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Fixes to Power BI Pro License Required Dialogs
friends, the damage is done, maybe we need to start asking what's the alternative.
maybe the best solution is the old school solution SQL server/Tabular and Excel as a front end, unless you want a mobile solution ?
Tableau desktop is very competitive too, 1 license for developper, unlimited viewers ?
I have seen this page:
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
If I can understand the policy for PowerBI pro is also the same, or is necessary to buy also Power BI Premium, wich is obviously impossible for us ??
Hi mim,
Do you realise that Tableau server is significantly more expensive ? I did costing for 300 users. Power BI will cost us $50k p/yr for PREMIUM, which is scalable up to about 1600 users.
Tableau, on the other hand, is about $400k for 300 users. Not sure how much they charge for 1600 users. Ongoing fees are 20% each year. Also, Tableau is not an Enterprise reporting solution. It's standalone and doesn't integrate with Microsoft (Azure, Office, Dynamics, Sharepoint etc) products like Power BI can.
I am not defending Microsoft. I am upset with the changes myself because. I have done a lot of due diligence and tested many products before hand.
Hi mim,
Regarding Tableau with 1 license and unlimited viewers... Is exactly the same as creating a Power BI Desktop template and sharing it with unlimited users. You store your data file on your network drive and Power BI Desktop is used as your viewer.
Tableau will result in you being out of pocket by $1500 when you can do exactly the same for free in Power BI.
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djnww I know about Tableau server cost, I am talking about the combination of Tableau desktop/reader.
here is my take, I think this whole new BI solutions are overrated, why really every one needs real time, web based solution, from my experience not all users need this kind of sophistications, 90 % are happy with static PDF, I struggled with users just to tell them how to click on a slicer.
I am just a business users, and what i am pushing for the next BI solution is SSAS Tabular Standard and Excel as a visualisation layer, and if some users want to see those fancy cross highliting charts they can use PowerBI desktop.
ps : PowerBI desktop do not print, show stopper!!, Tableau reader do print.
djnww I know distributing reports using web technology is the easiest and most effective way, everything is live, if you change something in the reports, it will automatically propagate to every viewers.
the fundamental problem it is very experience, I know Tableau server/ Qlick Server are expensive, the reason i am very upset is I thought PowerBI will be the product that will change that, unfortunately it is still using the old paradigm.
- I do have some inside knowledge. However the print from Desktop feature has 3000 votes in the Power BI ideas forum. It's under review and they had a survey about what features we wanted.
For the moment, the only way I see to share dashboards It's by the method "Publish to web".
But It isn't a safe way.
Anonymous wrote:For the moment, the only way I see to share dashboards It's by the method "Publish to web".
But It isn't a safe way.I was thinking the same thing.
What I don't understand is why do users have to pay extra for something that comes included in a product that as a user I'm already paying for? I rather have other limitations than the collaboration/sharing feature removed as a free user. It's the center piece of why people (at least in my organization) were attracted to. using it. But now that we are basically forced to pay for subscription just to have sharing capabilities enabled, it feels like alternatives for PowerBi are in the works.
