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it_user377319 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analytics Application Consultant Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
The associative and in-memory technology are the most valuable features.

What is most valuable?

The associative and in-memory technology are the most valuable features.

How has it helped my organization?

It’s an easy way to create dashboards with minimal training. This product is good and I can collect data from multiple data sources.

What needs improvement?

They need to improve on the idea, concept and support.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for five years, alongside Qlik Sense.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

There were no issues with the deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were no issues with the stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There were no issues with scaling it.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

8/10

Technical Support:

8/10

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No other solution was in place, but I have tried others and they can't offer what Qlik can.

How was the initial setup?

QlikView initial set-up is simple just run the installer and click next.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If you can license QlikView with Qlik Sense it’s very good.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

  • Tableau
  • MicroStrategy
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: I’m Qlik Partner in Indonesia
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Senior BI Consultant at a retailer with 51-200 employees
Consultant
​We use it for dashboard reporting.

Improvements to My Organization

We use it for dashboard reporting.

Room for Improvement

It needs JDBC connection for different databases.

Use of Solution

I've used it for five years.

Deployment Issues

No issues encountered.

Stability Issues

No issues encountered.

Scalability Issues

No issues encountered.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

It's good.

Technical Support:

It's good.

Initial Setup

Consultants setup our tools.

ROI

I think it is good. We took awards area of Big Data Technologies and we give some free or paid services to our customers.

Other Advice

You should try the trial version. if it is usable for your business, you should buy it.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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SAP Application Specialist at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
It's helped us get faster KPI's in many departments and it produces reports quickly.

What is most valuable?

It produces reports quickly.

How has it helped my organization?

We're able to get faster KPI's in many departments.

What needs improvement?

Job scheduler needs work.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it since 1 November 2012.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

10/10 - it's perfect, very fast and very good support.

Technical Support:

10/10, Heyde is a perfect partner.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Data Warehouse built with SQL,and it was too complicated, and oversized for a medium sized company, and too slow for any changes.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward, and after the installation we had the first results in a few days.

What about the implementation team?

Through a vendor, Heyde, whose level of expertise is very good, 10/10.

What was our ROI?

Even though I am not able to mention a number or time, but because we didn’t have an equal solution it's been very good.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Start small, and use this to get a close business relationship.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

The DWH of our ERP.

What other advice do I have?

Top down, that requests from the top-level management of how deep the drill down should be.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We do have a close partnership with our vendor. We are working very close, it wouldn’t work in another way efficiently.
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Lead Technical with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
Needs more support for collaboration. Extremely powerful for data analysis.

What is most valuable?

Amazing performance

Easy to use self service

Extremely powerful for data analysis

How has it helped my organization?

It has dramatically improved development time for BI reports.

Using traditional tools like OBIEE or SAP BO, BI was more like an IT dependent work stream. Now it has reached the business side, who can do their own analysis. Users can drill data without much IT help.

What needs improvement?

More flexibility to alter auto association in the data model.

Support for collaboration.

For how long have I used the solution?

3 years

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues with deployment, except a few hurdles for single sign on integration.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No, CPU and memory usage are not clearly presented.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Good, they need more proactive support.

Technical Support:

Good

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes, from SAP BO for ease of use and less time for development.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer2239317 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 10
Easy-to-deploy product with essential features for data analysis
Pros and Cons
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

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

What is most valuable?

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

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using QlikView since 2012.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable product.

How are customer service and support?

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

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

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.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

What other advice do I have?

I rate QlikView a ten out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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it_user408444 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
It provides flexible data loading and presentation without a data warehouse.

What is most valuable?

Loading data is the most valuable feature of this product to me, because we don’t have a data warehouse yet.

How has it helped my organization?

QlikView helps me to combine data from many data sources and represent it in the dashboards.

What needs improvement?

