Apache Hadoop vs. QlikView

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hadoop
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Hadoop is an open source software from Apache, supporting distributed processing and data storage. Hadoop is popular for its scalability, reliability, and functionality available across commoditized hardware.N/A
QlikView
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
QlikView® is Qlik®’s original BI offering designed primarily for shared business intelligence reports and data visualizations. It offers guided exploration and discovery, collaborative analytics for sharing insight, and agile development and deployment.N/A
Pricing
Apache HadoopQlikView
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
QlikView
Custom
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HadoopQlikView
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsOn an perpetual license basis, based on server plus number of users. Contact vendor for pricing.
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Community Pulse
Apache HadoopQlikView
Considered Both Products
Hadoop

No answer on this topic

QlikView
Chose QlikView
Our shortlist included Tableau, a newer version of Microsoft's SSRS and Qlikview. We also knew what Micro Strategies and Business Objects had to offer from our experiences with them at other companies, and knew what we could afford. We eliminated them on price and the …
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Features
Apache HadoopQlikView
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
QlikView
8.0
67 Ratings
2% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.065 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.059 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
QlikView
8.3
66 Ratings
3% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.065 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.066 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.336 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.061 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
QlikView
7.9
61 Ratings
5% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.048 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.056 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.542 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.347 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
QlikView
7.3
57 Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.754 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.546 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.85 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
QlikView
8.2
59 Ratings
4% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.054 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.054 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
QlikView
8.0
47 Ratings
0% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.044 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apache HadoopQlikView
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(36 ratings)
8.5
(87 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.6
(8 ratings)
8.8
(29 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(5 ratings)
8.2
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(3 ratings)
3.3
(15 ratings)
Online Training
6.1
(2 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(13 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache HadoopQlikView
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
Altogether, I want to say that Apache Hadoop is well-suited to a larger and unstructured data flow like an aggregation of web traffic or even advertising. I think Apache Hadoop is great when you literally have petabytes of data that need to be stored and processed on an ongoing basis. Also, I would recommend that the software should be supplemented with a faster and interactive database for a better querying service. Lastly, it's very cost-effective so it is good to give it a shot before coming to any conclusion.
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Qlik
Sales data validations have helped manage our justifications in the past, especially with regard to new product development and new business introduction. It has also been helpful in identifying trends with business impact and direction specific to quarter and monthly sales from ERP data as well as decisions to purchase equipment of staffing based on run rates and product demand.
One thing that can get out of hand is data output - if you aren't careful in your query, you may be overloaded with data dumps and drown in the amount of info you have to filter through. This is a user caution, not a comment on the software itself.
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Pros
Apache
  • Handles large amounts of unstructured data well, for business level purposes
  • Is a good catchall because of this design, i.e. what does not fit into our vertical tables fits here.
  • Decent for large ETL pipelines and logging free-for-alls because of this, also.
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Qlik
  • QlikView has a simple, relational data model that's REALLY fast. Filtering and changing data is dead simple results are almost immediately available.
  • The free version of Qlikview is almost completely featured, so you roll a pro-level product out to an entire department for really cheap.
  • QlikView is really flexible--if you can imagine it, you can build it.
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Cons
Apache
  • Less organizational support system. Bugs need to be fixed and outside help take a long time to push updates
  • Not for small data sets
  • Data security needs to be ramped up
  • Failure in NameNode has no replication which takes a lot of time to recover
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Qlik
  • We found that QlikView can be a bit slow in supporting some forms of encryption. It is web-based and we needed to upgrade all of our server to not support the older SSL and TLS 1 protocols, only support TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. However, QlikView could not run with TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. We had to wait over six months to get a version that would handle the newer TLS versions.
