Microsoft Power BI

Cloud Based
Tightly integrated with
existing Microsoft tools

Tableau
Cloud Based
More reliable compared to
Power BI

Features

Pricing

Freemium version:
Free to use with
limited capabilities
like auto refreshed
ONLY once in 24
hours
Pro-Version
$9.99/month per
user

For 10 users:
Around $6K per year

Integration

Inbuilt plugs-ins to connect to

Salesforce, Oracle, Project
Online, Share Point.
No NetSuite plugin yet but
there are workarounds

Implementati
on
(Rough Estimates

120 Hours ($23,000)

Inbuilt plugs-ins to connect to

Salesforce, Oracle.
No NetSuite plugin but there
are workarounds
No plugin for Microsoft Project
Online
60 hours ($11,700)

OBIEE
Not a cloud based product
Highly robust and scalable.
Ideal for Midlevel to Large
Organizations.
For 10 users:
Around $20K per year

No light weight plugins. Data

sources would be connected
programmatically.

120 hours ($23,000)

for 3 dashboards
and 3days training)

Summary: Microsoft Power BI is a new cloud based product and its integration capabilities with Microsoft Project
Online, Share Point, AD accounts gives it an edge over other options but its still not a mature product and will have
its risks.
Tableau is currently the fastest growing cloud based product in the market. It is a more mature and reliable product.
But it does not have integration capabilities to tools like Project Online which we might need.

OBIEE is the most robust and scalable product for large organizations. It is more of a transactions reporting tool than
a data visualization tool. As we grow into a larger organization it can replace our ERP reporting tool (Discoverer).
Needs a lot of maintenance once implemented.
There are a lot of other tools in the market like QlikView, MicroStrategy which fall into the same category as Tableau.