At a glance
Same reports. Three delivery models.
A simple fit check for the experience you want to create.
Capability
Microsoft Org Apps
Power BI Embedded
LumioBI
Shared enterprise capabilities
Find reports faster
Org Apps organize content within an app experience. Embedded can support discovery when it is built into the host application. LumioBI provides curated discovery across the portal.Custom build
Make analytics feel like your brand
Org Apps support basic themes. Embedded offers deep application branding. LumioBI provides configurable portal branding without requiring a custom application.Keep every audience focused
Org Apps use audiences. Embedded can tailor navigation and content through custom development. LumioBI provides audience-focused portal experiences.Custom build
LumioBI AdvantageIncluded with LumioBI
Keep the portal within reach throughout Power BI
The LumioBI browser extension remains available as users move among Power BI reports and workspaces.Nested Folders
Organize reports more effectively by creating folders within folders.Custom build
Return to favorites and recent reports instantly
Easy to find personalized favorites, shortcuts, and recent-report history.Depends
Bring every workspace into one portal
Curate reports, workspaces, Fabric items, and links in one portal without developing a custom application.Custom build
Put targeted alerts in front of the right people
Deliver global or report-specific notices to selected Power BI audiences.Custom build
Search Menu across reports, Fabric items, and links
Use one search across the curated portal instead of searching within only one workspace or application.Custom build
Skip access-token maintenance
Use the signed-in Power BI browser session instead of building and maintaining an embedded authentication and token-renewal flow.Use the full native Power BI report experience
Open reports directly in Power BI.Depends
Keep existing permissions unchanged
LumioBI does not grant report or semantic-model access. Existing Power BI permissions continue to control what each user can open.Depends
Skip Microsoft Entra app registration
Use the existing signed-in Power BI browser session. LumioBI does not require a customer-specific Entra application registration.Set up faster than an embedded application
Configure and publish without designing, coding, securing, and deploying a custom embedded application.Avoid added embedded-capacity costs
LumioBI does not require Power BI Embedded capacity beyond the customer’s existing Power BI licensing.Depends
Make changes without a software release
Update navigation, portal content, branding, and notices from the administration experience without shipping application code.Custom build
Control the surrounding Power BI interface
Use global and page-specific CSS to reduce distractions and simplify the experience surrounding reports.Yes means included as described. Limited means partial support. Custom build means the capability can be developed within a custom embedded application. Depends means support varies by architecture or licensing model. No means the capability is not included.
Choose embedded analytics when
Analytics belongs inside the product you are building.
- Your customers or partners need analytics inside a product you are building.
- You have an application team that owns the surrounding user experience.
- Analytics must behave as one feature within a larger software workflow.
Choose LumioBI when
Power BI is already your reporting home. It just needs a better front door.
- Your teams already rely on Power BI but have trouble finding the right report.
- You want to increase adoption without rebuilding reports in a custom application.
- You need a polished, role-aware experience while Power BI and Entra stay in control.
- You want a portal your BI team can stand up quickly, not a custom application project.
The LumioBI boundary
We improve the way people reach Power BI. We do not replace it.
LumioBI provides the navigation, discovery, personalization, and communication layer around your reports. Power BI remains the system your teams use to open reports and enforce access.
That also means less to build before you launch. Start with the reports and permissions you already govern, then give people a useful portal without turning the work into a custom application project.
LumioBI improves discovery
Organized navigation, unified search, favorites, report history, and targeted alerts.
Power BI stays authoritative
Existing reports, workspaces, data, and access decisions stay in your Microsoft environment.
Stay current with native Power BI
Because people continue into native Power BI, new Microsoft capabilities are available without waiting for an embedded product experience to be updated.
No report data or PHI is stored in LumioBI
The portal stores configuration for the experience, not your report data.
Give Power BI a better front door
Keep your reports. Improve the experience around them.
LumioBI helps people find, understand, and return to the reporting your organization has already invested in.