Compare Microsoft Power BI and Toucan 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (43.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (41.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
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Microsoft Power BI
Star Rating
(1,228)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (43.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
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Star Rating
(166)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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- Users report that Microsoft Power BI excels in its Data Updates capabilities, with a high score of 9.8 for Real-Time Updating, allowing for immediate insights, while Toucan's performance in this area is less impressive.
- Reviewers mention that Power BI's Generative AI features, particularly AI Text Generation and AI Text Summarization, are rated significantly higher (7.7 and 7.8 respectively) compared to Toucan's lower scores (5.5 and 5.2), indicating a stronger AI integration in Power BI.
- G2 users highlight that Power BI's Graphs and Charts visualization tools are rated at 9.1, providing a more robust visual representation of data compared to Toucan's score of 8.9, which may limit the effectiveness of data storytelling.
- Users on G2 report that Power BI's Quality of Support is rated at 8.4, while Toucan shines with a score of 9.5, indicating that Toucan may offer superior customer service and support resources.
- Reviewers mention that Power BI's Ease of Use is rated at 8.4, which is lower than Toucan's impressive score of 9.4, suggesting that users may find Toucan more intuitive and user-friendly for everyday tasks.
- Users say that Power BI's Collaboration / Workflow features score 8.3, while Toucan's score of 8.1 indicates that both products have room for improvement in facilitating teamwork and collaborative efforts.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Power BI
Power BI in Microsoft Fabric
Free
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Toucan
Flexible Pricing
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Toucan’s (tiered) pricing is highly customized based on a range of factors such as the technical capabilities needed and the scale of the deployment. Please reach out to us for a custom quote that best suits your needs.
You won't be surprised with a list of costs (hardware, consultants, maintenance...) the sales person "forgot" to mention during meetings.
For embedded analytics, Toucan's ROI is usually proven in 2 ways: reducing overhead engineering costs and generating additional revenue through the analytics offering.
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Free Trial
Microsoft Power BI
Free Trial is available
Toucan
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
964
9.0
122
Ease of Use
8.4
981
9.4
128
Ease of Setup
8.7
429
8.7
102
Ease of Admin
8.4
325
9.0
90
Quality of Support
8.4
842
9.5
123
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
306
9.4
91
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
937
9.1
123
Features by Category
Reports
8.9
823
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Verified
8.5
67
|
Verified
8.4
765
|
Verified
8.3
60
|
Verified
9.1
826
|
Verified
8.9
70
|
Verified
8.9
482
8.6
61
|
Verified
9.1
812
|
Verified
8.9
68
|
Verified
Self Service
8.6
685
8.5
62
|
Verified
8.9
693
8.9
63
|
Verified
8.6
774
|
Verified
8.1
56
|
Verified
8.4
661
7.7
58
8.3
749
|
Verified
8.1
54
|
Verified
8.2
687
|
Verified
7.0
48
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
8.3
546
|
Verified
6.3
50
9.2
812
|
Verified
9.2
66
|
Verified
8.4
546
|
Verified
7.5
52
Building Reports
8.8
484
|
Verified
8.6
73
|
Verified
8.7
474
|
Verified
8.6
68
8.5
409
|
Verified
8.7
64
|
Verified
8.5
405
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
8.9
823
|
Verified
8.5
67
|
Verified
8.4
765
|
Verified
8.3
60
|
Verified
9.1
826
|
Verified
8.9
70
|
Verified
8.9
482
8.6
61
|
Verified
9.1
812
|
Verified
8.9
68
|
Verified
Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Updates
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Updates
Not enough data
9.7
33
Not enough data
9.8
36
Not enough data
9.8
35
Reports
8.9
823
|
Verified
8.5
67
|
Verified
8.4
765
|
Verified
8.3
60
|
Verified
9.1
826
|
Verified
8.9
70
|
Verified
8.9
482
8.6
61
|
Verified
9.1
812
|
Verified
8.9
68
|
Verified
Data Preparation
8.9
450
|
Verified
8.8
79
|
Verified
8.8
441
|
Verified
8.5
72
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
8.9
463
|
Verified
8.9
81
|
Verified
9.1
475
|
Verified
9.1
83
|
Verified
8.7
459
|
Verified
8.9
75
|
Verified
