Compare Pentaho Data Integration and Microsoft Power BI - Aug 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Pentaho Data Integration or Microsoft Power BI?

Pentaho Data Integration is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Microsoft Power BI, and Microsoft Power BI is rated higher (86/100) than Pentaho Data Integration (70/100). Pentaho Data Integration offers users more features (12) 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:

Pentaho Vs. Microsoft

Pentaho: Pentaho offers a suite of open source Business Intelligence (BI) products called Pentaho Business Analytics providing data integration, OLAP services, reporting, dashboarding, data mining and ETL capabilities.

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.

Who is more expensive? Pentaho Data Integration or Microsoft Power BI?

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 Pentaho Data Integration and Microsoft Power BI.

Pentaho Data Integration price starts at $100 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Pentaho Data Integration is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Microsoft Power BI price starts at $9.99 per user/month , When comparing Microsoft Power BI to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Pentaho Data Integration is more expensive than Microsoft Power BI.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

Pentaho Data Integration: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support, Basic Reports, Dashboard, Data Import/Export, Online Customer Support, Forecasting & Budgeting.

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

Target customer size

Pentaho Business Analytics is perfect for companies of various shapes and sizes. and Microsoft Power BI's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.