Microsoft Power BI vs Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer comparison

Microsoft and Oracle are both solutions in the Reporting category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #15 with an average rating of 10.0. Microsoft holds a 17.3% mindshare in RT, compared to Oracle’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer compete in data analysis and business intelligence solutions. Power BI has an edge with its integration capabilities and user-friendliness, while Oracle Discoverer excels in comprehensive reporting for enterprise environments.

Features: Microsoft Power BI offers robust integration with multiple data sources, interactive visualizations, and advanced AI-powered analytics tools. Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer provides extensive data modeling, in-depth reporting features, and a design tailored to large-scale environments. Power BI's adaptability in integrating data sources offers an advantage across diverse scenarios, while Oracle excels in detailed data analysis and reporting capabilities for traditional enterprise setups.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Power BI's cloud-based deployment supports rapid setup with low infrastructure costs, resulting in enhanced scalability and accessibility. It has a comprehensive support ecosystem for smooth implementation. Oracle Discoverer, integrated within larger Oracle systems, necessitates more complex deployment but provides strong customer support through seamless integration into Oracle's suite. Power BI's ease appeals to businesses seeking quick deployment, whereas Oracle suits those needing tight integration with Oracle solutions.

Pricing and ROI: Power BI provides a subscription-based pricing model, generally lower and flexible, suitable for various budgets, contributing to strong ROI with its cost-effective analytics and features. Oracle Discoverer's pricing is often higher, accounting for enterprise-level features, and it offers substantial ROI when fully leveraged within a comprehensive Oracle environment. Power BI's attractive pricing benefits cost-sensitive deployments, while Oracle promises long-term value for dedicated enterprise applications.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power BI

Ranking in Reporting

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

327

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (1st)

Oracle Business Intelligenc...

Ranking in Reporting

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Microsoft Power BI is 17.3%, down from 26.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer is 1.3%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Microsoft Power BI	17.3%
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer	1.3%
Other	81.4%

Reporting

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Livia Vasilescu

HR Manager at PPB

Use advanced data preparation features in analytics projects

Microsoft Power BI can be quite slow when working with data sources that aren't from a data warehouse or a more robust source or data artifact. When working with exports, which we do frequently, the load takes considerable time. This occurs with any BI tool, and it's related to our working methods due to limitations within the area. In HR, we typically use exports because we have numerous data sources. Ideally, Microsoft Power BI would have a no-code or low-code solution for the data sources to be built by the actual developers or development team. This would eliminate the need to work directly with exports. We would have a middle ground to create a warehouse without all the infrastructure, as building a warehouse within an organization can require substantial resources, both in time and personnel.

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Magdy Tawfik Eskander Taya

CEO at 3JITS

Useful for business reports and helps to drill down accounting information

The tool's most valuable feature is table creation. One of the most important capabilities is the supplier assessment reports. These reports provide a balance during transactions, which is crucial for auditing. This feature is not standard in other ERP systems, making it highly valuable. The solution helps to drill down details from sources like payables and inventory, which the accounting department requires.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best feature for me is Power Query. I know that probably sounds strange, but you can't do too much with visuals and reports if the backend stuff is horribly dirty and just bad. But for me, that is absolutely fantastic. I can load the data and do the transformation and be able to load it in a useful way. There are tons of connections, which is absolutely fantastic as well. It's been fairly easy, and it's intuitive."

"Power BI pricing is generally considered more affordable than Tableau."

"The solution is easy to use and flexible."

"The visualization part and its inclusion in a cloud-based application are valuable features."

"Power BI has strong support from Microsoft. If you need help, they answer promptly. There are also several discussion groups where you can get information, like the product roadmap and any new things coming up."

"Its ease of use is most valuable."

"One of the key factors why I use Power BI is because it's very flexible with other Microsoft tools."

"Technical support has been great."

More Microsoft Power BI pros

"The tool's most valuable feature is table creation. One of the most important capabilities is the supplier assessment reports. These reports provide a balance during transactions, which is crucial for auditing."

