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."Its connectivity with other Office applications, mostly with Excel, and the ability to deploy it very easily are the most valuable features. It comes sort of bundled with the cloud, so you don't need to set up a server and a standalone infrastructure. So, getting into the system or building something that you can deploy is very easy and very cheap. With other systems, you need to have a server, and you need to have a license for the server. The initial setup is very costly."
"The scalability is good. We have 20 people in my organization using this solution and plan to increase usage."
"I like Microsoft BI's drill-down feature and its overall ease of use."
"Microsoft B's beneficial features are that it is a Microsoft product and it is well known by the staff here in the company. It suited the available skills."
"The amount of customization that you can do is good, and it's relatively straightforward to do."
"Data integration enabled my organization to easily pool data from our varied system into one data warehouse."
"It gives us, the ability to do a lot of analysis quickly, similar to ad hoc analysis."
"There is continual improvement year-over-year."
"Data transforming with scripting, and the associative model that lets users browse data in an easy way, are the most valuable features."
"Its ability to build, very quickly, very complicated models."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to view the entire data available for analysis."
"Associative model - no more cubes."
"QlikView is a scalable solution that multiple users can easily use."
"We use QlikView for its cost-effectiveness and ease of integration with databases."
"This is a very cool application with endless options of creativity and visuals."
"I had the option to prepare data myself instead of always having to depend on the data team."
"The setup took a lot of tinkering with InfoSec to allow us to do stuff."
"The cost of the solution can get high."
"Microsoft BI could improve by having better collaboration between developers working on the same dashboard. The developer platform is all done on a single laptop and it's difficult to have the same project files work. Two developers have to go back and forth. You have to have the project file on one developer's laptop making it difficult to co-develop."
"They can improve it in terms of rule-based security. Currently, it has very limited rules."
"Microsoft BI typically connects to a database, often SQL Server, but it's also capable of connecting to multiple databases, pulling data from them, and allowing for data consolidation. You can then aggregate and generate dashboards and reports from this combined data. Personally, I wouldn't claim to have the expertise to suggest significant changes or additional features, as it functions quite well as is."
"I have found using Microsoft BI is not easy. For example, trying to use the auto-refresh feature is not simple."
"Drill-down in dashboards needs to improved. The capability only works in Power BI Desktop today. We need to have an alternative approach today."
"I would like to see more visualization options."
"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."
"They could improve the speed."
"The user interface is old."
"Error handling."
"Installation and deployment could be made easier and quicker."
"Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, which could be really improved."
"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."
"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."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in Reporting with 22 reviews while QlikView is ranked 5th in Reporting with 21 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while QlikView is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power BI writes "User friendly, easy to set up and great for analyzing data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of QlikView writes "Snapshots are helpful for having a view of the data at a point in time and comparing changes, but it is expensive and far behind other modern tools". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas QlikView is most compared with Tableau, SQL Server, Amazon QuickSight, TIBCO Spotfire and IBM Cognos. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. QlikView report.
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