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."The solution is easy to use."
"Most of the clients I am interacting with are looking towards Power BI because of the cost and simplicities. It provides an entire feature set and a complete solution. It has tight integration with Office 365, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Technology Stack, and datatypes like R and Python."
"What I like most is that I can do everything in Power BI that I can do in Excel."
"The solution is stable."
"There is a lot of help and documentation on the Internet, so no special training is needed to use the source code."
"If you are not very technical this tool could be very useful."
"I like Microsoft BI's drill-down feature and its overall ease of use."
"Power BI has strong support from Microsoft. If you need help, they answer promptly. There are also several discussion groups where you can get information, like the product roadmap and any new things coming up."
"This is a very cool application with endless options of creativity and visuals."
"The in-memory feature gives us better insight. It's also easy to drill down into the information and select information."
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"The scalability is there."
"We can scale it if we need to."
"Easy to analyze data by click-through."
"The most valuable feature of QlikView is the integration with other third-party tools."
"The integration with Salesforce has helped us gain access to crucial sales data in real-time."
"SSMS & SSRS."
"The product doesn't support unstructured data. It doesn't support video, streaming, and strings of files."
"Compared to other applications, like Tableau, Microsoft BI doesn't have as many functions that allow you to do more in-depth analysis and represent the findings."
"The solution could use a faster speed on certain interactions and a refresh of the dashboards."
"Integration with artificial intelligence would help. Humans take time to review the data and eliminate errors. Artificial intelligence based on machine learning and understanding can bring the same functionality."
"The upgrade process could be improved."
"A few features available in Tableau are not available in Power BI. For example. Tableau has the ability to make up the physical layer and all other stuff at runtime. In Power BI, we have to develop a proper physical layer to connect it. The limitation that we normally face is related to the direct query mode. When it comes to the direct query mode, most of the functionality is not working, which is an issue for us. We have to use the direct query mode frequently because the client needs real-time data. They should work on this limitation. There are a lot of other technical things that need to be improved. I am also following the Power BI platform and Microsoft Support Center platform on the web where users have put their requirements. Microsoft is also working on improving this solution. In every update, they add new features to this solution."
"One opportunity for improvement would be on the Power Query side. As a consultant, I know Power Query is not the main strength of Power BI. It is not where Power BI shines, but many customers use Power Query to do full ETL workloads for deliverable cookies."
"Better source data connectors."
"Needs improvement with UI transparency."
"Installation and deployment could be made easier and quicker."
"It needs work with visualization."
"Sometimes the filters are disappearing, and I'm not sure why this is happening."
"QlikView certainly lacks in its ability to share visualizations or create visualizations easily."
"The user interface is old."
"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."
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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