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."It is useful for bringing visualization to data. It calculates counts, ratios, etc."
"It is easy to work with and very chic."
"It integrates with all of the Microsoft tools."
"The fact that you can visualize items is great."
"Good reporting and data analysis tool that's user-friendly, easy to deploy, stable, and scalable."
"The virtualization of Microsoft BI is very good."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the visual aspect and the DAX capabilities to virtually do anything."
"What I have found valuable about Microsoft BI is its performance and ease of use. The interface is very simple and it is accessible to everyone. If someone is new to this type of solution it is straightforward to understand."
"Data transforming with scripting, and the associative model that lets users browse data in an easy way, are the most valuable features."
"You can switch views easily."
"QlikView is a scalable solution that multiple users can easily use."
"It is a stable product."
"On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL."
"Its ability to build, very quickly, very complicated models."
"The solution is fast."
"We use QlikView for its cost-effectiveness and ease of integration with databases."
"The dashboard could be simplified."
"It is easy enough. I don't see any real substantial improvements that are needed. It is great as it is, but its interface could be a bit modern."
"The DAX in Microsoft BI is quite difficult."
"They can provide a user-friendly and easy way to use this tool for people who don't know about programming or technical things. It will be quite good if they can improve the look and feel and make it simpler to operate. They can make it easier to create some of the reports. They can also include predefined templates that you can directly use."
"The performance of Microsoft BI could improve for large datasets and it would be beneficial to have more visualization features."
"The interface could be improved."
"I'm looking for something that can make it much easier to incorporate Power BI visuals or dashboards into, let's say, Power Apps – custom Power Apps or anything like that. The most important thing would be to seamlessly embed reports in applications. For example, to have buttons that can be navigated through multiple solutions – from Power Apps to Power BI to SharePoint – via links or something like that."
"SSMS & SSRS."
"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."
"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."
"There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client."
"Installation and deployment could be made easier and quicker."
"There's room for improvement in the area of management's handling of concerns."
"Better source data connectors."
"They could improve the update time."
"It needs work with visualization."
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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