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Plecto best-fit

  • If you are a sales or support manager
  • Need live metrics
  • Want to react/coach your team in real time
  • Want to motivate your team to reach targets
  • Want your team to take ownership of their performance
  • Want to get started in minutes without IT getting involved
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Power BI best-fit

  • If you are a data analyst or BI expert
  • Use historical data to analyze your company's past performance
  • Want to uncover deep-seated insights
  • Want to use metrics for strategic decisions and forecasting
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Both Plecto and Power BI together

  • If you're a sales or support manager whose technical or have an analytics team at your disposal
  • Want to analyze a combination of historical and real-time data
  • Want either or both detailed reporting or simple ones that you can export as PowerPoint presentations
  • Want to use metrics for both on-the-fly performance course corrections and long-term strategic planning

Plecto and Power BI are commonly sought tools by performance-driven teams that want to use data to improve their performance. But they ultimately serve two different purposes. What are you looking for?

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Emil Pedersen

Performance Specialist

"We implemented Power BI for data tracking in general. But the design is not very nice, and the gamification is not very good. So we use Plecto for sales motivation primarily, which is why we definitely need some gamification too; to motivate people."

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The Plecto vs Power BI verdict.

Power BI is a powerful business intelligence tool with extensive reporting capabilities.

But if you’re looking for a more engaging, real-time platform for frontline reps all the way up to CEO to react quickly to KPIs to reach targets, Plecto is your winner.

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Plecto features

Think Plecto is your perfect fit?
Read on to learn more.

✖ Real-time updates not available on standard Power BI subs

Visualize your team's KPIs in a motivating way in real time on TV dashboards in the office that look great!

For frontline reps:

  • A motivating enablement tool to see their stats instantly
  • Can take ownership of their performance
  • Access to their own personalized performance dashboards

For managers:

  • Identify trends in your team's performance
  • Ensure that your whole team stays on track with their goals

✖ Not built-in in Power BI

Make hitting KPIs exciting with fun contests, funny celebratory notifications, and real-world prizes or rewards.

For frontline reps:

  • Have fun competing against/working with colleagues to achieve goals
  • Feel valued and recognized
  • Enjoy the opportunity to win prizes


For managers:

  • Easy set-up and low maintenance
  • An efficient and effective way to engage your team

Connect your sales, CRM, lead, telephony, and helpdesk systems with plug-and-play or custom API with Plecto, so:

  • All your KPI data is in one place
  • You can get a holistic view of your team's (and broader aligned company's) performance
  • You save hundreds of hours a month looking for data in different systems
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✖ Not available in Power BI

Take action on your KPIs in a more fluid and ongoing basis, instead of key insights and coaching opportunities being kept hidden away.

For frontline reps:

  • Can access previous 1:1s to see their own long-term coaching plans, goals, and growth anytime
  • Can collaborate with their manager on setting personalized and realistic targets based on their skill and experience level
  • Develop knowledge and training in a fun way with quizzes


For managers:

  • Can easily onboard new team members without spending months on training
  • Can tailor coaching to be more personalized and effective through time-saving 1:1 templates
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Daniel Figueiredo

Sales & Support Analyst

"I was expecting Plecto would be interesting and effective. I was not expecting we would be celebrating each customer, each positive rating, and each closed deal we won together as a team. That was one of the things that surprised me the most about Plecto, and it was really, really fun to have it in the office."

Connects with your CRM, leads, telephony, and help desk

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Your dedicated resources to help you get the most out of your metrics

Don't worry about difficult data setups and being held back by BI-required abilities. We've got the resources to help you get the most out of your metrics! With Plecto, you enjoy:

  • Onboarding: 2 free hours of onboarding with your Customer Success Manager
  • Support available via phone, chat, or email when you need it
  • Help Center: An extensive range of video tutorials and written guides to
  • Additional paid hours of Plecto Expert Service if you want our team to take your set-up to a more technical next level
  • No hidden and expensive implementation fees.
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And in case you're still undecided...

Here are some extra features that come with Plecto

Save bags of time and hours of manpower by automating your reports. All you need to do is set it up once and you are good to go!

Learn more about reports
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Rep just booked a meeting? Reached a revenue milestone? Get instant notifications popping up on your office TVs to motivate and engage your team.

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With our mobile app, Plecto is the perfect tool for managers who are on the move from meeting to different locations or simply just want to stay in the know! Plus, Plecto on the TVs is a great motivator for all staff around the office.

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David Sipp

Owner of Mr. Handyman of Northern St. Joseph

"The biggest benefit is getting real-time data on a centralized dashboard. This enables us to stay on top of our operations and make informed decisions on the fly."

Plecto vs Power BI FAQ

Yes, that's one of the best parts about Plecto!

Unlike Power BI, which is designed for data analysts, Plecto is made for managers to motivate frontline employees and make extracting insights as simple as possible. You don't need to be a data whiz to learn the platform.

For those who need help getting their system set up, we offer additional implementation hours that can be tailored to your needs.

Plecto and Power BI are commonly sought tools by performance-driven teams that want to use data to improve their performance. But they ultimately serve two different purposes. The answer to the Plecto vs Power BI question depends on what you are looking for:

  • If you're a data analyst looking for detailed, historical business intelligence insights, Power BI is probably your way to go.
  • But if you’re looking for a more engaging, real-time platform for frontline sales and support reps, managers, and all the way up to the CEO to react quickly to KPIs in order to reach targets, Plecto is your winner.
  • With real-time visualization to plug-and-play integrations, fun gamification (contests, rewards, badges, and notifications), and coaching and training tools all built into one powerful platform, there's a reason that modern performance-driven teams are opting for Plecto over Power BI.

We pride ourselves on offering real-time performance updates at Plecto. And this is a key benefit that sets us apart from Power BI.

You can find detailed information on update frequencies of the specific system or software you wish to integrate with Plecto here in our integration guides.