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."What's most valuable in this tool is that it gives its users detailed error messages. It's a very stable data analytics tool, and it offers good scalability."
"Users already using Excel can generate new reports and dashboards within minutes."
"The most valuable features are the easy creation of reports, dashboards, and the ability to perform analysis. It is important for us to create reports because we have some operations during certain hours and we can use this tool to track the information."
"In the process of using data there is the Extract, Transform and Load (ETL). For extracting we are using another software, for transforming we are using our own coding in C#, and then we use Microsoft BI for loading the information. Microsoft BI displays information very well."
"The product is stable."
"We find the solution offers good stability."
"In my opinion, Microsoft BI is a low-cost solution, and it could be an interesting solution for a tourism company."
"When we are introducing Microsoft BI to our clients, if they're familiar with Excel, the transition phase will be much easier for them. They can easily switch from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft BI. The core foundation or the base technology is the same in both tools. There are a few limitations in Microsoft Excel, and this is where Microsoft BI comes in."
"The initial setup is not very complex."
"On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL."
"Its ability to build, very quickly, very complicated models."
"It's pretty easy to deploy."
"Data transforming with scripting, and the associative model that lets users browse data in an easy way, are the most valuable features."
"One of the good thing is that you can integrate different data source technologies. So you can model your environment without having any of our views running."
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"QlikView is a scalable solution that multiple users can easily use."
"The look and feel should be updated in terms of the types of dashboards and graphs that you can produce. They aren't as visual as some of its competitors."
"It would be better if they had some video tutorials. Most people from an Excel background may struggle with measures in Microsoft BI."
"A lot of people work on Excel, so being able to export an Excel file as part of a subscription would be an improvement."
"The solution's documentation needs improvement."
"The way you navigate the product, compared to other products in this industry, that could be improved a bit."
"It is getting better but still, there are opportunity areas in some aspects, especially the Windows OS dependency."
"The product’s on-premise reporting servers could support real-time data refreshing capabilities like its on-cloud version."
"The UI looks awkward once the graphs have been generated in the console. This is what Microsoft can work on."
"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."
"It is really old. We are moving towards converting everything into a Power BI environment. We want to have a self-service type of BI environment where different levels of users in organizations can log onto a portal and retrieve the data they need or get the necessary insights for decision-making that's important for them or their business unit. They have built a new version of QlikView called QlikSense, which probably competes with newer BI tools, such as Power BI, but they are far behind. That's why we are moving towards a newer tool that's easier to use and has more visualizations to represent the data."
"QlikView's UI could be more user-friendly."
"The pricing is high."
"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."
"It needs work with visualization."
"Installation and deployment could be made easier and quicker."
"There's room for improvement in the area of management's handling of concerns."
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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