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QlikView vs Yellowfin comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

QlikView
Ranking in Reporting
8th
Ranking in Embedded BI
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
163
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Yellowfin
Ranking in Reporting
22nd
Ranking in Embedded BI
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (35th), Data Visualization (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of QlikView is 4.1%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yellowfin is 1.1%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
QlikView4.1%
Yellowfin1.1%
Other94.8%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

MA
Managing Director at Hurricnae
Rapid development and flexibility transform commercial decision-making processes
In QlikView, I believe the improvement that should be made is to bring the costs down, as you'll have to be competitive with Power BI, aiming for at least a 30% reduction to stop the hemorrhaging to Power BI, considering that you're losing a lot of customers to Power BI. Reducing costs is the main improvement needed, as this is the biggest burden currently faced in the South African market, with Microsoft converting QlikView customers due to the perceived cost reduction. I am aware of several big corporations, such as Sanofi and Aspen Pharmacare, which have left QlikView due to cost issues.
AC
‎IS Executive at SAINS
It is a central source of up-to-date data and information, but needs more charting capabilities
Management information Reporting Statistics Data analysis It reduces sending copies of different report/spreadsheet versions over email, which makes it difficult to access the right report. It is also able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout.  All management…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money."
"This is a very cool application with endless options of creativity and visuals."
"The solution is fast."
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"The most useful feature of QlikView for me is the QVD concept."
"Our Qlikview applications help us to get a good idea of our Client Base Performance and assist us in the decision making for Seasonal Specials. On the other hand QlikView helps us to get a grasp on our Suppliers and helps us to negotiate pricing with them."
"Data transforming with scripting, and the associative model that lets users browse data in an easy way, are the most valuable features."
"Data integration capabilities are quite good; you can integrate any information stored anywhere in different systems with QlikView."
"It reduces time to reproduce reports, provides easy access to organisational data, and has the ability to generate a wide range of reports and analysis."
"It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
 

Cons

"Improvement in collaboration, between that and publishing of reports and publishing of models."
"The user interface is old."
"The pricing is high."
"For me, it is important to have a mix, what is the "view" and what is the "sense", Qlik Sense. They have two tools, but for me it is important to have only one tool, which combines the functions that we have from one side and the other side."
"The product's visual capabilities could be improved. The graphs and visualizations are not as aesthetic or easy to create."
"Syntax editor needs some work, it's frustrating to have valid syntax being flagged as incorrect."
"The solution is quite costly."
"They should offer the capability to directly access data from SaaS environments, as it would simplify the migration process, and while it may seem like a minor enhancement, it would be beneficial to our clients."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"QlikView is more expensive than one of its competitors."
"I rate QlikView's pricing a five out of ten."
"It's reasonably priced and falls on the more affordable side."
"My firm got the product at a cheap price, but in general, I believe that the product is a bit costly."
"The pricing is moderate, in the medium price range."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one being low price and ten being high price, I rate pricing a four."
"The platform's pricing is considered quite expensive, particularly given the dollar-based pricing."
"It is quite expensive, rating at around nine out of ten on a cost scale."
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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
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
6%
Performing Arts
6%
Educational Organization
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Healthcare Company
11%
Transportation Company
5%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about QlikView?
If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money.
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...
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Sample Customers

Canon, Gatorade, Amcor, Panasonic, Fila, Cambridge University Hospitals, Global Retail Bank, North Yorkshire Police department, Lanoo Group Publishers, and AonGroep Nederland.
NCS, Universitat Konstanz, AT&T, PG&E, SingTel, InternetStores
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