We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Qlik Sense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The stability is great and continues to get better and better."
"The most useful features are the ability to connect different databases to Microsoft BI and explore them. Once the database information has been extracted, you have the ability to construct indicators and dashboards from the information."
"One of the most valuable features of Power BI is the ease of use. It is comfortable and there is not a steep learning curve for this solution. If you have some idea of the data and basic visualization ideas, you can use this solution comfortably."
"I like Microsoft BI's drill-down feature and its overall ease of use."
"It is really flexible. The charts and reports are really nice. You have the flexibility of self-service."
"I like the fact that Power BI lets me use Excel data. At least 90% of my state data is in Excel spreadsheets. Having the ability to just attach a spreadsheet as a data source is very, very important. It's also good for training and teaching. Sometimes you don't always have access to a live production database, so having a spreadsheet with sample data is always nice."
"I like data modeling. You can connect with your database, which is quite useful for me. It is a good tool if you have a large amount of data and you want to gather different data and interconnect it. The Power Query functionality is quite an interesting feature. If you have a query in Excel, you can also copy your query and run it in Power BI. Its dashboard is also very nice and not complicated. You don't need to be a developer to be able to use it. I am not an IT guy, and it is quite easy to use for somebody who is not an IT person."
"It's user-friendly and provides data abstracting capabilities. We are also able to share reports with our colleagues very easily."
"The flexibility of a non-IT developed solution allows for fast to market solutions."
"The most valuable feature is the user experience."
"Business users have been able to use the BI self-serve model."
"We can bring data from multiple sources and easily blend it in Qlik and create a data model (star schema)."
"We have found the use of AI to be the most valuable feature."
"The drag and drop UI has been the most useful to me."
"Qlik Sense has given us visibility into our data to make informed decisions."
"The most valuable feature is the interface for the end-user."
"Microsoft BI typically connects to a database, often SQL Server, but it's also capable of connecting to multiple databases, pulling data from them, and allowing for data consolidation. You can then aggregate and generate dashboards and reports from this combined data. Personally, I wouldn't claim to have the expertise to suggest significant changes or additional features, as it functions quite well as is."
"Maybe they can enhance the UI a bit. Right now, it's very basic, I would say, compared to the MicroStrategy or Qlik."
"There are some other visuals that are available in the Microsoft marketplace, however, you need to use them via trial and error. There needs to be a write-up about how to use them with a quick guide describing the visual."
"Creating dashboards could be easier."
"One of the more difficult things to do is to export some of the data from Power BI to Excel."
"The solution struggles with large amounts of data."
"I think that the solution is harder to use for people who are not experts in data."
"I would like for the next release to have better desktop performance, especially for big databases. Additionally, I would like to have more integrations with programs like Salesforce in order to get more live data coming in."
"The one thing I would probably try to add is some kind of tutorial since the tool has a lot of options to work with, and for someone who is just starting and does not have any prior experience, it can be a little overwhelming."
"It would be nice to have more native features from QlikView built into Qlik Sense."
"The security rules should be made easier to use."
"Reload time is a limit since everyone wants real-time data."
"Multi-server deployment: not just cloud, but on premise too, and hybrid. Needs lighter protocols to communicate between the different services and with the clients."
"I would like for it to be more of a plug and play with all of the tools and sources. It would make it much easier to use."
"Some of the charts are still a bit basic and screen rendering on different sized monitors can be an issue."
"Needs more bookmarking and a data load screen."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while Qlik Sense is ranked 2nd in Data Visualization with 114 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Qlik Sense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power BI writes "A complete ecosystem with an builtin ETL tool, good integrations with python and R, and support of DAX and Power Query (M languages)". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qlik Sense writes "Customizable with good ROI and a quick learning curve". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Salesforce Einstein Analytics, whereas Qlik Sense is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, Apache Superset, Alteryx and IBM Cognos. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Qlik Sense report.
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