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."The use of graphics to show and view the data indicators is the most valuable feature. It is also very stable."
"The capability to add custom visuals and create Power BI apps. You can package datasets, synchronization details, and dashboards into a single app."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility, how many ways you can interrogate the data, and the the graphical visualization."
"The drag and drop facility to easily change the data correctly is the most valuable feature. I am happy to see visualizations. It's easier to talk about and make people understand what is going on."
"Reports, dashboards, and visualizations are most valuable."
"The solution is easy to use and flexible."
"Power BI stands out because it provides considerable flexibility in creating reports, dashboards, and various types of analytics to meet those dynamic requirements. It is lightweight and easy to use with good support."
"You don't need much support with Microsoft Power BI because it has such a large base of users who can answer your questions on their forums. There are also many video tutorials and webinars available online that offer solutions to whatever problems you may have."
"Easy to analyze data by click-through."
"It enables us to configure various elements, such as dashboard settings, including factors like color schemes and other customization parameters."
"This solution has simplified getting to and understanding our data, no matter where it is housed."
"A well designed app brings freedom of inquiry to meetings, allowing me to answer questions in real time and this has transformed progress and outputs of our monthly group meeting."
"The most valuable aspect is its extensive library on Microsoft, providing a robust framework for implementation."
"The user interface and dashboards are very good."
"The search feature: ability to see the related data."
"If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money."
"For someone who is new, I think that Power BI can be a little complicated."
"At times, I feel that the system needs improvement in single sign-on, especially for the on-premises side of the tool."
"When we have a big report with lots of data, the solution slows down quite a lot."
"One opportunity for improvement would be on the Power Query side. As a consultant, I know Power Query is not the main strength of Power BI. It is not where Power BI shines, but many customers use Power Query to do full ETL workloads for deliverable cookies."
"More connections with other systems should be added, which would allow for other integrations."
"The data source definition is all over the place."
"here are some limitations with the data models needed to build the report."
"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."
"Enhancing user-friendliness would be highly beneficial."
"Syntax editor needs some work, it's frustrating to have valid syntax being flagged as incorrect."
"Improvement in collaboration, between that and publishing of reports and publishing of models."
"There is a lack of static PDF report generation and automatic resizing of the dashboard to fit the device."
"Better source data connectors."
"It would be nice if QlikView could be plugged in into the company's website or an online portal such as QlikSense is capable of. There are ways around but it takes enormous time to develop."
"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."
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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