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QlikView pros and cons

Vendor: Qlik
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

QlikView's associative model enables easy data browsing and discovery of hidden insights.
The ETL capabilities in QlikView facilitate sophisticated data transformation for developers and analysts.
QlikView integrates seamlessly with various data source technologies and third-party tools, including Salesforce.
The in-memory feature of QlikView allows for quick processing and handling of large data volumes.
Users benefit from QlikView's scalability and ability to handle multiple users effectively.

CONS

QlikView's pricing is high, making it less competitive in markets such as Turkey and South Africa, where cost reduction is a priority.
QlikView's lack of self-service capabilities necessitates reliance on IT resources for updates and changes, hindering user independence.
The integration of advanced features from Qlik Sense into QlikView is necessary to maintain competitiveness and modernity in the market.
QlikView's initial setup is simple, but integration with custom systems often requires more time and effort, complicating deployment.
QlikView's scalability issues arise when dealing with large data sets, potentially limiting its performance and effectiveness.
 

QlikView Pros review quotes

Jason Heunis - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 6, 2022
It is useful to use a tool like this to have a view of data at a point in time. You can extract and create little data sets that you can store, and then over time, you can have a view for tracking changes. Especially when you work with a relational database or a database that's a production database, the data is dynamic, but if you use QlikView, you can take a snapshot of different datasets. In your own time, you can then get insights and report, build, analyze, and draw whatever you need from the data, which is quite useful.
reviewer1901754 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 30, 2022
The scalability is there.
Martin Zwarthoed - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 11, 2020
Easy to analyze data by click-through.
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MA
Jun 27, 2025
QlikView is extremely flexible in terms of visualization tools for communicating complex data insights.
PE
Jul 23, 2020
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.
reviewer1904634 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 3, 2022
Once you open it up, you see everything that you can do.
Arjun Meda - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 4, 2024
If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money.
it_user752142 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 23, 2017
Its ability to build, very quickly, very complicated models.
Martin Goebbels - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 4, 2023
One of the good thing is that you can integrate different data source technologies. So you can model your environment without having any of our views running.
BC
May 9, 2024
On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL.
 

QlikView Cons review quotes

Jason Heunis - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 6, 2022
It is really old. We are moving towards converting everything into a Power BI environment. We want to have a self-service type of BI environment where different levels of users in organizations can log onto a portal and retrieve the data they need or get the necessary insights for decision-making that's important for them or their business unit. They have built a new version of QlikView called QlikSense, which probably competes with newer BI tools, such as Power BI, but they are far behind. That's why we are moving towards a newer tool that's easier to use and has more visualizations to represent the data.
reviewer1901754 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 30, 2022
They could improve the update time.
Martin Zwarthoed - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 11, 2020
The user interface is old.
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MA
Jun 27, 2025
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.
PE
Jul 23, 2020
It would be nice if QlikView could be plugged in into the company's website or an online portal such as QlikSense is capable of. There are ways around but it takes enormous time to develop.
reviewer1904634 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 3, 2022
Sometimes the filters are disappearing, and I'm not sure why this is happening.
Arjun Meda - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 4, 2024
Improvements are required in the hide and unhide functionality that falls under the layout container feature that has been used in my company in recent times.
it_user752142 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 23, 2017
Improvement in collaboration, between that and publishing of reports and publishing of models.
Martin Goebbels - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 4, 2023
Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, which could be really improved.
BC
May 9, 2024
If a user wanted to see something not included in the application the new object had to be created by a power user or developer because Qlik view's scripting has somewhat of a learning curve.