QlikView vs SAP Business Data Cloud comparison

The compared Qlik and SAP solutions aren't in the same category. Qlik is ranked #13 in RT , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 3.9% mindshare in the category. SAP is ranked #6 in CDW , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Qlik users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of SAP users who would recommend it.

QlikView

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5,324 Comparison Views

92% willing to recommend

SAP Business Data Cloud

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14,463 Views
1,157 Comparison Views

92% willing to recommend

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

6.4

QlikView ROI appears through time savings, decision-making improvements, and efficient deployment, despite licensing complexity impacting perception.

Sentiment score

4.4

SAP Business Data Cloud enhances efficiency, reduces costs, and improves analytics, leading to positive ROI and faster decision-making.

The biggest return on investment is the time saving for the customer.

Morne Ayres

Managing Director at Hurricnae

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We have saved a lot on the number of employees, and implementation time for the projects has reduced significantly since we started using the standard features of SAP Business Data Cloud.

reviewer2827314

Principal Architect at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

Once the content is available, then it is a faster go-live with lesser cost in implementation, and that would give an ROI.

Nitesh Agrawal

Director & Co Owner at INFRABEAT TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD

It will definitely reduce the need for more staff to handle this technology.

reviewer2837877

SAP BDC Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.1

QlikView's customer support is highly rated, with quick responses, a helpful community, and generally strong availability despite geographic factors.

Sentiment score

6.1

SAP Business Data Cloud support is mixed; effective but needs faster responses and improved complex issue handling.

I would rate the customer support a solid 10.

Morne Ayres

Managing Director at Hurricnae

I am totally satisfied with technical support from Qlik.

Srdjan Grbic

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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I would give the technical support for SAP Business Data Cloud a 10 out of 10.

Sarah Essam

Business Data Lead (Egypt And North Africa) at Reckitt Benckiser

On a scale from 0 to 10, I would rate their support 10 out of 10.

Amarjeet Kamble

Owner at Skillibotix Consulting pvt ltd

The technical support is a very well-organized service, with a lot of tools for me as a consultant and for the end user on how to contact SAP support and get issues solved.

Pavlina Pankova

Competence Leader - BI at Sabris CZ s.r.o.

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.0

QlikView scales well with efficient resource management, but superior scalability features are found in Qlik Sense, requiring robust infrastructure.

Sentiment score

7.0

SAP Business Data Cloud scales for SMBs and enterprises, handling workloads efficiently with flexible, adaptable integration across systems.

If you want better performance with a larger volume of data, you can simply add an additional server.

Srdjan Grbic

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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The scalability of SAP Business Data Cloud has been strong, as it has handled growth in data volume, user demand, and reporting requirements without significant performance issues.

Niyajuddin Tiwale

Technique at Digitaltrack

It meets the needs of organizations requiring cloud-native architecture, support for large-scale SAP and non-SAP integrations, elastic compute and storage capabilities, and enterprise-grade governance.

Ramesha R

Firmware Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

SAP Analytics Cloud can be used by a small company, and it can be used by a large corporate.

Pavlina Pankova

Competence Leader - BI at Sabris CZ s.r.o.

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Users rate QlikView's stability highly, with issues mainly due to infrastructure or large data, resolved with hardware tweaks.

Sentiment score

7.5

SAP Business Data Cloud is mostly reliable, experiencing stability issues with large datasets but praised for analytics and reporting.

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You have a chance to test it on your test tenant in small increments, so it should not break your productive reports and productive environment.

Pavlina Pankova

Competence Leader - BI at Sabris CZ s.r.o.

It has been reliable for reporting, analytics, and data integration activities.

mithun jadhav

network security engineer at digital track solutions pvt ltd

This really allowed virtual access to data, which means there was no heavy replication of data involved, greatly improving performance.

Yagya Purush

Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

QlikView needs a more intuitive interface, better scalability, integration, predictive analytics, and cost-effective licensing for improved user experience.

SAP Business Data Cloud needs better integration, affordability, user experience, scalability, analytics, documentation, support, and performance for broader adoption.

In QlikView, I believe the improvement that should be made is to bring the costs down, as you'll have to be competitive with Power BI, aiming for at least a 30% reduction to stop the hemorrhaging to Power BI.

Morne Ayres

Managing Director at Hurricnae

It would be beneficial to have AI or ML features in QlikView.

Srdjan Grbic

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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On the other hand, it is perfectly fitting to the SAP environment, with seamless integration to all SAP modules, not only ERP but also SuccessFactors and other tools from the SAP family.

Pavlina Pankova

Competence Leader - BI at Sabris CZ s.r.o.

