ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

ManageEngine and Microsoft are both solutions in the Reporting category. ManageEngine is ranked #17 with an average rating of 9.5, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.8. ManageEngine holds a 0.1% mindshare in RT, compared to Microsoft’s 26.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of ManageEngine users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus and Microsoft Power BI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus vs. Microsoft Power BI Report (Updated: June 2025).

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ManageEngine Exchangeer Plus vs. Microsoft Power BI

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine Exchange Repor...

Ranking in Reporting

17th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Power BI

Ranking in Reporting

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

321

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Power BI is 26.4%, up from 25.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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reviewer2017023

Governance And Compliance Administrator at a agriculture with 10,001+ employees

Efficiently keeps track of how many mailboxes are created, how many are deleted, and things like that

We can keep track of how many mailboxes are created, how many are deleted, and things like that. It's a necessity for auditing to use a tool to monitor email tracking. So, it helps a lot with compliance. We can use the dashboard to see which Exchange servers are currently having issues, their health, and other details. The GUI is very good.

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Shoury Priyanshu

Senior Manager, Strategy & Consulting at Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd

Facilitates seamless data aggregation with some outdated visual elements hindering user appeal

Real-time data integration is an area for improvement. Although I've worked on several solutions involving real-time integration, it's not very user-friendly and often lags, especially with over a million data rows. This makes Power BI difficult to manage as loading times can reach one or two minutes, which is problematic today. There are challenges with scalability, requiring multiple pages in dashboards to manage these issues. Visualization could be improved as it appears outdated. Users, especially newcomers, find it unappealing and not user-friendly.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The email traffic analysis feature is very useful."

"We can use the dashboard to see which Exchange servers are currently having issues, their health, and other details. The GUI is very good."

"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."

"Microsoft BI's most valuable features are the user interface, which is easy to use and light."

"It has greatly improved our reporting capabilities."

"The drag and drop facility to easily change the data correctly is the most valuable feature. I am happy to see visualizations. It's easier to talk about and make people understand what is going on."

"Good CS and administration."

"It is a good platform for data analysis, organization, and all of the other interim performances that are necessary."

"In contrast to what we were using before I think that Power BI has given us more extensive results."

"It gives you an edge if you are on the Microsoft platform. If you have been using Microsoft products for a long time or if you have the Microsoft infrastructure, this is the right tool for you. It has seamless integration with Microsoft SQL Server and other sources, and you get the best of the three things (SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS) in one suite."

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Cons

"I am primarily interested in reporting and automation improvements."

"There is room for improvement in the reporting, maybe having more customizable reports would be good."

"I find the solution to be 70 percent stable."

"We found out that you can't share a report with others unless you have an additional package. That caught us off guard. It came as a program that somebody could go in, build a report, and show it, but you can't share it without having additional licenses."

"They can improve the user interface a little bit to make it more user-friendly. When creating a dashboard, it is not very user-friendly. You have to click on a certain style and use your keyboard keys to move it. You cannot drag and drop it."

"It needs an AI which can choose the appropriate connection strings and provide options for connections."

"At times, I feel that the system needs improvement in single sign-on, especially for the on-premises side of the tool."

"Real-time data integration is an area for improvement."

"Power BI could be improved by implementing more options for data integration. Nowadays, the cloud takes care of scalability and security. As we all know, data sources are increasing, so we get data from a variety of streams. But if we could get the downstream data into the database and update the reports more easily, Power BI would be better."

"The graphic interface could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of Exchange Reporter Plus is very reasonable."

"I would rate the pricing a four out of ten, where one is low price and ten is high price. It is affordable."

"Its pricing is reasonable for the desktop stuff, but for enterprise-level, it is a little expensive."

"Regarding cost, the initial investment wasn't too high, but ongoing licensing could add up."

"The license is on a yearly basis."

"It is somewhere in the middle in terms of price. Licensing is quite clear."

"Power BI is subscription-based, and you have three options. The Pro edition, which is the standard one, is about $9 per user. The Premium edition, which provides AI and cloud capabilities but at a limited size, is for small to medium enterprises. It is about $20 per user. For large enterprises, such as manufacturing facilities, there is an option for the capacity. The capacity subscription is about $4,000 per capacity level. They also have an option for the on-premises version, but it is not common to see someone going for the on-premises version. The on-premises version requires a specific license that is attached to SQL Server. I believe it is about $17,000, but I'm not sure about it."

"From a cost point of view, it's competitive in the enterprise space, although it's not as competitive when you add up all of the additional costs. Things like integrations cost extra and it's probably where Microsoft makes more of the money."

"Microsoft BI for desktop is free to use, and you can download and use it."

"I am satisfied with its price. Its price is very less as compared to Tableau and QlikView."

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Senior Manager - BI Head at NVidia

Feb 4, 2015

Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho

1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus?

We can use the dashboard to see which Exchange servers are currently having issues, their health, and other details. The GUI is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus?

The pricing of Exchange Reporter Plus is very reasonable.

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What needs improvement with ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus?

There is room for improvement in the reporting, maybe having more customizable reports would be good. ManageEngine ERP could do custom reporting.

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Seeking lightweight open source BI software

There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...

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Is Power BI a complete platform or only a visualization tool?

Power BI is an advanced visualization tool oriented to big data with a very complete set of widgets to visualize information, control users accessing information, the configuration of governance po...

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How does Oracle OBIEE compare with Microsoft BI?

Oracle OBIEE is great in allowing design and creativity per the individual needs of the organization. Dashboards are fully customizable and very user-friendly. This solution is very stable. Oracle ...

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SSRS, SSAS, MSBI, MS Reporting Services, Microsoft BI Tools, Microsoft Big Data, Power BI Pro, MS BI

Overview

Microsoft Exchange Server is, by and large the most popular communication, collaboration and email messaging application today. Microsoft Exchange serves as the hub of all email communications in most corporate environments that use the Active Directory technology. It becomes a necessity to have an Exchange reporting tool that will equip an Exchange Administrator with precise, granular, comprehensive and actionable data on all aspects of the MS Exchange Server.

ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus is a web-based analysis and reporting solution for Microsoft Exchange Servers. Exchange Reporter Plus is a comprehensive MS Exchange reporting software that provides over 100 different reports on every aspect of the Microsoft Exchange Server environment.

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Microsoft Power BI is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. This tool stands out for its ability to merge and analyze data from various sources. Widely adopted across different industries and departments, Power BI is instrumental in creating visually appealing dashboards and generating insightful business intelligence reports. Its intuitive interface, robust visualization capabilities, and seamless integration with other Microsoft applications empower users to easily create interactive reports and gain valuable insights.

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