Microsoft Power BI vs. Qlik Sense

Microsoft Power BI

Qlik Sense

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft Power BI	Score 8.4 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.	$10 per month per user
Qlik Sense	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Qlik Sense® is a self-service BI platform for data discovery and visualization. It supports a full range of analytics use cases—data governance, pixel-perfect reporting, and collaboration. Its Associative Engine indexes and connects relationships between data points for creating actionable insights.	$20 per month per user (10 user minimum)

Pricing

Microsoft Power BI

Qlik Sense

Editions & Modules

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Standard: $20
per month per user (10 user minimum)
Premium: $2700
per month unlimited basic users & purchased full users
Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows: Contact Sales
Enterprise: Custom Quote

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Power BI	Qlik Sense
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Microsoft Power BI	Qlik Sense
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Power BI Verified User Manager Chose Microsoft Power BI Qlik and Tableau Incentivized Helpful? James Anderson Healthcare Architect in the Business Development/Medical Economics Dept Chose Microsoft Power BI Both Qlik and Microsoft Power BI both stack up very well next to each other. I personally liked Qlik just a little bit more but the price difference for us is what really changed our minds. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose Microsoft Power BI Organization tool is the same Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Microsoft Power BI Power BI does not have the feel of a fully independent and robust BI Solution. It tackles smaller functional or department-level analytic needs and can operate in a small or solo roll-out environment. But scaling up to enterprise would be better suited for Qlik or Tableau. Same … Incentivized Helpful? Angad Singh Data Architecture Co-op Chose Microsoft Power BI Tableau and Spotfire are all around better tools, but Power BI can be useful especially because of its cheap price. Incentivized Helpful? Sridhar Bojja Tax Manager Chose Microsoft Power BI Based on the latest reviews from Magic Quadrant, Tableau is rated high among all the applications in this category with its rich features in terms of connectivity, visualizations, and various other features. But the cost of using the application is bit high from my personal … Incentivized Helpful? Kunal Sonalkar Data Analytics Intern Chose Microsoft Power BI Power BI performs quite well in comparison to it's competitor's products. We compared it mainly to GoodData and Tableau. Power BI has a great pricing. It's affordable and efficient with mid-sized datasets. Hence many companies go for it. Competitive products like Tableau are … Incentivized Helpful? Quan Khong Practice Lead - Corporate Performance Management Chose Microsoft Power BI Power BI is a lot easier to use. The designs are also much nicer. Costs to implement Power BI (minus the existing data infrastructure) is much lower than other tools commercially available. However, the tool is still relatively new and still lacks many common features that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Microsoft Power BI As mentioned earlier it is free of cost and easy to learn as it is part of the Microsoft suite product. It blends well with ETL package tools such as SSRS and SSIS. It is also easy to distribute the dashboard to users of Office 365. It is a a complete Microsoft product which … Incentivized Helpful?	Qlik Sense James Anderson Senior Medical Economics Analyst Chose Qlik Sense We looked at both Microsoft Power BI and Tableau. They both have similar functionality and can get to the end results of Qlik Sense. The big determining factor was how much time that we would have to develop reports and stories. We found that Qlik Sense allowed us to develop … Incentivized Helpful? Murilo Fernandes BI Analyst and Automation Chose Qlik Sense We use Microsoft Power BI too as a BI tool, in my point of view, Qlik Sense's ETL is much better than PowerBi. In another side, PowerBI learning curve is small than Qlik Sense, especially the PowerBI Desktop. Helpful? Filippo Orlando Data Analyst \| Data Developer - Advanced Analytics Chose Qlik Sense The experience with View has certainly been a strong lever to help us in the choice, but what was proposed by this new product was certainly in line with the tool we were looking for. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Project Manager Chose Qlik Sense Qlik Sense offers a broad variety of functions that are not easily achievable using PowerBi. However, I was not involved with the selection. Incentivized Helpful? Edgar Olmos Ascanio Intelligence Data Manager Chose Qlik Sense Qlik Sense is a fast tool to implement; you can have a functional dashboard in a few days, and the ETL processes are quite easy to build it. You can have the ROI in a short period of time. Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Qlik Sense Qlik Sense is relatively cheaper and more futuristic Incentivized Helpful? Silvia Guardini Manager Chose Qlik Sense Qlik Sense is one of the best reporting systems. It is stronger than PBI and Tableau when speaking about complex KPIs. It is really similar to MicroStrategy Analytics when you speak about obtained results, but it is easier to use, especially as it is more code-based. But is it … Incentivized Helpful? Richard Stables Information and Support Manager Chose Qlik Sense We originally went with Qlik Sense because the desktop version used to be free for single users and was a very good proposition for us (we are a non-profit with a limited budget). However, from what I see, the functionality is comparable, and Qlik Sense stacks up well. Incentivized Helpful? Angel Monjarás CIO (Chief Information Officer) Chose Qlik Sense As soon as you want to pull data from two or more separate tables, Qlik Sense leaves the rest in the dust, since it does not require joins or complex transformations. Zoho CRM analytics are limited to the data located in the product itself. No external tables can be combined. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Qlik Sense Other tools were not able to handle complex business requirements and performance was not too good with very huge volume data. we were required to maintain history, time-based data backups, and snapshots. Also, some of the tools were too costly compare to Qlik [Sense] solutions. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Qlik Sense When it comes to working with large datasets out of the box, Qlik in my opinion is unrivaled amongst the competitor. However, the overall user experience and customization options available to developers require a lot of work. When compared to other options on the market, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Qlik Sense BI has some amazing features, but it requires a good understanding of DAX. It's not as user-friendly as Qlik Sense. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Qlik Sense I prefer Qlik due to its ability to combine multiple data sources and flexibility offer by the data load editor, other tools lack this capability or they don't do as good of a job as Qlik Incentivized Helpful? Sudeshna Sen Information Technology Analyst Chose Qlik Sense I have only used Qlik Sense and Nprinting feature as of now. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Qlik Sense Previously, we used QlikView and it was difficult to modify something in a dashboard that was originally created by other colleagues. I think that QlikView it's a legacy and it will be decommissioned soon. Versus Power BI, I would say that Qlik Sense does a very nice figure in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Qlik Sense I have used SSRS previously for reporting. One interesting feature of SSRS is its email scheduling process, which comes in the same package as SSRS, but in Qlik Sense, we need to get the NPrinting package to make this happen (email scheduling). Still, we decided to go with Qlik … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Qlik Sense Each product has its strengths/weaknesses, [but] Qlik Sense offered the best approach to leverage the investment in knowledge used in our earlier dashboards formed in Qlik View and transitioned many two step applications ie. extract/join data SQL and present in Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Qlik Sense Other vendors products evaluated (in some cases used by other divisions within our corporation): ** SAP Analytics Cloud - stacks up quite well against Qlik Sense but the differences are subtle but important. Sometimes SAC has it over Qlik and sometimes Qlik has it over SAC so … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Qlik Sense Qlik Sense better support for multiple data sources more customizable security Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Qlik Sense QlikView has many more options for styling within charts and objects - this hurts our ability to style things to our needs within Qlik Sense. Qlik Sense looks more modern, responsive for browser size and visually more appealing. Incentivized Helpful? Anannya Ghosh IT Analyst Chose Qlik Sense We have used different BI Reporting tools, but overall, Qlik Sense [has been used longer]. Customers are really happy with the dashboards we made through Qlik Sense. Incentivized Helpful? Prashant Goswami Account Manager Chose Qlik Sense Qlik Sense has the ability to handle huge data and the data loading and performing analytics on huge data [is] a plus as compared to other tools in the market. Qlik Sense ability to integrate open-source tools is the best compared to other tools in market. Incentivized Helpful? Zach Frank Director of HR Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Chose Qlik Sense Qlik was selected before I arrived and I would not select it again in comparison to any of the alternatives I've worked with, unless that was the enterprise mandate. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Qlik Sense Qlik Sense has its own set of features and capabilities and is a worthy replacement for all other B.I. tools that I have used. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Data sources Pro Easy to use Pro Data visualization	Pro Easy to use Pro Data sources Pro User friendly
Top Cons	Minus Desktop version Minus Bi tools Minus Large data	Minus Learning curve Minus Version control Minus 3rd party

