What is Power BI?
It aims to provide interactive visualizations and business intelligence capabilities with an interface simple enough for end users to create their own reports and dashboards.
Power BI is a tool in the Business Intelligence category of a tech stack.
Who uses Power BI?
Companies
51 companies reportedly use Power BI in their tech stacks, including Zé Delivery, Justmop, and Awin.
Developers
331 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Power BI.
Power BI Integrations
Alexa, SAP HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365, AtScale, and Kanbanize are some of the popular tools that integrate with Power BI. Here's a list of all 8 tools that integrate with Power BI.
Pros of Power BI
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Decisions about Power BI
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Power BI in their tech stack.
Ravi Upadhyay
Architect-IoT at A. P. Moller Maerks · | 3 upvotes · 5.4K views
I am currently using Azure Cosmos DB for our IoT platform and am planning to switch to another #NoSQL database for cost and other related issues. I am also looking for a database that has higher capabilities towards reporting solutions through Power BI or other reporting tools.
Power BI Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Power BI?
DOMO
Domo: business intelligence, data visualization, dashboards and reporting all together. Simplify your big data and improve your business with Domo's agile and mobile-ready platform.
QlikView
It is a business discovery platform that provides self-service BI for all business users in organizations. With this tool, you can analyze data and use your data discoveries to support decision making.
Tableau
Tableau can help anyone see and understand their data. Connect to almost any database, drag and drop to create visualizations, and share with a click.
Looker
We've built a unique data modeling language, connections to today's fastest analytical databases, and a service that you can deploy on any infrastructure, and explore on any device. Plus, we'll help you every step of the way.
Metabase
It is an easy way to generate charts and dashboards, ask simple ad hoc queries without using SQL, and see detailed information about rows in your Database. You can set it up in under 5 minutes, and then give yourself and others a place to ask simple questions and understand the data your application is generating.
