What is Microsoft Power Query?
Power Query is a data transformation and data preparation engine. Power Query comes with a graphical interface for getting data from sources and a Power Query Editor for applying transformations. Because the engine is available in many products and services, the destination where the data will be stored depends on where Power Query was used. Using Power Query, you can perform the extract, transform, and load (ETL) processing of data.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend
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95 Plan to Renew
82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
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Microsoft Power Query Reviews
Joao M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2024
Very reliable. It will work out 90% of data issues
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Power Query from other similar products?
It is as "next step" from the Excel perspective, it works as a trail for data analysis!
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The fact that there is many people developing solutions with it. Really easy to find support in the community!
What do you dislike most about this product?
The fact that it does not support wildcard functions for strings.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you don't already use it, you are trapped in the middle ages!
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Less Inspiring
Olivia L.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2025
鈥嶢 game changer for data cleaning
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Power Query from other similar products?
鈥嶶sing Power Query reduced manual copy-paste errors in reports significantly. Power Query helps ensure consistency across teams. While many tools require coding skills, Power Query lets me visually shape, clean, and combine data without writing complex scripts.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
鈥嶪t keeps my messy data clean without writing complex formulas or scripts. Power Query saves me hours by automating repetitive data preparation tasks effortlessly. I find Power Query extremely helpful when combining data from multiple inconsistent files. The interface feels logical and guides me naturally through each transformation step.
What do you dislike most about this product?
鈥嶪 find the debugging errors to be a little frustrating, because error messages are often vague and don鈥檛 clearly explain what went wrong or how to fix it.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I recommend it for collaborative analytics environments. It enhances analytics reliability. Before diving in, identify the specific data problems you want Power Query to solve, like cleaning inconsistent data or merging multiple sources.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Effective Service
- Respectful
Ukeka U.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal
Submitted Dec 2025
User-friendly, efficient data preparation, limited
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Power Query from other similar products?
Microsoft Power Query stands out for its user-friendly, no-code/low-code interface, seamless Excel and Power BI integration, strong data transformation capabilities, and ease of connecting, cleaning, and shaping data from diverse sources efficiently.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Microsoft Power Query is its intuitive, user-friendly interface that allows efficient data transformation and shaping without requiring advanced coding skills, making complex data preparation accessible and seamless.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The main drawback of Microsoft Power Query is its limited scalability for very large datasets, slower performance with complex transformations, and fewer advanced analytics or automation features compared to enterprise-grade platforms.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
For those considering Microsoft Power Query, it鈥檚 ideal for small to medium datasets, easy to use with no-code transformations, integrates seamlessly with Excel and Power BI, but may struggle with very large or complex data workloads.
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- Efficient Service
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
