Amazon QuickSight vs QlikView comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Qlik solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 in BIT , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 7.1% mindshare in the category. Qlik is ranked #5 in RT , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 3.2% mindshare. Additionally, 63% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Qlik users who would recommend it.

Amazon QuickSight

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63% willing to recommend

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92% willing to recommend

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon QuickSight

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (3rd)

QlikView

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

161

Ranking in other categories

Reporting (5th), Embedded BI (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon QuickSight is designed for BI (Business Intelligence) Tools and holds a mindshare of 7.1%, down 11.0% compared to last year.
QlikView, on the other hand, focuses on Reporting, holds 3.2% mindshare, down 3.3% since last year.

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Mohd Farhan

AWS Cloud Solution Developer | DevOps | SpringBoot | Android/iOS at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Has seamless data filtering and visualization for client satisfaction

One area for improvement is the cost, as it's a bit expensive. The caching mechanism also charges too much if I need to cache any data. Sometimes it takes time to display data, suggesting a need for enhancement in data visualization speed. Additionally, the role-level security is challenging to implement, and it could be improved to allow access control per department more easily.

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Arjun Meda

Assistant Vice President at HSBC India

Useful for data visualization and business intelligence

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. QlikView used to be a way more customizable tool than Qlik Sense is in the present time. Improvements are required in the hide and unhide functionality that falls under the layout container feature that has been used in my company in recent times. Hiding off the apps in the app overview tab based on the access was a really good feature that needs to be introduced back in the product since I see that, at the moment, there are multiple groups on the tool, owing to which multiple changes on the QMC part is required to handle the solution. Only the person with access to the dashboard in QlikView could have a link to the dashboard through QlikView's hub or access points. With Qlik Sense, one can see whatever is available in the stream. If a user wants to control everything in the product, then there is no need to make multiple changes in the QMC at the individual app level. The aforementioned area can be considered to improve Qlik Sense.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Compared to other reporting tools, it is very effective but does require an understanding of certain concepts in QuickSight. This understanding is crucial for creating dimensions, changing metrics, and visualizing reports."

"It has a lot of valuable features, but the most important aspect is the affordable cost. This solution costs much less in comparison to the competitors like Qlik Sense, Power BI, and Tableau."

"The solution is simple to implement."

"The query and dashboard capabilities are entirely good."

"The most valuable feature I have found is the low-level securities are very easy to use."

"QuickSight makes it easy to provision, create, and publish dashboards."

"The ease with which it integrates with different data sources is most valuable. Especially when everything is on AWS, it is easy to connect to the data source and organize different dashboards."

"The solution is very quick to turn around and integrate."

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"You can do a lot of things on the back end which are not possible in the other solutions on the market."

"Its ability to build, very quickly, very complicated models."

"The integration with Salesforce has helped us gain access to crucial sales data in real-time."

"The most valuable aspect is its extensive library on Microsoft, providing a robust framework for implementation."

"Once you open it up, you see everything that you can do."

"The platform's most valuable feature is its associative data model. It allows me to discover hidden data and gain insights that are not immediately visible."

"I had the option to prepare data myself instead of always having to depend on the data team."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

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Cons

"There should be better connectors for different data sets."

"Compared to Power BI, I felt QuickSight lacks some features, like delayed drill-downs. Drill-downs were the main area where we found QuickSight lacking."

"One area for improvement is the cost, as it's a bit expensive."

"One area where Amazon QuickSight could improve is its formatting features for dashboards."

"The cost of queries is very high."

"Right now, you can't use Amazon QuickSight on other cloud providers, so I'd like it to have availability on other cloud providers. This is an area for improvement in the product. What I'd like to see in Amazon QuickSight in the future is a distributed centralized system where I can manage all reports in one place, and for Amazon QuickSight to become reporting as a service."

"It should support integration with Python or R."

"One area is that integrating data from different sources into QuickSight can be a bit tricky, especially with Amazon Connect. To get data flowing, you need to use two additional services and configure them correctly."

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"They could improve the update time."

"They could improve the speed."

"The user interface is old."

"Improvement in collaboration, between that and publishing of reports and publishing of models."

"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."

"QlikView certainly lacks in its ability to share visualizations or create visualizations easily."

"Improvements are required in the hide and unhide functionality that falls under the layout container feature that has been used in my company in recent times."

"Although Qliktech's road map clearly states that QlikView has a long way to go, most of the R&D effort seems to be benefiting Qlik Sense."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon QuickSight charges $250 per user, which becomes expensive when managing multiple departments."

"Amazon QuickSight you subscribe and you use the service."

"The solution is not affordable."

"I rate the price of Amazon QuickSight a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"It is simpler and cheaper than other solutions."

"The pricing is cost-effective with a good plan."

"It's affordable compared to other long-term contractor business tools available in the market."

"The Amazon QuickSight licensing model my company's on is pay-as-you-go, but I wouldn't be able to give the figures because that's handled by the finance department."

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"The pricing is too high compared to the other solutions on the market."

"I rate QlikView's pricing a five out of ten."

"It is not very expensive. I think it it is on par with other similar products on the market."

"My firm got the product at a cheap price, but in general, I believe that the product is a bit costly."

"The pricing is moderate, in the medium price range."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one being low price and ten being high price, I rate pricing a four."

"It's reasonably priced and falls on the more affordable side."

"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."

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Senior Manager - BI Head at NVidia

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…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon QuickSight?

The integration is very seamless. We stored our result CSV files in S3 and connected directly from there.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon QuickSight?

Amazon QuickSight charges $250 per user, which becomes expensive when managing multiple departments. However, this cost is offset by the advantages it provides.

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What needs improvement with Amazon QuickSight?

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What do you like most about QlikView?

If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QlikView?

Qlik Sense's licensing metrics are flexible. They provide packages based on needs, like named licenses, developer licenses, or shared pool licenses. There is also a core-based license option for or...

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What needs improvement with QlikView?

QlikView lacks self-service capabilities, which means users depend on the IT team to make changes. Qlik Sense offers a more modern approach with self-service features, allowing users to build dashb...

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Comparisons

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 25% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

MicroStrategy vs QlikView

Compared 6% of the time

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Overview

Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy to build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from your data. Using our cloud-based service you can easily connect to your data, perform advanced analysis, and create stunning visualizations and rich dashboards that can be accessed from any browser or mobile device.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

QlikView is a Business Intelligence tool that allows you to keep tabs on all of your business-related information in a clean, clear, and easy to access database that is intuitive to build and simple to navigate. It is ideal for business owners who wish to improve overall output by creating the most productive system possible.

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MLB Advanced Media, Infor, HotelBeds, Gemini, Jivochat, Edmunds.com

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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