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Plotly Dash Enterprise vs Power BI Embedded Analytics comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Plotly Dash Enterprise
Ranking in Reporting
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Power BI Embedded Analytics
Ranking in Reporting
18th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (28th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2835996 - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Interactive dashboards have transformed reporting and now speed up team decision making
One area where Plotly Dash Enterprise can be improved is the learning curve for beginners. It can take time to understand the callbacks and app structures. Debugging can sometimes be tricky, especially for complex apps. Improving documentation and providing more built-in templates or examples would make it easier for new users to get started. Another improvement could be around performance optimization in Plotly. For example, with a large dataset, a dashboard can sometimes become slow. Better built-in support for handling big data efficiently would help. Additionally, smoother integration with other data tools and cloud services would make it easier to fit into different tech stacks.
VishnuReddy2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Enterprise Architect at R2V2.ai
Embedded analytics has unified diverse data sources and supports real-time operational decisions
I find Power BI Embedded Analytics to be a fairly good reporting tool and dashboarding tool. The color palette and everything about it is good. It would be beneficial to have reporting on top of a data warehouse, a lake house, or directly on an Excel-based solution. If Power BI can come as a full stack similar to SAP Analytics Cloud, it can embed with Azure very quickly. However, the full suite provided by SAP, starting from ERP through reporting, is somewhat loosely coupled, which can be helpful for some clients. Overall, Power BI is a very good tool for reporting. Embedded analytics may lack some features from the modeling perspective, such as dimension modeling, and there are multiple factors that lead us to prefer analytics on top of the warehouse rather than going for embedded analytics.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The level of interactivity that the product provides is valuable to me."
"My production team responded positively to having that real-time dashboard, and it changed their workflow and efficiency."
"Development and deployment time typically shows a 50 to 80% faster time to production, and there is also a 60 to 90% reduction in repetitive reporting work because organizations have self-serve dashboards and scheduled reports where one internal app often replaces hours of weekly manual work."
"Plotly Dash Enterprise has positively impacted my organization by reducing the time in creating visualization tools by data scientists."
"Plotly Dash Enterprise has transformed my projects by moving them from local scripts to secure production-grade applications that drive faster data-driven decisions."
"My main use case with Plotly Dash Enterprise is equally comparable to Power BI and Tableau for creating dashboards."
"Plotly Dash Enterprise helped me to visualize data better as the color schemas provided were very contrasting, and anyone new who saw the data could interpret it much quicker compared to any other platform."
"It is as though you are writing a novel, not just code."
"The positive impact Power BI Embedded Analytics has made in my organization is the gain of time, the sharing of the same data, and the same information for all the stakeholders, leading to better decisions."
"What I appreciate most about Power BI Embedded Analytics is that it is tightly integrated with Microsoft, which is a strong feature."
 

Cons

"The out-of-the-box UI components currently feel basic and limited compared to modern design components, and styling often requires extra effort."
"For some of my colleagues, especially those coming from market research operations, the transition to Plotly Dash Enterprise needed more structured training because they heavily depended on Excel manual reporting and static PowerPoints before using Plotly Dash Enterprise."
"While the documentation for Plotly Dash Enterprise is commendable, it can pose challenges for individuals new to Dash or Plotly, as the customizations and optimizations can be complex, requiring significant time from developers."
"I would like to discuss improvements needed for Plotly Dash Enterprise, specifically regarding licensing and documentation that I wish were different."
"While Plotly Dash Enterprise is powerful, its default look can sometimes feel more academic or technical than the sleek, modern UI of dedicated BI tools."
"Since we are feeding Plotly with a lot of data, I think there is a security gap."
"It could have developed a more gradual learning curve."
"Documentation is something that I feel can be improved for Plotly Dash Enterprise, as it is never finished and could be polished a little bit further."
"Embedded analytics may lack some features from the modeling perspective, such as dimension modeling, and there are multiple factors that lead us to prefer analytics on top of the warehouse rather than going for embedded analytics."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I only use the free tier of the product."
"It is an open-source tool. My company hasn't explored Plotly's premium services yet, but I believe the prices could be on the premium side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
19%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
21%
Media Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise23
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Plotly?
I am not aware of the pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with Plotly?
To improve Plotly Dash Enterprise, I recommend providing a basic course on platforms like YouTube for beginners to get an idea of Plotly Dash Enterprise. I do not have anything else to add about ne...
What is your primary use case for Plotly?
My main use case for Plotly Dash Enterprise is to build confidence for interviews. I used Plotly Dash Enterprise to build confidence by giving interviewees queries similar to what a business analys...
What needs improvement with Power BI Embedded Analytics?
Power BI Embedded Analytics is perfect right now as they continuously introduce new features, though it would be beneficial if they included an artificial intelligence assistant in the DAX syntax t...
What is your primary use case for Power BI Embedded Analytics?
My main use case for Power BI Embedded Analytics is that in my day-to-day work, I use Power Query to prepare data and Power BI Embedded Analytics Desktop, spending my time all day to create visuals...
What advice do you have for others considering Power BI Embedded Analytics?
An example of a decision our team made because of a Power BI Embedded Analytics report is when we decided to focus on selling a unique numeric product and avoid selling the physical product after u...
 

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Sample Customers

Google, Goji, VIT, Smpl Bio, U.S. Air Force, C12 Energy, New York University
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