What are the Cons of Qlikview?

Cons of Qlikview:

QlikView is a great tool with potential to transform the ways businesses operate. It is inclined to show the fallacies and scope for improvement in business operations. The data interpretations are so apt that it makes instant sense for the users. Thus, it helps in producing desired results towards business excellence. Yet there is always scope for improvement to remain the best in the industry and satisfy the changing needs of its users. Here are some of the cons faced by QlikView.

• Expansive Product Strategy--No product can survive without having a sustainable approach to win the competition. Despite offering great features, the roadmap for expansive product strategy lacks clarity. Hence it will be a challenge to sustain itself within competition.
• Considerably Expensive--As part of user survey, a significant one-third customers felt the price to be on the higher side. The pricing model lacks flexibility when the larger organizations have more users. Also the pricing is quite complicated and confusing. This may lead to novice users feeling trapped in its ‘Document License’ which cites the work conditions in slightly vague manner. When the cost factor seems to be rising beyond your expectations, this may be an unpleasant surprise.
• Performance with respect to Speed--The captivating features of QlikView are not sufficient to keep the users happy. Around 11.6% customers have shown dissatisfaction on the poor performance with respect to its ‘blistering speed’. Being better than the competitors is still accountable for the customer dissatisfaction.
• Reporting on Email--When it comes to sharing and reporting on emails, the entire functionality is terribly designed.
• Automated combination of filters--Some of the data aspects which are automatically combined during filtering are completely unintended.
• Upgrade of Server RAM--Using the RAM of the server is a great advantage in case of multiple users. Yet there are no visible plans for the upgrade of the RAM of the server. With increasing number of users because of the value it offers, the RAM limitation can raise a question on the effectiveness of the product.
• Usability--QlikView is highly sophisticated yet can be easily used by an ordinary user. But, it can be tedious for a non-technical person to build reports which add value in decision-making. This requires high level coding skills, good working knowledge of SQL and a formal training for using QlikView’s proprietary query language.
• Not designed for non-technical staff--Although QlikView exhibits great value to organizations, but in case a non-technical user wants to extract some relevant information out of the available data, it is impossible for that person to avail self-service and view the results.

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