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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Power BI Embedded

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AA solution from Microsoft to provide customer-facing reports, dashboards, and analytics in applications by using and branding Power BI as one's own. Designed to reduce developer resources by automating the monitoring, management, and deployment of analytics, while getting full control of Power BI features and intelligent analytics.N/A

    QlikView

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AQlikView® 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
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedQlikView
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    QlikView
    Custom
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedQlikView
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    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
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedQlikView
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Qlik
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedQlikView
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and QlikView
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    QlikView
    8.6
    68 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports6.52 Ratings8.050 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.02 Ratings9.766 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.02 Ratings8.060 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and QlikView
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    QlikView
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.01 Ratings8.266 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.01 Ratings7.867 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.01 Ratings8.162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.336 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and QlikView
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    QlikView
    7.4
    58 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings7.955 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.01 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.85 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and QlikView
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    QlikView
    6.7
    60 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.01 Ratings8.159 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.01 Ratings5.355 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings5.555 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and QlikView
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    QlikView
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and QlikView
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    QlikView
    8.6
    62 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.056 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.542 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings10.048 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI Embedded and QlikView
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    -
    Ratings
    QlikView
    8.0
    47 Ratings
    3% 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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    Small Businesses
    GoodData.AI
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Reveal
    Score10 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    GoodData.AI
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedQlikView
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    7.6
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (29 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.3
    (15 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (13 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedQlikView
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    This product is very convenient to use and implement and is considered a "de facto" standard in the Business Intelligence sphere. First of all, it contains numerous features in terms of visualization, data provisioning, data source integration which makes it a perfect tool for the development of BI analytics. Secondly, it provides great capabilities for the development of data markets for the whole development team. Thirdly, the sharing capabilities of dashboards that are updated in a real-time manner provides great incentives for end-users
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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
    Microsoft
    • It is very easy to connect multiple data sources for a single report. You can use CSV, Excel, database integration, etc.
    • Power Bi supports Python as well, which makes it a lot easier for us as it is known by most of our team.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Similar to how Excel has VBA, Microsoft Power BI uses PowerQuery (M/DAX). Though DAX is similar to Excel in terms of how it is written, I just think it's something that would be difficult for new users to figure out.
    • Something I would like to see done differently in Microsoft Power BI is the ability to have presets for sorting/arranging of visualizations. Though it is nice to arrange the dashboard freely, it would also be nice to have preset arrangements based on visualizations (for those of us bad at making dashboards look appealing).
    • With Microsoft Power BI, it is hard to show others your dashboard using the free platform (unless you show them from your computer/account). This can cause issues if your firm is trialing Microsoft Power BI before purchase.
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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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft
    It's easy to use for what is presented in the reports that have been developed and presented. It's not so easy to customize those reports, "make them your own" and save them for later reuse.
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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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    It is not a SAAS product.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    I haven’t used any other software that can be compared to this and that is a good thing as this means that this software is the best one on the market. Tough other apps may exist we only use Microsoft Power BI because it is simply the best app out there.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Saved a significant amount of time for reporting current rollout status to project stakeholders
    • Project stakeholders were able to view the live dashboards at any time so felt they had a better understanding of the rollout status
    • Project stakeholders found it beneficial that they were able to set their own filters. For example, to view rollout status for their own departments.
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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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