No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service vs QlikView comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Business Intelligenc...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (22nd)
QlikView
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
163
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (13th), Embedded BI (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service is designed for BI (Business Intelligence) Tools and holds a mindshare of 0.8%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
QlikView, on the other hand, focuses on Reporting, holds 3.9% mindshare, up 3.5% since last year.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service0.8%
Microsoft Power BI7.5%
Tableau Enterprise5.8%
Other85.9%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
QlikView3.9%
Tableau Enterprise14.1%
Microsoft Power BI13.2%
Other68.8%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

Ram Alla - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Consultant at KPI Partners
Has supported secure report building and simplified data visualization for non-technical users
The features I find most useful in Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service include data visualization desktop for self-service reports. We can export using Excel and CSV files by dragging and dropping the columns to create reports. The drag-and-drop interface in Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service helps create dashboards for non-technical users as it is easy to use. By dragging and dropping columns, it creates a tabular view by default. We can convert these into many graphs and views such as pivot tables and other interactive graphical representations. I use self-service analytics in Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service.
SG
Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Daily invoice analytics has become streamlined and complex data modeling is now simplified
We are not using analytics features and possibly predictive analytics and forecasting features in QlikView, although they are available. QlikView is very flexible, but we are currently using only tabular presentation of data because that is what we need. Presenting a large volume of data in QlikView with graphics can be overwhelming for the majority of people who want to see a lot of information in one picture. It would be beneficial to have AI or ML features in QlikView. However, I think they will decommission QlikView, and AI features are already available in Qlik Sense, so you would need to migrate to that platform.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Initial setup was straightforward."
"Its ease of use and the ability to drill down into detail are the most valuable, and executive dashboarding features are the most commonly used ones."
"The solution effectively integrates with third-party products."
"This solution allowed us to consolidate information from the finance and supply chain systems into aggregate reporting, which had been very difficult to create in the past."
"The most valuable features are user-friendly and self-service tools. Users can define their reports based on available data sets, with multiple dimensions and slide and dice data capabilities."
"We have cut Fire Department 911 response time 8-30 seconds, improved the timeliness, accuracy, and consistency of reporting, and increased compliance of firefighter training and certification, ensuring that firefighters are properly trained and improving our performance on training and certification audits from our regulatory agency."
"It has user-friendly data visualization features, supporting our decision-making process with its business intelligence capabilities"
"The graphic interface is amazing, it is also very user-friendly and easy for developers to iterate, modify and evolve it."
"The most valuable aspect is its extensive library on Microsoft, providing a robust framework for implementation."
"Our business finds this tool very impressive, particularly the drill down to nth level is very good."
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"Easy, low-TCO solution to consolidate and visualise data for analysis and reporting purposes."
"Customer service and support from QlikView South Africa is first rate."
 

Cons

"In terms of data modeling, it could be simplified. Sometimes, it seems complicated. Also, the response time for data set refreshes could be faster to enhance the user experience."
"Quality of support varies."
"Some of the advanced analytics need work, and I believe there's an opportunity to improve or simplify the integration with data power users and data science users."
"When looking at web-based BI or cloud-based BI vendors, there should be abilities for power users to build deep analysis. If they are not data science tools, they are not for power users."
"I didn't interact with them for this solution, but from a broader perspective, my experience with Oracle is that their tech support sits somewhere between low and fair."
"The dashboard could be improved and include additional features."
"The user interface and ease of use takes a bit of a learning curve to pick up."
"The backend (scripting) needs improvement to be more like a real ETL BI tool."
"We wanted to upgrade to version 12 but had two models that were not reloading as expected and had to revert."
"There’s room for improvement with the licensing, as well as memory consumption for certain objects and technical support."
"There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client."
"The forecasting accuracy should be improved."
"There's room for improvement in the area of management's handling of concerns."
"The performance can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is reasonable compared to other products."
"Oracle products are always going to be on the higher end of your price scale. You have to kind of accept that going in."
"The platform's pricing is considered quite expensive, particularly given the dollar-based pricing."
"It is expensive for small companies."
"It is quite expensive, rating at around nine out of ten on a cost scale."
"The pricing is too high compared to the other solutions on the market."
"QlikView pricing and licensing is on the high side for a small sized company, but it's competitive among its peers."
"I rate the product's pricing a three out of ten."
"It is not very expensive. I think it it is on par with other similar products on the market."
"QlikView is more expensive than one of its competitors."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions are best for your needs.
900,838 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Comparison Review

it_user79932 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - BI Head with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 4, 2015
Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho
1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business73
Midsize Enterprise36
Large Enterprise76
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service?
As an expert, I can recommend that improvements could be made in Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service regarding cost. Compared to Power BI, it is significantly more expensive. I think the pri...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service?
The main use cases revolve around analytics which helps us with configured reports for AP, AR, and General Ledger. We have created several reports in Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service as R...
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service?
I really recommend Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service itself. I recommend it because we can secure the data compared to other tools. We can connect with a self-service portal and create new...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QlikView?
I would rate the pricing for QlikView as not cheap, but it is reasonable.
What needs improvement with QlikView?
We are not using analytics features and possibly predictive analytics and forecasting features in QlikView, although they are available. QlikView is very flexible, but we are currently using only t...
What is your primary use case for QlikView?
The primary use case involves analyzing data on a daily invoice level with QlikView. Building metrics using simple language, similar to what you have in Excel, is what I have found most valuable in...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Grant Thornton, FORTH, Anthem
Canon, Gatorade, Amcor, Panasonic, Fila, Cambridge University Hospitals, Global Retail Bank, North Yorkshire Police department, Lanoo Group Publishers, and AonGroep Nederland.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools. Updated: May 2026.
900,838 professionals have used our research since 2012.