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."PowerBi is used to import our production data and generate dashboards, then integrates other Excel sheets to provide managers dashboards. This helps them get insights to make better OEE improvement decisions, mainly where to focus resources. We became able to see indicators from any time frame (day, week, month, or year), then could make better decisions."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is real-time report tracking."
"Microsoft BI is very easy to set up and use."
"If you are not very technical this tool could be very useful."
"It is a little easier at buildings charts and graphs than Tableau."
"I like how the Query Editor lets me manipulate the data, and the available visuals are good. You can do everything using the UI."
"There is continual improvement year-over-year."
"It integrates with all of the Microsoft tools."
"The search feature: ability to see the related data."
"It's incredibly fast and can handle large volumes of data without slowing down our operations."
"Its ability to build, very quickly, very complicated models."
"The most valuable aspect is its extensive library on Microsoft, providing a robust framework for implementation."
"You can switch views easily."
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"The in-memory feature gives us better insight. It's also easy to drill down into the information and select information."
"A well designed app brings freedom of inquiry to meetings, allowing me to answer questions in real time and this has transformed progress and outputs of our monthly group meeting."
"Capacity could be improved."
"The admin view could be improved by making it more simplified to manage a users' activity and other things."
"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."
"Anything they can do to improve enterprise collaboration is going to help people get set up and utilize the solution."
"The solution's documentation needs improvement."
"I believe there is room for improvement in terms of authentication and certain functionalities in Power BI. For instance, adjusting the width of columns is not easily done, as there is only an option to enable or disable automatic adjustment. This can be a significant drawback for clients who desire more flexibility."
"I think that the solution is harder to use for people who are not experts in data."
"The Power Query feature needs to be improved to handle large amounts of data. This feature is also slow for large data transfers making it better to use some kind of script."
"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."
"It needs work with visualization."
"I would want them to have more options as a user. It would be nice for them to create their own dashboards and add fields."
"There is no automation or drag and drop functionality."
"Though the initial setup phase is simple, when it comes to the integration with the custom systems, the configuration and the compatibility sometimes take some more time."
"The user interface is old."
"Installation and deployment could be made easier and quicker."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in Reporting with 293 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, SQL Server, Amazon QuickSight, TIBCO Spotfire and IBM Cognos. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. QlikView report.
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