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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
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (19th)
QlikView
Ranking in Embedded BI
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
163
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Embedded BI category, the mindshare of Cube is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QlikView is 7.0%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded BI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
QlikView7.0%
Cube0.8%
Other92.2%
Embedded BI
 

Featured Reviews

Amir Hassan - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist / Data Analytics Consultant at Fiverr International Ltd
Managing complex data hierarchies has improved analytics but still needs richer hierarchy types
To evaluate Cube's efficiency in handling large data volumes, I use metrics including F1 scores, AUC (Area Under the Curve), and RMC (Root Mean Squares), along with RSE (Root Square Errors). These factors help me gauge the efficiency of the algorithms clearly. Regarding improving Cube, I believe that when we are building hierarchies, I should enhance the type of hierarchies. For instance, in a few countries lacking state systems, there could be a hierarchy without proper categorization—such as continent, country, and city. Therefore, it would be beneficial if I could improve the hierarchies to retrieve data as quickly as possible from Cube.
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."
"Cube completes my tasks very easily and takes less time, allowing me to deliver any project in a timely manner to our clients."
"Cube's caching mechanism impacts my database query loads and response times significantly."
"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."
"Strong visual capabilities, drill down function and data browsing."
"We have increased our revenues by 30% because the rapid and effective insights provided with the analytics we built with Qlik."
"Once you open it up, you see everything that you can do."
"QlikView Desktop Enterprise allows us to build dashboard visualizations in a fashionable way and allows us to make quick business decisions all over the enterprise."
"Easy to analyze data by click-through."
"It excels in supporting database connections and various database types."
"It is useful to use a tool like this to have a view of data at a point in time. You can extract and create little data sets that you can store, and then over time, you can have a view for tracking changes. Especially when you work with a relational database or a database that's a production database, the data is dynamic, but if you use QlikView, you can take a snapshot of different datasets. In your own time, you can then get insights and report, build, analyze, and draw whatever you need from the data, which is quite useful."
"Personally, QlikView is the best when you talk about fast delivery and visualisation."
 

Cons

"When it comes to the initial setup of Cube, I faced some challenges, including server issues when uploading data from local sources to the Unipi servers."
"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."
"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."
"QlikView has little success by itself, so we have to go with ERP, CRM, or some planning and estimation solutions, which means other costs besides the costs of implementing QlikView."
"By comparing with the latest data discovery tools like Tableau, Qlik Sense and Sisense, the layout and colors are not eye catching enough."
"The pricing is too high compared to the other solutions on the market."
"It is well know that the ETL is quite far away from leading products like Data Stage, Informatica and others."
"I think the visualization of the charts and the number of default charts provided by QlikView should be improved."
"Needs improvement with UI transparency."
"Sometimes when developing QV applications, I encounter almost unexplainable errors that causes QV to crash."
"Technical support is 3/10."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"My firm got the product at a cheap price, but in general, I believe that the product is a bit costly."
"QlikView is more expensive than one of its competitors."
"Pricing is a bit too high and I think licenses should be unlimited."
"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."
"Its licensing costs are moderate, but it can get expensive due to the numerous add-ons available like those for printing."
"I rate QlikView's pricing a five out of ten."
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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
No data available
Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
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?
To evaluate Cube's efficiency in handling large data volumes, I use metrics including F1 scores, AUC (Area Under the Curve), and RMC (Root Mean Squares), along with RSE (Root Square Errors). These ...
What is your primary use case for Cube?
In my recent projects with Cube, I was tasked with finding crashes and the reasons behind them using three datasets: people, crash, and vehicles. I had to merge them and preprocess them, clean and ...
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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