QlikView vs. Solver

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
QlikView
Score 7.9 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
Solver
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Solver BI360 is a business intelligence software solution that includes features such as enterprise collaboration, budgeting, and data warehousing.N/A
Pricing
QlikViewSolver
Editions & Modules
QlikView
Custom
per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
QlikViewSolver
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsOn an perpetual license basis, based on server plus number of users. Contact vendor for pricing.
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Features
QlikViewSolver
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
8.3
63 Ratings
1% above category average
Solver
9.5
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.847 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.562 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.557 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
8.0
63 Ratings
1% below category average
Solver
9.5
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.162 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.563 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.336 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.159 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
7.9
58 Ratings
6% below category average
Solver
8.8
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Publish to Web8.447 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.254 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Versioning7.840 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.347 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
7.6
54 Ratings
6% below category average
Solver
5.0
1 Ratings
41% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.151 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
7.8
56 Ratings
10% below category average
Solver
10.0
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)7.256 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.252 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.151 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
7.4
45 Ratings
8% below category average
Solver
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access7.942 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile Application7.627 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.336 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
-
Ratings
Solver
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Financial budgeting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Scenario modeling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Management reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
-
Ratings
Solver
8.2
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
-
Ratings
Solver
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
-
Ratings
Solver
7.5
1 Ratings
7% below category average
Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
QlikView
-
Ratings
Solver
8.5
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
QlikViewSolver
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(83 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(29 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.8
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.4
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.4
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
QlikViewSolver
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Solver
We have multiple departments where they use different sources and application to reports. Solver provided us with this solution in forms of Web portal reporting, which can be accessed across the Whole company, which reduces the number of reports significantly and uniformity. One reporting application through a single source. Our budgeting process is unique last year we had many account executives shuffled, which made very complex for us to reassign accounts and budget for their sales. with complex Budgeting templates, it was not easy anyway. We had to rework our template through 4 revisions
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Pros
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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Solver
  • Ability to combine different information into one report.
  • Report building is similar to excel, which makes for easier use.
  • Current information is always pulled.
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Cons
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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Solver
  • Real-time data for reporting is not available when you get it from the warehouse.
  • Not compatible with Google Chrome.
  • Lack of version and source control for reports on the Web portal.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Solver
No answers on this topic
Usability
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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Solver
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Qlik
We have not had any downtime issues with the product nor uncovered any significant bugs
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Solver
No answers on this topic
Performance
Qlik
It is not a SAAS product.
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Solver
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Solver
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
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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Solver
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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Solver
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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Solver
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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Solver
Since more employees other than accounting employees will be using BI360, it is more user friendly than other report builders.
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Return on Investment
Qlik
  • Generate quick reports for requirements that don't require complex calculations. ROI was fine, but Tableau software was much more intuitive for non-technical users on our team
  • When putting Qlikview reports side by side with Tableau, we ended up delivering Tableau reports since they were quicker to generate and required no technical expertise
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Solver
  • BI360 has made getting information to management much easier.
  • BI360 makes compiling information to make reports much easier.
  • Since BI360 is capable of so many reports, our company uses it for more than financial purposes.
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ScreenShots

QlikView Screenshots

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