QlikView Reviews

The product is mostly for reports and analyzing the data of the company, basically. We aren't using it as a CRM right now. 

It's helpful. It's informative. It's good. Since we're doing analysis all the time and it has to do with numbers, it's pretty good.

It's user-friendly. The fact that you have everything accumulated in one place. You can switch views easily. You can also incorporate things if you want to. It's customizable and personalizable. 

The only thing I would improve about it is the fact that it refreshes all the time, and when it does that, it just deletes all the options you had, all the filters that you had selected, so you need to select them from the beginning. If it could refresh without it taking away all your filters, it would be amazing. It doesn't take a long time to refresh. It's every 20 minutes or so. Still, if it kept your options where you wanted them, it would have been much better.

I've been using the solution for two years. 

It is pretty stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It is reliable. 

While we do add users every now and then, I can't speak to the real scalability. I haven't attempted to scale. 

We have around 50 people using the solution. 

I haven't spoken to technical support directly. I've spoken with our tech team that was taking care of any issues, however, when dealing with them, everything was resolved pretty fast, pretty easily.

I'm not sure about how the setup is, as I'm not the one that does that part. We do request it from our tech people, and it's done fairly quickly, however, I don't know if it's easy or hard. That's their part to know.

We have a tech team that handles the setup.

I don't deal with the licensing aspect. I don't handle that part of the solution. 

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. I'm not sure which deployment version we're using. 

I'd advise new users that it's a pretty straightforward product. It's easy. They should be a bit patient once it refreshes and takes away all your filters.

I'd rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We're using the solution to make reports, follow up, check our numbers, and basically manage the data.

It's user-friendly and easy to use, even for new users. The solution is simple to understand. It's easy to explain it to the new members of the team; they don't need much training, and it's really straightforward.

We don't have to export the data and make the pivots and everything else in Excel. We can manage our tables over there for what you want to see.

The initial setup is simple. 

It is stable.

The scalability is there. 

They could improve the update time. Sometimes it takes longer to update, so we see numbers of maybe half an hour ago or one hour ago. If it could be updated faster. That would be something that would help us a lot.

I've used the solution for five years. 

The solution is stable. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

I don't see a limit in terms of scalability. I can see the users, I can see a lot of numbers there since we have individual entries. We've never had trouble with expanding. 

In the company, in my team, almost everyone is using it and we're about 20 people. You could say above 50 people for sure using it in our organization. 

Now we don't have a lot of agents. In the past, we had more agents working with us and it was more than that. 

Mostly the BI department and managers are using it. Whoever deals with the entries and the numbers basically deals with it. All of us use it daily.

I've never spoken to technical support. If there is anything wrong, we speak with our tech team and then they speak with QlikView.

We also use QlikSense. QlikSense is much faster than QlikView, however, on QlikView, we go to a view that we call dynamic. We have two columns that we can choose from for what kinds of entries we want to see and then it makes them show a pivot and a lot of filters above. You can make your own table on the spot without having to spend much time on it. It's something we don't have in QlikSense. This is why we still use QlikView at the moment. Everything we need, basically, we can see on both QlikView and QlikSense.

The solution is easy to set up. It's straightforward. It's not overly complex. 

While our tech team is large, there are two or three people dealing with opening users in general, not just in the software. They take the tickets when we need to add someone. 

We have a tech team that is doing the implementation. We just send the request to the tech team. That said, it doesn't take long until they reply back to us and give us the user. I'm not sure for how long they need to install, however, my request is usually solved within an hour or two.

I don't directly deal with the pricing of the solution. 

We are end-users. 

It's my understanding that we're using the updated version, however, I'm not a hundred percent sure of that.

I'd advise new users to basically know the timeframes, whenever they're doing reports. There are different ways to choose the timeframe and it could be a bit confusing if you don't know how to use it. Apart from that, it's super user-friendly and you don't need much training in order to use it. Just to know your values and your timeframe.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

We are a consulting company. Some of my employees use the solution. It is a memory-based BI tool. It works faster than other tools.

The solution is fast.

The tool is expensive in Turkey.

I have been using the solution for two years.

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten.

The tool is scalable. We are working with two big corporations in Turkey.

The deployment took less than one day.

The prices were normal five years ago, but they are expensive now. My customers pay a yearly license fee.

Qlik Sense is easier to use than other tools. It is easy to install.

