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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SpyFu

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASpyFu is the eponymous SEO and PPC research platform from the company in Scottsdale, Arizona focused on "spying" on competitors, or basically using their behaviors to refine your own through keyword and content analysis, and backlink poaching. This positional search engine optimization and paid listings management platform touts the ability to lower costs and raise rankings via a Kombat-oriented approach... basically a cute way of saying "it makes comparisons" of how well your site does in niche…

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    QlikViewSpyFu
    Editions & Modules
    QlikView
    Custom
    per user
    Basic
    $39
    per month
    Professional
    $79
    per month
    Team
    $299
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QlikViewSpyFu
    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
    QlikViewSpyFu
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    8.6
    68 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SpyFu
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.766 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.060 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SpyFu
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.266 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.867 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    8.6
    62 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SpyFu
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.056 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.542 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    7.4
    58 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SpyFu
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.955 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.546 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    6.7
    60 Ratings
    23% below category average
    SpyFu
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.159 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model5.355 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)5.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    8.0
    47 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SpyFu
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    -
    Ratings
    SpyFu
    6.6
    52 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings7.052 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings6.040 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings6.044 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings7.829 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings7.232 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings6.031 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings6.120 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    -
    Ratings
    SpyFu
    5.8
    39 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings5.033 Ratings
    Social SEO00 Ratings5.028 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings5.035 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of QlikView and SpyFu
    Feature
    QlikView
    -
    Ratings
    SpyFu
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings6.028 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings8.518 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    QlikViewSpyFu
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    QlikViewSpyFu
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (88 ratings)
    7.0
    (62 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (29 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.3
    (15 ratings)
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    QlikViewSpyFu
    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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    SpyFu
    If you have a Google ads PPC campaign and then I would say this is more or less essential if you want to know what your competitors are doing. You can get very useful data out of it even if you subscribe for one month. And the pricing is very reasonable. Even if you don't use Google ads, I would say this is still useful for your SEO/SMO team since it gives you a great idea of what keywords and traffic your competitors are working on.
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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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    SpyFu
    • Keeping a tab on competitors organic and inorganic activities
    • Helps identify where the competitor is getting the backlinks from.
    • Identify competitors top content and the keywords that's bringing them traffic
    • Get proper information of their current and past ADS run on Google.
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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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    SpyFu
    • As with any database, their keyword database has limits, so the data returned is relative to their database, not necessarily the full picture.
    • When SpyFu database or scoring chances, the data provided can spike, thus causing confusion among stakeholders, we're reporting to.
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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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    SpyFu
    Love this tool but would like insights from all 3 major search engines not just Google. I would also like deeper understanding of the placement for local businesses on Google Places/Maps. Insight into mobile search rankings and best landing pages per industry would also help :) Overall, SpyFu is a necessity for serious search marketers.
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    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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    SpyFu
    SpyFu is an easy to use tool, and has a self -explanatroy dashborad to generate the data needed to provide insights into any B2B SEO and PPC campaign. It is not comprehensive, but it certainly provides good enough insight to make it a valuable part of any agency tool stack
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    Reliability and Availability
    Qlik
    We have not had any downtime issues with the product nor uncovered any significant bugs
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    SpyFu
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Qlik
    It is not a SAAS product.
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    SpyFu
    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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    SpyFu
    SpyFu comes with a link to tutorial videos. I recommend you watch them. The software is capable of so much you really need to watch the videos and learn how to get the most out of it. When I have a question 90% of the time it's there. When it isn't, and I reach out to them, support is always quick and concise.
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    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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    SpyFu
    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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    SpyFu
    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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    SpyFu
    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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    SpyFu
    I was surprised to find I preferred Semrush when it comes to keyword research. SpyFu is great (and less expensive than Semrush), but I felt the data Semrush provided was vaster than SpyFu. I was able to get more competitors spending insights in Semrush than SpyFu. Overall, I liked the ability to use both in our keyword research for both paid and organic marketing.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    SpyFu
    • Helping us track our ranking.
    • It helps solve the problem of ambiguity when it comes to Google Ads. It makes the strategy more clear.
    • You can sift through lots of different online analytics to find the information, but it takes way too long. SpyFu has it all in one place!
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