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."
"We are able to collaborate on things and get insightful data visualizations."
"What I like most is that I can do everything in Power BI that I can do in Excel."
"If you are not very technical this tool could be very useful."
"It is a good platform for data analysis, organization, and all of the other interim performances that are necessary."
"The way data is presented is very valuable. The amount of information that we can get at a glance is also valuable. You can then drill-down and see data from many different angles in the same chart by selecting certain things. Based on the selection, everything changes automatically. If we have four parameters in a particular item, when you select a parameter, the remaining charts on that page automatically change for that particular parameter."
"There is a lot of help and documentation on the Internet, so no special training is needed to use the source code."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Power BI is the drill-through feature that takes you to a details page the users want to see."
"QlikView is one of the strongest tools, I would say. Also, it has a very vast capability to process the data"
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"The most valuable aspect is its extensive library on Microsoft, providing a robust framework for implementation."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to view the entire data available for analysis."
"The search feature: ability to see the related data."
"It excels in supporting database connections and various database types."
"Data transforming with scripting, and the associative model that lets users browse data in an easy way, are the most valuable features."
"It enables us to configure various elements, such as dashboard settings, including factors like color schemes and other customization parameters."
"There are some problems with the functionality of this solution. The dashboard is not very user friendly and is quite complicated."
"I feel the modeling page should be simplified."
"For someone who is new, I think that Power BI can be a little complicated."
"The solution's documentation needs improvement."
"It is not yet ready for enterprises. For a big enterprise data model, it is not so stable, and it also doesn't scale so well."
"The graphic interface could be better."
"Its setup and support should be improved. We would like to see more material for developers that provides clear explanations about how we can do data mining by using Microsoft BI. It would also be good if we can connect a feature to other customized machine learning solutions."
"I would like it to be a little bit more secure when I'm using the design feature on my desktop. For example, to have the ability to set up security passwords for opening the file. Currently, they don't have that. Tableau, for example, has a visual way of doing data processing steps, whereas the Power BI system still has some code, although it is very low code. It would be great to have the kind of view that Tableau has."
"Sometimes the filters are disappearing, and I'm not sure why this is happening."
"Improvement in collaboration, between that and publishing of reports and publishing of models."
"Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, which could be really improved."
"The user interface and ease of use takes a bit of a learning curve to pick up."
"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."
"It needs work with visualization."
"There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client."
"They could improve the speed."
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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