| Operating System | | | | | | |
| OS for viewing visualisations | Windows, iOS/Mac OS, Android | All OS (Java and HTML5) | All OS | All OS | Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android - with additional Qlik Sense Client Browser Support. | Windows, iOS, and Android |
| OS for creating visualisations | Windows or Mac OS | Browser-based | Browser-based | Browser-based | Windows | Windows (Power BI Desktop) and browser-based |
| Data | | | | | | |
| Data source | - Excel spreadsheets
- Microsoft Access
- Multiple text file formats
- Statistical files
- Web data connectors
| - XML
- CSV
- PDF
- DHIS2 database: pre-built data entry form collected through SMS, plain HTML and Java for feature phones, and a high-end Web-based solution with offline support for smartphones
| - Excel / Google / Microsoft Office 365 Spreadsheets
- CSV
- ODS
- TSV
- Online apps (Salesforce, SurveyMonkey, GitHub, Google Analytics)
- Cloud storage services (Box, Dropbox, Google Drive)
| - Excel / Google spreadsheets
- CSV
- KML
- TSV
- Users are also able to collect public data tables using Google Tables - search engine for thousands of public Fusion Tables, or millions of public tables from around the web.
| - Excel spreadsheets
- CSV
- XML
- Other data sources e.g. SAP, Salesforce, Google Drive, Youtube, Dropbox are accessible through connectors (Qlik Web Connectors or pre-built application-specific connectors)
| - Excel spreadsheets
- Cloud services (Salesforce, Google Analytics, and others)
- Streaming data
- On-premises databases
- Power BI Desktop files
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| Data manipulation and editing capabilities post-import | Yes | Yes, complete package of data management. Users can set up data entry forms, analyze the data, and visualize the report. | No editing capability post-import. | Yes, users can edit data in Fusion Table file in Google Drive. | No editing capability post-import (only restructuring and re-organizing). | Not directly: to refresh a data uploaded to Power BI, some steps are required. |
| Data templates | No | Yes. Users are able to set up templates based on the data entry form. | Yes, titles (variables) should be listed by column instead of by row. | No | No | No |
| Available chart / visual formats | - Pictures
- Maps
- GIS
- Interactive dashboard
| - GIS (web-based GIS features)
- Charts (column, line, pie, stacked column and area)
- Pivot tables
- Dashboards
| - Charts
- Interactive dashboard (which can be exported to images and PDF)
| - Simple charts (bar, line, pie, scatter plot)
- Most common visual output is interactive maps
| - Charts (bar, combo, line, pie)
- Map
- Text
- Image
- Treemap
- Interactive dashboard
| Real-time dashboard with extensive range of charts, text, numbers, pictures, video, and web pages |
| Cloud-based or self hosted? | Cloud | Self-hosted | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud |
| Additional Features | | | | | | |
| GIS (mapping) compatible | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Offline capability | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Languages / Translation availability | No, but compatible to store data in any language. User interface and supporting documentation are in English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. | Yes. dhis2 lets users translate their database content into 8 other languages. Each user can easily switch between languages. | No | No | No | No |
| Management / Collaboration features | No | Yes | Yes, only available in Team subscription plan. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Photo | Yes | Yes, including videos. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes, users can also upload videos in their dashboard as one of the visual outputs. |
| Share to other application users or collaborators | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Share to application's public platform | Yes, published to tableauPublic database, or embedded into web pages. | No | No | Yes, published to Google Table search engine, or embedded into web pages. | Yes, using Qlik Cloud | No, but dashboards are able to be embedded to web pages via Power BI "publish to web". |
| Open source | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| FAQ Link | Tableau Public FAQ | DHIS2 FAQ | DataHero FAQ | Google Fusion Table FAQ | QlikSense FAQ | Microsoft Power BI FAQ |