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Compare Microsoft Power BI Embedded and Tableau 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Mid-Market (40.8% of reviews)Tableau
Enterprise (44.6% of reviews)Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
No pricing availableTableau
$70.00 1 User Per MonthMicrosoft Power BI Embedded vs Tableau
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Tableau easier to use, set up, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration with Microsoft Power BI Embedded.
- Reviewers felt that Microsoft Power BI Embedded meets the needs of their business better than Tableau.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Microsoft Power BI Embedded is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Tableau over Microsoft Power BI Embedded.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
No pricing availableTableau
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).
Free Trial
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
No trial information availableTableau
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
78
8.8
1,702
Ease of Use
8.2
78
8.3
1,716
Ease of Setup
8.0
25
8.3
600
Ease of Admin
8.2
24
8.1
510
Quality of Support
8.5
71
8.4
1,418
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
24
8.6
491
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
78
8.8
1,676
Features by Category
Reports
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
1267
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
8.3
1146
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
9.2
1309
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.6
936
9.3
58
|
Verified
9.1
1293
|
Verified
Reports
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
1267
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
8.3
1146
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
9.2
1309
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.6
936
9.3
58
|
Verified
9.1
1293
|
Verified
Self Service
8.9
58
|
Verified
8.6
1242
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
8.8
1272
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
8.5
1192
|
Verified
8.3
47
8.2
1008
8.3
57
|
Verified
8.2
1085
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
922
|
Verified
Self Service
8.9
58
|
Verified
8.6
1242
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
8.8
1272
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
8.5
1192
|
Verified
8.3
47
8.2
1008
8.3
57
|
Verified
8.2
1085
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
922
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
7.9
871
Not enough data
9.2
1283
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
880
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
7.9
871
Not enough data
9.2
1283
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
880
Building Reports
8.8
43
8.4
640
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
8.2
613
|
Verified
8.4
40
|
Verified
8.4
498
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
8.2
506
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.8
43
8.4
640
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
8.2
613
|
Verified
8.4
40
|
Verified
8.4
498
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
8.2
506
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
1267
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
8.3
1146
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
9.2
1309
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.6
936
9.3
58
|
Verified
9.1
1293
|
Verified
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.8
529
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
519
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
8.6
557
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
578
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
552
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
137
Not enough data
8.0
165
Self Service
8.9
58
|
Verified
8.6
1242
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
8.8
1272
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
8.5
1192
|
Verified
8.3
47
8.2
1008
8.3
57
|
Verified
8.2
1085
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
922
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
7.9
871
Not enough data
9.2
1283
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
880
Building Reports
8.8
43
8.4
640
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
8.2
613
|
Verified
8.4
40
|
Verified
8.4
498
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
8.2
506
|
Verified
Reports
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
1267
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
8.3
1146
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
9.2
1309
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.6
936
9.3
58
|
Verified
9.1
1293
|
Verified
Self Service
8.9
58
|
Verified
8.6
1242
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
8.8
1272
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
8.5
1192
|
Verified
8.3
47
8.2
1008
8.3
57
|
Verified
8.2
1085
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
922
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.8
43
8.4
640
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
8.2
613
|
Verified
8.4
40
|
Verified
8.4
498
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
8.2
506
|
Verified
Cartography
Not enough data
9.4
15
Not enough data
9.4
15
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.5
16
Analysis
Not enough data
9.4
16
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.4
16
Not enough data
9.4
16
Reporting
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
9.6
15
Data Source Access
Not enough data
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.8
89
Not enough data
8.3
88
Data Interaction
Not enough data
8.4
90
Not enough data
8.3
89
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.5
89
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.6
87
Not enough data
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.4
87
Data Exporting
Not enough data
8.7
86
Not enough data
8.7
85
Not enough data
8.6
87
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
86
Additional Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
41
Not enough data
9.6
42
Basics
Not enough data
9.4
42
Content
Not enough data
9.3
39
Data
Not enough data
9.5
41
Interoperability
Not enough data
9.1
39
Performance
Not enough data
9.8
42
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
8.5
137
Not enough data
8.4
139
Not enough data
8.6
131
Data Analysis
Not enough data
9.1
155
Not enough data
9.0
152
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.8
146
Not enough data
9.5
154
Not enough data
9.3
153
Not enough data
8.8
149
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
8.4
70
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Power BI Embedded and Tableau are categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence
Unique Categories
Microsoft Power BI Embedded has no unique categories
Tableau is categorized as Insurance Analytics, Location Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, and Data Preparation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Tableau
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
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%
Information Technology and Services
11.0%
Computer Software
6.6%
Financial Services
5.7%
Marketing and Advertising
5.2%
Higher Education
5.0%
Other
66.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Computer Software
The ability to visualize and create reports in rich personalized dashboards to help make business decisions. I love that the PowerBi app allows integration with other third party apps to impove the experience and efficiencies. The application is lighting...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Manmeet B.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
We can just represent but feature like powerbi web services are not as easily available. Also the performance is highly affected moving from web Services to embedded.
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
Verified User in Capital Markets
requires a desktop application for editing reports, data needs to be in a certain format (cube), ugly looking UI, not very slick at all.
Verified User in Computer Software
The ability to visualize and create reports in rich personalized dashboards to help make business decisions. I love that the PowerBi app allows integration with other third party apps to impove the experience and efficiencies. The application is lighting...
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...
Manmeet B.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
We can just represent but feature like powerbi web services are not as easily available. Also the performance is highly affected moving from web Services to embedded.
Verified User in Capital Markets
requires a desktop application for editing reports, data needs to be in a certain format (cube), ugly looking UI, not very slick at all.
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Discussions
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