If SAP can come up with innovative options to reduce licensing costs, many customers would incline toward SAP Business Data Cloud.

reviewer2827314

Principal Architect at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

If I compare the cost with SAP competitors, I find that when creating an enterprise data lake, if I don't use SAP Business Data Cloud and make it directly in the hyperscalers, it is pretty much cheaper than doing the same in SAP Business Data Cloud.

Nitesh Agrawal

Director & Co Owner at INFRABEAT TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD

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Setup Cost

QlikView pricing is variable and can be costly, but strategic planning can maximize ROI for organizations.

SAP Business Data Cloud offers comprehensive features but is costly, with complex pricing and higher maintenance and licensing expenses.

The license cost per user or per year for QlikView is about 500 Euros annually.

Morne Ayres

Managing Director at Hurricnae

I would rate the pricing for QlikView as not cheap, but it is reasonable.

Srdjan Grbic

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Nitesh Agrawal

Director & Co Owner at INFRABEAT TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD

From a planning license perspective, SAC on that side is very expensive if you need developer features.

Norman Ruppert

Director Of Analytics at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees

SAP Business Data Cloud is at a disadvantage when compared to tools like Talend or Informatica, which are cheaper and more capable.

reviewer2860185

Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

QlikView offers powerful data analysis with dynamic dashboards, intuitive interface, and rapid visualization for enhanced business performance and insights.

SAP Business Data Cloud offers user-friendly analytics, seamless integration, and efficient data management with AI-enhanced insights and centralized governance.

The best features in QlikView are rapid development, the fact that I can do what I want in QlikView, and full control along with ease of use.

Morne Ayres

Managing Director at Hurricnae

Building metrics using simple language, similar to what you have in Excel, is what I have found most valuable in QlikView.

Srdjan Grbic

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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For SuccessFactors and S/4HANA Cloud, there are pre-built reports available which are commonly used by customers.

Bhupesh Akkineni

Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

SAP Business Data Cloud has positively impacted my organization by federating SAP data, which is now available for all to use.

Ninad Mehta

Associate director, SAP technical at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The main standout feature is BDC Connect, as it is very useful for sharing data without replicating to third-party tools such as Enterprise Databricks, Snowflake or even in the near future, Google BigQuery as well as Microsoft Fabric.

reviewer2827314

Principal Architect at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

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Categories and Ranking

QlikView

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

163

Ranking in other categories

Reporting (13th), Embedded BI (7th)

SAP Business Data Cloud

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (7th), BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (3rd), Business Performance Management (2nd), Cloud Analytics (2nd), Predictive Analytics (2nd), Data Governance (5th), Cloud Data Warehouse (6th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. QlikView is designed for Reporting and holds a mindshare of 3.9%, up 3.5% compared to last year.
SAP Business Data Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Data Warehouse, holds 3.3% mindshare, up 0.8% since last year.

Reporting Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
QlikView	3.9%
Tableau Enterprise	14.6%
Microsoft Power BI	13.5%
Other	68.0%

Reporting

Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Business Data Cloud	3.3%
Snowflake	15.3%
Databricks	9.5%
Other	71.9%

Cloud Data Warehouse

Featured Reviews

Srdjan Grbic

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Daily invoice analytics has become streamlined and complex data modeling is now simplified

We are not using analytics features and possibly predictive analytics and forecasting features in QlikView, although they are available. QlikView is very flexible, but we are currently using only tabular presentation of data because that is what we need. Presenting a large volume of data in QlikView with graphics can be overwhelming for the majority of people who want to see a lot of information in one picture. It would be beneficial to have AI or ML features in QlikView. However, I think they will decommission QlikView, and AI features are already available in Qlik Sense, so you would need to migrate to that platform.

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Pavlina Pankova

Competence Leader - BI at Sabris CZ s.r.o.

Brings reporting, planning, and prediction together in one seamless workflow

I think the areas of SAP Analytics Cloud that could be improved or enhanced are mentioned by users or companies, and they would definitely mention the price in terms of planning licensing. From a consulting point of view, I don't see any major weaknesses. It is reasonably well-developed, and the perfect strength is that innovations are coming on a quarterly basis. It is slightly behind other tools in terms of the number of graphical outputs. Some tools have it faster, but every increment of innovations contains new features. On the other hand, it is perfectly fitting to the SAP environment, with seamless integration to all SAP modules, not only ERP but also SuccessFactors and other tools from the SAP family, for example, integrated business planning for the production planning. This is really a highlight compared to other tools.

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Senior Manager - BI Head with 5,001-10,000 employees

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

15%

Construction Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Media Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	73
Midsize Enterprise	36
Large Enterprise	76

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	45
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	75

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QlikView?

