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Heap vs Microsoft Power BI: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 4th, 2025
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Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 6,346 reviews from Data Analysis users.
% Fit
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Reporting/Analytics
4.6
Data Visualization
4.4
Data Connectors
4.4
Dashboard
4.0
Data Import/Export
3.0
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Reporting/Analytics
4.6
Data Visualization
4.7
Data Connectors
4.4
Dashboard
4.6
Data Import/Export
4.5
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews40
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
4.6
User reviews1,766
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.1
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Product Management, Product Analytics, Marketing, Digital Analytics, Website Analytics, Engineering, UX Teams, Session Replay, Digital Experience Monitoring

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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Access Controls/Permissions
207
Important
Activity Dashboard
388
Important

Heap

Top Features
33/50
  • Customizable Branding
  • Database Support
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Migration
  • Data Storage Management
  • Forecasting
  • Metadata Management
  • Monitoring
  • Natural Language Search
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Self Service Data Preparation
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Storytelling
  • Visual Discovery
  • Widgets
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Query
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Charting
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Visualization
  • Drag & Drop
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Performance Metrics
  • Query Builder
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self-service Analytics
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Trend Analysis
  • User Management
  • Visual Analytics
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Microsoft Power BI

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Heap
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
Heap
  • By Heap
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2013
Microsoft Power BI
  • By Microsoft
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1975
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