title: Microsoft business intelligence platform vs QlikView
body: <p>I have no experience at all with QlikView, but I have read great reviews about it. According to Gartner Research Report 2012, QlikView is in the top quadrant together with Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and IBM (leaders and visionaries).</p>
  
  <p>I am interested in hearing from the community how QlikView stacks up against Microsoft's business intelligence (BI) platform. In my company they are choosing between Microsoft and QlikView for a future solution to be built. We are basically a Microsoft shop, but I read that QlikView is designed for user friendliness, super intuitive, etc. </p>
  
  <p>I also read that some cons for choosing QlikView are:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>High hardware requirements</li>
  <li>Technical resources (people who know QlikView) are very rare </li>
  <li>Licencing costs are high </li>
  <li>Scalability issues</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Any insight in this matter will be greatly appreciated.</p>