I think the visualization of the charts and the number of default charts provided by QlikView should be improved. QlikView only has limited chart options compared to its competitor. I think Map would be a great addition if QlikView can provide it as default chart. 

I think that the type of chart that is provided by QlikView must be added to capture the need of variety of visualization. Tableau has more charts compared to QlikView.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for about three months.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

I use it on my laptop with limited data. I've never used it for big data.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I chose QlikView because it provides flexible data loading that can help us present data without a data warehouse.

What about the implementation team?

I implemented it by myself.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing is higher compared to the competitor.

What other advice do I have?

If you are looking for dashboards and do not have a data warehouse yet, QlikView is the best option.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user198027 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Business Analytics at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
You can use its scripting capabilities to perform complex calculations and provide the required information much easier than other BI software.

Valuable Features

It allows you to establish business data models on an associative basis, and to do on-the-fly analysis on associated data for deep understanding / insight.

For complex analysis, its scripting capabilities enable one to do complex calculation to present required information much easier than traditional / other BI software.

Improvements to My Organization

I have implemented both QlikView and Qlik Sense solutions for our customers/organizations in multiple industries.

The immediate improvements allow organisations:

  • To analyse data more comprehensively (e.g. in the areas of risk management and customer profiling/segmentation) to provide greater insight / understanding
  • To make data available more quickly to facilitate decision making, especially for exceptional cases (e.g. when not meeting KPIs)

Other side benefits derived from implementing such projects are:

  • Data gaps: It can identify insufficient or unavailable data for making better decisions.
  • Process gaps: It can identify business processes that need to be improved, e.g. manual processes that need to be fine-tuned or automated.
  • System gaps: It can identify areas where the system needs to be improved e.g. improvement to existing system functions, or a new system needs to be put in place.

With such gaps and their relationship to the values of decisions, an organisation is able to prioritized resources to address those gaps over time.

Room for Improvement

Improve its table/data editor to allow easier ways to pull multiple data from multiple sources and associate them to establish a complete business data model.

Consider providing more features that allow the decision-making process of analysing different data at different levels to be captured. Maybe a decision-making flow/process editor for Qlik sheets and objects at the presentation layer.

Use of Solution

I have used QlikView for approximately five years.

Deployment Issues

You can encounter deployment issues if you do not follow good / recommended “best practices”. Such issues can always be resolved through better design of the implemented solution.

By adhering to good practices, deployment, stability and scalability should not be an issue.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Technical support is average.

Initial Setup

Initial setup is straightforward and much easier than other traditional BI software.

Implementation Team

We are a Qlik implementation partner. We implement Qlik solutions for customers.

ROI

Our customers’ ROI is typically within 1-3 years, depending on the size and complexity of implementations.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

Initial pricing/licensing of QlikView and Qlik Sense are competitive to the market. However, as the number of users grows, it could be costly.

Other Advice

You need to understand well the users’ decision-making process, the data requirements and the actions users want to take. It is OK to start a Qlik project without complete data available.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
It allows you to set up a dashboard with pinpoint accuracy. The script engine for loading data needs a total overhaul.

Valuable Features:

I do like the richness of details you can set up. It really allows you to set up a dashboard with pinpoint accuracy.

Improvements to My Organization:

It was the first BI tool on the customer's site. It requires quite high skills at the entry level, so it was unused until I helped them with the initial steps.

Room for Improvement:

The script engine for loading data needs a total overhaul. It is hard to use and counter-intuitive. It also blocks less-skilled users at the very beginning.

Use of Solution:

I’ve used it for about a year with one of my customers.

Scalability Issues:

In general, the solution is a little problematic in terms of scalability, as everything is stored in RAM. For more complicated analysis for many users, the memory consumption is very high and requires a lot of investment in hardware.

Implementation Team:

It was already deployed when I start using it. My customer said they relied heavily on vendor.

Other Advice:

Be very careful when scoping the market. It is a good tool, but quite heavy on skills and hardware requirements.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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