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 most valuable feature of this solution is real-time report tracking."
"Connectivity, installation, and configuration are pretty fast and seamless compared to Cognos."
"We've used Microsoft BI for the general use cases around reporting and dashboarding."
"The solution is stable."
"Implementation is very quick and the solution is very user-friendly."
"The interface is very easy to use."
"It is very well integrated with other Microsoft products, including PowerApps and Excel, as well as Access, so it fits well into our workflow."
"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."
"Once you open it up, you see everything that you can do."
"On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL."
"It's pretty easy to deploy."
"Associative model - no more cubes."
"QlikView is a scalable solution that multiple users can easily use."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to view the entire data available for analysis."
"It is a stable product."
"The solution is fast."
"There is no column-level security in Microsoft BI, and this is a feature that most of our customers are looking for. That is something that should be implemented."
"Power BI doesn't support some open-source data sources that are new, such as SnowSQL, Iceberg, or ClickHouse."
"It should have more report outputs. They should expand the report outputs. Its documentation should also be better."
"The product could have better analytics capabilities."
"Creating dashboards could be easier."
"The graphic interface could be better."
"The accounting data needs improvement."
"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."
"There is a challenge on the frontend when it comes to browsing data through QlikView, as it isn't entirely compatible with other platforms we use."
"I really wish the application was easier to use in the development phase."
"The pricing is high."
"Although Qliktech's road map clearly states that QlikView has a long way to go, most of the R&D effort seems to be benefiting Qlik Sense."
"The only thing I would improve about it is the fact that it refreshes all the time, and when it does that, it just deletes all the options you had, all the filters that you had selected, so you need to select them from the beginning."
"The tool is expensive in Turkey."
"QlikView's UI could be more user-friendly."
"QlikView certainly lacks in its ability to share visualizations or create visualizations easily."
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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