Microsoft Power BI AlternativesTop Business Intelligence Tools and other similar apps like Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Power BI is described as 'Enhance your decision-making by transforming diverse data sources into engaging, interactive visual insights with tools like Power BI Desktop and a web service' and is a business intelligence tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Power BI for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, SaaS, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best Microsoft Power BI alternative is Metabase, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Power BI are Tableau, Pretzel, Pentaho and Manaflow Bin.

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  1. Metabase icon

    Metabase

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    Metabase is a simple and powerful analytics tool which lets anyone learn and make decisions from their company’s data. No technical knowledge required! We hope you love it.

    54 Metabase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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    There is not enough code first approach, at least in free edition. You can get Pivot table from data but no way to export it in decent format.

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    • Most users think Metabase is a great Microsoft Power BI alternative.

    • Metabase is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Microsoft Power BI.

    • Metabase is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Microsoft Power BI.

    • Metabase is Freemium and Open SourceMicrosoft Power BI is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Tableau icon

    Tableau

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    Tableau helps the world’s largest organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people.

    229 Tableau alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Some users think Tableau is a great Microsoft Power BI alternative, some don't.

    • Tableau is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Mac alternative to Microsoft Power BI.

    • Tableau is the most popular commercial alternative to Microsoft Power BI.

    • Tableau is Paid and ProprietaryMicrosoft Power BI is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Pretzel icon

    Pretzel

     8 likes
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    Pretzel is an open-source, offline browser-based tool for fast and intuitive data exploration and visualization. It can handle large data files, runs locally in your browser, and requires no backend setup.

    32 Pretzel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
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    • Pretzel is the most popular Linux alternative to Microsoft Power BI.

    • Pretzel is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Power BI is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Pretzel is Privacy focusedMicrosoft Power BI is not according to our users
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    Pentaho

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    Pentaho is a Business Intelligence software company that offers Pentaho Business Analytics, a suite of open source products which provide data integration, OLAP services, reporting, dashboarding, data mining and ETL capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Manaflow Bin icon

    Manaflow Bin

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    Transforming data to dashboards in seconds, this AI-powered business intelligence tool enables analysts, consultants, and data science teams to rapidly generate visuals, reports, and insights without SQL queries, enhancing collaboration and decision-making across teams.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    JasperReports

     22 likes
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    JasperReports is a variously-licensed reporting tool & library, written in Java, which can generate HTML, PDF, Excel, CSV, and other format reports. JasperReports Server is a paid feature for distributing and scheduling reports.

    73 JasperReports alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Redash icon

    Redash

     21 likes
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    Redash helps you make sense of your data. Connect and query your data sources, build dashboards to visualize data and share them with your company.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    QlikView

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    QlikView is Qlik’s classic analytics solution for rapidly developing highly-interactive guided analytics applications and dashboards, delivering insight to solve business challenges.

    111 QlikView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
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    • Some users think QlikView is a great Microsoft Power BI alternative, some don't.

    • QlikView is the most popular iPhone alternative to Microsoft Power BI.

    • QlikView is Paid and ProprietaryMicrosoft Power BI is Freemium and Proprietary
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    RATH

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    RATH is beyond an open-source alternative to Data Analysis and Visualization tools such as Tableau. It automates your Exploratory Data Analysis workflow with an Augmented Analytic engine by discovering patterns, insights, causals and presents those insights with powerful...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  14. LinceBI icon

    LinceBI

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    The most complete OpenSource Bussines Intelligence platform including BI Portal, Reports, OLAP Analysis, Dashboards and Scorecards It´s fully customizable and you can include other BI tools in LinceBI BI Global Portal like PowerBI, Metabase...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Talend

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    Talend leverages the open source model to make data integration available to all types of organizations, regardless of their size, level of expertise or budgetary constraints. Talend’s solutions connect to all source and target systems and they can be downloaded at no cost.

    93 Talend alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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