Compare Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Tableau, Alteryx, and Spotfire

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Pricing
Ratings
Features
Reviews
Alternatives
Discussions

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

(101)

4.4 out of 5

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At a Glance

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Tableau

Alteryx

Spotfire

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Mid-Market (40.8% of reviews)

Tableau

Enterprise (44.5% of reviews)

Alteryx

Enterprise (65.1% of reviews)

Spotfire

Enterprise (53.0% of reviews)

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No pricing available

Tableau

$70.00 1 User Per Month

Alteryx

No pricing available

Spotfire

Free Trial

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Pricing

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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Alteryx

No pricing available

Spotfire

Spotfire Free Trial

Free Trial

Try Spotfire for yourself and visualize your data unlike ever before. Spotfire is the most complete visual data science solution in the market. Take advantage of this data visualization free trial offer today, and see how easy it is to discover new insights from your data.

https://account.cloud.tibco.com/signup/spotfire

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Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No trial information available

Tableau

Free Trial is available

Alteryx

Free Trial is available

Spotfire

Free Trial is available

Ratings

9.0

8.8

1,703

8.8

282

8.6

274

8.2

8.3

1,717

8.7

425

8.0

275

8.0

8.3

601

8.6

220

7.6

127

8.2

8.1

510

8.3

7.7

111

8.5

8.4

1,419

8.5

264

7.8

239

8.3

8.6

491

9.0

8.4

110

8.4

8.8

1,677

9.2

272

7.8

271

Categories

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Tableau

Alteryx

Spotfire

Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Tableau, Alteryx, and Spotfire share no categories

Microsoft Power BI Embedded is categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence

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

Alteryx is categorized as Data Preparation, Location Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Predictive Analytics, and Analytics Platforms

Spotfire is categorized as Stream Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Embedded Business Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, and Data Visualization

Reviews

Reviewers' Company Size

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

22.4%

40.8%

36.7%

Tableau

21.7%

33.8%

44.5%

Alteryx

13.7%

21.2%

65.1%

Spotfire

21.7%

25.2%

53.0%

22.4%

21.7%

13.7%

21.7%

40.8%

33.8%

21.2%

25.2%

36.7%

44.5%

65.1%

53.0%

Reviewers' Industry

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%

Alteryx

Financial Services

12.2%

Accounting

9.5%

Information Technology and Services

7.8%

Banking

5.2%

Insurance

4.9%

Other

60.4%

Spotfire

Oil & Energy

22.0%

Information Technology and Services

9.7%

Pharmaceuticals

5.3%

Education Management

4.7%

Financial Services

3.8%

Other

54.4%

Most Helpful Reviews

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

Alteryx

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Diane B.

Verified User in Market Research

The speed of data processing (spatial/data analysis, file conversion, etc.) is faster than any other software I have used before. I like that Alteryx incorporates multiple functions including those for data analysis, statistical analysis, spatial analysis,...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Bunty P.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Sometimes it takes alot of time to run..

Spotfire

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Kristopher N.

Verified User in Oil & Energy

Spotfire is very easy to use right out of the box to create useful visualizations. Just drag and drop an excel file to import and that's half the work. Powerful set of tools to create different visualizations based on the data.

Most Helpful Critical Review

Verified User in Biotechnology

Inability to remove the line from Combo charts. The platform was undergoing a transition at the time of adoption which was very clunky and heavy with user admin burdens. spotfire.cloud spotfire-next.cloud it was all very muddled and manual transfer of...

Sai Prasanna M.

Verified User in Publishing

Jeff B.

Verified User in Retail

Diane B.

Verified User in Market Research

Kristopher N.

Verified User in Oil & Energy

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

Bunty P.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Sometimes it takes alot of time to run..

Verified User in Biotechnology

Alternatives

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Discussions

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

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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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Alteryx Discussions

What's the one thing that Alteryx brings to the play which other platforms lack?

3 comments

A very vibrant and helpful community.Read more

Is there any free trail for Alteryx analytics gallery?

1 comment

But i never believed that trading can be this profitable because i have traded on live account and i always run out of luck and i traded again and also ran...Read more

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Spotfire Discussions

Is Tibco Spotfire free?

2 comments

Official Response from Spotfire

Spotfire is not free, but you can access a free trial to try out the product on our main page.Read more

What is most like Tibco Spotfire?

1 comment

TIBCO Spotfire provides excellent visualization and reporting capability as a BI tool. It enables connections to various data sources and advanced...Read more

What's New In Tibco Spotfire?

1 comment

Official Response from Spotfire

If you want to see the latest in Spotfire, you can check out our "What's New" page on the Spotfire community:...Read more

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