QlikView is more of an all-encompassing dashboard application, while Tableau is more focused on visualization and analytics. QlikView focuses on a variety of business intelligence tools, like QlikView Expressor (a quick and smart metadata intelligence solution) and NPrinting (an application for report generation, scheduling, and distribution). These tools have helped brand QlikView as a powerful reporting solution.
Tableau has a nice user interface and a clean dashboard, which—after you’ve mastered the learning curve—makes for a good user experience. The simple data drag-and-drop visualization system is the highlight of this software, and many users claim it as the best data visualization tool on the market. These advanced visualization tools allow you to see dots on a map or interesting graphs instead of basic tables. These tools are primarily used in mapping and viewing current trends.