TrustRadius Insights
	Microsoft Power BI	Qlik Sense
Highlights	Research Team Insight Published July 16, 2020 Microsoft Power BI and Qlik Sense are both Business Intelligence platforms. They are both prominent names in the BI space, although Microsoft is more well known. However, both Power BI and Sense are newer developments from Microsoft and Qlik, respectively. Microsoft Power BI is the giant’s newest BI offering, which focuses on making BI more accessible to smaller organizations in the SMB space as well as enterprises. Qlik Sense, on the other hand, is more focused on delivering data analytics to enterprises. It also has users across company sizes, but is more common in larger organizations. Features Microsoft Power BI and Qlik Sense have different focuses on feature areas that differentiate their ideal use cases. Power BI is designed to be more accessible and lighter weight for smaller organizations. It also maximizes on benefits from integrating smoothly with other Microsoft products, streamlining data importing and management for companies that already live in the Microsoft ecosystem. This also makes management and training easier for companies that are Microsoft-first. It is also more price-competitive than Qlik Sense. However, Qlik Sense brings more enterprise-scale firepower along with the higher price tag. It provides more in-depth enterprise dashboarding and advanced visualizations. These dashboards and visualization are also more customizable than what Power BI can easily allow. Outside of Microsoft-first environments, Qlik Sense is also a leader in collaborative data reporting. Limitations There are also limitations to Microsoft Power BI and Qlik Sense worth considering. Power BI’s greater accessibility comes at the cost of more advanced capabilities. For instance, it has more limited advanced visualization capabilities, and more specialized data management and modelling are more difficult, particularly at larger scales. This leads to a lower cap of what can be accomplished with Power BI, and adds a steeper learning curve for midlevel and higher modelling and visualizations. On the other hand, Qlik’s higher range of capabilities comes with higher resource costs. For instance, once data is loaded into models any modifications to the data or the model becomes a much more intensive task, which makes Qlik require more active management from users or administrators. It is also not as user-friendly around certain customizations and visual aspects, such as color and font customization. Pricing Microsoft Power BI offers two pricing packages. Power BI Pro is a self-service BI offering managed by Microsoft, which costs $9.99/user/month. The Power BI Premium adds more big data analytics, cloud and on-premises reporting, and unlimited users. Premium costs $4,995/month per resource. Qlik Sense also offers two pricing packages. Qlik Sense Business, at $30/user/month, offers the core Qlik Sense platform and can be trialed for free for 30 days. Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS, priced at $70/Professional/month, $40/Analyzer/month, or $100/Analyzer Capacity/month, adds additional governance capabilities, managed spaces, and multiple user types.

Features

Microsoft Power BI

Qlik Sense

BI Standard Reporting

Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Power BI 6.9 138 Ratings 17% below category average	Qlik Sense 8.5 312 Ratings 4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports	6.2118 Ratings	8.3213 Ratings
Customizable dashboards	7.5138 Ratings	8.9310 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates	7.1126 Ratings	8.2225 Ratings

Ad-hoc Reporting

Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Power BI 6.9 139 Ratings 16% below category average	Qlik Sense 8.6 323 Ratings 6% above category average
Drill-down analysis	6.8138 Ratings	8.9319 Ratings
Formatting capabilities	6.2137 Ratings	8.2312 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages	7.6102 Ratings	8.4152 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration	6.9134 Ratings	9.0296 Ratings

