QlikView Review - why 4.3 stars?

• Finance Analytics: This feature provides accurate and actionable real-time insight to users on financial and accounting data. It helps in the reduction of cost, risk management, and profitability.
• Sales Analytics: With this feature, users can gain access to real insight and just accumulated data. Sale analytics enables the users or the organization to be effective towards fostering productivity and revenue growth.
• Marketing Analytics: Users or business owners can bring all their data together using this feature. They can combine and analyze their datasets, leading to pattern identification towards insight into the overall boost of revenue and ROI.
• HR and People Analytics: This feature offers the solution of insight and in-depth understanding into the workforce of various businesses. It also fosters effectiveness for change when needed.

• Qlikview supports several mobile platforms, so CEOs and other business heads can have ready access to their company's information even when they're on the road or outside the office
• The service runs on its own platform using in-memory technology. This lessens the program's dependency on IT professionals to regularly maintain and manage the system, thus reducing maintenance costs
• QlikView is a low-cost software
• The software offers practical functionality
• It provides training features for its users

• QlikView does not provide Phone Support as basic customer support features
• Though the program promises certain independence from IT professionals, most companies will still need a lot of IT support for the program's installation and implementation.

• Functionality: QlikView lacks some features compared to its close alternatives. QlikView and its closest alternatives offer basic features like finance analytics, sales, marketing, and Human resources. However, QlikView lacks features such as web analytics and operation/logistics.
• Customers/Industries: QlikView targets businesses in healthcare, financial services, Retail, Manufacturing, High tech, Public sectors industries. Over 50,000 customers, brands like Samsung PayPal AIRBUS use QlikView. Compared to its alternatives, Domo targets industries like financial tech, High Tech, Life sciences, Manufacturing, Media, etc. With over 2000+ customers, and brands like The New York Times, DHL, eBay use Domo. BOARD targets industries that specialize in Retail, Professional Services, Automotive, and CGP. In terms of customers, Enterprises such as Coca-Cola, Puma Siemens uses Board and it has over 3000 customers. Looker targets industries in eCommerce, media, Healthcare Gaming Retail Ad Tech, etc. Companies like Twilio, Avant, and Moderns use Looker. Sisense targets industries in Healthcare, Technology, Pharma and Life sciences, Retail, etc. In terms of customers, companies like Air Canada, NASDAQ, and PRG use Sisense.
• Cost: QlikView is cost-rated 1.5/5 (where 1-2/5 is low cost, and 4-5/5 is a high cost). QlikView starts at $30 per user per month and provides a free trial and a free version to new users. BOARD does not offer a free trial to its users. Looker, Sisense, and Domo provide a free trial to their users.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: All the compared business intelligence systems compared are cloud-based.
• Popularity: QlikView, founded in 1993 with 50,000+ customers, is older than the its alternatives. Domo, founded in 2010, is publicly traded (Nasdaq: DOMO) with over 2,000 customers. Looker (a subsidiary of Google; a publicly traded company - GOOGL) is a fast-growing company founded in 2012. BOARD started in 1994 and has over 3,000 businesses as customers. QlikView (privately held) has more customers base than all its alternatives is more popular than the other closest alternatives.
• Support: QlikView provides customer support features such as Email/Help Desk, 24/7 Live Representative, and Chat. QlikView lacks basic customer support features such as FAQ/Forum, Knowledge Base, and Phone Support. When compared to its alternatives, Domo and BOARD provide all basic customer support features. Looker and Sisense are both lacking in Phone Support and 24/7 Live Representative.

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