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Compare Microsoft Power BI Embedded and Tableau 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Mid-Market (40.8% of reviews)Tableau
Enterprise (44.6% of reviews)Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
No pricing availableTableau
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Microsoft Power BI Embedded vs Tableau
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use. However, Tableau is easier to set up and do business with overall. While Microsoft Power BI Embedded is easier to adminster.
- Reviewers felt that Microsoft Power BI Embedded meets the needs of their business better than Tableau.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Microsoft Power BI Embedded is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Tableau over Microsoft Power BI Embedded.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
No pricing availableTableau
Creator
$70.00
1 User Per Month
- Includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and one Creator license on Tableau Cloud (SaaS) or Tableau Server (self-hosted).
Free Trial
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
No trial information availableTableau
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
78
8.8
1,688
Ease of Use
8.2
78
8.2
1,702
Ease of Setup
8.0
25
8.3
587
Ease of Admin
8.2
24
8.1
506
Quality of Support
8.5
71
8.4
1,406
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
24
8.6
487
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
78
8.8
1,663
Features
Reports for Embedded Business Intelligence Software
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 60
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 1256
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 56
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 1135
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 58
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 1298
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 54
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 925
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 58
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 1282
Verified Feature
Self Service for Embedded Business Intelligence Software
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 58
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 1232
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 59
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 1262
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 56
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 1181
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 47
Tableau
Responses: 997
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 57
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 1074
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Responses: 912
Verified Feature
Advanced Analytics
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Responses: 861
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Responses: 1272
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Responses: 870
Building Reports for Embedded Business Intelligence Software
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 43
Tableau
Responses: 629
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 46
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 602
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 40
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 488
Verified Feature
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Responses: 41
Verified Feature
Tableau
Responses: 495
Verified Feature
Platform
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Tableau
Reviewers' Company Size
Reviewers of Microsoft Power BI Embedded were most often representing companies in the Mid-Market segment, while reviewers for Tableau were more commonly in the Enterprise segment.
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Tableau
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
16.3%
Education Management
6.1%
Computer Software
6.1%
Hospital & Health Care
5.1%
Banking
4.1%
Other
62.2%
Information Technology and Services
11.0%
Computer Software
6.7%
Financial Services
5.7%
Marketing and Advertising
5.2%
Higher Education
5.0%
Other
66.5%
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Power BI Embedded and Tableau are categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence
Unique Categories
Microsoft Power BI Embedded has no unique categories
Tableau is categorized as Insurance Analytics, Location Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, and Data Preparation
Reviews
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Shreyas D.
Verified User in Education Management
Ease of use, User interface, support center
Jeff B.
Verified User in Retail
Tableau enables users the ability build data visualizations in the matter of minutes without requiring technical report development knowledge. In my opinion, the top 5 best qualities: 1. Drag and drop functionality is easy for any user to...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Education Management
Most of it. Not simple like everyone else.
Verified User in Capital Markets
requires a desktop application for editing reports, data needs to be in a certain format (cube), ugly looking UI, not very slick at all.
Top Alternatives
Discussions
What is the difference between Power BI and Power BI embedded?
1 comment
AC
Power BI is for folks who want to create and analyze reports directly in the Power BI service. It's user-friendly and great for in-house data visualization....Read more
Microsoft Power BI Embedded has no more discussions with answers
why did saleforce by tableau? IS SFDC reporting going to change now?
2 comments
DK
Buying tableau was a strategic decision for Salesforce primarily because their products lacked the analytics edge at a sales point of view and now they have...Read more
What does Tableau Desktop do?
2 comments
NA
Tableau Desktop help create interactive Dashboards offline and publish it to the wider audience through Tableau public. Tableau Desktop is one of the version...Read more
Do I need Tableau Desktop if I have Tableau Server?
2 comments
LT
Anyway, whether you need Tableau Desktop depends on your specific use case and requirements. If you're unsure, you can consider the following
Evaluate...Read more
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