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Bitam Artus vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Bitam Artus
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
45th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Business Performance Management (32nd)
Microsoft Power BI
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
331
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Bitam Artus is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power BI is 7.5%, down from 21.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Power BI7.5%
Bitam Artus0.6%
Other91.9%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

it_user202788 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
OLAP ad-hoc analysis is a valuable feature but the pricing needs to be improved.
Executive dashboards Easy design and publishing OLAP ad-hoc analysis It's allowed us to implement High Performance Work teams who periodically monitor KPIs, as well as improving the infrastructure and overall work methodology. Pricing needs to be brought down. I've used different versions over…
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

"It's allowed us to implement High Performance Work teams who periodically monitor KPIs, as well as improving the infrastructure and overall work methodology."
"It is quite easy to use and it helps me to achieve the projects that I've been assigned."
"This solution has provided an accurate analysis of our customers repurchasing the same plan for telecom Jio, providing customer purchase patterns and great visualization."
"We are aware that sometimes when we make changes to BI, the solutions might be complex, but Microsoft is quite helpful as we work through issues and we are quite satisfied with their level of support."
"The visuals are great and make everything look very professional. We can change the look and feel or manipulate the data according to our requirements. It's extremely flexible."
"If they are looking for a reporting tool that is easy to use and expandable in terms of charts, or new charts, they should use Microsoft BI, because there are many charts on the market that they can download and use very easily."
"In my experience the scalability is good. You are able to increase users and add more data."
"The AI support is really good, and we have plans to use the AI mechanisms and algorithms that Power BI uses to publish more easy-to-understand reports for our customers."
"The interactive reports, DirectQuery and integration with the other Microsoft services are valuable features."
 

Cons

"Pricing needs to be brought down."
"Sharing reports with non-Power BI users Use of ISO weeks (European) in relative date options."
"It is not yet ready for enterprises. For a big enterprise data model, it is not so stable, and it also doesn't scale so well."
"They can improve the user interface a little bit to make it more user-friendly. When creating a dashboard, it is not very user-friendly. You have to click on a certain style and use your keyboard keys to move it. You cannot drag and drop it."
"The capacity of the solution could be improved. If you don't need all the data it offers then don't download it because the software slows down."
"Real-time updating needs improvement."
"There should be more timely support. I would rate them a two out of 10 because of the lack of availability."
"I have found that some issues exist, indicating room for improvement in scalability."
"Spatial data support should be enhanced."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Microsoft BI is not expensive. Compared to the price of other BI products, the price is very fair."
"This product offers good value for the money."
"Make it low in cost. It is a no-brainer!"
"If it has to be applied on the cloud, then it costs around $10 per month per user. For a pro license and for a premium license it's around $20 per month per user. If it has to be applied on-premises then, depending on the course of your server, you have to buy a software assurance version of the database."
"Licensing is on a monthly basis, but I am not sure."
"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 solution is priced well for what they offer. However, the premium version is very expensive."
"Its cost seems to be unreasonable if you have many users, but for a lesser number of users, it is reasonable. It is $10 per month. Clients easily accept this option, so they must think it is reasonable. It is quite cheap as compared to other tools, such as Tableau. One of the best things about this solution is that it has a trial version."
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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

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business136
Midsize Enterprise59
Large Enterprise171
 

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Seeking lightweight open source BI software
There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...
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Power BI is an advanced visualization tool oriented to big data with a very complete set of widgets to visualize information, control users accessing information, the configuration of governance po...
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Oracle OBIEE is great in allowing design and creativity per the individual needs of the organization. Dashboards are fully customizable and very user-friendly. This solution is very stable. Oracle ...
 

Also Known As

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

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