Microsoft Power BI vs RStudio Connect comparison

"Microsoft BI is easy to use and to design. I found Microsoft BI a lot easier than Tableau."

"In my experience the scalability is good. You are able to increase users and add more data."

"Other people can access data much more easily than before. Its usability is the main advantage, people in the company are using it."

"Microsoft BI is better than most solutions we have. It's pretty easy to conduct analysis with it."

"Data integration is very useful in Power BI. It lets me collect data from many sources. For example, I can get data from Oracle databases and SQL Server databases at the same time."

"Microsoft Power BI is a powerful tool with many capabilities, but my favorite feature is its data modeling, which links tables together and allows teams to gain insights for KPIs by modeling data differently to meet various requirements."

"The most valuable feature of Power BI is its ability to provide customized visualizations and insights tailored to specific business needs."

"Power BI's integration with other tools is very good."

"RStudio Connect is very powerful statistically and can handle large datasets, even on a free version on a laptop."

"Microsoft BI lacks integration capabilities, so it needs to consider increasing its integration capabilities."

"When you go to the cloud, its licensing is not intuitive. It is a little bit complex. When you have to purchase a new license, it is difficult to understand on their website what exactly you need to pay and how you can group. It is something that is applicable to all Microsoft products. They're not always so simple and clear when it comes to licensing. Their support can also be better in terms of explaining how they resolved an issue and what steps they took to resolve it. They are able to resolve the issue, but they can be better at explaining the approach they took to resolve the issue. It could have something in the direction of machine learning. It can have some kind of integration with machine learning where you can ask for some reports with natural language."

"In an upcoming release, the solution could be simplified and have a more complete product package rather than a suite of products that we have to put together."

"I think that they can add more types of charts because the selection on the desktop version is limited."

"It's not really complicated, but I didn't find the things I was looking for. The ones I used to work with within Dash are more open, and there are more choices. But with Power BI, there are only limited types of plots that I can use. For example, when I wanted to put the plots in Power BI, there was no extendable space. You have a limited page where you can place a maximum of three plots in that, and you can't do more than that on a single page. You have to create a new page, a different page for that. That made it a bit annoying, and the filtering part is limited, with basic functions. If you want to make custom filtering or custom functions, you can't do that."

"Power BI could have better metadata management. It's easy to use for a single person. However, it lacks an enterprise-grade metadata management system, which can be a problem if you're doing an enterprise deployment with multiple users."

"The solution could improve by providing more free visuals. A lot of them are very nice but you have to purchase them."

"It is not leading the charge on scalability, but it meets expectations."

"I rate my experience with RStudio Connect as average because I am not yet comfortable enough to provide a definitive assessment."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."

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

"It is free."

"Its pricing is reasonable for the desktop stuff, but for enterprise-level, it is a little expensive."

"Power BI is cheaper for smaller groups when comparing to competitors. It requires a monthly per-user subscription."

"Pricing is a big advantage that Power BI has over Tableau. Power BI is three or four times cheaper than Tableau. For my personal use, I will definitely prefer a $20 monthly fee of Power BI rather than a $70 monthly fee of Tableau. If you pay altogether for Power BI, they give you a discount, whereas, with Tableau, there is no discount. There are three versions of Power BI: Free, Pro, and Premium. The Premium version comes with a lot of things. There is no extra or hidden fee. You pay every month, and the software is with you. If you upgrade, there will be some extra charges."

"We have a premium Power BI license in-house that's quite an expensive license. It's $10 a month for four users and then I think 35,000 at the premium rate."

"Microsoft BI for desktop is free to use, and you can download and use it."