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I was curious and hadn't heard about PowerBI before, so I checked the site just now. Some obvious differences: PowerBI is priced per user, so it can get expens

by runako 10y ago

I was curious and hadn't heard about PowerBI before, so I checked the site just now. Some obvious differences: PowerBI is priced per user, so it can get expensive fast (assuming you need the pro features). Also, there doesn't appear to be a cloud version of PowerBI so you'd be managing it yourself. PowerBI doesn't support AWS Redshift or Aurora. And unless I'm mistaken, PowerBI desktop is Windows-only.

Maarten88 10y ago
You should read a bit further, I think only your last assumption is correct: there is indeed no desktop client for Mac, so you have to use Windows to design dashboards/reports. There are web, native windows, android and ios interactive report viewers. With a single paid license you can publish to the cloud and make reports available to anyone, even embed it in a website or app. There's even a Redshift connector in preview.