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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

    Yellowfin

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    QlikViewYellowfin
    Editions & Modules
    QlikView
    Custom
    per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QlikViewYellowfin
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsOn an perpetual license basis, based on server plus number of users. Contact vendor for pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    QlikViewYellowfin
    Considered Both Products
    Qlik
    No answer on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    Chose Yellowfin
    Qlikview, Dundas
    Incentivized
    Chose Yellowfin
    The Yellowfin product technologies are superior and offers more flexibility in application. The Yellowfin product can be used in several different areas such a report engine over and above being a solid business intelligence tool. It further needs significant IT overhead to be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Yellowfin
    We ran a full procurement project to select Yellowfin and started with a long list of over 20 BI products. Key reasons for choice were ease of use, visual looks, product integrations and cost (both licence purchase and development of content).
    Incentivized
    Chose Yellowfin
    My selection of Yellowfin based on following criteria for the Indian market:

    • Availability in Linux platform to process high volume of transaction with CAL (concurrent user access license) model to use multiple server with high concurrent users
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    67%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    63%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    QlikViewYellowfin
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of QlikView and Yellowfin
    Feature
    QlikView
    8.6
    68 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Yellowfin
    7.6
    15 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.050 Ratings6.78 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.766 Ratings8.415 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.060 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of QlikView and Yellowfin
    Feature
    QlikView
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Yellowfin
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.166 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.967 Ratings8.715 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.162 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of QlikView and Yellowfin
    Feature
    QlikView
    8.6
    62 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Yellowfin
    -
    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 Yellowfin
    Feature
    QlikView
    7.4
    58 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Yellowfin
    7.1
    15 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.055 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.546 Ratings6.715 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.85 Ratings7.413 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of QlikView and Yellowfin
    Feature
    QlikView
    6.7
    60 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Yellowfin
    7.6
    14 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.059 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model5.355 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)5.455 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of QlikView and Yellowfin
    Feature
    QlikView
    8.0
    47 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Yellowfin
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of QlikView and Yellowfin
    Feature
    QlikView
    -
    Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.4
    8 Ratings
    12% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings6.48 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings6.18 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings6.88 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
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    Score8.1 out of 10
    Reveal
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.7 out of 10
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    QlikViewYellowfin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (88 ratings)
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.3
    (15 ratings)
    5.6
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (13 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    QlikViewYellowfin
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    We can recommend this software without hesitation, as it has the ability to generate reports and data analysis, as well as process the data automatically, which saves time. It is ideal for small and medium-sized companies that wish to improve their services in the business world
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    • Yellowfin’s Storyboard, Timeline and Collaborative tools make it easy to share data and insights across an organisation.
    • Strong Operational and Executive Dashboards that reflect the business KPIs and can send out prompts to people within the business based on rules.
    • Yellowfin makes it incredibly easy to create dynamic reports and dashboards which incorporate maps through locational intelligence functionality.
    • Yellowfin is a single license and all access is via a web browser making it perfect for both on-premise and cloud deployment. Mobile apps are also available.
    • User roles and source filtering allows Admin/IT to offer different functions/views by user group/role.
    • Mobile BI applications to support any device ..
    • API connectors ( YF 7.2 on the way in Mar16 ) for a range of third-party Web-based applications, data sources, Enterprises CRM/ERP apps & open data platform apps, including Salesforce, Google Analytics, Twitter, Youtube , Zoho CRM, XE.com & more coming to make endusers to integrate their applications for better benefits
    • Yellowfin Integration with Predictive analytical and Big Data processing tools like R, UDF, Spark to build rich applications for end users
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    • The ability to predefine a colour for a specific graph as a selection option dynamically.
    • The ability to customise the label of a chart, especially with respect to performance related reporting graphs we need an increase in dynamic charting options to meet our more specialised requirements.
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    As mentioned previously, if a newer company is looking for a strong, polished BI tool, Yellowfin would be a great software vendor to consider. Unfortunately, the high cost might be a barrier to these newer companies who dont have any legacy software/agreements such as an EA agreement with Microsoft.
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    99.9% availability
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    Performance
    Qlik
    It is not a SAAS product.
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    Idera, Inc.
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    They have good support in what they provide. But what they provide is not what is promised. I would stay with them if I can. Be very careful before signing up with them. They are not what they seem in the sales pitches. Be very careful and make sure you test and test before you sign up.
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    Yellowfin provides 3 levels of training to support consumers, business analytics, developers and Administrations :
    1. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 1 (Exploration)
    2. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 2 (Advanced)
    3. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 3(Expert)
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    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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    Idera, Inc.
    Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
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    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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    Idera, Inc.
    Design the data model and views for each dashboard is very important and it is the success factor Configuration of cluster for large implementation
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    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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    Idera, Inc.
    Yellow Fin platform is browser agnostic and is accessible from desktops as well as mobile devices. It is very simple and fast, it is integrated with Big Data, clients do not require a great training. It just works. But it’s easier to have things on the cloud, especially if you need to use different computers. Yellow Fin lacks the cloud feature.
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    Scalability
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    - Tested 500 con-current users in Linux platform with 4 cores systems - Tested with cloud based VM - Tested with 1000 reads per minutes
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    • made our org more data centric
    • Decisions are made based on data vs opinion
    • has created a single source of truth for the bulk of the organization
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    QlikView Screenshots

    Screenshot of QlikView Sales DashboardScreenshot of QlikView on all devicesScreenshot of QlikView using mobile touch screen

    Yellowfin Screenshots

    Screenshot of Location IntelligenceScreenshot of Yellowfin DashboardScreenshot of Yellowfin SignalsScreenshot of Yellowfin MobileScreenshot of Yellowfin Sales KPIs