We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and QlikView based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I've seen no issues with BI's stability."
"Ability to extract data from a variety of sources and systems."
"It is quite easy to use and it helps me to achieve the projects that I've been assigned."
"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."
"Microsoft BI's most valuable feature is flexibility."
"I like having the ability to connect Excel files as data inputs."
"The sharing features are vital, especially the ability to share and test different shared dashboards."
"It is low-cost and easy to deploy. It is fully-featured."
"If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money."
"The search feature: ability to see the related data."
"It excels in supporting database connections and various database types."
"The most useful feature of QlikView for me is the QVD concept."
"This solution has simplified getting to and understanding our data, no matter where it is housed."
"Easy to analyze data by click-through."
"Our Qlikview applications help us to get a good idea of our Client Base Performance and assist us in the decision making for Seasonal Specials. On the other hand QlikView helps us to get a grasp on our Suppliers and helps us to negotiate pricing with them."
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"The visualization aspect, while being the most visible to business users, also happens the be the weakest point in the entire Microsoft BI stack."
"You need to purchase upgraded support separately."
"The mobile app is very poor."
"The data source definition is all over the place."
"It should be more user-friendly. There are very small or tiny icons that you need to move very carefully. If you go a little bit up and down, some of the values change. Its user interface should be improved. It should be like Tableau. Its performance is also slow and should be improved. I definitely feel some sort of speed issues with Power BI. The integration of Excel with Power BI would also be good."
"We would like improvements made to the paginated reports so that it produces quality similarly to SSRS."
"Areas of Power BI that could be improved are the learning curve for developers who come from non-technical backgrounds."
"The solution could improve by having more attractive graphical charts."
"Needs improvement with UI transparency."
"They should offer the capability to directly access data from SaaS environments, as it would simplify the migration process, and while it may seem like a minor enhancement, it would be beneficial to our clients."
"If a user wanted to see something not included in the application the new object had to be created by a power user or developer because Qlik view's scripting has somewhat of a learning curve."
"They could provide a user-friendly analysis process rather than specialized IT resource code."
"The user interface is old."
"I would like to see more advanced features from Qlik Sense integrated into QlikView to keep it competitive and up-to-date."
"For me, it is important to have a mix, what is the "view" and what is the "sense", Qlik Sense. They have two tools, but for me it is important to have only one tool, which combines the functions that we have from one side and the other side."
"The pricing is high."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in Reporting with 297 reviews while QlikView is ranked 5th in Reporting with 158 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while QlikView is rated 8.2. 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 QlikView writes "Useful for data visualization and business intelligence". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas QlikView is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, SQL Server, TIBCO Spotfire and IBM Cognos. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. QlikView report.
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