# Dashboards and data visualization for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "business intelligence and dashboard tool" and as "data visualization platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/dashboards-and-data-visualization/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** Microsoft Power BI leads with 61% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Microsoft Power BI](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/microsoft-power-bi/index.md) | 61% | 10% | 73 |
| 2 | [Tableau](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/tableau/index.md) | 18% | 23% | 74 |
| 3 | [Looker](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/looker/index.md) | 4% | 24% | 63 |
| 5 | [Qlik Sense](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/qlik-sense/index.md) | 2% | 12% | 40 |
| 6 | Qlik Cloud Analytics | 2% | 0% | 13 |
| 13 | [ThoughtSpot](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/thoughtspot/index.md) | 0% | 14% | 36 |
| 14 | [Amazon QuickSight](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/amazon-quicksight/index.md) | 0% | 17% | 18 |
| 15 | [Oracle Analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/oracle-analytics/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 14 |
| 16 | [SAP Analytics Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/sap-analytics-cloud/index.md) | 0% | 14% | 14 |
| 17 | [Sigma](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/sigma/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 11 |
| 19 | [Domo](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/domo/index.md) | 0% | 32% | 25 |
| 24 | [Sisense](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/sisense/index.md) | 0% | 31% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 75 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Qlik Sense, Tableau
- GPT-5.4 mini: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Qlik Sense, Tableau
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Sigma, Tableau, ThoughtSpot
- Perplexity Sonar: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Qlik Sense, Tableau, ThoughtSpot
- Grok 4.20: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Domo, Looker, Qlik Sense, Tableau
- Mistral Small: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Qlik Sense, Tableau, ThoughtSpot
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Tableau
- Llama 4 Maverick: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Tableau
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Looker, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau; alternatives Domo, Qlik Sense, ThoughtSpot
- Kimi K2: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Qlik Cloud Analytics, Sisense, Tableau
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Tableau
- MiniMax M2.5: Microsoft Power BI, Tableau; alternatives Domo, Looker, Qlik Cloud Analytics, ThoughtSpot
- GPT-6 Luna: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Tableau
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Microsoft Power BI; alternatives Looker, Tableau

## Sources the answers cite

71 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- basedash.com: 20 answers, 37 citations
- toolradar.com: 20 answers, 23 citations
- cio.com: 19 answers, 19 citations
- thoughtspot.com: 18 answers, 19 citations
- qlik.com: 17 answers, 21 citations
- microsoft.com: 16 answers, 21 citations
- improvado.io: 16 answers, 16 citations
- holistics.io: 14 answers, 15 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://cio.com/article/222558/top-business-intelligence-bi-tools.html (18 answers)
- https://improvado.io/blog/enterprise-business-intelligence-software-solutions (14 answers)
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-business-intelligence-tools (14 answers)
- https://basedash.com/blog/top-business-intelligence-tools-in-2026-the-complete-guide (8 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/bi (8 answers)
- https://basedash.com/blog/bi-tool-security-features-by-plan-sso-scim-rls-audit-logs-2026 (7 answers)
- https://goodfirms.co/business-intelligence-software/blog/business-intelligence-software-pricing (7 answers)
- https://microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-bi/pricing (7 answers)
- https://modern-datatools.com/compare/looker-vs-tableau-vs-power-bi (7 answers)
- https://microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-bi/topics/business-intelligence/business-intelligence-tools (6 answers)

## Warned against

- Looker: 15 of 63 labels negative. "What to Avoid for Thousands of Users* Traditional Tableau Cloud / Looker (Standard Tiers)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- Tableau: 17 of 74 labels negative. "What to Avoid for Thousands of Users* Traditional Tableau Cloud / Looker (Standard Tiers)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- Domo: 8 of 25 labels negative. "No per-seat pricing; costs depend on data volume and usage; hard to forecast" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt)
- Microsoft Power BI: 7 of 73 labels negative. "Power BI's licensing guidance makes clear that access can depend on Pro/PPU versus capacity, which is exactly the kind of issue enterprises need to model carefully." (GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Microsoft Power BI at 61%.

- Tableau: 26% to 18%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 2 of 75, unchanged.
- Microsoft Power BI: 58% to 61%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 1 of 75, unchanged.
- Qlik Sense: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 10 → 5 of 75.
- Qlik Cloud Analytics: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 16 → 6 of 75.
- Amazon QuickSight: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 14 of 75.
- Sisense: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 24 of 75.
- Looker: 5% to 4%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 of 75, unchanged.
- ThoughtSpot: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 13 of 75.
- Oracle Analytics: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 → 15 of 75.
- SAP Analytics Cloud: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 13 → 16 of 75.
- Sigma: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 12 → 17 of 75.
- Domo: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 39 → 19 of 75.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.