QlikView vs SAP BusinessObjects GRC comparison

The compared Qlik and SAP solutions aren't in the same category. Qlik is ranked #5 in RT , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 4.4% mindshare in the category. SAP is ranked #2 in CCM , with an average rating of 6.7, and holds a 11.3% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Qlik users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of SAP users who would recommend it.

QlikView

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92% willing to recommend

SAP BusinessObjects GRC

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619 Views
248 Comparison Views

66% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between QlikView and SAP BusinessObjects GRC based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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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 (5th), Embedded BI (4th)

SAP BusinessObjects GRC

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

4.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Continuous Controls Monitoring (2nd), GRC (13th)

Mindshare comparison

QlikView and SAP BusinessObjects GRC aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. QlikView is designed for Reporting and holds a mindshare of 4.4%, up 3.3% compared to last year.
SAP BusinessObjects GRC, on the other hand, focuses on Continuous Controls Monitoring, holds 11.3% mindshare, down 22.3% since last year.

Reporting Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
QlikView	4.4%
Microsoft Power BI	20.7%
Tableau Enterprise	18.0%
Other	56.9%

Reporting

Continuous Controls Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP BusinessObjects GRC	11.3%
ACL Analytics	22.4%
CaseWare IDEA SymSure Monitor	16.8%
Other	49.5%

Continuous Controls Monitoring

Q&A Highlights

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Jun 23, 2014

Which is a better for reporting, SAP BO or QlikView?

SAP - BO is all traditional and extracts data from a structured sources and after the fact, so it can at best help you to make decision after the fact. It is based on creating a Universe so their is quite an intensive build period before beginning to drive and insights. The Universe acts as a data map and the data continues to reside in the database. The issue with this is that if you ask for frequent updates this hits the databases and depending on the latency there may be a significant time lag to see your results. It is not good at agile data discovery and visualisation and as such could be seen as a traditional BI tool ie people know what data they have and what they want to see. But with most Data Visualization tools they can extract data from structured and unstructured data, and from social media and can easily get adhoc and better decision making Analytical reports and user friendly. It is very good for exploring things you dont know in the data. With the need and then analyze the insights you are looking for . QLIK - VIEW can serve you in more complicated information reports using Data Visualization tools like QlikView, Tableau, SpotFire, Pentaho

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Morne Ayres

Managing Director at Hurricnae

Rapid development and flexibility transform commercial decision-making processes

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, considering that you're losing a lot of customers to Power BI. Reducing costs is the main improvement needed, as this is the biggest burden currently faced in the South African market, with Microsoft converting QlikView customers due to the perceived cost reduction. I am aware of several big corporations, such as Sanofi and Aspen Pharmacare, which have left QlikView due to cost issues.

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Vishal Guthula

Sr Advanced Analytics Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Experienced security and easy understanding with advanced customization enhances efficiency

Regarding automation, they could enhance features for checking real-time data when someone attempts to access data without proper permissions. Currently, we do not receive immediate alerts; we only discover issues after something goes wrong. Having prevention alerts immediately when someone triggers unauthorized actions would allow us to address these situations proactively.

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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

"Data integration capabilities are quite good; you can integrate any information stored anywhere in different systems with QlikView."

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

"You can switch views easily."

"The user interface and dashboards are very good."

"We use QlikView for its cost-effectiveness and ease of integration with databases."

"Easy to analyze data by click-through."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

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

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"The customization options in the dashboards inside SAP BusinessObjects GRC are highly valuable, and the real-time monitoring feature performs effectively, allowing teams to maintain data security by restricting domain visibility."

"It is wonderful from the control perspective. The GRC tools help you in knowing what are the risk controls, how to mitigate risks, and how to ensure that there are no conflicts between the roles. From the user perspective, you get to know what are the permission risks and access risks. You get a lot of useful information."

"We have enterprise clients for the product."

"The tool helps create reports for projects, including the creation of any ad-hoc reports"

"The stability of SAP BusinessObjects GRC is acceptable."

"Initial setup was straightforward. It took maybe one week."

"The best features are the scalability and flexibility to implement applications on top of the BW."

Cons

"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."

"It is really old. We are moving towards converting everything into a Power BI environment. We want to have a self-service type of BI environment where different levels of users in organizations can log onto a portal and retrieve the data they need or get the necessary insights for decision-making that's important for them or their business unit. They have built a new version of QlikView called QlikSense, which probably competes with newer BI tools, such as Power BI, but they are far behind. That's why we are moving towards a newer tool that's easier to use and has more visualizations to represent the data."

"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."

"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."

"I really wish the application was easier to use in the development phase."

"They could improve the speed."

"Scalability really depends on the size of your data and QlikView server architecture. For the biggest data sets, it could become an issue at some point."

"There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client."

More QlikView cons

"I am working on features that are not functioning as expected, which creates significant difficulties in management."

"An additional feature I would like to see is the option to add wait time and integrate sources in wait time."

"Technical support could be better and faster."

"We cannot actively log in to the system. It should also improve support."

"I think the old system is better than the new one. From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to ensure that the new technologies it offers are better than the old ones."

"BusinessObjects is very dated. It is not that user-friendly. It should be made more user-friendly. In addition, if they could make predictive analytics an embedded part of it where people get to know what is there to offer, it would be great."

"Currently, we do not receive immediate alerts; we only discover issues after something goes wrong."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"QlikView is a reasonably priced solution."

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

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

"The platform's pricing is considered quite expensive, particularly given the dollar-based pricing."

"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 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."

"Qlik is fairly high in terms of pricing."

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

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"The license is costly."

"There is a yearly licensing cost. I would rate their pricing 4 out of 5."

"SAP BusinessObjects GRC is expensive."

"The product's licensing costs involve a one-time purchase. The tool also allows others to make annual payments towards the licensing charges of the product."

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Comparison Review

it_user79932

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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Answers from the Community

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Jun 23, 2014

Which is a better for reporting, SAP BO or QlikView?

2 out of 14 answers

it_user93438

Consultant at a manufacturing company

Jun 17, 2014

SAP BO is a very robust tool for BI but is very structured and is difficult from a self-service perspective for users to design and run their own queries. QlikView scores over SAP BO on ease of use. It is also robust and can exchange data with SAP or with virtually any ERP. If self service by users is important for the organization, then QlikView is the better choice to make. However, if users are satisfied with structured reports as per their defined format, then SAP BO is equally good, if not better. SAP BO often tends to slow down the system and hence reporting can be a time consuming task. Check this for the use intended by the organization and see if the time can be optimized. QlikView is usually faster for comparable reports. Best regards, Saumil

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it_user115764

Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jun 17, 2014

Hi Russell, Sorry, can't help here as I don't gave QlikView expertise. only Business Objects! Regardz

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Insurance Company

10%

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	1
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

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?

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

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What needs improvement with QlikView?

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 t...

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What do you like most about SAP BusinessObjects GRC?

The tool helps create reports for projects, including the creation of any ad-hoc reports

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What needs improvement with SAP BusinessObjects GRC?

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What is your primary use case for SAP BusinessObjects GRC?

I work with SAP, and currently I am working with other domains such as Power BI, Microsoft, and in the AI sector. When working with Microsoft, I utilize solutions such as Intune, Configuration Mana...

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Overview

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.

Qlik

SAP GRC helps you automatically detect, remediate, and prevent access risk violations - no matter the industry or business size. Get real-time visibility into your current risk position, and confidently reduce unauthorized access, fraud, and the cost of compliance.

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Sample Customers

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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