MicroStrategy vs QlikView comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 5, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

MicroStrategy
Ranking in Embedded BI
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
156
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (9th)
QlikView
Ranking in Embedded BI
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
158
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (5th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Embedded BI category, the market share of MicroStrategy is 61.8% and it increased by 98.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of QlikView is 5.9% and it decreased by 44.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded BI
Unique Categories:
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
3.8%
Reporting
3.2%
 

Featured Reviews

it_user514302 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 18, 2016
Metadata helps in scalability and organizing objects. It also helps enhance dashboard and report performance.
MicroStrategy's biggest advantage is its metadata. It is the building block of the tool, which holds the foundation of the business. Not many of its competitors have this feature in their tools. Metadata will help in scalability, organizing objects and also help enhance their dashboard and report…
it_user181071 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 24, 2016
It is easy for developers and for end users. The management console could have better interfaces for managing security.
We have cut Fire Department 911 response time 8-30 seconds. We have improved the timeliness, accuracy, and consistency of reporting. Unmetered water reports (e.g. fire hydrants, FDCs in commercial buildings) Wage verification requests Performance metrics We have improved processes and increased compliance of firefighter training and certification, ensuring that firefighters are properly trained (“a trained firefighter is an effective firefighter”), expensive training courses no longer have empty seats, and we have improved our performance on training/certification audits from our regulatory agency. We have engaged line managers on tracking and monitoring of program and operational budgets, leading to better oversight of the taxpayer dollar.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The platform can be easily monitored. You have quite a good overview of tasks which are being run."
"It is definitely customizable. We have been able to put in key metrics and performance indicators, thus it is customizable."
"The single stack solution will always be more profitable, scalable, and elastic for organizational needs."
"It is a reliable solution for our needs."
"Transaction Services, that was really the part of the tool that made it very compelling for us, because it gave the opportunity to drive action."
"MicroStrategy has powerful data security features, which are crucial these days. For example, when users view data in MicroStrategy, they're only allowed to see a portion based on the permissions. When we evaluated other solutions like Power BI or Tableau, we found the security is very poor. They can't help us secure access to the data."
"Stability is great, especially with package deployments. It is very consistent and stable."
"I really like the visualizations. I like how you can put large data sets in there, then the user can quickly go through the data and drill down at various levels to understand things."
"E-T-L, The Extract, Transform, and Loading capabilities of QlikView make it a highly sophisticated self-service business intelligence tool for developers and analysts."
"It excels in supporting database connections and various database types."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to view the entire data available for analysis."
"The user interface and dashboards are very good."
"You can switch views easily."
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL."
 

Cons

"The In-Memory Capability (cubes) needs a lot of improvement."
"Training would be an area that they could improve upon."
"Needs ​tighter mapping integration."
"From a stability standpoint, from MicroStrategy, I would say it's fairly consistent. I would give it a "B" because there are times where we have issues that are just inexplicable. They go away and then we have no resolution. To me, that's not acceptable. There are just times where our users can't access things and we're not sure why, and that's a problem to me."
"The online community page of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"If there are some advanced visualization features - maybe I'm not aware of them - but if there were a Vitara which could work on top of MicroStrategy, it would make sense for MicroStrategy to have that within their own library. So they should add more visualizations to the library."
"Our data warehouse is sort of static; negative load and that is it. It is not as real-time as we would like. We are working on building that out first to create more real-time, at which point we will work on some potential integrations with other applications, but I don't think we are there yet."
"Sometimes, it has become too complex to upgrade and adjust to the ecosystem.​"
"The solution is quite costly."
"The pricing is high."
"The only thing I would improve about it is the fact that it refreshes all the time, and when it does that, it just deletes all the options you had, all the filters that you had selected, so you need to select them from the beginning."
"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."
"I would like to see more advanced features from Qlik Sense integrated into QlikView to keep it competitive and up-to-date."
"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."
"Needs improvement with UI transparency."
"They could improve the speed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is fair."
"While initial cost of MicroStrategy is still on the higher side, the long-term benefits brings down overall cost of ownership significantly as compared to other tools like Tableau/Cognos."
"There have been actual direct bottomline impacts in terms of extra revenue created from the reporting solutions."
"We are waiting to switch to Microsoft Power BI because MicroStrategy is too costly."
"​They gave us a good deal.​"
"The price of MicroStrategy is reasonable."
"We actually researched some of the other solutions. For options, price, and customer acceptance, this product has worked well for us.​"
"Additional costs are associated with maintenance."
"Qlik is fairly high in terms of pricing."
"QlikView pricing and licensing is on the high side for a small sized company, but it's competitive among its peers."
"The setup costs for QlikView are fair as are the yearly maintenance fees. The licensing becomes a bit more expensive and requires some planning for onboarding."
"It is not very expensive. I think it it is on par with other similar products on the market."
"It has an annual license. It is expensive as compared to other competitive tools that do more for less. In South African rands, we pay about 100,000 to 200,000 a year."
"It's reasonably priced and falls on the more affordable side."
"QlikView is more expensive than one of its competitors."
"The pricing is moderate, in the medium price range."
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Comparison Review

it_user79932 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 4, 2015
Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho
1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about MicroStrategy?
The stability of the product is good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MicroStrategy?
MicroStrategy's licensing cost is higher than that of other tools in the market. My company uses the enterprise edition of the product. For beginners, there are trial accounts that are provided by ...
What needs improvement with MicroStrategy?
For everything we do in our company, we consider MicroStrategy to be a workaround solution. For better customization in documents or dashboards, MicroStrategy can improve the features or settings a...
What do you like most about QlikView?
If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QlikView?
My firm got the product at a cheap price, but in general, I believe that the product is a bit costly.
What needs improvement with QlikView?
Many of the features in Qlik Sense need to be available and reintroduced in QlikView. I believe many of the features have been added to QlikView after the layout containers were introduced. QlikVie...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Allstate Insurance, Barneys New York, Boston Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires Department of the Treasury, Campbell Soup Company, DHL, eBay, eHarmony, Facebook, Four Seasons Hotels Inc., Godiva, Hard Rock International, LinkedIn, Netflix, Pfizer, SECO (Swiss Government Unemployment Agency), Starbucks, Texas A&M University, Thomson Reuters Markets, US House of Representatives, and the US Postal Service.
Canon, Gatorade, Amcor, Panasonic, Fila, Cambridge University Hospitals, Global Retail Bank, North Yorkshire Police department, Lanoo Group Publishers, and AonGroep Nederland.
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