QlikView Reviews

We use QlikView for business intelligence to help us analyze the data.

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

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

We have been using QlikView since 2012.

It is a very stable tool. We receive three to four updates every year for it.

It is a scalable product.

I have never contacted the product’s technical support services in the ten years since the beginning.

Positive

The product’s initial setup process is easy. If you have all the data stored in Excel or similar tools, it is easy to deploy for IT personnel and end users.

Compared to other BI tools, the product's price is reasonable for medium and enterprise businesses. It is expensive for small companies.

I rate QlikView a ten out of ten.

The dynamic way in which you can analyse data.

We are now able to get information when we need it without running reports or it taking a huge amount of time.

Cost: The licenses are expensive.

Eight years.

No.

Only due to the costs.

An eight out of 10.

Straightforward.

The system needs some technical expertise to set up and can be expensive, but once set up, it works well.

Completeness in functionality and user friendliness are the product’s most valuable features.

Efficient reporting and analysis saves time and improves business insight.

I would like to see a modernised user interface.

I have used QlikView for seven years.

I did not encounter any issues with deployment, stability or scalability. It's a well-proven mature product.

I rate technical support 10/10.

We used MS Analysis Server & MS Reporting Services for some years and compared to Qlik products, it was inflexible, old-fashioned and slow.

Initial setup was straightforward as an all-in-one product, compared to Microsoft’s product stack.

An in-house team implemented it.

In the starter pack, you get a lot and the ROI is definitely less than a year.

I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for an online reporting and analysis BI product. Not to use only as a report generator; it's far more useful than that.

The data model and the visualization are the most valuable features of the product. The data model helps my organization to recognize and identify the problem of our clients’ data. The visualization helps us to deploy an easy-to-understand solution to the client and they are able to explore the data by themselves.

We actually help the client to deploy and design the solution. It helps us to understand their problems better and provide a more intuitive solution. Plus, after the deployment, the client is able to explore and maintain the application without any further charges on the software itself.

The visualization charts. I believe they are working on that because Qlik Sense has released a few versions in which the charts are a lot better than QlikView.

And the interface. QlikView is mainly defined as a guided analytics tool, which requires experienced users to help with the development. In the future, it should move forward on self-service (the core value of Qlik Sense), which is the trend on the business intelligence development. So I think they will have some big changes coming.

I have been using for about one year.

I haven’t come across any fatal issues with deployment, stability or scalability so far. However, as the data volume increased, the skills of optimizing the tool need to be more advanced.

Technical support are quite helpful. We are a Qlik partner and they are willing to help out with issues. Sometimes, they ask for feedback when a new version is released.

It’s straightforward and very detailed documentation is available; just follow the instruction prompts when you install the software.

I also tried Tableau. I believe they are targeting a different market, if you compare Tableau with QlikView. The better comparison will be Tableau to Qlik Sense, which is beyond the scope of this review. The reason we selected QlikView is its relatively comprehensive functionality.

• Connect to multiple sources of data without needing ETL prior to load
• Ability to create complex data joins within the script
• ETL features
• Ability to do complex customization in the design and data representation (set analysis)
• Associative search capabilities

• Scalability
• Live connections
• Responsive design

I have been using QlikView for four years.

Customer service and technical support are very good.

Among Tableau, QlikView, and Qlik Sense, I prefer QlikView, due to its higher customization capabilities, its associative nature, and its ETL features.

Initial setup simplicity or complexity depends on the project and the systems already in place. As for the tool itself, initial setup is straightforward.

I have implemented it in-house and with a vendor team. Business needs need to be fully understood and documented. Most of the issues have always been data related. The development team and the business HAVE to get a full understanding of what the data is, where it is stored, and how it is stored. BUSINESS RULES and a DATA DICTIONARY are a must.

Standardization in design/development is crucial. FULL communication and documentation with EVERYONE is needed. I don’t know how much time has been lost or efforts duplicated because of a lack of all this.

• Easy to use in small/middle organization
• Cheap tool when compared to MicroStrategy
• It does require a separate ETL tool

It helps to provide answers quickly for critical business questions. It has reduced our time spent on data entry and manipulation and can identify areas for cost cutting.

We've used it for three years.

It's good.

It's a straightforward set-up. You can start working with QlikView immediately after installation.

I have implemented it for different clients.

I also use MicroStrategy.

If you are having small business set-up then you have to go for QlikView else MicroStrategy is more stable for big organisations.

• Fast access to data
• Rapid development
• Rich graphic interface

• Licensing costs

• Cloud solution
• Less monolithic approach

Six years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

Yes we did.

8 out of 10

8 out of 10

We previously used SAP BW, and we changed because it had very complex development, and long development times.

It was straightforward.

We used a mix of an in-house team and a vendor team.

Six months.

We looked at doing either an in-house development or an ad-hoc solution from a software provide.

You should perform a good sizing of the server, and develop a simple data model.

Our sales reps use dashboards for reporting latest inventory quantities on a real-time basis, which is critical for the business.

Time and effort are reduced using QlikView by saving a lot of money providing the same information before an implementation.

• Datamining
• Fast data loading of million of rows
• Incremental load
• Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools.

• Bookmarking
• Data load window and more information to be used while loading huge data.
• Installation and deployment could be made easier and quicker.

No issues.

No issues.

Support is very good.

It is better in all aspects than our previous solution.

Not sure.

Qlik is fairly high in terms of pricing.

We evaluated MS Excel.

Overall, it is an excellent product.