Microsoft Power BI vs Redwood Reporting - Report2Web comparison

Microsoft and Redwood Software are both solutions in the Reporting category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.9, while Redwood Software is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0. Microsoft holds a 27.2% mindshare in RT, compared to Redwood Software’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Redwood Software users who would recommend it.

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93% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Redwood Reporting - Report2Web based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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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)

Redwood Reporting - Report2Web

Ranking in Reporting

21st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Microsoft Power BI is 27.2%, up from 25.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Redwood Reporting - Report2Web is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Gowri-Shankar

Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

A customizable solution that helps to pull reports and send them as emails

We were manually populating things but the tool has helped us automate the process. We could pull the report automatically and send it as an email. The tool is customizable, and it is not limited to any feature that it is built upon. You can do anything that you would like to do. You need to…

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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

"When we are introducing Microsoft BI to our clients, if they're familiar with Excel, the transition phase will be much easier for them. They can easily switch from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft BI. The core foundation or the base technology is the same in both tools. There are a few limitations in Microsoft Excel, and this is where Microsoft BI comes in."

"It is in the cloud, which makes it easy for mobile access of reports and data."

"It's similar to Excel, but it's much more powerful than Excel."

"It's pretty easy to set up the product."

"The querying capabilities are the most valuable because they allow me to build many automations. We have many workflows and many databases that we work on a daily basis. They need to be updated quite quickly. In order to not to take much of our time doing these updates manually, I have set up these automations using the systems. The process is just to ingest the data and reprocess it. Every time I click a button, everything is updated in almost real time. It is by far the easiest system not only for querying but also for data modeling, data visualization, and deployment. It is light years ahead of Tableau and even Microsoft Excel to do these kinds of things. It is very easy to use and set up, and it has a lot of videos on the internet."

"I have found the most valuable feature of this solution is the Natural Language tool."

"We have found the product very stable and reliable."

"It is really flexible. The charts and reports are really nice. You have the flexibility of self-service."

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"We were manually populating things but the tool has helped us automate the process. We could pull the report automatically and send it as an email."

Cons

"It's not user-friendly; more tutorials, training, and better documentation would be helpful."

"The solution should increase the API functionality so that we can use Microsoft Power BI for other purposes and aggregate things."

"The solution could improve by having more attractive graphical charts."

"I'm looking for something that can make it much easier to incorporate Power BI visuals or dashboards into, let's say, Power Apps – custom Power Apps or anything like that. The most important thing would be to seamlessly embed reports in applications. For example, to have buttons that can be navigated through multiple solutions – from Power Apps to Power BI to SharePoint – via links or something like that."

"I would like to see Machine Learning for Power Bi Pro users or an intermediate license to enable Machine Learning if you don't have access to a Premium account."

"Microsoft BI could improve by having better collaboration between developers working on the same dashboard. The developer platform is all done on a single laptop and it's difficult to have the same project files work. Two developers have to go back and forth. You have to have the project file on one developer's laptop making it difficult to co-develop."

"The solution struggles with large amounts of data."

"Microsoft BI has its own challenges in terms of user interface and how quickly somebody can learn how to use it."

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"You need to put queries manually. When you customize, you need to put queries manually."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"This product offers good value for the money."

"Microsoft BI is very cost-effective and this is why we use it."

"There are a few options available for purchasing a license. Typically the number of users you have will determine the price of the license. The more users you have the more you will pay."

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

"It's straightforward licensing."

"Costs less than most competing solutions."

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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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Educational Organization

41%

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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 do you like most about Redwood Reporting - Report2Web?

We were manually populating things but the tool has helped us automate the process. We could pull the report automatically and send it as an email.

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What needs improvement with Redwood Reporting - Report2Web?

You need to put queries manually. When you customize, you need to put queries manually.

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What advice do you have for others considering Redwood Reporting - Report2Web?

I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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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

Redwood Reporting automatically delivers critical report output, when, where and how it is needed most. This eliminates the frustration, wasted time, and errors associated with manually accessing, calculating and mapping pieces of information from disparate systems and data sources.

Redwood Reporting provides:

Intuitive, browser-based access to reports from virtually any application
Push and pull options so that users have instant access to new and historical report content when needed
Optional analysis, decollation, and conversion of report content before distribution to support business and security rules
Automatic assembly of sections from disparate reports sources into personalized, unified documents for distribution via email or publication
Robust APIs for easy integration with existing business applications and instant content access
Easy administration of report access through security tools already within the user enterprise

Redwood Software was founded in 1993 with a singular goal – to free people from the effort associated with unnecessary manual activity. Redwood delivers automation solutions worldwide for workload and scheduling, finance, and report distribution. Its technology is built on modern, adaptable architecture that is uniquely designed to be delivered as-a-service for maximum benefit and scalability.

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Sample Customers

Accenture Adidas Aetna AIG Airbus Alibaba Allstate Amazon American Express Aon AT&T Audi Bank of America BASF Bayer Berkshire Hathaway Boeing Coca-Cola Comcast Cisco Coca-Cola Dell Disney Emirates Equinix FedEx Ford GE Google H&M Home Depot Honda IBM Intel JPMorgan Chase Kellogg's Kroger L'Oréal McDonald's Merck MetLife Microsoft Nike Oracle P&G PepsiCo Procter & Gamble Prudential Financial SAP Siemens Snapchat Spotify Starbucks Target Toyota T-Mobile Unilever Visa Walmart WeWork World Bank Xerox

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