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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Domo

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ADomo is a full self-service business intelligence software that combines several data analysis and reporting tools into one platform. It helps users connect to multiple data sources, create robust visual reports, manage their data, send messages in real-time, manage projects, and develop new apps.N/A

    Microsoft Excel

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Excel is a spreadsheet application available as part of Microsoft 365 (Office 365), or standalone, in cloud-based and on-premise editions.

    $6.99

    per month

    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AQlik Sense® is a self-service BI platform for data discovery and visualization. It supports a full range of analytics use cases—data governance, pixel-perfect reporting, and collaboration. Its Associative Engine indexes and connects relationships between data points for creating actionable insights.

    $200

    per month

    Pricing
    DomoMicrosoft ExcelQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Excel with Microsoft 365
    $6.99
    per month
    Excel for 1 PC or Mac
    $139.99
    perpetual license
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2750
    per month
    Qlik Sense (On-Premise)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DomoMicrosoft ExcelQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    DomoMicrosoft ExcelQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Considered Multiple Products
    Domo
    Chose Domo
    Microsoft Excel has the ability to create spreadsheets and charts however it requires very complicated formulas and macros.
    Domo is a little more user friendly as far learning how to use the program without needing to understand complex formulations. Excel is also very touchy, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Domo
    Domo is much more flexible than Tableau or Qlik. It's also less expensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Domo
    It's been a few years since we evaluated BI options - Domo was the winner in perceived ease of use and cost, it's held true to that.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Excel
    Compatibility is the main issue. It is frustrating to send an Excel workbook to someone who can't open it. Also, user interfaces are not as slick and intuitive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Excel
    While other products have been useful for being easily sharable or free, Microsoft Excel handles more data with easier to use functions, pivot tables, graphing, and formulas than all that I have used. Google Sheets is a close second but has not been able to handle the large …
    Incentivized
    Qlik
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    As soon as you want to pull data from two or more separate tables, Qlik Sense leaves the rest in the dust, since it does not require joins or complex transformations. Zoho CRM analytics are limited to the data located in the product itself. No external tables can be combined.
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    I prefer Qlik due to its ability to combine multiple data sources and flexibility offer by the data load editor, other tools lack this capability or they don't do as good of a job as Qlik
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    The drilldown and interactive features are much better than Excel.
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Qlik Sense offers the most flexible and deepest data modelling compared to many other competitors. The scripting language offers a ton of options which allow us to manipulate complex data scenarios. The scripting is robust and is something missing from many competitors. The …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    We had people with experience in Qlik and it is inherited from the sister company. Hence, we decided to go with Qlik.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    70 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    74 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    46 Answers
    91%
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    48 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    54 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    Features
    DomoMicrosoft ExcelQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Domo and Microsoft Excel and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Domo
    9.8
    72 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.9
    315 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.750 Ratings00 Ratings8.3216 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.972 Ratings00 Ratings7.8313 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.765 Ratings00 Ratings7.5228 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Domo and Microsoft Excel and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Domo
    9.5
    71 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.0
    326 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Drill-down analysis9.670 Ratings00 Ratings8.0322 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.669 Ratings00 Ratings6.2315 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.01 Ratings00 Ratings6.3154 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.971 Ratings00 Ratings7.6299 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Domo and Microsoft Excel and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Domo
    9.0
    69 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    278 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Publish to Web9.954 Ratings00 Ratings5.9210 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.656 Ratings00 Ratings6.9257 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings7.8176 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.765 Ratings00 Ratings8.7183 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1108 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Domo and Microsoft Excel and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Domo
    8.9
    70 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    6.7
    314 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.870 Ratings00 Ratings6.7307 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.864 Ratings00 Ratings8.1283 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings6.3195 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings00 Ratings5.92 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Domo and Microsoft Excel and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Domo
    9.7
    71 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.7
    297 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.868 Ratings00 Ratings6.6276 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.765 Ratings00 Ratings8.4272 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.669 Ratings00 Ratings7.4275 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.74 Ratings00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.8218 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Domo and Microsoft Excel and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Domo
