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Can anyone tell when to use Power BI vs. SSRS and visa versa?
Is there a good presentation with the Use Cases that compares and contrast both the products - SSRS and Power BI?
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Power BI Report Server (PBIRS) is the successor of SSRS and has more features than SSRS. For one, it can use and render both interactive PBIX and analytical XLSX reports which SSRS cannot.
SSRS can help you to create tabular, graphical and free-form reports from relational, multidimensional and XML based data sources. The reports can also be published and accessed on demand. SSRS also has a built in scheduling tool to perform basic report deployments via email, file share, or SharePoint.
If you require generating and using only simple, paginated reports on-premise in an enterprise, you must go for SSRS. SSRS is also cost-effective for that matter. On the other hand, if you require creating and using interactive and analytical reports with rich graphics, Power BI Report Server should be your choice.
These features will be removed from versions of SQL Server starting with SQL Server 2022 and will no longer be supported. Only the last three releases, SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, and SQL Server 2019, will be supported in maintenance mode until EOL (End of Life) for existing customers.
Show activity on this post. Power BI Report Builder is a tool for authoring paginated reports that you can publish to the Power BI service. Report builder is a standalone tool to design reports for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
Power BI can be used to manage all facets of a company, including logistics, human resources, customer relations, financial transactions, sales, market analysis, manufacturing processes, and so on. Each department's data can be viewed in a visual, interactive, and understandable format.
I think these are some considerations for choosing the right reporting tool.
Power BI
SQL Server Reporting Services
Delivery reports in multiple formats automatically (Scheduling via Subscriptions).
Better for on-premise security control.
You can control the clients used to visualize the reports.
Oriented to operational reports.
Requires SQL SERVER licenses.
If you read the Microsoft BI Roadmap, their intent is mix on-premises and cloud reporting technologies. That's SSRS is supporting integrations with Power BI easily in the latest versions.
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