Why Holistics over PowerBI?

Built for any OS, no Microsoft lock-in

Works across all operating systems and Google-first environments, instead of being tied to Windows, Azure AD, or desktop tools.

Collaborative workflow for multiple developers

A shared cloud workspace lets developers work in parallel without interfering with each other. They can review and merge changes safely while avoiding PBIX file conflicts.

Collaborative workflow between analysts and business users

Business users create dashboards and ad-hoc fields; analysts can review and promote valuable ones into reusable metrics and develop changes safely before publishing.

Modern, fully web-native developer experience

Model, explore, and build dashboards entirely in the browser - no desktop installs, no Windows-only limitations, no PBIX files.

First-class, human support

Direct access to engineers and a dedicated Success team, instead of relying on third-party vendors or community forums.

We have 600 SSRS reports and we don't want to have 600 Power BI reports. And as we bring in more data, it's just going to get more and more complicated.

We tried to use Power BI as a self-service, and it was an epic fail. That was before my time and it failed because it was too complicated for regular users. So when we were looking for a solution, we were looking for tools that needed to be very user-friendly and less technical than Power BI.

– Michael K., Head of Enterprise Analytics

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How does Holistics work?

With Holistics, data teams manage a central definition of business metrics and data logic in a code-based modeling layer.

Business users build their own reports and get accurate analytics in a curated environment, without having to learn SQL. Dashboards and data logic can also be serialized into code and checked into Git version control repository.

Self-service BI platform

Why Holistics Is A Good Alternative To PowerBI Cloud: A Breakdown

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End user experience Holistics gives teams true self-service analytics powered by a flexible semantic layer and a unified web-native experience - without the steep learning curve. Power BI, while popular, ties development to a desktop tool, depends heavily on DAX, and lacks a central semantic layer, which often leads to inconsistent metrics and bottlenecks for business users.
Anyone can explore and visualize data, regardless of proficiency. Users can conduct analyses using drag and drop UI, SQL, or AI - all in the same interface. Business users depend on the data team.  Becoming effective in Power BI requires learning DAX, which creates a skill barrier for most non-technical users.
Holistics’ governed semantic layer ensures every team uses the same definitions and metrics across dashboards and AI queries. Power BI doesn’t have a truly central semantic layer, making it difficult to ensure consistent metrics and AI results across analyses.
Collaboration across the entire data workflow Holistics enables superior collaboration across the entire data workflow - from multiple developers working together in a shared cloud workspace, to business users contributing insights that analysts can refine and promote into the semantic layer. Power BI forces teams into fragmented workflows (desktop PBIX files, isolated semantic models) that make collaboration difficult and slow.
Multiple developers work together in a shared cloud workspace. Developers can work in parallel using Holistics’ branching mechanism, then review and merge changes easily through Holistics’ PR workflow, keeping models and metrics consistent. PBIX files make collaboration difficult. Developers must pass files around, creating conflicts, duplication, and inconsistent logic.
Business users and developers collaborate smoothly. Business users can build dashboards and create ad-hoc fields; developers can review and promote valuable ones into reusable metrics. Business users cannot create new metrics - not even ad-hoc ones. Any logic they need must be built by analysts in Power BI Desktop, creating a slow, fragmented workflow that makes developer–business user collaboration difficult.
Customer support Holistics gives your team hands-on, human support from the people who actually build the product - no ticket queues, no forum hunting. PowerBI relies heavily on third-party vendors and self-serve documentation, offering limited direct support from Microsoft.
Get direct support from the vendor. Troubleshoot faster. Talk to the actual product team instead of going through resellers or outsourced support. Rely on third-party vendors for support, with no direct line to Microsoft for day-to-day troubleshooting.
Onboard smoothly with a dedicated Success team guiding setup, training, and adoption. Receive no onboarding or Success team support, leaving teams to figure things out on their own.
Collaborate in shared Slack channels for real-time help, debugging, and faster iteration. Work without shared chat channels, meaning slower communication and fragmented troubleshooting.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Good question. We're designed to give you the freedom to choose the right tool, without worrying about being locked in to any particular software. If you ever decide that Holistics is not the right tool for you and want to switch to another one, you can do that easily with our Analytics as code functionality. However, since Looker and Holistics are similar in architecture, recreating your Looker dashboards in Holistics are relatively straightforward.
As users of a lot of softwares ourselves, we hate vendor lock-in. If you ever decide that Holistics is not the right tool for you and want to migrate, you can do that easily with our upcoming Business Intelligence as code. Your entire BI project will be represented as text and checked in to your Git repository.
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Yes, Holistics is SOC2 Type II Compliant. If you'd like to see our SOC 2 Type II Attestation, Contact Us.

Holistics is intuitive, both technical and non-technical people can pick it up pretty fast.

For Data Consumers: zero learning curve. They can create their own charts and dashboards without writing SQL, using a drag-and-drop interface.

For Data/technical teams: just SQL knowledge is needed in terms of skills.
We support most popular SQL databases and data warehouses: Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Presto, ClickHouse, AWS Athena, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server. See full list.
Although we're based in Singapore (Asia), the majority of our customers are in US and Europe. Despite the time zone difference, Customer Support has been among our most praised qualities from our customers.