Free Microsoft Power BI Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Microsoft Power BI for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Pretzel, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Power BI and 19 are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to Microsoft Power BI are LinceBI, Talend, icStorm and Jedox.

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Microsoft Power BI alternatives are mainly Business Intelligence Tools, but if you're looking for Database Management Tools or Data Mining Software you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source + Database Management Tool and Mac + Free and Windows + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Microsoft Power BI.
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Microsoft Power BI alternatives page was last updated Oct 9, 2024
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  1. Pretzel icon

    Pretzel

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    Pretzel screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Import CSV Data
    3.  Data analytics
    4.  AI-Powered
    5.  Browser-based
    6.  Support for WebAssembly
    7.  Data visualization

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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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    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...

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    LinceBI screenshot 1

    LinceBI Features

    1.  Web-Based
    2.  Dashboard
    3.  Reporting
    4.  Cloud based

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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.

    92 Talend alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Talend screenshot 1

    Talend Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Import CSV Data

    Talend VS Microsoft Power BI

     
  5. icStorm icon

    icStorm

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    icCube's Analytical Engine. A real time, in-memory, high-performance, high-scalability multi-dimensional, MDX+ / OLAP Server.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    icStorm Features

    1.  Reporting
    2.  Data visualization

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  6. Jedox icon

    Jedox

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    Business-Driven Intelligence: Jedox empowers you with powerful planning, effective analytics and beautiful reporting, on every device and in the Cloud.

    17 Jedox alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    Jedox: Procurement ABC Analysis

    Jedox Features

    1.  KPI Dashboard
    2.  Excel Add-in

    Jedox VS Microsoft Power BI

     

    • Jedox is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Microsoft Power BI.

    • Jedox is Freemium and ProprietaryMicrosoft Power BI is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    BIRT

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    BIRT is an open source technology platform used to create data visualizations and reports that can be embedded into rich client and web applications.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    BIRT screenshot 1

    BIRT Features

    1.  Reporting
    2.  Data visualization

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    Stagraph

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    Stagraph is new professional tool for visual data exploration and statistical graphics. This tool brings data science features and functions of R language to user without the need of coding. Your workflow in software is as follows:

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Stagraph screenshot 1

    Stagraph Features

    1.  Data visualization
    2.  Data Cleansing
    3.  Stats
    4.  Visual-thinking
    5.  Data export/import
    6.  Data analytics
    7.  Qualitative Data Analysis

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    PopSQL

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    PopSQL is a modern SQL editor for teams that lets you write queries, visualize data, and share your results.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    PopSQL screenshot 1

    PopSQL Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Charts
    3.  Fuzzy Finder
    4.  SQLite

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    Visplore

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    Plug-and-play visual analytics for exploring and preparing large data in much less time – from CSV, Python, and many other sources. Get from millions of data records to discovering correlations, patterns, and trends in 1 minute. No coding required.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Prepare data - search patterns - find correlations - model dependencies. Welcome to the next level of visual time series analysis!

    Visplore Features

    1.  IOT Analytics
    2.  Data science
    3.  Data Cleansing
    4.  Exploration
    5.  Data Preparation
    6.  Data visualization
    7.  Predictive Modeling

    Visplore VS Microsoft Power BI

     
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    freeboard

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    A damn sexy, open source real-time dashboard builder for IOT and other web mashups. A free open source alternative to Geckoboard. Includes a powerful plugin architecture to create any amount of customization.

    29 freeboard alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    A freeboard dashboard.
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from March 2018.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Import CSV Data
    3.  Dashboard
    4.  Metrics
    5.  Real-time analytics
    6.  Custom visualization of realtime data

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    EasyMorph

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    The task of data transformation is traditionally believed to belong to IT developers while business users are typically left with Excel, or cumbersome Visual Basic and Python scripting. Although there have been attempts to create easy-to-use so-called data preparation utilities...

    22 EasyMorph alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    EasyMorph screenshot 1

    EasyMorph Features

    1.  Import CSV Data
    2. MySQL Community Edition icon  Import from MySql
    3. Microsoft Excel icon  Import From Excel
    4.  Dashboard
    5.  Data visualization
    6.  Data export/import

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    KNOWAGE

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    Knowage inherits the long history of SpagoBI, the well known open source BI suite. The Community Edition continues this tradition, providing value to the community of developers and users.

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    KNOWAGE screenshot 1

    KNOWAGE VS Microsoft Power BI

     
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