I recommend the product to others. It is expensive only in Turkey. We suggest to our customers, though. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I was using the solution for data exporting for the organization I was working for. I use it just for the data most of the time.

The product is very user-friendly and easy to operate. 

The initial setup was very easy.

It's pretty stable.

We can scale it if we need to. 

It works properly most of the time. I can't speak of any areas that need improvement in terms of features. 

It would be ideal if it was a little bit faster. They could improve the speed. It's not slow per se, however, sometimes it just takes some time to give you the results you want. 

I've used the solution over the last 12 months at least.

The solution is stable and we haven't had any downtime. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. 

The solution can scale as needed.

We have at least ten people on the solution currently.

I've never directly dealt with technical support.

The initial setup was pretty simple and straightforward.

We had an IT person that installed the program. We mostly dealt with it, however, he helped explain the features to us. 

I don't handle the licensing aspect and therefore can't speak to the exact costs. 

I am just a customer and an end-user.

I'm not sure which version of the solution I'm using. 

I'd recommend the solution as it is pretty user-friendly in general. 

Overall, I'd rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case of this solution is to provide reporting to our customers. The company works with online solutions for marketing so the customer gets insights about the response to email components and things like that. I'm a freelance database specialist and the company is a customer of QlikView. 

This is a tool with a lot of functionality to provide any kind of reporting to customers, it has a range of solutions. Although some customers would like to use different tools QlikView is what they're used to using. 

The most valuable feature for me is probably the ease with which you can analyze data by click-through. 

The user interface of QlikView is old. The provider built a new tool called Qlik Sense. So Qlik Sense is basically the offspring of QlikView. Somehow both are still supported and they've developed new versions for both of these tools but Qlik Sense is basically the restyled version of QlikView. There's a lot of discussion about some features which are difficult to use including the user interface, all look and feel aspects, but I think that will be in the new version. What they could provide is a migration path to Qlik Sense. It's very difficult to do that automatically because it always requires you to check and change some new port. I haven't researched it but I believe that's the case. 

I've been using this solution for around six years. 

The solution is stable but you need to tweak it once you set it up. The big issue with it is that it's a BI tool, so it's memory intensive and for some calculations also CPU intensive. It means that when it hits its maximum in terms of the resources available it starts to shut down. 

The solution is scalable but you really have to keep in mind that it's configurable in application so that if you reach the maximum, you know you need to act on that. Otherwise strange things will start to happen. We had that issue one time, we added more memory and since then we haven't had any issues. 

We have an intermediate company which we bought a license from and it provides us with support. Usually they're not very helpful. Either we find the answer more quickly ourselves, or if we can't find the answer, they usually also can't find the answer. So they have to forward it to the QlikView support. I think it's a waste of money. 

The deployment on premises is quite complicated. I did it myself but my predecessor neglected to make proper documentation about installation and the solution requires a lot of components on different servers that talk to each other and you need to set firewall settings and things like that. It's quite a big application. They could improve on that and they probably did that with Qlik Sense. There's a lot of manual stuff required which is not really necessary.

We have about 30 users in the company who are really customers. They access the reporting through a web console which sees it in the mail and some of them are external users who developed on the application. My role is more the maintenance of the application itself. I'm the one who installed it and updates the system. It's difficult to know whether our usage will  be increased. This is a difficult year for everyone. If a company has to cut its budget, one of the first things to go is usually marketing.

It's a very good product but I would recommend going for Qlik Sense because it has a better future, given that it's basically the new version of QlikView.

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

We primarily use the solution as a BI tool. We use it for data visualization.

Technical support is good.

The user interface and dashboards are very good. 

There are no issues with management monitoring. 

The solution offers good documentation.

We find Tableau to be a bit of a better solution. QlikView should try to be more like that.

The solution is quite costly.

I'm not sure how long I've been using the solution.

We have our own engineers and support from our tech department, so we've never had any issues dealing with the technical aspects of the solution. That said, they're okay. We're satisfied with their level of service.

We're also currently using Tableau. We find it to be better and easier. It's also less costly.

We want a few things that just aren't available on this solution, so we're moving more towards Tableau as our product of choice.

We have exceptional staff on hand that handled the implementation and deployment. They didn't have any issues with it. For them, it was straightforward. It wasn't complex for their level of expertise.

