Datapad

vs.

Power BI

Move beyond traditional BI dashboards. While Power BI shows you charts, Datapad creates the campaigns and strategies that drive real business results.

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2. Ask a Question
3. Get Insights
Powering the world's best product teams.
From next-gen startups to established enterprises.
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30,000+
Active Users
2 Million
Excel Files Crunched
100k Hours
Saved by Users
< 1 Minute
Avg. Time to Build a Dashboard
HOW IT COMPARES

Datapad delivers AI-powered business intelligence, Power BI offers traditional bi tool focused on visualization and reporting.

Features

Datapad

Built with customer needs in mind

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Power BI

Traditional BI tool focused on visualization and reporting

Natural language queries
Advanced AI understands business context and generates insights
Basic Q&A feature with limited understanding
Data source connections
50+ integrations with one-click setup
Many connectors but complex setup required
Automated insights
AI automatically discovers trends and anomalies
Manual analysis required, no proactive insights
Campaign generation
Creates actionable marketing and business campaigns
Shows charts only, no actionable recommendations
Easy dashboard creation
AI generates dashboards automatically from your questions
Manual dashboard building with steep learning curve
Real-time collaboration
Built-in team workspaces and instant sharing
Complex workspace setup and licensing required
Scheduled reporting
AI-powered reports with insights and recommendations
Basic report scheduling without AI insights
No-code setup
Connect and start analyzing in minutes
Requires IT setup, DAX knowledge, and data modeling

AI Agent With
Data Super-Powers

Connect any data source with a simple prompt and watch our AI dive deep into your numbers. Get sophisticated SQL analysis, predictive models, and data insights that would take data scientists weeks to uncover - all from natural language questions about your business.

Hear what our customers are saying

Discover how teams use Datapad to talk to their data like a human analyst, get instant insights, and create actionable deliverables that drive real results.

Sarah Chen

@sarah_data

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Datapad has completely transformed how I analyze our customer data. Instead of spending hours writing complex SQL queries, I can just ask questions in plain English and get instant insights with beautiful visualizations. Our data team's productivity has increased 5x!

David Kim

@david_bi

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The integrations are seamless! We connect all our data sources - Google Analytics, Salesforce, Facebook Ads, and our warehouse - and Datapad blends everything automatically. What used to take days of manual ETL work now happens in minutes.

Amanda Foster

@amanda_ops

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The anomaly detection is incredible. Datapad sends us daily alerts about unusual patterns in our sales data, and even suggests root causes and solutions. We've caught revenue-impacting issues before they became problems.

Mike Rodriguez

@mike_analytics

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The collaboration features are incredible. My marketing team can now ask questions about sales data in real-time during meetings, and Datapad instantly generates custom dashboards. No more waiting for IT to create reports - we get answers immediately with the full context we need.

Rachel Martinez

@rachel_growth

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Datapad doesn't just show you data - it creates the actual deliverables! It generated our complete SEO strategy with keyword targeting, ad optimization to-do lists, and even wrote our blog posts. Copy-paste ready content that actually drives results.

Carlos Mendoza

@carlos_data

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Text2SQL has been a revelation. I can ask complex questions like 'Show me customer LTV by acquisition channel for the past 6 months' and get perfectly optimized queries that run instantly. No more debugging SQL syntax!

Lisa Thompson

@lisa_marketing

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Datapad's AI assistant is like having a senior data analyst on speed dial. It understands our business context and creates actionable insights, not just generic charts. Game-changer for our marketing optimization!

James Wilson

@james_ceo

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As a startup founder, I couldn't afford a full data team. Datapad scales our analytics capabilities at a fraction of the cost. We get enterprise-level insights and automated reports that keep everyone aligned on our KPIs.

Emma Johnson

@emma_strategy

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Datapad's memory layer learns from our conversations and improves over time. It remembers our business context, preferred metrics, and even our team's terminology. It's like having an AI analyst who's been with us for years.

Power BI vs Datapad: Common Questions

How is Datapad different from Power BI?

While Power BI focuses on data visualization and reporting, Datapad is an AI-first analytics platform that creates actionable campaigns and strategies. Power BI shows you what happened, Datapad tells you what to do next.

Do I need technical skills for Datapad vs Power BI?

Datapad requires no technical skills - just ask questions in natural language. Power BI requires knowledge of DAX, data modeling, and complex setup procedures.

Can Datapad replace our Power BI setup?

Yes! Datapad connects to the same data sources as Power BI but adds AI-powered insights, automated reporting, and actionable campaign generation that Power BI lacks.

What about data governance and enterprise features?

Datapad offers enterprise-grade security and governance while being much easier to use than Power BI's complex permission systems and row-level security setup.

How does pricing compare?

Datapad's transparent pricing often costs less than Power BI Premium when you factor in setup time, training, and ongoing maintenance. Plus you get AI insights that Power BI doesn't offer.

Ready to Turn Your Data Into Action?

Join thousands of teams who've replaced expensive data analysts with Datapad's AI. Get actionable insights and ready-to-deploy campaigns in seconds, not weeks.