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Adaptive Insights vs QlikView comparison

Workday and Qlik are both solutions in the Reporting category. Workday is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.2, while Qlik is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.3. Workday holds a 0.4% mindshare in RT, compared to Qlik’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Workday users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Qlik users who would recommend it.
Adaptive Insights
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92% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

QlikView and Adaptive Insights are data-driven decision-making tools. QlikView has an edge with its analytics capabilities, while Adaptive Insights stands out in financial planning and management.

Features: QlikView provides powerful data integration, dynamic dashboards, and an intuitive interface enabling self-service reporting. Adaptive Insights offers strong financial planning tools, seamless budgeting, and comprehensive reporting capabilities.

Room for Improvement: QlikView would benefit from simplifying its learning curve and reducing setup complexities. It could also improve in offering more straightforward customization. Adaptive Insights could enhance integration capabilities, offer more pricing transparency, and expand its predictive analytics functions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: QlikView supports both on-premises and cloud solutions, offering flexible integration but often requiring more technical expertise. Adaptive Insights, cloud-based, allows for easy updates and is supported by strong customer service.

Pricing and ROI: QlikView may involve higher setup costs due to customization, with potential for a scalable ROI for analytics-focused enterprises. Adaptive Insights offers more predictable costs, delivering quick ROI through efficient financial planning processes.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Adaptive Insights
Ranking in Reporting
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Business Performance Management (8th), Financial Performance and Strategy Management (3rd), Data Visualization (11th), ESG Reporting Software (4th)
QlikView
Ranking in Reporting
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
161
Ranking in other categories
Embedded BI (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Adaptive Insights is 0.4%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QlikView is 3.4%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Andrew Rosenberg - PeerSpot reviewer
Adaptive scales well, simple to create new budget versions and models
For the organization I used to work at, it streamlined the process of creating budgets. It's very simple to create a new version and do some more modeling based on your need for planning things like headcount, other expenses, and revenue, everything is configurable within Workday. So that made it easy. Reporting was pretty easy to set up as well. It streamlined the amount of time it took to do the budget as well as kind of making it simple to implement a rolling forecast process. So, it really was more just a productivity increase and time shortening for the budgeting and forecasting process.
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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.
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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

"We utilize planning on a daily basis, therefore we find it to be the most valuable product for our organization."
"It's very stable."
"Changes to corporate structure, account codes are updated in all versions including prior years, hence "one-version of truth" as claimed."
"The biggest feature is the source of truth for all of our budget and forecast versions."
"It helps develop a more unified work format throughout the company."
"Automated reporting."
"The integration with our payroll system to complete staff modeling during our budget and forecast processes."
"Forecasting changes that instantly flow through all financial statements."
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"The integration with Salesforce has helped us gain access to crucial sales data in real-time."
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"The platform's most valuable feature is its associative data model. It allows me to discover hidden data and gain insights that are not immediately visible."
"The initial setup is not very complex."
"I had the option to prepare data myself instead of always having to depend on the data team."
"On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL."
"We can scale it if we need to."
"This solution has simplified getting to and understanding our data, no matter where it is housed."
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Cons

"Better user interface (UI)."
"The product's configuration process could be faster."
"We tried Discovery and OfficeConnect at one point and found them too cumbersome, at the time."
"Adaptive Insights could improve the data designer interface to make integrations easier to set up."
"Their customer support team is slow to respond and not extremely confident."
"Adaptive Insights has a limit of 1,00,000 rows for HTML reports. It should be improved because we will have multiple dimensions that need to be populated to enhance the image."
"The upload feature exists, but isn't terribly useful."
"Being able to drill down when using OfficeConnect needs work."
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"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."
"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."
"The solution should be mobile-responsive. It should also include drag-and-drop and slice-and-dice features."
"QlikView's UI could be more user-friendly."
"They could improve the update time."
"There is no automation or drag and drop functionality."
"They could provide a user-friendly analysis process rather than specialized IT resource code."
"I would like to see more advanced features from Qlik Sense integrated into QlikView to keep it competitive and up-to-date."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Ensure that you have the proper pricing plan in place."
"Licensing seems to be worth the cost considering the efficiency Adaptive brings."
"Adaptive Insights' pricing is relative to its peer competitors. It's certainly competitive compared to a spreadsheet template that you build in Excel. It can be expensive if you need to have 100-500 budget holders giving input and building financial plans. However, in that case, it becomes an extremely good bargain. Compared to its competitors, it offers an excellent value."
"It's affordable."
"Pricing is in line with other cloud-based EPM tools. It is a subscription-based model based upon the number of users and site type if it's an admin or end-user type thing."
"Adaptive Insights' pricing is reasonable."
"Everything is negotiable, but this solution is low cost compared to others."
"Prior to purchasing licenses, make sure you understand which users will only need planning and which users will need both planning and OfficeConnect."
"QlikView is a reasonably priced solution."
"The platform's pricing is considered quite expensive, particularly given the dollar-based pricing."
"It's reasonably priced and falls on the more affordable side."
"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."
"Its licensing costs are moderate, but it can get expensive due to the numerous add-ons available like those for printing."
"QlikView pricing and licensing is on the high side for a small sized company, but it's competitive among its peers."
"It is expensive for small companies."
"QlikView is more expensive than one of its competitors."
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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…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
6%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adaptive Insights?
It's very simple to create a new version and do some more modeling based on your need for planning things like headcount, other expenses, and revenue, everything is configurable within Workday.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Adaptive Insights?
12 years ago, it was very affordable. Workday has definitely increased its price since it acquired Adaptive a few years ago. So, it's affordable. But there are other more affordable solutions that ...
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What needs improvement with Adaptive Insights?
The integrations could be simpler. It takes quite a bit of internal and IT know-how to set up. So, there could be room for just improving the integrations, making it easier to integrate outside sys...
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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?
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...
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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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Also Known As

Workday Adaptive Planning, Adaptive Discovery , Workday Adaptive Planning
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Overview

Adaptive Insights is a cloud-based financial planning and analysis software that helps businesses streamline their budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes. 

With its intuitive interface and powerful analytics, it enables organizations to make data-driven decisions and drive business performance.

Workday

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
 

Sample Customers

1. Cisco Systems 2. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated 3. Deloitte 4. DocuSign 5. Dropbox 6. Electronic Arts 7. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation 8. Fitbit 9. Fossil Group 10. Groupon 11. Hilton Worldwide 12. HP Inc. 13. Intuit 14. Johnson & Johnson 15. LinkedIn 16. Lyft 17. McAfee 18. Medtronic 19. Netflix 20. Oracle 21. Pandora 22. PayPal 23. Pinterest 24. Red Hat 25. Salesforce 26. ServiceNow 27. Slack Technologies 28. Spotify 29. Symantec 30. Tableau Software 31. Twitter 32. Workday
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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