Compare Microsoft Power BI and Qlik Sense 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (43.4% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
$30 USD/user/month. Billed Annually.
Microsoft Power BI
Star Rating
(1,239)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (43.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
Browse all 3 pricing plansQlik Sense
Star Rating
(916)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$30 USD/user/month. Billed Annually.
Browse all 2 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Qlik Sense excels in data visualization with a score of 9.4, particularly highlighting its ability to create complex visualizations and interactive dashboards. In contrast, Microsoft Power BI also performs well with a score of 9.2, but some users mention that its visualizations can be less customizable compared to Qlik Sense.
- Reviewers mention that Qlik Sense's data preparation capabilities, particularly its connectors, received a score of 8.6, which some users find slightly less intuitive than Power BI's connectors, which scored 8.9. Users on G2 appreciate Power BI's ease of connecting to various data sources.
- G2 users highlight that Qlik Sense's map design and vector mapping features scored 8.9 and 8.8 respectively, making it a strong choice for users needing advanced geographical data representation. Meanwhile, Power BI's mapping features, while effective, do not receive the same level of praise, indicating a potential area for improvement.
- Reviewers say that Qlik Sense's automation features, particularly in workflow automation, scored 9.1, which users find beneficial for streamlining processes. In comparison, Power BI's automation features scored slightly lower at 8.7, with some users expressing a desire for more robust automation options.
- Users report that Qlik Sense's performance and reliability scored 8.5, with many praising its stability during heavy data loads. Conversely, Power BI's performance and reliability score of 8.2 has led some users to experience occasional slowdowns, especially with larger datasets.
- Reviewers mention that Qlik Sense's self-service capabilities, particularly in data discovery and calculated fields, scored 8.5 and 8.3 respectively, which users find empowering for non-technical users. Power BI, however, scored higher in calculated fields at 8.6, indicating a slight edge in user-friendliness for self-service analytics.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Power BI
Power BI in Microsoft Fabric
Free
1 User
Power BI in Microsoft Fabric
- Sign Up for A Fabric Account
Qlik Sense
Qlik Sense® Business
$30
USD/user/month. Billed Annually.
SaaS solution to operationalize analytics across groups and teams.
Free Trial
Microsoft Power BI
Free Trial is available
Qlik Sense
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
977
8.5
593
Ease of Use
8.4
995
8.4
602
Ease of Setup
8.7
441
8.1
325
Ease of Admin
8.4
333
7.9
328
Quality of Support
8.4
855
8.0
541
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
314
8.5
324
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
949
8.3
573
Features by Category
Reports
8.9
834
|
Verified
8.3
413
|
Verified
8.4
776
|
Verified
8.3
390
|
Verified
9.1
837
|
Verified
8.5
424
|
Verified
8.9
492
8.3
329
|
Verified
9.1
822
|
Verified
8.8
421
|
Verified
Self Service
8.6
696
8.3
352
|
Verified
8.9
704
8.7
407
|
Verified
8.6
785
|
Verified
8.5
396
|
Verified
8.4
672
8.4
391
|
Verified
8.4
760
|
Verified
7.9
339
|
Verified
8.2
698
|
Verified
7.4
300
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
8.3
557
|
Verified
7.4
229
|
Verified
9.2
823
|
Verified
8.6
401
|
Verified
8.4
557
|
Verified
7.9
291
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.8
495
|
Verified
8.7
247
|
Verified
8.8
485
|
Verified
8.7
241
|
Verified
8.5
420
|
Verified
8.1
206
|
Verified
8.5
416
|
Verified
7.9
180
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
8.9
834
|
Verified
8.3
413
|
Verified
8.4
776
|
Verified
8.3
390
|
Verified
9.1
837
|
Verified
8.5
424
|
Verified
8.9
492
8.3
329
|
Verified
9.1
822
|
Verified
8.8
421
|
Verified
Data Preparation
8.9
460
|
Verified
8.6
196
|
Verified
8.8
452
|
Verified
8.3
182
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
8.9
474
|
Verified
8.8
220
|
Verified
9.1
486
|
Verified
9.2
223
|
Verified
8.7
470
|
Verified
8.9
216
|
Verified
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Self Service
8.6
696
8.3
352
|
Verified
8.9
704
8.7
407
|
Verified
8.6
785
|
Verified
8.5
396
|
Verified
8.4
672
8.4
391
|
Verified
8.4
760
|
Verified
7.9
339
|
Verified
8.2
698
|
Verified
7.4
300
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
8.3
557
|
Verified
7.4
229
|
Verified
9.2
823
|
Verified
8.6
401
|
Verified
8.4
557
|
Verified
7.9
291
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.8
495
|
Verified
8.7
247
|
Verified
8.8
485
|
Verified
8.7
241
|
Verified
8.5
420
|
Verified
8.1
206
|
Verified
8.5
416
|
Verified
7.9
180
|
Verified
Reports
8.9
834
|
Verified
8.3
413
|
Verified
8.4
776
|
Verified
8.3
390
|
Verified
9.1
837
|
Verified
8.5
424
|
Verified
8.9
492
8.3
329
|
Verified
9.1
822
|
Verified
8.8
421
|
Verified
Self Service
8.6
696
8.3
352
|
Verified
8.9
704
8.7
407
|
Verified
8.6
785
|
Verified
8.5
396
|
Verified
8.4
672
8.4
391
|
Verified
8.4
760
|
Verified
7.9
339
|
Verified
8.2
698
|
Verified
7.4
300
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.8
495
|
Verified
8.7
247
|
Verified
8.8
485
|
Verified
8.7
241
|
Verified
8.5
420
