Ivanti Xtraction vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

"Ivanti Xtraction provides reports in a single dashboard. We can ask the executive leadership to review it. It has unlimited view access. You can view the reports but won't be able to edit them. The solution makes it easy to build reports and send them. It has filters, and you can filter the results based on time, date, etc. The view will go back to normal once refreshed."

"The most valuable aspect of Microsoft Power BI in my field is the insights it provides from analyzing data. Sometimes, these insights go beyond what traditional analysis can reveal due to the large volume of data involved. In terms of improving our data analysis process, it starts with identifying data sources, followed by cleaning and filtering out irrelevant data. Then, we categorize and structure the data to achieve the best visualization and insights. Regarding Power BI's integration with other tools, although we haven't implemented it ourselves, it's known that Power BI can integrate with systems like SAP or ERP software, which could enhance our analytics capabilities if needed."

"Power BI is a general-use visualization system. I can express the performance of our network through high-level key performance indicators."

"Initial setup was very straightforward. Users can get up and running reporting on databases within minutes."

"It is low-cost and easy to deploy. It is fully-featured."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"It's a straightforward setup."

"The Power Query feature in Microsoft Power BI helps me with the extract, transformation, and load of data; I'm actually doing the majority of the data prep inside that part of the tool."

"The interface is very fluid."

"The tool's graphics need to be updated."

"I would like them to provide a license that just allows us to see dashboards. What I don't like about this solution is that in order to just watch a dashboard, you need a license. Currently, you need to purchase a full license of Power BI Pro just to see something, which is not attractive. If you have a license, you can see a shared dashboard, but you can also build a dashboard or you can collaborate with other people. However, if you only want to see a dashboard, there is no license for that. I only want to see the dashboard, and I don't want to do anything more than watching the information on the dashboard. There is no license that allows you to see a shared dashboard. This is one of the areas of opportunity because I would like a lot of people to be able to see a shared dashboard, not to interact with it or to collaborate online with it. I would like to see more compatibility with non-Microsoft data sources. Given the fact that everything is related to Microsoft Azure and all services available on Microsoft Azure, I see that they're building more connections to Microsoft Azure services instead of other non-Microsoft services. I understand the strategy, but it would be good to have more compatibility with non-Microsoft data sources."

"Microsoft BI typically connects to a database, often SQL Server, but it's also capable of connecting to multiple databases, pulling data from them, and allowing for data consolidation. You can then aggregate and generate dashboards and reports from this combined data. Personally, I wouldn't claim to have the expertise to suggest significant changes or additional features, as it functions quite well as is."

"Microsoft needs to provide more drivers to connect other data sources in a native way."

"I cannot comment on the stability as we haven't yet used it for a big project."

"The look and feel should be updated in terms of the types of dashboards and graphs that you can produce. They aren't as visual as some of its competitors."

"Microsoft has got a very large repository of all change suggestions which have been raised by the BI community. They keep on adding features that are very widely sought after by the community. We don't focus on product features. We focus on business requirements. To use the solution, we find that existing features are good enough and offer us a very effective solution."

"Bad performance or heavy load on the dashboard often results from issues in backend data modeling or invalid data."

"You need to purchase upgraded support separately."

"It is a cheap solution for our needs."

"They have a free Power BI Desktop version, but it has limitations."

"There is a license for this solution and we purchase them annually."

"There is room for at least 45% discount as compared to the initial price."

"In the beginning, the solution cost approximately $1,000 per month, we have a Microsoft startup subscription. There is a subscription pack for startups company which we are able to have for one year."

"We have enterprise licenses and some of the other tools or features come as a package and others you have to purchase separately."

"I have never worked on licensing, but I have heard that it is reasonable."

"Microsoft BI is not expensive. Compared to the price of other BI products, the price is very fair."