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."There is a feature in Microsoft BI that allows JSON data to SQL on the dashboards effectively and quickly."
"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."
"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."
"It provides good visibility."
"It is more user-friendly compared to SSRS."
"Initial setup was very straightforward. Users can get up and running reporting on databases within minutes."
"One of the most valuable aspects of this tool is its ease of use and the ability to easily share information with others."
"My understanding is that the initial setup is pretty easy."
"The solution is fast."
"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."
"You can switch views easily."
"Associative model - no more cubes."
"You can do a lot of things on the back end which are not possible in the other solutions on the market."
"This solution has simplified getting to and understanding our data, no matter where it is housed."
"I had the option to prepare data myself instead of always having to depend on the data team."
"QlikView is a scalable solution that multiple users can easily use."
"The report server feature is quite limited."
"The one thing that I noticed specifically was the graphical features, and some of the analytical features. They were stronger on the Tableau side."
"The Microsoft BI interface should be simpler and more user-friendly. I find it very difficult to move between their data sources and their analytics section."
"The solution could be more customizable and you do not have too much freedom on the code."
"There are some connector-related issues in their MSBA solution."
"The way you navigate the product, compared to other products in this industry, that could be improved a bit."
"When it comes to improvement, I would say there could be more tutorials for students in universities who are just learning it. And it wouldn't have to be just for students in universities. It might also be for the people who use it in the real world."
"The solution could use a faster speed on certain interactions and a refresh of the dashboards."
"Syntax editor needs some work, it's frustrating to have valid syntax being flagged as incorrect."
"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."
"I really wish the application was easier to use in the development phase."
"They could improve the speed."
"There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client."
"If a user wanted to see something not included in the application the new object had to be created by a power user or developer because Qlik view's scripting has somewhat of a learning curve."
"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."
"There is no automation or drag and drop functionality."
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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