Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence app for viewing and analyzing enterprise data on mobile devices.
Product velocity
Active
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#125
▼1Business · free
Sentiment
4.6
166k reviews
Nemesis
Tableau Mobile
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to maintain visibility into critical business performance metrics while away from their primary workstation.
For Business analysts, data engineers, and enterprise decision-makers.
What does it look like?
Key features
Interactive report canvas with hundreds of visual types.
Conversational AI for DAX queries and model summarization.
Centralized repository for enterprise data ingestion.
How much does it cost?
Tiered subscription model anchored at $14.00/month, with enterprise features gated behind Premium capacity.
Velocity
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Microsoft Power BI maintains an active development cadence, shipping 5 releases over the last 2 months, averaging approximately 0.6 releases per week. The development trend is stable, alternating between feature-rich updates and maintenance patches. While the latest release is minor, the recent introduction of Copilot capabilities demonstrates a focus on AI-driven productivity features. The publisher provides clear, feature-specific release notes for major updates while utilizing standard maintenance language for stability patches.
Who built it?
Microsoft
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Link to Windows
Microsoft OneNote
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Remote Help
Microsoft Edge Dev
Microsoft EventsUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans mixed. Users appreciate data visualization capabilities allow users to interpret complex business performance metrics with high clarity, but report authentication loops and sign-in failures prevent users from accessing their reports consistently.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Data visualization capabilities allow users to interpret complex business performance metrics with high clarity
- Authentication loops and sign-in failures prevent users from accessing their reports consistently
100 of 135 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Access the full report for freeCompetition
Competitive landscape for Microsoft Power BI
How's the Business market?
Power BI maintains a strong enterprise footprint, but the 0.19-star rating gap between iOS and Android platforms signals inconsistent quality control across the mobile estate.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Tableau Software, LLC
Tableau Mobile is the only direct competitor with a massive, comparable user base and a mature mobile-first data visualization feature set.
- Deep integration with Tableau Server allows for complex, enterprise-grade data governance and security protocols.
- Offers offline data snapshots that allow users to interact with visualizations without an active connection.
- Supports highly customized, interactive dashboard layouts that prioritize complex data exploration over simple viewing.
Unlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for Microsoft Power BI
Where is it heading?
The BI market is shifting toward search-driven and offline-capable mobile experiences, leaving Power BI exposed if it remains a viewer-only tool. Resolving the authentication regression is the immediate priority to stabilize the user base before the next enterprise renewal cycle.
- Authentication failures in the latest update prevent consistent report access, which directly erodes the daily active habit.
- Copilot integration for DAX queries signals active investment in high-value AI features that differentiate the platform from basic BI tools.
The SWOT
- Microsoft 365 ecosystem lock-in
- Enterprise-grade security governance
- Copilot AI integration
- Native wearable integration
- Offline-first data snapshots
- Mobile-native dataset refresh controls
Next best moves
Rebuild authentication flow because sign-in loops are the top complaint → reduce churn
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The mobile authentication friction is a strategic advantage for Microsoft…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Offline data snapshots (available in Tableau Mobile) +1
Since the last report: Power BI is prioritizing AI-driven features like Copilot and OneLake integration, but is facing increased user friction regarding authentication loops and a lack of offline-first capabilities.
Bottom line
Power BI holds its enterprise lead through deep 365 integration, but mobile authentication friction and performance latency threaten to drive power users toward more capable mobile-first rivals, so the team must prioritize stability over new feature expansion.
Unlock 3 critical frictions, 3 market threats, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
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Is Power BI mobile good for casual users?
How does Power BI compare to Tableau Mobile?
Does Power BI work offline?
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