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."In the early stage of an implementation, it not only helps decision making, but it allows people to have insight into problems with data so that they can go and get it corrected."
"It's user-friendly and provides data abstracting capabilities. We are also able to share reports with our colleagues very easily."
"The visualization part and its inclusion in a cloud-based application are valuable features."
"I also find connecting to different data sources is quite simple. Other solutions we were using before were complicated."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility, how many ways you can interrogate the data, and the the graphical visualization."
"It has provided customer purchase patterns and great visualization."
"They find Power BI's data pull mechanism to be sufficient and cost-effective, especially considering the stability it provides. In comparison with other solutions, Power BI stands out as a fantastic choice. Therefore, I would definitely recommend sticking with the Pro license."
"It is a pretty straightforward and flexible solution for data integration and modeling. It is a low-code solution. When you are doing data integration, you can use the GUI, which is very simple and straightforward. You can also do very intricate custom queries and model it at different levels. It is very easy to use and scalable."
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"I had the option to prepare data myself instead of always having to depend on the data team."
"This solution has simplified getting to and understanding our data, no matter where it is housed."
"We use QlikView for its cost-effectiveness and ease of integration with databases."
"The most useful feature of QlikView for me is the QVD concept."
"Data transforming with scripting, and the associative model that lets users browse data in an easy way, are the most valuable features."
"On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL."
"QlikView is one of the strongest tools, I would say. Also, it has a very vast capability to process the data"
"The default parameters of the prompt could be improved by including a dynamic option."
"The solution struggles with large amounts of data."
"If I have to update data automatically, where I have to pin the gateway, it doesn't update. There is a scheduled refresh functionality so that it refreshes automatically, but I find it very hard to make it work."
"In the future, Microsoft BI can be better by increasing user-friendliness"
"When we have a big report with lots of data, the solution slows down quite a lot."
"Microsoft BI lacks some of the scheme features. It would be beneficial if there were a way to show how we move values in a different way."
"Microsoft BI lacks integration capabilities, so it needs to consider increasing its integration capabilities."
"I'm not overly technical, and so I can't really speak to any shortcomings from a technical standpoint."
"It needs work with visualization."
"The solution should be mobile-responsive. It should also include drag-and-drop and slice-and-dice features."
"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."
"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."
"They could improve the speed."
"Error handling."
"I really wish the application was easier to use in the development phase."
"The solution is quite costly."
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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