Report Output and Scheduling

Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Power BI 7.6 133 Ratings 9% below category average	Qlik Sense 8.8 275 Ratings 5% above category average
Publish to Web	7.9128 Ratings	8.8207 Ratings
Publish to PDF	7.7121 Ratings	8.8254 Ratings
Report Versioning	7.3101 Ratings	8.7174 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling	8.7103 Ratings	8.8180 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers	6.373 Ratings	8.8106 Ratings

Data Discovery and Visualization

Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Power BI 7.1 135 Ratings 12% below category average	Qlik Sense 8.7 311 Ratings 8% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)	7.1130 Ratings	8.5304 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization	7.2121 Ratings	8.8281 Ratings
Predictive Analytics	7.0101 Ratings	8.7193 Ratings

Access Control and Security

Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Power BI 8.2 126 Ratings 4% below category average	Qlik Sense 9.0 294 Ratings 5% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)	7.9120 Ratings	9.2273 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model	8.9102 Ratings	9.0270 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)	8.7110 Ratings	8.8272 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)	8.494 Ratings	8.9216 Ratings

Mobile Capabilities

Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Power BI 7.9 117 Ratings 1% below category average	Qlik Sense 7.5 220 Ratings 6% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access	8.0111 Ratings	8.4214 Ratings
Mobile Application	7.593 Ratings	8.2132 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile	7.5112 Ratings	8.2184 Ratings

