When to use Qlikview and when to go with a competitor
March 04, 2016
When to use Qlikview and when to go with a competitor
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
QlikView Enterprise
Overall Satisfaction with QlikView
Qlikview is used as a data summarization tool for operational risk. The software sits on top of our database to allow the business to get insight into their data. We use it almost as someone might use a pivot table in Excel. We have preset pivots and charts that are updated relatively real-time as data is fed into the database.
- Dashboards can be created easily with basic programming skills. A typical business analyst will not require a developer once the underlying data model is in place.
- Qlikview can be used as a web based application allowing users to access dashboards anywhere permissions allow.
- Qlikview provides a variety of pre-built objects that gives designers flexibility to represent data in multiple ways.
- Qlikview has its own database and management system. Developers are required to build a new data model to get data into Qlikview.
- Qlikview's web application requires significant memory and processing power from the browser. Complex dashboards can crash your browser if you're running too many things at once.
- Qlikview dashboards look relatively outdated.
The only other vendor product that I have worked with that provides a similar experience to Qlikview is Tableau. I would recommend Tableau if your use case is to build a fixed dashboard. You can share reports for free without needing to buy additional licenses. I would recommend Qlikview if your users are looking for a more interactive experience. They can create new objects to represent the data which can't be accomplished as easily in Tableau.