Not an Alternative to Microsoft. Built on It.
Power BI is our foundation. Azure is our deployment environment. The question isn’t Reporting Hub versus Microsoft — it’s what Microsoft natively provides for external intelligence delivery, and where the gaps are.
Microsoft built the platform, not the delivery layer
Fabric and Copilot are strong internal platforms. Neither was built to reach your customers.
Microsoft Fabric is a comprehensive internal analytics platform. For internal data teams consolidating their stack, it’s a strong choice — and Reporting Hub works alongside it.
Power BI Copilot generates AI-assisted insight for internal users inside the Microsoft ecosystem. It was designed for your analysts — not for your customers.
Neither Fabric nor Copilot was designed for governed intelligence delivery to customers, partners, and regulators at scale. That layer is what Reporting Hub provides.
No per-tenant agent configuration, no way to scope what it can reach per external audience, no audit trail of what was asked and answered, no explainability controls. BI Genius provides all four. See how.
Fabric F64 runs about $5,000 a month — $10,000+ at F128 — before your external audience sees anything. Reporting Hub tiers run $199–$999 a month, flat, with unlimited external users. See pricing.
Reporting Hub deploys inside your own Azure tenancy — no third-party hosting, no data crossing tenant boundaries, AI inference included. That architecture is what unlocks regulated procurement. Security & trust.