  • There are so many options with QlikView that you can get lost when developing a visualization. There are still items I have not yet figured out, such as labeling a graph with the name of a selected detail item.
  • QlikView works by pulling the data it is going to use for visualization into its database. I am a security reviewer and I need to make certain that PII and PHI is not pulled by QlikView for a visualization, otherwise this could become a reportable indecent.
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Likelihood to Renew
Apache
Hadoop is organization-independent and can be used for various purposes ranging from archiving to reporting and can make use of economic, commodity hardware. There is also a lot of saving in terms of licensing costs - since most of the Hadoop ecosystem is available as open-source and is free
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Qlik
Ease of use, ability to load from pretty much any data source. today I created an application that loaded time sheets from excel that are not in a table format. With Qlik's "enable transformation steps" I was able to automate loads of multiple spreadsheets and multiple tabs easily. Could not do that with any other tool.
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Usability
Apache
Great! Hadoop has an easy to use interface that mimics most other data warehouses. You can access your data via SQL and have it display in a terminal before exporting it to your business intelligence platform of choice. Of course, for smaller data sets, you can also export it to Microsoft Excel.
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Qlik
QlikView is very easy to implement. The installation is very straight forward. QlikView has several different data connectors that can connect to different data sources very smoothly. The user interface to build the reports is very easy to understand. This helps to have a smaller learning curve. Something very helpful is that QlikView is a browser application for the end users. So, you don't need to install any applications on the user's computer.
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Reliability and Availability
Apache
No answers on this topic
Qlik
We have not had any downtime issues with the product nor uncovered any significant bugs
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Performance
Apache
No answers on this topic
Qlik
It is not a SAAS product.
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Support Rating
Apache
We went with a third party for support, i.e., consultant. Had we gone with Azure or Cloudera, we would have obtained support directly from the vendor. my rating is more on the third party we selected and doesn't reflect the overall support available for Hadoop. I think we could have done better in our selection process, however, we were trying to use an already approved vendor within our organization. There is plenty of self-help available for Hadoop online.
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Qlik
My experience with the Qlik support team has been somewhat limited, but every interaction I have had with them has been very professional and I received a response quickly. Typically if there is a technical issue, our IT team will follow up. My inquiries are specific to product functionality, and Qlik has been very helpful in clarifying any questions I might have.
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In-Person Training
Apache
No answers on this topic
Qlik
My team attended, but I cannot myself rate, but I think it was good as they've successfully launched a training program at our company themselves for users. It was 3-4 day training.
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Online Training
Apache
Hadoop is a complex topic and best suited for classrom training. Online training are a waste of time and money.
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Qlik
Training was as expected. The demo environments tend to be more fully featured that our own environment, but the training was clear and well delivered.
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Implementation Rating
Apache
No answers on this topic
Qlik
"Implementation" can mean a few things... so I'm not sure that this is the answer you want.... but here it goes: To me, implementation means: "Is the user interface intuitive and can I produce meaningful reports with ease?" On that score, I'd say YES. The amount of training required was minimal and the results were powerful. The desktop implementation is a simple, "blank" interface just waiting for your creativity. The pre-populated templates give you a reasonable start to any project -- and a good set of objects to "play around with" if you're just getting started. Finally, note that the "implementation" I used was baked into QuickBooks 2016 Enterprise -- called "Advanced Reporting"..... That integration makes it ultra useful and simple.
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Alternatives Considered
Apache
Not used any other product than Hadoop and I don't think our company will switch to any other product, as Hadoop is providing excellent results. Our company is growing rapidly, Hadoop helps to keep up our performance and meet customer expectations. We also use HDFS which provides very high bandwidth to support MapReduce workloads.
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Qlik
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
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Return on Investment
Apache
  • There are many advantages of Hadoop as first it has made the management and processing of extremely colossal data very easy and has simplified the lives of so many people including me.
  • Hadoop is quite interesting due to its new and improved features plus innovative functions.
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Qlik
  • You can use the free desktop version to do a lot of reporting and analysis work more quickly so the ROI is huge
  • QlikView is great at finding outliers such as data entry errors
  • QlikView is great at helping you quickly discover new insights about your business that can prompt you to take action that can immediately affect your cash flow.
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