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MicroStrategy vs QlikView comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 12, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

MicroStrategy
Ranking in Embedded BI
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
160
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (9th)
QlikView
Ranking in Embedded BI
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
161
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Embedded BI category, the mindshare of MicroStrategy is 12.8%, up from 10.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QlikView is 8.9%, up from 6.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

AJIN S L - PeerSpot reviewer
Experience has shown effective features for analysis, but needs interface improvements
The most effective features of MicroStrategy for data analysis are those that cater to user needs. However, I find Power BI to be more useful when comparing some features, but my company does not choose Power BI due to certain code restrictions. The MicroStrategy interface is not as good as Power BI, especially concerning the user-friendly aspects.
Arjun Meda - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The data governance leads people to trust the data that they have, and they know where to get it."
"​Visual Insight gives you the capability of doing self-service analytics. This has been the most powerful and valuable feature.​"
"Has a great semantic layer."
"Building apps is easy. You just drag in your data, and then you drag in all the elements that you want on your app. It's drag and drop design, and then you can customize your visuals. They make it all easy with plug and play widgets."
"It drives us away from Excel. For what it is for, it is good. You can't run a business on Excel."
"Workstation and Desktop on the client side will speed up some development activities."
"The technical support is quite good."
"Scalability is fantastic. It can go from a small operation up to a gigantic operation. ​"
"QlikView is an excellent tool, though expensive compared to other BI tools, it provides ETL capability allowing the building of a complete data warehouse within Qlik Sense."
"It is a stable product."
"The in-memory feature gives us better insight. It's also easy to drill down into the information and select information."
"This solution has simplified getting to and understanding our data, no matter where it is housed."
"The most useful feature of QlikView for me is the QVD concept."
"QlikView is one of the strongest tools, I would say. Also, it has a very vast capability to process the data"
"You can switch views easily."
"It's pretty easy to deploy."
 

Cons

"Another feature to consider in the future would be adding some additional offline capabilities without using desktops."
"If they can make it more stable, in terms of the connectivity, that would help."
"They need to improve the web."
"I would try to make it a little more basic, user-friendly. In terms of the UX, it's a bit sluggish there."
"MicroStrategy should become more user friendly. It should behave more like Tableau."
"In the developer, there are things that you able to do in a document or a report that you are not able to do in the Dossier."
"We've found the scalability to be very good. However, it depends on the environment. In general, it could be much better."
"They need to improve on having more professional, well-equipped premium support.​"
"I really wish the application was easier to use in the development phase."
"QlikView is probably on the pricier side than other BI tools."
"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."
"There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client."
"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."
"There is a challenge on the frontend when it comes to browsing data through QlikView, as it isn't entirely compatible with other platforms we use."
"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."
"The user interface and ease of use takes a bit of a learning curve to pick up."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They made a change in the licensing module some time ago and we can now use all the enterprise tools for free."
"We have a license with packages, and there are additional costs for extra components."
"The pricing for MicroStrategy is always on the higher side. They should seriously start thinking about their pricing and licensing strategy."
"Now, the price is high."
"There have been actual direct bottomline impacts in terms of extra revenue created from the reporting solutions."
"The price of MicroStrategy is reasonable."
"They need to work on their license structure. They are not competitive against somebody like SAP BusinessObjects. We had a quote that was almost a third the price, coming from SAP BusinessObjects, and it's not a better platform. It's not cheaper. They do concurrent user licensing, while MicroStrategy does named user licensing, and that was literally the only difference. But it made a $500,000 difference. They've got to do something to make themselves more competitive. Maybe it's assessing your business users and what you really expect them to use, and maybe giving a reduced price on that. But they are already giving us a 60% discount and they were still a million or so above, over a three-year time period. That doesn't account for synergies as we get from on-site resources that are already available, but I thought that that was a big, big deficit for them."
"It is expensive. We would like to extend it to many users, but we are currently restricting that because the cost is a constraint. If we are given a chance, we would love to expand it."
"QlikView is more expensive than one of its competitors."
"The platform's pricing is considered quite expensive, particularly given the dollar-based pricing."
"I rate QlikView's pricing a five out of ten."
"Pricing is a bit too high and I think licenses should be unlimited."
"I rate the product's pricing a three out of ten."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one being low price and ten being high price, I rate pricing a four."
"It is not very expensive. I think it it is on par with other similar products on the market."
"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
17%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
 

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?
For larger businesses, I think the pricing is logical, but for smaller companies, it can be a bit costly.
What needs improvement with MicroStrategy?
MicroStrategy could learn from Power BI's user-friendly interface. I find the user interface lacking when compared to Power BI. Additionally, their hyperintelligence could be improved in certain as...
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?
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...
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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Sample Customers

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