    9.0
    63 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    221 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.661 Ratings00 Ratings8.0215 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.752 Ratings00 Ratings8.0133 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.760 Ratings00 Ratings9.0185 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Domo and Microsoft Excel and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Domo
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    8.3
    145 Ratings
    7% above category average
    REST API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.0125 Ratings
    Javascript API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.494 Ratings
    iFrames8.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.094 Ratings
    Java API8.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.471 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.497 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.884 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DomoMicrosoft ExcelQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (75 ratings)
    9.0
    (78 ratings)
    8.3
    (332 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.8
    (36 ratings)
    8.5
    (23 ratings)
    8.3
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (21 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (35 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (35 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (37 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DomoMicrosoft ExcelQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Domo
    I believe that companies that record large amounts of data about their product, service employers KPIs, etc, can make the best out of Domo for reporting and data analysis, but if a company handles little data and is not recording this consistently, it will not be of much use.
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    Microsoft
    I don't really know another program as powerful as Excel. I've used Google Doc programs but do not feel they come close. So far, anytime I've needed a table of some sort for data, whether it's budget oriented or information off a survey, the best system has been Excel. We do web audits on occasion and we create an Excel worksheet featuring every URL of the pages we're auditing, notes, data about the content, information about files attached to the page and other information to help us determine what pages need updating, deleting or otherwise. We also use Excel primarily to export our Google Analytics to in order for us to create reports for clients that need to see specific information about their traffic.
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    Qlik
    Qlik Sense is a program whose purpose is to greatly improve all your operations and use of all data in an organic way. The mission will always be to increase the economic and commercial processes of the company in a short time. I recommended it for its high technology, which was Created for this area, the results are successful. We have noticed how it has increased relationships with our clients thanks to the credibility and security that we provide.
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    Pros
    Domo
    • Exceptional Transform area of the platform - any/all raw data can be manipulated and combined to create datasources that are very useful for our departments.
    • Visualization layer is clean and is very business presentable. Its simple but includes depth. Visuals can be created/used by all roles throughout our firm, its not limited to analysts.
    • Ability to communicate and talk about insights in the data - the communication tool is exceptional. I can @ mention specific users to bring attention to a discovery. I can start a private chat. I can annotate and communicate what I am seeing. I love it.
    • Mobile experience is excellent. When I am on the road i can actively monitor and engage with my team due to my Domo dashboard on my mobile device. Its amazing to run the business and not worry while away from the office.
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    Microsoft
    • It is very good at embedded formulas and tying cells to one another
    • It allows me to compare deals terms on a side-by-side basis and talk my clients through it easily.
    • It is very helpful as well in terms of allowing me to filter/sort results in many different ways depending on what specific information I am most interested in prioritizing.
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    Qlik
    • Flexibility in data recording, from the app, as well as in handling them. Allowing you to view reports quickly and effectively.
    • Easy to generate dynamic graphics according to our needs.
    • It is very easy to use, intuitive, so it does not generate costs in the learning process compared to the tool with collaborators
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    Cons
    Domo
    • Copying Reports - In Excel or Google Sheets, I like to make copies of similar reports and modify them as necessary for users. In Domo, makes copies of reports (called cards) but all copies are connected. So if you adjust the copy, it changes the original. This means a user has to recreate the report from scratch and then adjust it.
    • Unforgiving SQL - Domo does allow users to write their own SQL codes, which is great. However, Domo's SQL code is pickier than the other SQL database I've used (Metabase).
    • Text Alerts - Domo's alerts aren't always the smartest. Some of my dashboards are about the sales teams monthly performance and I get notified when there is a change of more than 20%. I always get notified at the start of the month that reports have changed from 'x' number to zero. This is expected because it's a monthly report and I hate getting texts about it. The only reason I don't term them off so I can be aware if something breaks in the middle of the month.
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    Microsoft
    • Excel offers collaboration features that allow multiple users to work on the same spreadsheet, but managing changes made by different users can be challenging. Excel could improve its features by offering more granular control, better tracking of changes, and more robust conflict resolution tools.
    • Itcan be a barrier to productivity when importing and exporting data from other applications or file formats. To improve its features, it should offer better support for standard file formats and more robust error handling and reporting tools.
    • Excel can be challenging for finance students and working professionals, but it can be improved by offering more robust tutorials, better documentation, and more user communities and support forums.
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    Qlik
