We performed a comparison between Microsoft BI and Qlik Sense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Microsoft BI are its intuitiveness and ease to use."
"Previously we used Excel, which took a long time - two or three weeks - to bring the data into a uniform format, whereas BI can do the same job in a day."
"Like all Microsoft products, it is very easy to set up initially."
"Power BI allows you to create user defined charts which is really useful."
"I find Power BI's reporting feature the most valuable. The solution has improved a lot. There are new features getting added day by day. In the past, they didn't even have the printing feature, but now they have it."
"The data can be accessed from anywhere."
"The initial setup is simple to do."
"It's a powerful platform."
"It is simple to develop, which is good."
"Qlik Sense provides features to manage and govern data, ensuring data security, accuracy, and regulation compliance."
"What I found most valuable in Qlik Sense is its flexibility. It's a very flexible tool, and it has a lot of capabilities compared to Tableau and Power BI. In Qlik Sense, you can take data from any of the systems, and you can do data transformation, prepare the data, then present your KPIs. Data transformation isn't present in Tableau, Power BI, and other tools. In Qlik Sense, you're able to get the data and directly present that data. The presentation layer is also very good in Qlik Sense. My company is very happy with this tool."
"The most valuable features are that Qlik has a very strong ATL available and the capacity to handle large volumes of data."
"Qlik has a powerful load script that uses an enhanced SQL language which is excellent for loading and transforming the data."
"The product responds fast for data analysis."
"From siloed reports, we went to a centralized knowledge hub, combining cross-functional data, and helping decision-makers see the data as a whole, therefore making more informed decisions."
"The reports are better looking than in QlikView."
"Microsoft should offer additional features for visualization and have additional features for slicing and dicing that data."
"Sometimes while developing, the front end is not easily customizable and it has limitations. We cannot go and do any UI we want. We have to stick to the limitations of the product."
"There is no specific area that I have a problem with. It's just that, with whatever feature you come across, every visual has its own formatting and behavior. What you get in one visual for a feature, you don't seem to get in another."
"One of the more difficult things to do is to export some of the data from Power BI to Excel."
"Things can slow down if you create too many pages."
"The initial installation is difficult."
"I believe there is room for improvement in terms of authentication and certain functionalities in Power BI. For instance, adjusting the width of columns is not easily done, as there is only an option to enable or disable automatic adjustment. This can be a significant drawback for clients who desire more flexibility."
"The only challenge I have found is that they do not have a Mac version."
"Qlik Sense could include additional features for data preparation and integration, making it easier for users to clean, transform, and integrate data from various sources."
"The only thing I would like to see is the ability to create a master app that opens when a user creates a new app that has all the master items, colors, logos, etc., that my organization uses. This would help with keeping master items the same across the apps and would make development a little quicker."
"What needs improvement in Qlik Sense is the support. It could be faster. My organization had already talked to Qlik management and has escalated multiple times, so management is looking into the support."
"Qlik Sense is working very well on going to low code and development. They are trying to make their environment more user-friendly. However, the training is not free. When you want to learn more about the tool, sometimes you need to pay for the training. This does not make sense to me because training should be free because the more you learn about the tool the more you use it and the more you are loyal to the company and want to continue usage."
"There is room for improvement in the storytelling mode and the report sharing. Qlik Sense also does not have a subscription base like Power BI. So a lot of the analysis is housed in community pages that are managed by either the author or a database administrator, or whoever the Qlik Sense manager is there."
"Mostly when it comes to the loading of the data and reload times of the reports, it could be better."
"They need to keep it as simple as possible but include as much advanced functionality as possible by positioning all the objects on the page, changing colors for all the objects, improving sheets actions, etc."
"Qlik application automation needs additional work and features."
Microsoft BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 83 reviews while Qlik Sense is ranked 2nd in Data Visualization with 22 reviews. Microsoft BI is rated 8.0, while Qlik Sense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft BI writes "User friendly, easy to set up and great for analyzing data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qlik Sense writes "Robust solution, but could use a PowerPoint integration". Microsoft BI is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, KNIME, Domo and SAP Crystal Reports, whereas Qlik Sense is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, Apache Superset, Alteryx and Looker. See our Microsoft BI vs. Qlik Sense report.
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