Choose Power BI if
Someone in the business models data, your reports draw on many systems, you already work in Microsoft 365, and you need it today.
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Business analytics software comparison: four tools, one honest table.
Insight is not built, so every comparison here ends on a row the others win: they ship today and Insight does not. The rows that remain are the ones that stay true — what each tool is, who builds the reports, where the data comes from and how it is priced — checked as of research in 2026.
not shipped · wave 3facts as of research in 2026no competitor prices quotedcorrections welcome
Product design preview · Insight has not shipped. All features, screens and prices are proposals.
Insight has not shipped yet.
Insight has not shipped. What you see here — the console, the features, the plans and the prices — is the design, written down in full so you can judge it before it exists. It sits in the third wave of Centilio tools, with no app, no beta and no date yet; a first version is planned to arrive with Centilio One. Join the waitlist and you will be told before anyone else.
Comparisons
Pick the one you use, or are weighing, today.
Three tools people weigh when they want their numbers in one place, each compared on its own page.
Side by side
Four tools, on the facts that do not drift.
Facts as of research in 2026: what each tool is, who builds the reports and how it is priced — not list prices, which change. Check each vendor’s page for today’s detail, and tell us if anything here is out of date.
| Centilio Insight | Microsoft Power BI | Looker Studio | Databox | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Business analytics inside a business suite | A business intelligence service: Power BI Desktop to build reports, the Power BI service to share them | Google’s free reporting and dashboard tool, formerly Data Studio | A KPI dashboard and reporting tool |
| Built for | Owners and managers who want the whole business on one screen | Analysts and teams modelling data from many sources | Reports on Google Analytics, Google Ads, Sheets and BigQuery, among others | Teams tracking KPIs across many separate apps |
| Who builds the reports | Nobody, to start: the reports every business needs come built (designed) | You, or an analyst, in Power BI Desktop | You, from a blank canvas or a template | Templates for each data source, which you then adjust |
| Where the data comes from | Your Centilio tools, already joined; outside data through Loop and spreadsheets (designed) | Connectors to files, databases and cloud services | Google connectors built in; partner connectors for others | Connectors to many business apps, spreadsheets and databases |
| Pricing model | Per business (proposed): Free, then $19 a month | Power BI Desktop free; sharing needs per-user licences or capacity | Free; Looker Studio Pro priced per user | Free plan with limits; paid plans in tiers |
| Availability | Not shipped — in design, wave 3 | Shipped and mature | Shipped and mature | Shipped and mature |
Choose
Where each one fits.
Choose Looker Studio if
Most of the numbers you report on live in Google Analytics, Google Ads, Sheets or BigQuery, and free matters most.
Choose Databox if
Your KPIs are spread across many separate apps and you want them on one dashboard today.
Choose Insight if
Your business runs on Centilio tools, you want the weekly view built for you rather than by you, one price for everyone who needs the numbers, and you can wait for wave 3.
If you switch
Switching, later, without a big move.
- Keep the old dashboard running. Insight is designed to sit beside it, so nothing has to be switched off on the first day.
- Start with the weekly five. Pick the five numbers you check every Monday and see whether Insight shows them the way you expect.
- Bring the odd ones as spreadsheets. A figure that lives outside Centilio can come in as an import while Loop connectors are built.
- Compare for two weeks, then decide. When the two agree, keep the one that took less of your time.
Questions
About comparing and switching.
Is Insight better than these tools?
Not today, because it does not exist and they do. For an owner who wants the whole business on one screen without building reports, we think the design is the better fit; for analysts modelling data from many sources, the established tools are.
Why are there no competitor prices?
Prices change more often than this page does, and a wrong price is worse than none. We compare the pricing model as of research in 2026; check each vendor’s page for today’s figures.
Do I have to build reports in Insight?
No, and that is the main difference by design. Insight opens on the reports every business needs, built from your Centilio records, and you add your own only if you want to.
Can Insight read data the other tools hold?
Not directly. Insight is designed to read Centilio records, plus outside data through Loop connectors and spreadsheet imports, so anything you can export as a spreadsheet can come in.
Can I keep my current dashboard?
Yes. Many businesses will keep a specialist tool for deep analysis and use Insight for the weekly view of the whole business. Nothing has to be switched off on the first day.
Something here is wrong. Who do I tell?
Us, through the contact page. Corrections are published as soon as they are checked.
Hear first when Insight opens.
Insight arrives in the third wave, reading from the tools that hold your numbers as each one ships. Join the waitlist and you will be told before the announcement; until then, Account, Sign and Drive are live and ready to use.