
Power BI
Power BI alternative — or a live Power BI data source? ARLO is both
If your clients already open a Power BI workspace, the rest of this page shows how ARLO feeds it live data. But if you're evaluating whether you need Power BI at all: it's built for enterprise BI — data models, DAX measures, governed workspaces — which is real overhead for an agency whose actual job is answering "how did the campaign do?" ARLO skips the report-building step entirely; you ask Claude and get the number.
| Power BI | ARLONo dashboard to build | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Model data, build a report, publish to the service | Ask Claude — no report to build |
| Licensing | Pro or Premium per-user license to share outside your org | Free to start, live queries included |
| Data connections | A connector or gateway configured per source | One OAuth grant covers GA4, Ads, Search Console, and more |
| Refresh | Scheduled refresh, typically daily on shared capacity | Live on every question |
| Multi-client agencies | A workspace and report to maintain per client | Assign accounts per client inside one connection |
| Skill required | Report-building and DAX knowledge | Plain English |
Skip Power BI when
- ✓You want the answer, not a report to design and maintain
- ✓You don't have (or want) a dedicated BI or analyst function
- ✓You'd rather onboard a new client in minutes than build a new workspace
Keep Power BI when
- —You need enterprise-grade BI: complex data models, DAX, row-level security
- —Clients want a governed, branded workspace they log into themselves
- —You're already standardized on Microsoft's stack (Azure, Fabric, Teams)
Live in three steps.
01Connect Google once
One OAuth grant links every client's marketing data to ARLO — GA4, Google Ads, Search Console, Meta, Shopify and more.
02Choose Power BI
Pick Power BI as your destination, select which sources and metrics flow, and set the cadence that fits.
03Data flows automatically
Power BI stays current with live ARLO data — no exports, no stale CSVs, and nothing to rebuild by hand.
Things you can just ask.
Drop your MCP URL into Claude and ask in plain language. Here’s a taste of what one connection unlocks.
Show sessions and conversions by channel, this month vs. last.
Which landing pages drove the most revenue last week?
Top 20 Search Console queries by clicks, with CTR and position.
What's ROAS by campaign for the last 30 days vs. the prior 30?
Any metric down more than 20% week over week?
Give me month-over-month movement across every channel for this client.
Run a one-line health check across all my connected sources.
More BI & Dashboards destinations
Destinations, answered
How ARLO gets your live data into the tools your clients already open.
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