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 best thing about this solution is that it is very user friendly. It is interactive in terms of visualizations. It is very eye-catching, and it attracts users. There are a lot of options to visualize the data in different drafts and views. I have used different visualization tools, and I found Power BI to be more efficient in terms of performance, user-friendliness, and ease of use."
"The amount of customization that you can do is good, and it's relatively straightforward to do."
"The solution is stable with reasonable performance."
"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."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Being able to transfer data with the Power Query feature is great for teaching with about one to two hundred rows of data. I am also able to see the relationship between multiple tables and create various sheets and dashboards."
"Microsoft BI's most valuable feature is flexibility."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"QlikView is a scalable solution that multiple users can easily use."
"Easy to analyze data by click-through."
"It is a stable product."
"It's pretty easy to deploy."
"This is a very cool application with endless options of creativity and visuals."
"The most valuable aspect is its extensive library on Microsoft, providing a robust framework for implementation."
"The initial setup is not very complex."
"The integration with Salesforce has helped us gain access to crucial sales data in real-time."
"Its price could be better. Its licensing cost is very high."
"It needs more analytic tools."
"Not having to login again after a mobile app upgrade. A simple login on mobile would be great."
"SSMS & SSRS."
"The solution could improve by having more attractive graphical charts."
"Microsoft BI lacks integration capabilities, so it needs to consider increasing its integration capabilities."
"Automation could be improved and performance enhanced."
"More connections with other systems should be added, which would allow for other integrations."
"Sometimes the filters are disappearing, and I'm not sure why this is happening."
"There's room for improvement in the area of management's handling of concerns."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"More/newer visualisation components need to be added."
"Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, which could be really improved."
"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."
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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