We performed a comparison between ibi WebFOCUS and QlikView based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Embedded BI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."
"The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"The user interface and dashboards are very good."
"The solution is fast."
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"It is useful to use a tool like this to have a view of data at a point in time. You can extract and create little data sets that you can store, and then over time, you can have a view for tracking changes. Especially when you work with a relational database or a database that's a production database, the data is dynamic, but if you use QlikView, you can take a snapshot of different datasets. In your own time, you can then get insights and report, build, analyze, and draw whatever you need from the data, which is quite useful."
"On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL."
"It is a stable product."
"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."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."
"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."
"There is a lack of static PDF report generation and automatic resizing of the dashboard to fit the device."
"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."
"Error handling."
"They could improve the update time."
"Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, which could be really improved."
"The solution is quite costly."
"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."
"Sometimes the filters are disappearing, and I'm not sure why this is happening."
ibi WebFOCUS is ranked 10th in Embedded BI with 18 reviews while QlikView is ranked 3rd in Embedded BI with 158 reviews. ibi WebFOCUS is rated 8.8, while QlikView is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ibi WebFOCUS writes "A flexible mainframe product with unique file features and a rock solid scheduling feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of QlikView writes "Useful for data visualization and business intelligence". ibi WebFOCUS is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Databricks and Amazon QuickSight, whereas QlikView is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, SQL Server and TIBCO Spotfire. See our QlikView vs. ibi WebFOCUS report.
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