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 is shareability, where we can publish work to the cloud and share it with team members."
"There is a lot of help and documentation on the Internet, so no special training is needed to use the source code."
"The Microsoft Power BI app is very good. It's also very flexible."
"Provides a full platform (database, ETL, reporting, analysis, and so on)"
"Microsoft BI is easy to use and to design. I found Microsoft BI a lot easier than Tableau."
"I like the fact that Power BI lets me use Excel data. At least 90% of my state data is in Excel spreadsheets. Having the ability to just attach a spreadsheet as a data source is very, very important. It's also good for training and teaching. Sometimes you don't always have access to a live production database, so having a spreadsheet with sample data is always nice."
"We have found that the reporting and publishing are great."
"The stability is great and continues to get better and better."
"This is a very cool application with endless options of creativity and visuals."
"Easy to analyze data by click-through."
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"Our Qlikview applications help us to get a good idea of our Client Base Performance and assist us in the decision making for Seasonal Specials. On the other hand QlikView helps us to get a grasp on our Suppliers and helps us to negotiate pricing with them."
"I had the option to prepare data myself instead of always having to depend on the data team."
"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."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to view the entire data available for analysis."
"It's incredibly fast and can handle large volumes of data without slowing down our operations."
"I would like to see the product offer more graphics to impact different audiences."
"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 would like to see some AI incorporated into this solution in the future."
"The report server feature is quite limited."
"I think that the product would benefit by increasing the range of visuals and graphics readily available, as opposed to using a third party included as part of the product."
"A few features available in Tableau are not available in Power BI. For example. Tableau has the ability to make up the physical layer and all other stuff at runtime. In Power BI, we have to develop a proper physical layer to connect it. The limitation that we normally face is related to the direct query mode. When it comes to the direct query mode, most of the functionality is not working, which is an issue for us. We have to use the direct query mode frequently because the client needs real-time data. They should work on this limitation. There are a lot of other technical things that need to be improved. I am also following the Power BI platform and Microsoft Support Center platform on the web where users have put their requirements. Microsoft is also working on improving this solution. In every update, they add new features to this solution."
"I have found using Microsoft BI is not easy. For example, trying to use the auto-refresh feature is not simple."
"It would be better if they had some video tutorials. Most people from an Excel background may struggle with measures in Microsoft BI."
"Syntax editor needs some work, it's frustrating to have valid syntax being flagged as incorrect."
"There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client."
"There is no automation or drag and drop functionality."
"The tool is expensive in Turkey."
"The user interface is old."
"Improvement in collaboration, between that and publishing of reports and publishing of models."
"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."
"Improvements are required in the hide and unhide functionality that falls under the layout container feature that has been used in my company in recent times."
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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