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MicroStrategy Analytics

Qlik Sense

MicroStrategy Analytics

Score 7.5 out of 10

Based on 206 reviews and ratings

Qlik Sense

Score 7.8 out of 10

Based on 320 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

MicroStrategy Analytics

6.3

Qlik Sense

8.5

Pixel Perfect reports

6.1

8.6

Customizable dashboards

6.7

9.0

Report Formatting Templates

6.1

7.9

MicroStrategy Analytics

7.7

Qlik Sense

8.6

Drill-down analysis

8.6

8.9

Formatting capabilities

7.6

8.4

Integration with R or other statistical packages

5.9

7.9

Report sharing and collaboration

8.7

9.1

MicroStrategy Analytics

7.5

Qlik Sense

8.9

Publish to Web

7.8

9.0

Publish to PDF

8.0

8.8

Report Versioning

6.9

8.7

Report Delivery Scheduling

7.8

9.2

Delivery to Remote Servers

7.0

9.0

MicroStrategy Analytics

7.4

Qlik Sense

8.1

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

7.6

8.4

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

7.2

8.5

Predictive Analytics

7.3

7.5

MicroStrategy Analytics

8.4

Qlik Sense

8.4

Multi-User Support (named login)

8.0

8.6

Role-Based Security Model

8.1

8.1

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

8.9

7.7

Single Sign-On (SSO)

8.4

9.0

MicroStrategy Analytics

7.7

Qlik Sense

8.6

Responsive Design for Web Access

7.6

9.3

Dedicated iOS Application

8.0

8.2

Dedicated Android Application

8.1

7.6

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

7.2

9.2

MicroStrategy Analytics

7.7

Qlik Sense

8.2

REST API

8.0

7.0

Javascript API

6.6

8.0

iFrames

8.0

8.0

Java API

8.0

8.0

Themeable User Interface (UI)

8.0

10.0

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

7.5

8.0

Pros

Central location for reporting, makes it easier for several different departments to access different information
Automated reporting - allows us to schedule customized reports
Well formatted reports that are easy to run

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★Alex Khamudis

Manager, Store Labor

Guitar CenterRetail, 10,001+ employees

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User Interface - Easy to navigate and play across the dashboard, its charts and objects are like floating things like a bubble which is well suited for an official purpose
Connect Different Data Sources - with the help of various connectors QlikSense connects Database like Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc
Security - It provides security in application level as well as data level

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Senior Software Engineer

L&T InfotechComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Formatting of reports
Moving data around on a report at the user level
Creating applications

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Verified User

Manager in Professional Services

Insurance Company, 201-500 employees

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Cons - Qlik has two development tools Sense and View, the company can merge two products into one as new Customers finds difficult to choose between the products.

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Senior Software Engineer

L&T InfotechComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

MicroStrategy Analytics9.9

Based on 27 answers

I think there are better tools available than MicroStrategy such as Tableau based simply on the ease of manipulating data sets and how quickly you can churn through data sets. The amount of time it takes to train people on MicroStrategy is a bit frustrating as well. I think MicroStrategy has great potential, but could be a better product overall.

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Strategy and Market Development Analyst

MediaMathBanking, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

MicroStrategy Analytics7.0

Based on 3 answers

The standard grid reporting could look more like the styling and object used for the Import and Visual Insight products. In addition, object properties almost seem to be hidden when first using the product. It's as if they are asking the engineers to only use the presets we make available...and, these presets are 10+ years old. On the positive side, Microstrategy seems to be the only product, not named Cognos, which can scale to Big Data. The product is "hackable" via the SDK or tricking the Intelligence Server to do uncommon things. The Microstrategy development team also seems to be very involved with their OEM partners; especially when it comes to features and enhancements. A large majority of the improvements we suggested have made it into the product or on the roadmap for future enhancements. Only suckas fall for the shiny objects from most other vendors; Microstrategy is really the only choice for Enterprise BI.

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Wm. Dexter Jones

Manager, Business Intelligence and Reporting Services

IgnitionOneInternet, 201-500 employees

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Qlik Sense9.4

Based on 5 answers

All controls are simplified and dumbed down. A lot of functionality is lost (vs. QlikView).

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ETL, BI, DW, Data and Reporting Analyst

Searching for/Open to new opportuinitiesAutomotive, 51-200 employees

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Reliability and Availability

MicroStrategy Analytics10.0

Based on 1 answer

I've never had an issue with MicroStrategy not being available due to MicroStrategy application malfunction. It is very robust and only failures I've seen were due to user error or the platform the machine running the service failed some how.

