We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Pyramid Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is quite easy to use and it helps me to achieve the projects that I've been assigned."
"It allows individuals to do the analysis themselves."
"Microsoft BI allows us to connect to any database or any dataset."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"It's a powerful platform."
"Connectivity, installation, and configuration are pretty fast and seamless compared to Cognos."
"We like the drag and drop interactability visualization. We really like that. It's user-friendly."
"There is also a chart store where we can download charts, which is extremely useful."
"Pyramid has a wide level of uses, as it's a complete ETL process and has a good level of connecting to a lot of data sources."
"It proved to be a very powerful and useful tool due to its breakdown capabilities, easy reporting features, flexibility in building custom calculations, and the ability to integrate them into reports."
"The features I find most valuable are 'Discover,' 'Formulate,' and 'Model.' I use them regularly to build logic and create reports for my job."
"The on-premise version has quite good scalability."
"The most valuable feature of Pyramid Analytics, outshining even top-tier platforms like Power BI, is its robust support for DAX queries."
"I think the most valuable Pyramid Analytics feature is the solution's ability to drill down and dice in the loop. I think it is better than InExcel or Power BI."
"It seems quite performant in analyzing multi-dimensional information sets and presenting them."
"It offers a wide range of analytics options including statistics and visualizations, as well as prediction capabilities, allowing users to make forecasts based on the latest data."
"Microsoft needs to do some more research and development to make it more stable."
"This solution needs integration with SAS and more deep analysis functionality."
"Compared to other applications, like Tableau, Microsoft BI doesn't have as many functions that allow you to do more in-depth analysis and represent the findings."
"The solution could improve the mobile application design. It is difficult to use compared to the desktop version."
"The solution could improve by having more attractive graphical charts."
"The solution is somewhat costly in comparison with MSBI tools."
"Better mapping capabilities and easier administration access would be beneficial, especially for understanding who has viewed reports."
"There are some limitations in Power BI; you have to work in the Power BI base. However, if you want something not out-of-the-box and you want something custom, you have to do a lot of work."
"There is room for improvement in terms of documentation and examples, especially for newcomers like me who are learning both business intelligence and Pyramid."
"There is room for improvement in terms of the user interface, particularly when it comes to modifying connections between filters and visual components in a dashboard."
"The general amount of negative comments that I am hearing from my team makes me very wary."
"Even though the solution has a functionality for every step, it's not so well- defined. That needs to be improved."
"I think the graphic number of charts and components could be higher, at least comparable to Brain Power BI."
"I find that this is quite a heavy, time-consuming tool for developers."
"It would be desirable to have the possibility to generate a data dictionary, detailing the original physical tables, renamed fields, and derived fields."
"Pyramid Analytics could improve by speeding up data refresh, especially for large datasets."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while Pyramid Analytics is ranked 16th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 8 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Pyramid Analytics is rated 7.6. 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 Pyramid Analytics writes "A comprehensive and user-friendly business intelligence for enhanced data insight". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Pyramid Analytics is most compared with Tableau, Alteryx, Qlik Sense, Databricks and SAP Analytics Cloud. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Pyramid Analytics report.
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