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 capability to add custom visuals and create Power BI apps. You can package datasets, synchronization details, and dashboards into a single app."
"The solution is easy to use and flexible."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Considering that it's Microsoft, it can be integrated with the Power Platform, which is also Microsoft-based, like SharePoint, Power apps, Power Automate, and Power BI, which is the most user-friendly."
"Everything that's in M Query and DAX is the heart of Power BI because with these tools you can make up for a lot of other missing features."
"They find Power BI's data pull mechanism to be sufficient and cost-effective, especially considering the stability it provides. In comparison with other solutions, Power BI stands out as a fantastic choice. Therefore, I would definitely recommend sticking with the Pro license."
"Two valuable most features are the ability to create columns and create measures."
"It's easy to create reports and it's easy to download the data from the corresponding report."
"I had the option to prepare data myself instead of always having to depend on the data team."
"The solution is fast."
"If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money."
"The integration with Salesforce has helped us gain access to crucial sales data in real-time."
"It enables us to configure various elements, such as dashboard settings, including factors like color schemes and other customization parameters."
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"You can do a lot of things on the back end which are not possible in the other solutions on the market."
"The language support is very good."
"The biggest thing with Microsoft right now is better support. There should be more timely support. We can do 90% of it ourselves by the same token. When we're into the 10%, we do not get timely support via Microsoft's support team."
"I am a SAP user and I would like this tool to have more connectors - and to more easily connect to - the ERP or SAP environment."
"Microsoft BI could improve by allowing large-size data sources. We have large data sources, and we have problems loading them in Microsoft BI."
"I believe the price should be degressive, and we should have a lower, or better unit price if we have more users."
"My main complaint is that the error messages need to be made more clear. Currently, they are either too generic or outright misleading, and finding the real problem is like searching for a needle in a haystack."
"There could be an integrated AI that can automatically analyze some of your data and highlight or provide suggestions. For example, when you are looking at a data set, it can suggest putting it into a certain type of chart so that you gain different insights or a trend line. You would almost have templates that it would recommend for you."
"This solution's performance when handling big data could be improved. Right now, if you're handling big data, the application becomes slow and the performance is very low."
"Our expectation is putting BI to work in real-time data collection systems in the maritime environment."
"The user interface is old."
"The solution should be mobile-responsive. It should also include drag-and-drop and slice-and-dice features."
"There is a lack of static PDF report generation and automatic resizing of the dashboard to fit the device."
"Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, which could be really improved."
"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."
"QlikView's UI could be more user-friendly."
"I really wish the application was easier to use in the development phase."
"Installation and deployment could be made easier and quicker."
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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