Microsoft Access vs Power BI

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Vojtech Kopal
Head of Data at Mews Systems · | 3 upvotes · 283K views

Power BI is really easy to start with. If you have just several Excel sheets or CSV files, or you build your first automated pipeline, it is actually quite intuitive to build your first reports.

And as we have kept growing, all the additional features and tools were just there within the Azure platform and/or Office 365.

Since we started building Mews, we have already passed several milestones in becoming start up, later also a scale up company and now getting ready to grow even further, and during all these phases Power BI was just the right tool for us.

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      Powerful Calculation Engine
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      Intuitive and complete internal ETL
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    What is Microsoft Access?

    It is an easy-to-use tool for creating business applications, from templates or from scratch. With its rich and intuitive design tools, it can help you create appealing and highly functional applications in a minimal amount of time.

    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.

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    What are some alternatives to Microsoft Access and Power BI?
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    Access, create, and edit your spreadsheets wherever you go—from your phone, tablet, or computer.
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