Microsoft Power BI vs QlikView comparison

"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."

"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."

"Power BI is a complete ecosystem. It has an integrated ETL tool and good connectivity with applications such as Office 365 and SQL. There are also solutions for RPA, such as Microsoft Power Automate and Microsoft Power Apps. Power BI now has integration with Power Query, which has an AI feature for text analytics. Text analytics is a very good feature. This feature is also there in Tableau, but I like it in Power BI because you can write something like, "What is the total sale in the Eastern region?", and it will give you the answer. For example, when you have different types of user opinions, you just run one algorithm and you will have the output that provides the number of positive and negative responses. You can even have a dashboard with positive remarks. This feature has been introduced recently. Power BI supports the DAX and Power Query M languages. These languages are making Power BI very strong in data analytics, and you can do many types of analysis."

"Its data visualization provides the user the ability to quickly look at data and focus on relevant information, allowing them to make an immediate decision."

"Power BI is more powerful than other tools because it is new for us. Each new version has more capabilities, and we're expecting AI and ML features in the next version."

"In contrast to what we were using before I think that Power BI has given us more extensive results."

"The tool's most valuable features are slicer and Microsoft Copilot integration. It also allows users to see reports on mobile devices. The solution can also integrate with various data sources."

"The product is scalable."

"QlikView is a scalable solution that multiple users can easily use."

"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to view the entire data available for analysis."

"The initial setup is not very complex."

"One of the good thing is that you can integrate different data source technologies. So you can model your environment without having any of our views running."

"The most valuable feature of QlikView is the integration with other third-party tools."

"Associative model - no more cubes."

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

"Easy to analyze data by click-through."

"Microsoft needs to do some more research and development to make it more stable."

"They can improve it in terms of rule-based security. Currently, it has very limited rules."

"There needs to be improved guidance and documentation for the initial setup of Power BI as it currently remains complex."

"The product’s on-premise reporting servers could support real-time data refreshing capabilities like its on-cloud version."

"There's always room for improvement for Microsoft Power BI, especially for the UX and the menus to make it more accessible to business users."

"Microsoft BI’s integration and visualization could be improved."

"I cannot comment on the stability as we haven't yet used it for a big project."

"If I have to update data automatically, where I have to pin the gateway, it doesn't update. There is a scheduled refresh functionality so that it refreshes automatically, but I find it very hard to make it work."

"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."

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

"QlikView's UI could be more user-friendly."

"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."

"They should offer the capability to directly access data from SaaS environments, as it would simplify the migration process, and while it may seem like a minor enhancement, it would be beneficial to our clients."

"They could provide a user-friendly analysis process rather than specialized IT resource code."

"Syntax editor needs some work, it's frustrating to have valid syntax being flagged as incorrect."

"The solution is quite costly."

"I have never worked on licensing, but I have heard that it is reasonable."

"Downloading Power BI Desktop is free."

"Power BI premium is really expensive for our market. A lot of small and medium companies would like to purchase it, but they can't afford it."

"Microsoft BI is very cost-effective and this is why we use it."

"Costs less than most competing solutions."

"It depends upon the tier of your Office 365 subscription. On E5, which is a Microsoft Azure subscription, you get it for free. If you are on a lower tier, you can subscribe for $10 a month per user, which is really cheap."

"We have a premium Power BI license in-house that's quite an expensive license. It's $10 a month for four users and then I think 35,000 at the premium rate."

"Power BI is cost-effective compared to other reporting tools."

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

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

"QlikView pricing and licensing is on the high side for a small sized company, but it's competitive among its peers."

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

"QlikView is more expensive than one of its competitors."

"I rate the product's pricing a three out of ten."

"Qlik is fairly high in terms of pricing."

"Its licensing costs are moderate, but it can get expensive due to the numerous add-ons available like those for printing."