I would rate the pricing for QlikView as not cheap, but it is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with QlikView?

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What is your primary use case for QlikView?

The primary use case involves analyzing data on a daily invoice level with QlikView. Building metrics using simple language, similar to what you have in Excel, is what I have found most valuable in...

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Which would you choose - Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud?

Tableau is easy to set up and maintain. In about a day it is possible for the entire platform to be deployed for use. This relatively short amount of time can make all the difference for companies ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Analytics Cloud?

I normally do not deal with the commercials, so I am not aware of the pricing part of it.

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What needs improvement with SAP Analytics Cloud?

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SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Digital Boardroom, SAP Analytics Hub

Overview

QlikView enhances data analysis with its associative data model and rapid in-memory processing, providing dynamic dashboards and robust visualization, while efficient data integration allows connections to multiple sources.

QlikView offers powerful analytics and insight generation capabilities through its integration with Salesforce, enabling real-time sales data access. Its customizable dashboards are complemented by scripting for complex calculations and QVDs for performance optimization. Designed to be user-friendly, it supports ETL processes and diverse data browsing, allowing users to interact with data intuitively. However, there is room for improving licensing complexities, scalability, and self-service functionality. Additional enhancements are desired in visualization, integration with Qlik Sense, and predictive analytics support.

What are QlikView's key features?

Data Integration: Connects seamlessly with multiple data sources for diverse data access.
Associative Data Model: Enhances data discovery and analysis.
In-memory Technology: Offers rapid data processing for efficient analysis.
Customization Options: Allows personalized dashboards and visualizations.
Salesforce Integration: Provides real-time access to sales data.
Scripting Capabilities: Facilitates complex calculations and analytics.
QVD Performance: Optimizes data loading and processing speeds.

What benefits should you look for in QlikView reviews?

Enhanced Data Access: Seamless integration allows widespread data connectivity.
Rapid Insights: In-memory technology speeds up analysis.
Flexible Customization: Tools enable tailored visualizations.
User-friendly Interaction: Non-technical users can navigate data easily.

QlikView finds use in building business intelligence dashboards across sectors, integrating with Salesforce for analytics, supporting financial planning, and tracking sales. Its intuitive interface aids manufacturing companies in KPI monitoring and informs commercial decisions. The tool enhances reporting, ETL processes, and diverse data source integration, facilitating offline data access.

Qlik

SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC) is a unified, intelligent data platform — part of the SAP Business AI Platform — that governs SAP and third-party data through a business data fabric. As an evolution of our industry-leading data, analytics and planning solutions, Business Data Cloud brings together Datasphere, Analytics Cloud, and Business Warehouse with a unified experience that delivers transformational insights across all lines of business. By harmonizing mission-critical data with the business processes and logic that give it meaning, SAP BDC delivers a trusted foundation for analytics and AI, empowering data teams and business leaders to make faster, more confident decisions.

What are the most important features of SAP Business Data Cloud?

Unified Data Connectivity: Native integration with SAP applications and third-party sources, eliminating data silos
Business-ready data products: Fully managed SAP data products across all business processes, providing immediate access to high-quality, trusted data
Semantic Data Modeling: A business semantic layer ensures data is translated into consistent, business context across the enterprise
End-to-End Data Governance: Built-in lineage tracking, data quality management, access controls, and compliance support
AI-Assisted Analytics and Planning: Go from insights to action instantly with planning and analytics together in one solution
Open Data Architecture: Enable secure and seamless, zero-copy sharing of semantically rich SAP data into existing data platform environments

What benefits or ROI should users look for in SAP Business Data Cloud?

Accelerated Time to Insight: Less time cleaning and validating data means more time analyzing and acting
Reduced Data Management Costs: One platform replaces multiple point solutions, lowering licensing and IT overhead
Improved Data Trust and Quality: Embedded governance reduces the risk of decisions made on inaccurate or inconsistent data
Faster Compliance and Auditability: Built-in lineage and access controls streamline regulatory reporting and audit preparation
Enhanced Business Agility: Real-time data and self-service analytics help teams respond quickly without relying on IT
Maximized SAP Investment Value: Makes existing SAP transactional data fully accessible and analytics-ready
AI Readiness: A clean, governed data foundation accelerates confident AI and ML adoption across the business

SAP Business Data Cloud is a key component of SAP's vision for the autonomous enterprise. By unifying data connectivity, governance, semantic modeling, and analytics in a single cloud-native platform, SAP BDC eliminates fragmentation and complexity — serving as the connective tissue that ties your entire enterprise together and positioning organizations for long-term success in an AI-driven world.

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