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BIME Analytics [EOL] vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

BIME Analytics [EOL]
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Power BI
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
332
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (1st), Reporting (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user370584 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Solutions Officer at Treehouse Technology Group
It's given us the ability to quickly plot data with an expansive set of graphs and data blending capabilities.
For this product, we actually incorporated the dashboarding capabilities into an application we are building for one of our clients. Our clients love the dashboarding and analytics capabilities that it provides. BIME has allowed our organization to quickly chart data after we built a successful data management and warehousing capability. Essentially, it is the tip of the iceberg, but an essential one nonetheless.
Hemanthreddy Vakiti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Interactive dashboards have transformed restaurant data into faster daily business decisions
Microsoft Power BI has many features and there is not a lot to improve. However, the licensing can be confusing. When deciding between Pro and Premium, I find it difficult to distinguish what features are offered by Pro and what features are offered by Premium, including the particular differences to choose between both licensing models. Additionally, some features such as DAX, which I mentioned previously, involve DAX calculations and complex data modeling, which are somewhat advanced and not easily understandable. Prior knowledge is required or you need to go through the documentation. If the documentation is made comprehensive so that anyone with no knowledge on DAX can easily use it by going through the documentation, it would be really helpful. Additionally, if the integration with non-Microsoft tools is improved and performance is optimized, then Microsoft Power BI can become a top-ranked visualization tool. The user experience with Microsoft Power BI is quite good. The intuitive user interface makes it easy for both technical and non-technical users to create reports. However, only the advanced features are somewhat complex, and if the documentation is improved, it can be easily accessible.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Our business is very fast pace, so live numbers help us on a daily basis figure out how to spend our time."
"BIME has accelerated Treehouse’s ability to execute on high visibility products by significantly decreasing the time to market for our products, especially during periods of rapid prototyping."
"Ability to connect all data sources (databases, online services, files, BigData)"
"I can recommend using BIME Analytics as it's definitely a very useful and powerful tool."
"Data importing from multiple sources was particularly useful for combining online and offline data, as well as across different analytical platforms (Google Analytics and Omniture)."
"The ability to paint a picture in any shape or form the user wants which can empower decision-making."
"The solution has a good toggling feature."
"Very intuitive and easy to use."
"Being able to show them a visual of the percentages in a pie chart has been very effective."
"When we are introducing Microsoft BI to our clients, if they're familiar with Excel, the transition phase will be much easier for them. They can easily switch from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft BI. The core foundation or the base technology is the same in both tools. There are a few limitations in Microsoft Excel, and this is where Microsoft BI comes in."
"Our setup is very straight forward and can be done in a matter of hours."
"We have used QlikView; Microsoft BI's dashboards are easier to use and not as complex."
"The solution is easy to use and flexible."
"It offers a lot of information and is very flexible and interactive."
 

Cons

"The V6 should be better in terms of navigability and ergonomy"
"Customer Service is non existent."
"Currently, I have to download the data-set for analysis and it is difficult to deliver outputs with BIME concurrently."
"Although we were able to provide dashboards to our customers, it required that we create the dashboards with the essential analytics."
"Whereas BIME clearly surpasses Excel on many fronts with regards to interactive charting, there are areas where small formatting features are not available."
"I wish that it had better database management mapping features."
"What I don't like about this solution is that in order to just watch a dashboard, you need a license."
"The significant drawback I notice is that Microsoft's size makes it hard to get specific change requests addressed unless they involve a bug."
"My data is restricted to my DB and I'm not sure how this would handle an extremely large dataset."
"The dashboard could be simplified."
"An area for improvement is data refresh functionality"
"It should be more scalable for an enterprise-level implementation. When you deploy large data sets, the response has to be faster in Power BI. This is one thing that needs to be improved in it."
"The solution could improve by simplifying the user interface and adding integration or compatibility with APA."
"I would like to see better, undisturbed stability without any interruptions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is reasonable."
"Microsoft BI is very cost-effective and this is why we use it."
"The cost of the solution is more flexible for us because the desktop is free and we pay as we use it in the cloud."
"The license is on a yearly basis."
"If you purchase a license for a server, for users, or the professional version, you might not have to. The free version I think it can satisfy many customers' needs."
"We view it as an expensive product."
"Microsoft Power BI has reasonable pricing."
"I am satisfied with its price. Its price is very less as compared to Tableau and QlikView."
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Comparison Review

it_user79932 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - BI Head with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 4, 2015
Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho
1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…
 

Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business137
Midsize Enterprise59
Large Enterprise171
 

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SSRS, SSAS, MSBI, MS Reporting Services, Microsoft BI Tools, Microsoft Big Data, Power BI Pro, MS BI
 

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