Compare Microsoft Power BI and Rapid Insight - Aug 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Aug 31, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Microsoft Power BI or Rapid Insight?

Rapid Insight is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Microsoft Power BI, and Microsoft Power BI is rated higher (86/100) than Rapid Insight (85/100). Rapid Insight offers users more features (5) than Microsoft Power BI (0).

Looking for the right Business Intelligence solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Microsoft Vs. Rapid Insight Inc.

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Rapid Insight Inc.: Rapid Insight was founded with a mission of empowering people of all skill levels with the ability to build predictive models and perform advanced data analyses. Our groundbreaking technologies are simplifying everything that used to be complex in the world of business intelligence and predictive analytics. We love our customers and we love enablin...

Who is more expensive? Microsoft Power BI or Rapid Insight?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Microsoft Power BI and Rapid Insight.

Microsoft Power BI price starts at $9.99 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Microsoft Power BI is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Rapid Insight price starts at $4,000 per year , When comparing Rapid Insight to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Microsoft Power BI cost is around the same cost of Rapid Insight.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Microsoft Power BI Vs. Rapid Insight based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

Microsoft Power BI: We are still working to collect the list of features for Microsoft Power BI.

Rapid Insight: Dashboard, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Budgeting & CPM, Sales Management, Data visualization.

Target customer size

Microsoft Power BI's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, Customers of the software chiefly include small and medium businesses.



Microsoft Power BI

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $9.99 per user/month

Power BI is a web-based data visualization and business analytics that is designed for businesses of all sizes. Microsoft Power BI tracks the vital organizational data. The solution offers tools that quickly an...

Categories: BI & Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud BI, Dashboards & KPIs.

Rapid Insight

ITQlick rating
(5/5)

starts at $4,000 per year

Rapid Insight software is an on-premise Business Intelligence and data analysis suite that help companies to identify relationships in their data and create predictive models. The software suite incorporates th...

Categories: Business Intelligence, Dashboards & KPIs, Reporting, Data mining, ETL.

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Microsoft Power BI: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

Rapid Insight: 5 Features

Dashboard
Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Budgeting & CPM
Sales Management
Data visualization
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
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Microsof...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
86/100
Pricing
2.6/10
License pricing
$9.99 per user/month
Functionality
10
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Rapid In...
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$4,000 per year
Functionality
15
Qlik Sen...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
15
SuiteAna...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$499 per month + $99 per user
Functionality
10
Sisense
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$83 per employee/month
Functionality
35

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.