We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI, QlikView, and TIBCO Spotfire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"You can learn a lot of things quickly using resources like ChatGPT or Microsoft's own solutions, which are very helpful within the Microsoft ecosystem."
"This solution has improved our ability in making decisions and explaining data."
"We have found that the reporting and publishing are great."
"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."
"The initial setup is easy."
"This is a self-service BI tool, so it doesn't require a huge amount of technical training, knowledge, or a background in BI in order to induct new people into it."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is real-time report tracking."
"Allows business users with a mission to solve their own problems, without an IT person."
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"The most useful feature of QlikView for me is the QVD concept."
"On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL."
"We use QlikView for its cost-effectiveness and ease of integration with databases."
"It enables us to configure various elements, such as dashboard settings, including factors like color schemes and other customization parameters."
"The user interface and dashboards are very good."
"It excels in supporting database connections and various database types."
"You can do a lot of things on the back end which are not possible in the other solutions on the market."
"This solution allows us to integrate data from across all client departments, for effective reporting via a single dashboard."
"It’s stable and straightforward."
"Spotfire is excellent for scientific applications, especially because of its integration with RNG."
"It allows users to quickly analyze data from a variety of sources and visualize it with powerful, interactive graphs, and charts."
"R and automation services."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"The out-of-the-box features are simple and easy to use across the board."
"We particularly like the data angling feature of this solution. This gives us the ability to work on data transformations, join files, and carry out other data preparation tasks all in a single tool."
"The way you navigate the product, compared to other products in this industry, that could be improved a bit."
"It is getting better but still, there are opportunity areas in some aspects, especially the Windows OS dependency."
"It's not user-friendly; more tutorials, training, and better documentation would be helpful."
"Real-time updating needs improvement."
"The only challenge I have found is that they do not have a Mac version."
"I would like to see integration with Excel."
"The default parameters of the prompt could be improved by including a dynamic option."
"It needs more graphics and overlays."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of a feature that would allow us to add a common library of (our) commands used in load scripts and expressions, so with a keyword, we would get a drop down to select the command we are looking for, as opposed to the generic help."
"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."
"QlikView certainly lacks in its ability to share visualizations or create visualizations easily."
"There's room for improvement in the area of management's handling of concerns."
"They could provide a user-friendly analysis process rather than specialized IT resource code."
"The solution should be mobile-responsive. It should also include drag-and-drop and slice-and-dice features."
"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."
"Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, which could be really improved."
"The way TIBCO Spotfire is designed, in my opinion, is the reason why it lags a bit, especially compared to other BI tools like Qlik."
"Personalising Spotfire, as a whole, is painful and is something that could be made easier."
"The initial setup is complicated and needs experience and knowledge."
"Print capability and trigger-based events."
"We would like an easier way to get the product to the cloud. Right now, we have the on-premise version, and we would like to find a way to make it easier to migrate it over to the cloud."
"One aspect where Spotfire could improve is its global recognition, especially in terms of support."
"When it comes to data manipulation, there are features which are good, but one of the features which has really been missing in Spotfire is an offline ability for data manipulation."
"The handling and consumption of realtime data could be improved."