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Self Service
8.6
685
8.5
62
|
Verified
8.9
693
8.9
63
|
Verified
8.6
774
|
Verified
8.1
56
|
Verified
8.4
661
7.7
58
8.3
749
|
Verified
8.1
54
|
Verified
8.2
687
|
Verified
7.0
48
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
8.3
546
|
Verified
6.3
50
9.2
812
|
Verified
9.2
66
|
Verified
8.4
546
|
Verified
7.5
52
Building Reports
8.8
484
|
Verified
8.6
73
|
Verified
8.7
474
|
Verified
8.6
68
8.5
409
|
Verified
8.7
64
|
Verified
8.5
405
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
Reports
8.9
823
|
Verified
8.5
67
|
Verified
8.4
765
|
Verified
8.3
60
|
Verified
9.1
826
|
Verified
8.9
70
|
Verified
8.9
482
8.6
61
|
Verified
9.1
812
|
Verified
8.9
68
|
Verified
Self Service
8.6
685
8.5
62
|
Verified
8.9
693
8.9
63
|
Verified
8.6
774
|
Verified
8.1
56
|
Verified
8.4
661
7.7
58
8.3
749
|
Verified
8.1
54
|
Verified
8.2
687
|
Verified
7.0
48
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.8
484
|
Verified
8.6
73
|
Verified
8.7
474
|
Verified
8.6
68
8.5
409
|
Verified
8.7
64
|
Verified
8.5
405
|
Verified
8.7
63
|
Verified
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Power BI and Toucan are categorized as Analytics Platforms
Unique Categories
Microsoft Power BI has no unique categories
Toucan is categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence and Data Visualization
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Power BI
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Toucan
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
17.1%
Computer Software
6.6%
Financial Services
4.7%
Hospital & Health Care
3.4%
Marketing and Advertising
3.1%
Other
65.1%
Computer Software
15.2%
Banking
7.9%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Financial Services
5.5%
Government Administration
4.9%
Other
59.8%
Most Helpful Reviews
Microsoft Power BI
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Visualizations. They're absolutely fantastic. Importing data is incredibly easy and it's much more powerful than excel or many SQL based visualization tools.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
customer support is very weak,cant handle big data ...
Toucan
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Real Estate
Easy to use, flexible to work with, and most importantly: SAFE. The level of security offered to manage user access, infra security is state of the art. Control of permissions for hundreds of users feels like a breeze. The support for multiple languages...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Nelly D.
Verified User in Banking
Toucan takes scalable photos not allowing for historical records Unreliable data on appointments in CRAQ Tracking of OR not allowing for monitoring :) quite the paradox!
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Visualizations. They're absolutely fantastic. Importing data is incredibly easy and it's much more powerful than excel or many SQL based visualization tools.
Verified User in Real Estate
Easy to use, flexible to work with, and most importantly: SAFE. The level of security offered to manage user access, infra security is state of the art. Control of permissions for hundreds of users feels like a breeze. The support for multiple languages...
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
customer support is very weak,cant handle big data ...
Nelly D.
Verified User in Banking
Toucan takes scalable photos not allowing for historical records Unreliable data on appointments in CRAQ Tracking of OR not allowing for monitoring :) quite the paradox!
Discussions
What is Microsoft Power BI Desktop used for?
3 comments
DM
PowerBI desktop is the desktop version of PowerBI unlike the web version which you open in a web browser like Google Chrome or EDGE. The desktop version has...Read more
How I can have the free version of this application?
2 comments
DZ
Here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/Read more
Support Multiple Data Types
2 comments
LS
I'd recommend putting requests like that on ideas.powerbi.com.Read more
How many data sources can Toucan connect to?
1 comment
JS
Hi George! Thanks for your question! Toucan has hundreds of connectors that bring in data from any type of data source. Our clients can also create their own...Read more
Will there be a feature specifically for sales performance?
1 comment
JS
Hi Sathya! Well, it depends on what you mean by feature for Sales Performance 😁We have several templates that have been set up to monitor the sales...Read more
Best way to minimize latency when using large data sets
1 comment
RW
This should say "With the date picker native functionality...."Read more
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