Salient vs. Microsoft Power BI

Salient’s Consumer Goods Application gives you a complete picture of performance by correlating all relevant information your company gathers. Sources include Route Accounting Systems, cost of goods, operations, financials, as well as syndicated data such as Nielsen or IRI. This allows executives, sales managers, and field reps to evaluate sales and profitability within their customers and products, as well as improve effectiveness of space allotted.

Power BI Desktop puts visual analytics at your fingertips. With this powerful authoring tool, you can create interactive data visualizations and reports. Connect, mash up, model, and visualize your data. Place visuals exactly where you want them, analyze and explore your data, and share content with others by publishing to the Power BI web service. Power BI Desktop is part of the Power BI product suite. To monitor key data and share dashboards and reports, use the Power BI web service.