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Microsoft Power BI Embedded

(101)

4.4 out of 5

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

At a Glance

Looker

1,392 reviews

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

101 reviews

Tableau

2,143 reviews

Mode

329 reviews

Looker

Mid-Market (62.7% of reviews)

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Mid-Market (40.8% of reviews)

Tableau

Enterprise (44.5% of reviews)

Mode

Mid-Market (46.5% of reviews)

Looker

No pricing available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No pricing available

Tableau

$70.00 1 User Per Month

Mode

Free All the basics for individual analysts

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Pricing

Looker

No pricing available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No pricing available

Tableau

Creator

$70.00

1 User Per Month

Includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and one Creator license on Tableau Cloud (SaaS) or Tableau Server (self-hosted).

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Mode

Studio

Free

All the basics for individual analysts

Included:

SQL, Python, & R
Private database connections

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Looker

Free Trial is available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No trial information available

Tableau

Free Trial is available

Mode

Free Trial is available

Ratings

8.7

909

9.0

8.8

1,703

8.8

284

8.2

909

8.2

8.3

1,717

8.8

287

8.0

389

8.0

8.3

601

8.8

8.3

359

8.2

8.1

510

8.9

8.8

761

8.5

8.4

1,419

8.9

215

8.9

337

8.3

8.6

491

9.1

8.7

842

8.4

8.8

1,677

8.8

282

Categories

Looker

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Tableau

Mode

Looker, Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Tableau, and Mode are categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence

Looker is categorized as Sales Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Platforms, Digital Analytics, and Data Visualization

Microsoft Power BI Embedded has no unique categories

Tableau is categorized as Insurance Analytics, Location Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, and Data Preparation

Mode is categorized as Marketing Analytics, Analytics Platforms, and Digital Analytics

Reviews

Reviewers' Company Size

Looker

16.7%

62.7%

20.6%

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

22.4%

40.8%

36.7%

Tableau

21.7%

33.8%

44.5%

Mode

24.8%

46.5%

28.6%

16.7%

22.4%

21.7%

24.8%

62.7%

40.8%

33.8%

46.5%

20.6%

36.7%

44.5%

28.6%

Reviewers' Industry

Looker

Computer Software

11.8%

Information Technology and Services

10.6%

Marketing and Advertising

7.8%

Financial Services

7.7%

Internet

6.9%

Other

55.2%

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Information Technology and Services

16.3%

Education Management

6.1%

Computer Software

6.1%

Hospital & Health Care

5.1%

Banking

4.1%

Other

62.2%

Tableau

Information Technology and Services

11.0%

Computer Software

6.6%

Financial Services

5.7%

Marketing and Advertising

5.2%

Higher Education

5.1%

Other

66.4%

Mode

Information Technology and Services

13.8%

Computer Software

13.5%

Financial Services

7.5%

Internet

6.6%

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

4.4%

Other

54.1%

Most Helpful Reviews

Looker

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Alan C.

Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting

So many things are done right: - The simplicity of creating a meta schema using lookml, the learning curve is lightning fast - The flexibility of the system, making data available to inter customer has never been so easy - The support team is really...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Looker forces a company into two streams of thought: an analyst first culture and essentially married to Looker. Looker really thrives at young or small companies with no centralized reporting or analytics/data science teams. For the few people who know...

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Sai Prasanna M.

Verified User in Publishing

The best thing about Power Bi is it is simple to use and it helps to extract data in a simple and beautiful way so that anyone can understand the data metrics in it. Data that contain many parameters can be simplified using PowerBi so that management can...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

The tool has limitations since it is mainly core functions, nothing super specific

Tableau

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Jeff B.

Verified User in Retail

Tableau enables users the ability build data visualizations in the matter of minutes without requiring technical report development knowledge. In my opinion, the top 5 best qualities: 1. Drag and drop functionality is easy for any user to...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Kimiko T.

Verified User in Real Estate

Needs an updated UI and better data connection process

Mode

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Melia V.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mode Analytics lets you use regular old SQL to its full potential for data analytics. It is fast, efficient, and lets me get whatever I need out of our data warehouse formatted the way I want it. I've used several other BI tools that do a poor job of trying...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Arvind R.

Verified User in Computer Software

It's fundamentally not a BI tool. Mode is more of 'nice-to-have' tool that makes lightweight analysis more convenient, and allows people to share cool insights with each other. That said, it falls short in some areas when compared to other BI tools on the...

Alan C.

Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting

Sai Prasanna M.

Verified User in Publishing

Jeff B.

Verified User in Retail

Melia V.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

The tool has limitations since it is mainly core functions, nothing super specific

Kimiko T.

Verified User in Real Estate

Needs an updated UI and better data connection process

Arvind R.

Verified User in Computer Software

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Discussions

Looker Discussions

Best way to start on visualizations?

2 comments

Looker has a built-in set of visualizations that you can automatically apply to any dataset that they work with. Once you setup your initial connection to a...Read more

Is looker an ETL tool?

2 comments

No, Looker is not an ELT tool. It’s a business intelligence and data visualization platform. ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) tools are used to move and...Read more

Which databases does Looker work with?

1 comment

Official Response from Looker

Looker works with any SQL readable data store, including Hadoop. Looker sits in-database allowing you to access all of your row level data and leverage the...Read more

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Microsoft Power BI Embedded Discussions

What is the difference between Power BI and Power BI embedded?

1 comment

Power BI is for folks who want to create and analyze reports directly in the Power BI service. It's user-friendly and great for in-house data visualization....Read more

Microsoft Power BI Embedded has no more discussions with answers

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Tableau Discussions

why did saleforce by tableau? IS SFDC reporting going to change now?

2 comments

Buying tableau was a strategic decision for Salesforce primarily because their products lacked the analytics edge at a sales point of view and now they have...Read more

What does Tableau Desktop do?

2 comments

Tableau Desktop help create interactive Dashboards offline and publish it to the wider audience through Tableau public. Tableau Desktop is one of the version...Read more

Do I need Tableau Desktop if I have Tableau Server?

2 comments

Anyway, whether you need Tableau Desktop depends on your specific use case and requirements. If you're unsure, you can consider the following Evaluate...Read more

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Mode Discussions

How do i average on charts without averaging averages

2 comments

Official Response from Mode

You can average on charts without averaging averages by returning the unaggregated result set, and then applying our average function on the desired...Read more

Can we make a dashboard out of mode analytics?

2 comments

YesRead more

Why do companies choose Mode over Looker?

1 comment

Official Response from Mode

Put simply, data teams move faster in Mode. In Looker, teams have to decide upfront how to model their data, instead of working with data first and then...Read more

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