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Professional Services Engineer

Chartwise Medical SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Performance

MicroStrategy Analytics10.0

Based on 1 answer

Being able to customize the performance based on the business need is extremely powerful. Proper configuration and understanding of the usage pattern is key, if the technical ability of the architect is not at top level, then the product will not be configured correctly which will lead to poor performance.

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Professional Services Engineer

Chartwise Medical SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Support

MicroStrategy Analytics10.0

Based on 3 answers

From our experience, Microstrategy is very well supported. Whenever we have issues, they are resolved quickly

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★Alex Khamudis

Manager, Store Labor

Guitar CenterRetail, 10,001+ employees

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Qlik Sense9.0

Based on 3 answers

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.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Printing Company, 501-1000 employees

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In-Person Training

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Qlik Sense9.1

Based on 1 answer

The instructor was very knowledgeable.

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Professional in Information Technology

Printing Company, 501-1000 employees

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Online Training

MicroStrategy Analytics7.8

Based on 4 answers

The MicroStrategy training is incredible, they have great online teachers. I was fortunate to be learning MicroStrategy while also implementing a project from scratch. This helped to solidify a lot of the concepts and be able to ask questions about real world problems in addition to class room exercises.

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Professional Services Engineer

Chartwise Medical SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Qlik Sense9.1

Based on 1 answer

The online instructor was very knowledgeable.

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Printing Company, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation

MicroStrategy Analytics8.0

Based on 3 answers

Implementation is not easy, but also not difficult. With enough training on how to create a schema, and with the proper data warehouse schema the implementation can be very quick. If there are a lot of unknowns in the beginning phase of modeling, that can greatly extend the overall time taken for a fully implemented project.

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Professional Services Engineer

Chartwise Medical SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Qlik Sense9.0

Based on 3 answers

Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.

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Enterprise Data Architect

CIBC MellonUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Breadth of Deployment

Our customers are mainly internal to the business having a user base in the hundreds. The types of users who are active with MicroStrategy range from business analysts to software developers.

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Professional Services Engineer

Chartwise Medical SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Tableau is a user friendly environment that creates visualizations, reports, and dashboards. The performance of Tableau is bad when querying large data sets. Users are not able to customize their reports as easily in Tableau as they can in MicroStrategy. Analysis and modeling is more difficult in Tableau than in MicroStrategy when using version 9.3.1.

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Verified User

Manager in Professional Services

Insurance Company, 201-500 employees

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WebFocus InfoDiscovery.

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Sr. Consultant

HighPoint SolutionsInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees

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Data Integration

MicroStrategy Analytics7.1

Based on 14 answers

It can connect to a variety of data sources like SQL, Hadoop Distributed File System, etc. One can also import data from a MDX cube source which enables importing data from sources like Cognos. Basically, MicroStrategy can import data from almost any source - cloud storage apps, database, files, BI tools and social media as well.

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Senior Analyst

dunnhumbyRetail, 1001-5000 employees

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Qlik Sense8.9

Based on 33 answers

It has some great built in connectivity options for SQL DBs and website scraping whlist there are also plenty of addable extensions to cater for a multitude of other data sources that are out there. That said it does currently still fall slightly behind its main rival in terms of connectivity options but with Qlik's rapid development strategy the gaps get ever closer

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Qlikview & QlikSense Developer

Haymarket Media GroupMedia Production, 1001-5000 employees

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Scalability

MicroStrategy Analytics10.0

Based on 1 answer

This software is extremely scaleable, one can add more core servers which performs as a load balancing. The configurations available to manage usage patterns and daily activity are as high a caliber as any other enterprise level software. This product can be installed on both a windows and unix platform allow for integration on a budget.

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Professional Services Engineer

Chartwise Medical SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

No comment since MicroStrategy was already implemented prior to my employment.

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Randy Kirschner

Sr MicroStrategy/BI Consultant

CablevisionTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Fast reports delivery
Automation reporting process
Reducing time on decision making process

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Andrei Kaliahin

Qlik AM/AD Team Lead

AccentureInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Screenshots

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Pricing Details

MicroStrategy Analytics

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

MicroStrategy Analytics Editions & Modules

MicroStrategy Analytics

On-premise Edition

Desktop

$6001

1. per named user

SaaS Edition

Web

$6001

Web

$300,0002

Mobile

$6003

Mobile

$300,0004

1. per named user

2. per CPU core

3. per named user

4. per CPU core

Additional Pricing Details

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Qlik Sense

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Qlik Sense Editions & Modules

Qlik Sense

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Additional Pricing Details

Qlik Sense Enterprise: Perpetual license basis, based on number of users Qlik Sense Desktop: FREE Qlik Sense Cloud: FREE

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