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Altair Monarch vs Microsoft Power BI: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 16th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 6,355 reviews from Data Analysis users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Reporting/Analytics
4.0
Data Visualization
5.0
Data Connectors
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Dashboard
NA
Data Import/Export
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Feature ratings
Reporting/Analytics
4.6
Data Visualization
4.7
Data Connectors
4.4
Dashboard
4.6
Data Import/Export
4.5
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews21
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.4
4.6
User reviews1,768
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.1
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Best for

Enterprises requiring a no-code solution to enable people with different skill sets to access and transform data to support efficient data analysis and machine learning predictions.

Power BI is used by developers, analysts, IT, and other businesses to visualize and analyze data on a unified interface.

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Eric H
CFO
4.0

Eric H.: Hi, my name is Eric. I'm a CFO, I give Power BI four stars. And for more reviews like this, please click below. Before Power BI, we used Tableau. We used it on a trial basis, and while it was all right, an early leader in this space, it just didn't integrate as well as Microsoft Power BI with the whole suite of products that we use as a company. We chose Power BI because it is easy to integrate with the rest of the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel. It has powerful analytics tools and it allows for some pretty cool graphics and dashboarding as part of that data visualization suite. It was relatively easy to get started with Microsoft Power BI. The integration with the rest of the Microsoft Office Suite really helps. There is some challenges though with data integration, making sure that the data is in the right format to be loaded into Power BI, but once you go from there, it's pretty easy and feels very intuitive if you're used to the rest of the Microsoft Office Suite. My advice for anyone looking to implement Microsoft Power BI would be to first watch some YouTube videos or take a tutorial or maybe even a class. Getting the data validation, data integration piece is really key to the functionality of the system. It can pull in some awesome graphics, some really good dashboards and analytics, but if you don't set up the data right, you'll never get it to work properly.

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Important
Activity Dashboard
388
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Altair Monarch

19/50
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Query
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Charting
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Database Support
  • Data Mapping
  • Drag & Drop
  • Forecasting
  • Metadata Management
  • Monitoring
  • Natural Language Search
  • Performance Metrics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Storytelling
  • Trend Analysis
  • User Management
  • Visual Discovery
  • Widgets
  • API
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Migration
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Query Builder
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Search/Filter
  • Self-service Analytics
  • Self Service Data Preparation
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visual Analytics
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Microsoft Power BI

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Altair Monarch
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Microsoft Power BI
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Altair Monarch
  • By Altair
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1985
Microsoft Power BI
  • By Microsoft
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1975
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