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."We like the drag and drop interactability visualization. We really like that. It's user-friendly."
"The product is easy to use and simple to navigate."
"The querying capabilities are the most valuable because they allow me to build many automations. We have many workflows and many databases that we work on a daily basis. They need to be updated quite quickly. In order to not to take much of our time doing these updates manually, I have set up these automations using the systems. The process is just to ingest the data and reprocess it. Every time I click a button, everything is updated in almost real time. It is by far the easiest system not only for querying but also for data modeling, data visualization, and deployment. It is light years ahead of Tableau and even Microsoft Excel to do these kinds of things. It is very easy to use and set up, and it has a lot of videos on the internet."
"They should add mobile access."
"Key features are its dashboard functionality and ease of integration with various data sources."
"As it was my first time using Power BI, I can say that it was fairly easy to learn, especially if you already know BI-type tools."
"Because this solution is very easy, and very visual, you can have results in minutes."
"The way data is presented is very valuable. The amount of information that we can get at a glance is also valuable. You can then drill-down and see data from many different angles in the same chart by selecting certain things. Based on the selection, everything changes automatically. If we have four parameters in a particular item, when you select a parameter, the remaining charts on that page automatically change for that particular parameter."
"It excels in supporting database connections and various database types."
"Data transforming with scripting, and the associative model that lets users browse data in an easy way, are the most valuable features."
"We can scale it if we need to."
"It's incredibly fast and can handle large volumes of data without slowing down our operations."
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"This is a very cool application with endless options of creativity and visuals."
"The initial setup is not very complex."
"We use QlikView for its cost-effectiveness and ease of integration with databases."
"If you look at the new tool, even though they promised that you could do data modeling, that you could do everything from the Power BI side, if your data is really large in volume, sometimes it doesn't work on the Power BI. More feature testing from their side would certainly help users."
"Areas of Power BI that could be improved are the learning curve for developers who come from non-technical backgrounds."
"The only challenge I have found is that they do not have a Mac version."
"The orchestration module for refreshing data flows is something that is missing and we have to do it manually."
"If you are having millions of rows of data or you have a large database, Microsoft BI's performance depends upon how powerful your hardware is. When I am handling large amounts of data I do not use Microsoft BI or Tableau because of this, I use D3."
"I think that they can add more types of charts because the selection on the desktop version is limited."
"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."
"When there are large amounts of data being processed there are additional tools needed to handle it."
"Error handling."
"Syntax editor needs some work, it's frustrating to have valid syntax being flagged as incorrect."
"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."
"Installation and deployment could be made easier and quicker."
"It is really old. We are moving towards converting everything into a Power BI environment. We want to have a self-service type of BI environment where different levels of users in organizations can log onto a portal and retrieve the data they need or get the necessary insights for decision-making that's important for them or their business unit. They have built a new version of QlikView called QlikSense, which probably competes with newer BI tools, such as Power BI, but they are far behind. That's why we are moving towards a newer tool that's easier to use and has more visualizations to represent the data."
"Improvement in collaboration, between that and publishing of reports and publishing of models."
"Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, which could be really improved."
"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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