We handled the initial setup ourselves. Our internal team is very knowledgeable and can handle the implementation of new technology. Adaptability to new solutions is very easy for us.

The solution is expensive to use.

We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with the solution.

We're actually thinking of moving off it and onto Tableau.

I'd rate the solution six out of ten. It just doesn't offer us what we need right now in terms of functionality. Tableau is a better fit for us.

We are active in the Hospitality Industry in Africa and we use QlikView primarily, for the time being, in our sales and marketing environment. We are situated in multiple countries and in multiple locations within those countries running on multiple sales systems. Each sales system has got its own features and capabilities. 

QlikView permits us to consolidate all the sales systems together onto one platform and enables ease of access throughout the whole company anywhere in the world. Moreover, QlikView makes our complex data infrastructure understandable for everyone.

QlikView allowed us to determine the sales date which was missing in the biggest sales system. QlikView helps us with detecting shortcomings in data capturing and safeguard our margin. It also enables us to forecast our sales, our revenue, and our cash-flow. 

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.

It enables quick and easy access anywhere in the world in real-time. We have satellite offices on different continents with a different time zone which makes it quite a challenge to show real-time values.

QlikView is for the end-user easy to use; a few clicks suffice to answer the question at hand. 

QlikView has got a very intuitive approach of visualizations, both from a developer's point of view as well as the end-users. It makes complex data easy to understand with little prior knowledge of how reading graphs is required. 

QlikView lacks the development aspects that its sister product QlikSense has got. It would be nice to also get the new graphs that are available in QlikSense in QlikView. 

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.

Certain features such as a cumulative result, as is possible in QlikSense, would be nice to have since it takes quite some time to get this right from a developer's point of view.

I have been using QlikView for five years.

It is very robust.

The scalability is quite good, QlikView is fairly versatile yet robust at the same time and can be applied on multiple levels

Did not need any of this yet.

Setup itself was fairly complex since our company battled with a legacy of dirty data and a lack of data literacy.

Implementation happened through a vendor, and their expertise was/is top-notch.

No idea, I haven't made the calculations yet since there have been multiple system changes simultaneously and therefore difficult to determine what is the result of which improvement.

The setup costs for QlikView are fair as are the yearly maintenance fees. The licensing becomes a bit more expensive and requires some planning for onboarding.

I don't know, I was not part of that process and not active within the company.

Since Qlik is focussing more on QlikSense, it is recommendable to look into that direction than into QlikView.

We were using QlikView for reporting purposes.

The language support is very good. It understands more languages than other products.

The customization features are good.

The performance can be improved.

There is no automation or drag and drop functionality. 

I have not been in contact with technical support.

I have heard of other reporting tools like Tableau but I do not have experience with them.

When you are setting up QlikView, the first thing that you need to do is connect to the database. The length of time it takes depends on the size of the data. We found that for a million records, it will take between two and three minutes.

This is a product that I definitely recommend.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

My company uses this application mainly for reporting and analytics through customized dashboards that meet corporate identity needs. The reports were created using existing SQL scripts that powered legacy dashboard and reports (i.e. SAP Crystal Reports).

This is a very cool application with endless options for creativity and visuals. 

While this application was loved by the end-users, the development required to build these dashboards proved to be more difficult vs. other solutions such as Tableau. 

My company is big on dashboards and this application excels in this space. Endless customization is key to meet everyone's needs. I also like how the application can use existing SQL statements to use as your root data/tables/information. Compared to other competitors, this solution can do more.

I really wish the application was easier to use in the development phase.

Our business model relies on the business to build their own reports and many departments did not have the associates they need with this type of skill set (i.e. SQL experience). In a business model where a centralized department (i.e. IT) is in control of the reports for the entire company, this would not be a problem.

The development was the ultimate reason this application did not take off in my organization vs. a competitor's application (Tableau). This is a shame as the finished dashboard appeared to be more polished.

My experience is limited but from what I experienced, stability is very good.

The scalability of this solution is very good.

Very reactive, quick and supportive.

I have been 110% satisfied every time I have reached out with a question.

We started form SAP Crystal Reports and originally moved to Qlik as a replacement, but this application proved to be more difficult for development as the business owns their own report vs. IT.

Application install was simple and straightforward.

We implemented this solution with our in-house IT staff.

No ROI as we have moved on.

The biggest comparison was made with Tableau, which ultimately won.

Their training and services have been top-notch and very reactive.