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Cube vs QlikView comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cube
Ranking in Embedded BI
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (34th)
QlikView
Ranking in Embedded BI
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
163
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Embedded BI category, the mindshare of Cube is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QlikView is 7.2%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded BI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
QlikView7.2%
Cube0.6%
Other92.2%
Embedded BI
 

Featured Reviews

Peter Jefferson - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Success Manager at Unilever Inc.
Automated reporting has freed time for deeper analysis and improved budget and variance reviews
A specific example of how my team uses Cube in our day-to-day work is that above all, Cube has vastly enhanced our ability to get financial reporting done quickly and free up our time to really dig deep into various accounts. This has greatly improved the accuracy of our financial results beyond what you would even believe. The clean portal and organization help my team by making it easy to navigate and the data collected is very clean and managed in an understandable manner, hence making it very easy to make data-driven decisions. Regarding the features, customer service is great, customization of financial reports, ease of integration with other tools seamlessly, continuous system testing and upgrades, and easy creation of monthly and P&L variance analysis. Data import and export is smooth and efficient. Monthly reporting and analysis is easy to pull and update. The positive impact Cube has had on my organization includes additional time for analysis, less than budgeted spend, and more accurate financial results resulting in better decisions. The error rate has reduced from 40 to 50%. The reduction in errors has affected my team and the business overall by improving speed and efficiency for month-end close processes. Better consolidation of data for long-term trend analysis is evident, and easy P&L creation and variance analysis has been great.
SG
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Implementation was super smooth, and within two weeks we were up and running and the metrics were exposed in our app."
"NPS improved to approximately eight out of ten for our feature, and internally ticket handling times decreased, allowing reallocation of resources to higher-impact projects."
"Cube completes my tasks very easily and takes less time, allowing me to deliver any project in a timely manner to our clients."
"It excels in supporting database connections and various database types."
"Technical support is very good, with an exceptional user base."
"It is easy and fast to build dashboards."
"QlikView is an excellent reporting and data discovery tool."
"It has an associative data exploration feature and can handle one hundred million lines of data and provide good performance."
"The search feature: ability to see the related data."
"You can switch views easily."
"The most valuable aspect is its extensive library on Microsoft, providing a robust framework for implementation."
 

Cons

"Cube's interface can be challenging for non-technical users, needing clearer use-case examples to ease integration into workflows."
"I did not see any return on investment from Cube."
"Cube can be improved by enhancing data refresh over multiple tabs."
"There is no way to create a real template that is not exposed directly in the UI."
"The product's visual capabilities could be improved. The graphs and visualizations are not as aesthetic or easy to create."
"The system needs some technical expertise to set up and can be expensive, but once set up, it works well."
"The only thing I would improve about it is the fact that it refreshes all the time, and when it does that, it just deletes all the options you had, all the filters that you had selected, so you need to select them from the beginning."
"Besides the fact it’s quite a useful tool for data visualization, the final user interface is not that intuitive."
"They could provide a user-friendly analysis process rather than specialized IT resource code."
"Deployment with a big data cloud is a challenge so far."
"The product lacks PDF exporting, mapping – which costs extra - and reporting features."
"The look and feel of the charts and graphs can greatly be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"On a scale of one to ten, where one being low price and ten being high price, I rate pricing a four."
"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's reasonably priced and falls on the more affordable side."
"It is quite expensive, rating at around nine out of ten on a cost scale."
"Its licensing costs are moderate, but it can get expensive due to the numerous add-ons available like those for printing."
"It is not very expensive. I think it it is on par with other similar products on the market."
"Qlik is fairly high in terms of pricing."
"QlikView is a reasonably priced solution."
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Comparison Review

it_user79932 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business73
Midsize Enterprise36
Large Enterprise76
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cube?
The cost is around $1,500 per month. The exact number is not coming to my mind, but it is approximately $1,500 or $200 per month.
What needs improvement with Cube?
There is something that should be improved. We are providing metrics on email, and in the email industry we have both transactional emails and marketing emails. We have different models for these, ...
What is your primary use case for Cube?
We needed Cube in order to have a robust semantic layer on top of our ClickHouse database to avoid exposing our projection database directly in our app, and we needed to have sub-second latency met...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QlikView?
I would rate the pricing for QlikView as not cheap, but it is reasonable.
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...
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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Sample Customers

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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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