Power BI

Founded by Amir Netz in 2015

Visualize business data and share interactive reports across your organization

Cost

Free Tier

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Power BI to connect to data from any source—cloud or on-premises—and turn it into interactive dashboards and reports. It lets analysts, managers, and everyday users explore data through drag-and-drop visuals, ask questions in natural language via Copilot, and share insights through Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint. You can also embed reports in your own apps, set up automated workflows triggered by data, and manage security and governance across all your datasets.

What Power BI does

Connect to data sources including databases, cloud services, and Excel filesBuild interactive dashboards using a drag-and-drop visual editorGenerate reports automatically by describing what you need in natural languageShare reports securely with colleagues via Teams, SharePoint, or emailEmbed BI reports inside third-party or internal applicationsSet up data alerts that trigger workflows when metrics cross thresholdsCreate and publish semantic models with centralized business logicApply data governance policies and sensitivity labels across all datasetsAsk questions in natural language and Copilot generates the report automaticallyConnects to hundreds of data sources, both cloud and on-premisesDrag-and-drop canvas for building reports without codingEmbed reports directly into your own apps via Power BI EmbeddedCentralized data governance and security through OneLakeAI-generated text summaries and trend narratives on dashboardsNative integration with Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePointSemantic data models ensure consistent business logic across all reports