Compare Rapid Insight and Microsoft BI - May 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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

Microsoft BI is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Rapid Insight, and Microsoft BI is rated higher (88/100) than Rapid Insight (85/100). Microsoft BI offers users more features (6) than Rapid Insight (5).

Looking for the right Data analysis 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:

Rapid Insight Inc. Vs. Microsoft

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...

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? Rapid Insight or Microsoft BI?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Data analysis 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 Rapid Insight and Microsoft BI.

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

Bottom line: Microsoft BI is more expensive than Rapid Insight.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

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

Microsoft BI: Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Customizable Features, Dashboarding, Graphic Benchmark, OLAP.

Target customer size

Customers of the software chiefly include small and medium businesses. Microsoft BI is perfect for midsize and large enterprises but can be used by small companies too.