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 7.9, while Oracle is ranked #15 with an average rating of 10.0. Microsoft holds a 26.9% mindshare in RT, compared to Oracle’s 0.6% 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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93% willing to recommend

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262 Comparison Views

50% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power BI

Ranking in Reporting

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

319

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (1st)

Oracle Business Intelligenc...

Ranking in Reporting

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Microsoft Power BI is 26.9%, up from 25.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting

Featured Reviews

James Balbach

Executive Director, Decision Support at Community Health Network

Robust system consistently elevates data visualization and seamlessly updates with user-driven advancements

Power BI is a general-use visualization system. I can express the performance of our network through high-level key performance indicators. It allows me to show detailed improvements in quality and safety and patient experience. I create improvement dashboards for task forces and work teams. I have built analytic dashboards that guide analytics, enabling research and dataset manipulation.

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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 most useful features are the ability to connect different databases to Microsoft BI and explore them. Once the database information has been extracted, you have the ability to construct indicators and dashboards from the information."

"We've used Microsoft BI for the general use cases around reporting and dashboarding."

"The main feature I find valuable is the possibility to work with an extensive amount of data."

"Microsoft BI's most valuable feature is flexibility."

"Many of my customers already use Microsoft products like Office 365, so I often propose Microsoft Power BI because it integrates well with all the standard Microsoft business tools. And it's the quickest tool to implement and start using daily."

"There is also a chart store where we can download charts, which is extremely useful."

"The standard BI visualization capabilities are great."

"The most valuable features are the easy creation of reports, dashboards, and the ability to perform analysis. It is important for us to create reports because we have some operations during certain hours and we can use this tool to track the information."

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"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 is no specific area that I have a problem with. It's just that, with whatever feature you come across, every visual has its own formatting and behavior. What you get in one visual for a feature, you don't seem to get in another."

"Better mapping capabilities and easier administration access would be beneficial, especially for understanding who has viewed reports."

"If you have to pull multiple data sources performance is somewhat lacking."

"The integration with other solutions could be improved for reporting aspects."

"The mobile app is very poor."

"here are some limitations with the data models needed to build the report."

"It needs more analytic tools."

"One of the more difficult things to do is to export some of the data from Power BI to Excel."

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

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is good. It's pretty competitive because I have worked on a few other tools as well, and Power BI is on the cheaper side."

"I used a two months free trial to see if it had what I needed."

"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."

"Power BI is cost-effective compared to other reporting tools."

"The price of the solution can be expensive if you want to synchronize your data more."

"Pricing, that's where Microsoft beats Tableau. It is priced much cheaper."

"This product offers good value for the money."

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

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

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Senior Manager - BI Head at NVidia

Feb 4, 2015

Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

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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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Also Known As

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

Sample Customers

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