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DashProphet vs. Power BI

Power BI is deep and AI-rich, and leans on the Microsoft/Azure stack. Here's how the two models compare.

	DashProphet	Power BI
Pricing model	Flat monthly subscription (see /pricing/) Analyst hours included on Growth and Scale; available as add-on blocks on Launch No per-seat licensing	Per-capacity or per-user licensing Azure add-ons for storage and compute
Who builds the dashboards	Cruz Street analysts connect your sources and build the dashboards You bring the questions and the data	Your team builds reports in Power BI Desktop External viewers can access reports without a license, depending on plan
Hosting & data connections	Fully hosted and managed by DashProphet Built-in data lake — no separate warehouse to stand up	Runs on the Microsoft/Azure stack Capacity-based hosting you manage
Support model	Support included with every plan Response times and analyst hours vary by plan — see /pricing/	Support tied to Microsoft license tier No analyst hours included

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The honest take

Where each tool fits.

What Power BI does well

Power BI is deep and AI-rich, and a natural fit for organizations already standardized on Microsoft 365 and Azure.

Where DashProphet differs

DashProphet keeps the stack self-contained — hosting, the data lake, and analyst time are part of the subscription rather than separate Azure add-ons.

Different models fit different teams. If you'd rather have it built and managed for you, that's what we do.

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