Every year, in return for publicising it to my readers, I get sent a copy of the findings of the BI Survey – the largest survey of BI product users in the world. As always they make for very interesting reading indeed, and although I can’t give away all the details I have been allowed to blog about a few of the highlights for Power BI:
- Power BI is now the third most frequently considered product in competitive evaluations, after QlikView and Tableau.
- Indeed, based on responses from vendors and resellers, Microsoft is now the third ‘most significant competitor’ after Tableau and Qlik and is in a much stronger position than it was two years ago – clearly as a result of the impact that Power BI has made, although Excel, SSAS and SSRS contribute to this too.
- Unsurprisingly Power BI’s exceptional price/performance ratio is the main reason that organisations purchase it. Nonetheless it gets very high satisfaction ratings too.
- Power BI is also now the third most frequently used front-end for SSAS, after SSRS (which is in the #1 spot and quite a way out in front) and Excel (either on its own or with an AddIn).
Overall it’s a very strong showing for Microsoft. If you’re conducting a competitive evaluation of BI tools, or if you’re a BI vendor, it’s probably worth buying a copy of the full findings.
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