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Microsoft Power BI vs Wolfram Mathematica
User Ratings & Reviews
Reviews are generated by real users. When reviewing a product, users are asked to assess the product’s overall quality, which includes assigning specific ratings for ease of use, value for money, customer support, and functionality.
Ease-of-Use
4.1 / 5
4.2 / 5
Value for Money
4.4 / 5
4.2 / 5
Customer Support
4.1 / 5
4.2 / 5
Functionality
4.5 / 5
4.7 / 5
Last Review Written
March 22, 2025
December 19, 2023
Pros/Cons
Pros
- It is also excellent all the integrations you can do with systems, the cloud, etc. The data transformation module I find wonderful how fast it is, even with large amounts of information.
- Having switched from excel recently, Microsoft Power BI has been of great help. Having good visuals for data is a plus to us as an organization for they help do comparisons at a glance.
- It has a lot of powerful features and potentials in showing data and making nice graphs/tables to show the facts/numbers that you want. It works way better and is way more efficient than Excel.
Cons
- Additionally, there are times that my computer struggles to keep up with the program causing it to become non-responsive or crash.
- The dashboards and reports are limited in visual design, so they all look the same and quite ugly.
- Some find it too complicated to use and are intimidated by the format. I have not been able to find training for management on how to use a report that someone else with PowerBI skills created.
Pros
- The 3D capabilities of this software are great visuals. The input was fairly easy, and the calculus based operations were helpful in understanding the concepts.
- The interface is aesthetically pleasing and intuitive. The ability to add hierarchical cells is a big advantage and allows to format notebook in a beautiful way.
- It’s amazing when you don’t need to write code and just need to analyse some data. It helps in speeding up work and great for college studies.
Cons
- Often Mathematica code won't run for entirely unexplained reasons. The program is often unintuitive and aggravating, and for a program touting its usability, this is unacceptable.
- Its difficult to understand the typos or mistakes, as the displayed error message is not easy to understand. There is a learning curve associated with the use of Mathematica.
- I dislike how the tutorials are not very well organized.
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Additional Info
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Deployments
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Mobile - iPad
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 and Training
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Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training
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In Person
Live Online
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