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Power BI 8.4 80 Ratings 6% above category average	Qlik Sense 8.6 143 Ratings 9% above category average
REST API	8.172 Ratings	8.8123 Ratings
Javascript API	9.856 Ratings	8.492 Ratings
iFrames	8.055 Ratings	8.592 Ratings
Java API	8.046 Ratings	8.669 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)	8.163 Ratings	8.695 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)	8.444 Ratings	8.482 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Microsoft Power BI	Qlik Sense
Likelihood to Recommend	7.6 (140 ratings)	8.5 (327 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.4 (7 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (56 ratings)	8.0 (11 ratings)
Support Rating	7.5 (52 ratings)	7.3 (8 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Microsoft Power BI	Qlik Sense
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft In operations we use the tool for many different topics, from factory quality systems to high level reviews. We have created kind of an internal "App Store" based on Power BI where you have a lot of different dashboards for different solutions (cost, cash, health and safety, sales, factories, distribution centers...) and you as an user just need to get in that "App Store" and enter in whatever tool can be useful for you. It is open to all the operations employees and can use on demand. Also it has raised the imagination of our colleagues, as they are not only working by themselves creating new reports, but also raising fantastic ideas that can be extended for the usage of all the community. Incentivized JM Jose-Angel Mangas Global Digital Operations Manager - BA Electrification Read full review	Qlik Qlik Sense is a program whose purpose is to greatly improve all your operations and use of all data in an organic way. The mission will always be to increase the economic and commercial processes of the company in a short time. I recommended it for its high technology, which was Created for this area, the results are successful. We have noticed how it has increased relationships with our clients thanks to the credibility and security that we provide. Incentivized Gustavo Figueroa IT Developer / Engineer Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Quickly filter and view granular data sets with easily configurable reporting figures. The ability to quickly switch between tabs allows for historical data comparisons and progress tracking. It's helpful to dive into the data and break it down from high levels to small. Achieve actionable insights faster by using real-time data. It's incredible to have online access to reports. Afia Tamanna Information Technology Business Consultant Read full review	Qlik Flexibility in data recording, from the app, as well as in handling them. Allowing you to view reports quickly and effectively. Easy to generate dynamic graphics according to our needs. It is very easy to use, intuitive, so it does not generate costs in the learning process compared to the tool with collaborators Incentivized Victor Ramirez Benitez Sales Support Team Leader Arg Read full review
Cons	Microsoft The desktop app is great but needs a lot of performance improvements No MacOS Version for the Desktop app, this is a big limitation for business since executives prefer Macs Premium Cloud Version of Power BI is awfully expensive On-Premise Version of the Power BI Reports Server is bundled only with SQL Server Enterprise License and cannot be purchased separately and requires Software Assurance Subscription On-Premise Power BI Report Server doesn't support ADFS, AzureAD or any Claims-Based authentication platform, a sad disadvantage for enterprises Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Qlik Scalability is RAM limited, all data is associative and in-memory so server's RAM is directly proportional to performance Limitation on advanced analytics capabilities in the form of R integration to perform complex statistical and analytical calculations Can have more intuitive interface Incentivized Anjum Arora Group ICT Head - Technology & Applications Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft I find it helpful and easy to use Incentivized jim paroly Freelance Photographer Read full review	Qlik Qlik Sense is a constantly improving it's software and working with its' users to make it better. They are great at keeping their users informed of progress and care about delivering a quality product Incentivized TS Tami Svensrud Business Intelligence, Senior Read full review
Usability	Microsoft At this point, I think we all know who has taken the lead in the business intelligence and analytics market worldwide. With fresh new updates every other day on top of an already robustly built product with all features that one can dream of is a no brainer, I feel. Microsoft will invariably be synonymous with quality and professionalism. Incentivized TP Tanish Pruthi Marketing Associate Read full review	Qlik Standard user interface and powerful analytic functions is GREAT. As technical person working in the background there are more things to do to make this a completely great tool. Some functions that should be standard requires consult scripting and hours. Now we are using it quite advanced and with many servers and in combination with QlikView. So overall I love the tool. But it could be better and user friendly and powerful in the background Incentivized CA Christer Andersson Business Intelligence Manager Read full review
Support Rating	Microsoft I can't really speak to the support overall, [but] I will say that in the almost three years I have used the system, I have only needed to contact their support team once. I think the team was helpful, but it did take some time for us to resolve the issues/ request that they had. I guess the good news is that the system is pretty stable, and I personally have rarely needed to contact their technical support team. Incentivized Greg Watkins Senior Customer Success Manager (Strategic Accounts) Read full review	Qlik Not only can you ask the support team for help, but you can also ask the community. Also with the community there is a vast amount of problems that have already been solved. The problem you are encountering has a likely chance of already being discussed and even solved in the community section saving you time from reaching out. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
In-Person Training	Microsoft No answers on this topic	Qlik The instructor was very knowledgeable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Online Training	Microsoft No answers on this topic	Qlik The online instructor was very knowledgeable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	Microsoft No answers on this topic	Qlik Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid. Incentivized Mohan Suswaram Enterprise Data Architect Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft [Microsoft] Power BI is practical and effective, like a hammer for a nail, it is easy to use and produces very quickly the results that in most cases are urgently required by clients (nice reports to share on the web). To start using [Microsoft] Power BI you need a business email address, with that you create an account in Power BI Service and in less than 1 hour you will have installed Power BI Desktop, a report will have been created and it will have been published on the web . Incentivized Dustin Ghia Lead Consultant - Solutions Architect - Software Engineer Read full review	Qlik The customization of the platform opens up plenty of other options depending on the use cases. The API layer is incredibly rich and makes integration of Qlik based visualization into web pages a simple and effective pattern. It's been very easy to use with a great community made up of professionals. Qlik Sense has introduces artificial Intelligence into my data visualization and reporting activity. Lucy Daniell Senior Business Analyst Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft It helps us track and achieve company goals. It shows us [our] performance in areas we could not previously track and allows us to see and work on how to improve their performance. Quick easy access for executives to use in helping teams and addressing issues. Incentivized christian Maxwell Process Manager Read full review	Qlik Once an app is published and running good, we can quickly see the time we save to analyze data. It's hard sometimes to realize the money we save by using this system. People start understanding the power of data and asking more questions. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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