Cons

"There are some connector-related issues in their MSBA solution."

"We haven't used it that long and I haven't come across anything that's stood out as needing to be fixed."

"Real-time refreshing for SAP BW would be nice. We know its on the radar for the development team at MS. "

"Performance can be an issue when there's too much data, and getting data into Microsoft Power BI via APIs can be slow."

"I have been doing trial and error to figuring out how to do the data analyzing and modeling. There could be some improvement to simplify it."

"It is kept very current, and there is an update literally every month. However, the interface changes quite randomly with no documentation, which is difficult at the domain and architectural level where you're planning things and engaging the business. Things change frequently, and you wonder where has the button for the new report gone. They should provide better documentation on interface changes. It should be better optimized. It is supposed to be a data integration tool, but it is doing relatively simple queries. It has its limitations. For example, you can only pull a number of columns. So, there is room for optimization on its ability to integrate multiple data sources. The desktop tool is very memory-intensive, and again, this is not documented clearly. It requires a heavy CPU and memory use, and it causes your operating systems to become unstable. I would like to see the ability to create datasets within Power BI. Microsoft is promoting Azure as a cloud solution, but it is dependent upon a desktop component, which seems a little bit deceptive. Data set is the basic element that you report from, but it has to be created on the desktop and then published to the cloud. So, you're in the cloud, and you create a data structure or the data flow, but you can't report from that. You have to leave the cloud, go to your desktop, create the data set on your desktop, and publish it to the cloud. You go back to the cloud and create your report by using that published data set, which is very non-intuitive. If you go to the Microsoft Power BI community, this is a common complaint across the entire community."

"The dynamic browsing tables could be better in Microsoft Power BI."

"It is getting better but still, there are opportunity areas in some aspects, especially the Windows OS dependency."

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"Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer needs to improve its performance and HTML reports."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Remove the cost of a licence to show a dashboard within SharePoint. Why should readers of a dashboard have to pay to view? "

"The premium capacity is very costly in respect of the market in Egypt, amounting to $5,000 monthly."

"It is free."

"We have premium licenses, but you can use it for free. You can share the content with anyone else, so you can use it for free."

"Power BI is subscription-based, and you have three options. The Pro edition, which is the standard one, is about $9 per user. The Premium edition, which provides AI and cloud capabilities but at a limited size, is for small to medium enterprises. It is about $20 per user. For large enterprises, such as manufacturing facilities, there is an option for the capacity. The capacity subscription is about $4,000 per capacity level. They also have an option for the on-premises version, but it is not common to see someone going for the on-premises version. The on-premises version requires a specific license that is attached to SQL Server. I believe it is about $17,000, but I'm not sure about it."

"Setup is easy, and the cost is economical. You do sometimes need to pay additional costs for third party products which "plug-in" to Microsoft BI."

"Both cost-wise and implementation-wise, this product is a good choice."

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

More Microsoft Power BI pricing and cost advice

"Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer is more expensive than its alternatives. You need to pay additional costs for implementation."

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Comparison Review

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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…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	135
Midsize Enterprise	57
Large Enterprise	165

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Questions from the Community

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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Is Power BI a complete platform or only a visualization tool?

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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How does Oracle OBIEE compare with Microsoft BI?

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 ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer?

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer is more expensive than its alternatives. You need to pay additional costs for implementation.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer?

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer needs to improve its performance and HTML reports.

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer?

We use the solution for business reporting.

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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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Overview

Microsoft Power BI is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. This tool stands out for its ability to merge and analyze data from various sources. Widely adopted across different industries and departments, Power BI is instrumental in creating visually appealing dashboards and generating insightful business intelligence reports. Its intuitive interface, robust visualization capabilities, and seamless integration with other Microsoft applications empower users to easily create interactive reports and gain valuable insights.

Microsoft

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer is an ad-hoc query, reporting, analysis, and Web-publishing tool that empowers business users at all levels of the organization to gain immediate access to information from data marts, data warehouses, online transaction processing systems and Oracle E-Business Suite.

Oracle

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