS."
"The setup took a lot of tinkering with InfoSec to allow us to do stuff."
"The default parameters of the prompt could be improved by including a dynamic option."
"My data is restricted to my DB and I'm not sure how this would handle an extremely large dataset."
"If you have to pull multiple data sources performance is somewhat lacking."
"The solution could use a faster speed on certain interactions and a refresh of the dashboards."
"I have a little problem with Synapse Analytics because it's very new. It's a product that has many capabilities, but it is not very well developed. I have to see the list of permissions from one object. I can't do this in Synapse. I have to search on the web for a solution because I don't have the tool for it."
"Oracle OBIEE can improve the ease of use. It is a lot to learn and it could be made easier."
"Oracle OBIEEE's performance and licensing costs could be improved."
"The solution is too expensive for small firms."
"We were not satisfied with the support, because we could not obtain answers or solutions."
"Essbase integration needs to be worked on."
"It would be better if it had a wide range of visualization options. For example, Microsoft Power BI has an extensive range of visualization options, but it's not available in OBIEE. There are also some conflicts because it's complicated, but the cloud application is easier. They added some features for ETL with the on-premises application, but we need a different or a separate application for ETL in the cloud. In the next release, I would like to have more AI features."
"In our organization, we feel that data visualization for APIs is an area in which the solution lacks."
"The development effort takes longer than other BI tools currently on the market."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while Oracle OBIEE is ranked 3rd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 154 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Oracle OBIEE is rated 7.8. 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 Oracle OBIEE writes "A solution that is easily accessible, scalable and requires a straightforward initial setup process to get started". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Databricks, whereas Oracle OBIEE is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, IBM Cognos, Tableau, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Oracle OBIEE report.
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When comparing Power BI with OBIEE, it is evident that OBIEE emerges as the winner in the data management aspect, while Power BI scores drastically above OBIEE in the self-service and data visualization aspects.
Power BI and OBIEE make a strong pair in the Analytics landscape by complementing the weaknesses of one with the strengths of the other!
Therefore, it is good to leverage the best of both OBIEE and Power BI, by connecting them seamlessly and securely through BI Connector.