|
Verified
8.1
206
|
Verified
8.5
416
|
Verified
7.9
180
|
Verified
Cartography
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.8
54
Not enough data
9.4
64
Not enough data
9.2
55
Analysis
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
8.9
55
Not enough data
8.9
55
Not enough data
9.0
57
Reporting
Not enough data
9.3
75
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
9.0
64
Responses
Not enough data
9.2
17
Not enough data
9.3
17
Not enough data
9.4
18
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
9.5
17
Platform
Not enough data
8.9
18
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.6
21
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Automation
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Functionality
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
8.2
15
Not enough data
8.2
15
Administration
Not enough data
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
8.9
14
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
8.7
68
Not enough data
8.6
63
Not enough data
8.2
65
Data Analysis
Not enough data
9.2
67
Not enough data
9.2
69
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.9
73
Not enough data
9.2
76
Not enough data
8.8
74
Not enough data
9.0
74
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Power BI and Qlik Sense are categorized as Analytics Platforms
Unique Categories
Microsoft Power BI has no unique categories
Qlik Sense is categorized as Location Intelligence, Chatbots, Productivity Bots, Embedded Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, and Data Warehouse Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Power BI
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Qlik Sense
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
16.8%
Computer Software
6.6%
Financial Services
4.9%
Hospital & Health Care
3.4%
Marketing and Advertising
3.0%
Other
65.3%
Information Technology and Services
10.9%
Computer Software
6.6%
Financial Services
5.9%
Hospital & Health Care
5.5%
Retail
5.2%
Other
65.9%
Most Helpful Reviews
Microsoft Power BI
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Visualizations. They're absolutely fantastic. Importing data is incredibly easy and it's much more powerful than excel or many SQL based visualization tools.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
Some seemingly very simple processes are either incredibly difficult or non-existent and the lack of guidance can leave inexperienced developers with cluttered and confusing visualizations.
Qlik Sense
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Computer Software
As an end user: - Filter once and have it apply to all of the visuals - Graphs and tables render quickly (I had a table that took about 10 minutes to refresh in an excel pivot table, and it only took about 2 seconds in QV) - Good looking UI - Emailed...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
-It takes considerable effort to create a simple, good looking visualisation as there are a vast amount of options -Often, there is a requirement to work with the keyboard and code, which moves development of analysis to the IT side of the business -No...
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Visualizations. They're absolutely fantastic. Importing data is incredibly easy and it's much more powerful than excel or many SQL based visualization tools.
Verified User in Computer Software
As an end user: - Filter once and have it apply to all of the visuals - Graphs and tables render quickly (I had a table that took about 10 minutes to refresh in an excel pivot table, and it only took about 2 seconds in QV) - Good looking UI - Emailed...
Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
Some seemingly very simple processes are either incredibly difficult or non-existent and the lack of guidance can leave inexperienced developers with cluttered and confusing visualizations.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
-It takes considerable effort to create a simple, good looking visualisation as there are a vast amount of options -Often, there is a requirement to work with the keyboard and code, which moves development of analysis to the IT side of the business -No...
Discussions
What is Microsoft Power BI Desktop used for?
3 comments
DM
PowerBI desktop is the desktop version of PowerBI unlike the web version which you open in a web browser like Google Chrome or EDGE. The desktop version has...Read more
Support Multiple Data Types
2 comments
LS
I'd recommend putting requests like that on ideas.powerbi.com.Read more
How I can have the free version of this application?
2 comments
DZ
Here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/Read more
Do you recommend switching to Qliksense?
3 comments
PM
Qliksense is pretty decent tool when it comes to Data Visualization and its script editor feature gives the developer the liberty on data manipulation.Read more
Why there is no enough documentation for implementing connectors to other data sources?
1 comment
A
Hello, please leverage Qlik Community on product-related questions. https://community.qlik.com/t5/Support-Knowledge-Base/tkb-p/qlik-support-knowledge-base....Read more
Comparing the on-premises and SaaS solutions of Qlik Sense, which one would your recommend?
1 comment
AP
Hi Joseph,
I am a Qlik Partner Ambassador with a vested interest in the success of Qlik solutions.
It is firstly great to see the debate move on from...Read more
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