    • Scalability is RAM limited, all data is associative and in-memory so server's RAM is directly proportional to performance
    • Limitation on advanced analytics capabilities in the form of R integration to perform complex statistical and analytical calculations
    • Can have more intuitive interface
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Domo
    Domo is a great up-and-coming product. There are many fantastic features that are extremely compelling to our end users, which makes Domo a great fit for our organization. As with many BI tools, there are items on the wish list that could make implementation, administration and usage easier, but I believe these will be addressed over time as the product matures and evolves. The overall concept and approach of this solution has definitely raised the bar in this area of expertise and I would like to see things advance in giving the enterprise tools that will make decision making easier and more robust in the future.
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    Microsoft
    Excel remains the industry standard for spreadsheets and has maintained simple and straight-forward formula writing methods. Although there is a learning curve to do more complex calculations, there are countless help sites and videos on the Internet for almost any need.
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    Qlik
    Qlik Sense is a constantly improving it's software and working with its' users to make it better. They are great at keeping their users informed of progress and care about delivering a quality product
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    Usability
    Domo
    The built-in user support and intuitive design of Domo makes it simple to learn and use. I find I can spend hours drilling deep, or else quickly gain an overview in just a few minutes. This is a great advantage since the flexibility fits well with the demands of my role. I enjoy using Domo since I know it will give me comparative data across almost every variable I might want to explore - I look forward to it!
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    Microsoft
    I'm giving it a 7 because it is my go to. But the fact other prefer Google Sheets when working with a team does get irritating. I've used the online version of Microsoft Excel that other teams can get into and it still seems behind Google Sheets. It's a little clanky and slow? If that's even a term.
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    Qlik
    Qlik Sense has a better and easy to learn user interface compared with other analytics tool which always help us to create regular and adhoc reports within the stipulated time frame and can be easily refreshed at a scheduled time and sent to multiple stakeholders for timely update regarding the Key metrics indicator.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Domo
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I have rarely, if ever, had issues with its availability.
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    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Domo
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Excel load and performs calculations immediately. It integrate well with all Microsoft Office applications and does not slow them down.
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    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Domo
    Pretty responsive. It took a while to get a response in selecting data points for our particular cards. Might have taken about a month? I am not sure if this was something on our end or Domo's end. But haven't had any other issues yet that required additional support from Domo.
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    Microsoft
    I have not had to use it often, but it is good.
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    Qlik
    Qlik is great for companies with lots of business domains and departments because it scales well, especially if data that is reported is saved in SQL and similar structures. Its ease of use and good UI enables business units to create and manage their own reports. That removes a great burden of creating and managing/modifying these pages from the IT team. Overall, it's a win-win for both IT and business units.
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    In-Person Training
    Domo
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Online Training
    Domo
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Implementation Rating
    Domo
    It is a true web-based application so implementation is much easier and smoother compared to other non-web based BI solutions. Also, they offered consulting services during the implementation process, which was helpful. Also, they provided lots of on-demand training courses and videos, which I liked.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Domo
    At the end of the day, end-user adoption and taking the burden of IT to build reports was my goal. Demoing and testing many BI tools, DOMO is the one that allowed both to happen.
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    Microsoft
    Out of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, IBM SPSS, and Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel is by far the most common tool used for anything data-related across organizations. Accordingly, our organization has also implemented Microsoft Excel as a first-step tool. We recently adopted Microsoft Power BI (the free version), and use it occasionally (mostly for creating dashboards), but it is less commonly understood by stakeholders across our organization and by our clients. Accordingly, Microsoft Excel is more user-friendly and because of its popularity, we can easily look up how to do things in the program online. Google Sheets is a comparable alternative to Microsoft Excel, but because it's cloud-based and we have sensitive data that needs to be protected, we chose against using this software. Finally, a few users (including myself) have access to and utilize IBM's SPSS. For my role, it's a helpful tool to do more rigorous analyses. However, because of its cost and limited functionality as a simple spreadsheet, we only use it for more complex analyses.
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    Qlik
    The customization of the platform opens up plenty of other options depending on the use cases. The API layer is incredibly rich and makes integration of Qlik based visualization into web pages a simple and effective pattern. It's been very easy to use with a great community made up of professionals. Qlik Sense has introduces artificial Intelligence into my data visualization and reporting activity.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Domo
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    N/A I was not involved in this process.
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    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Domo
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Each user can use it to whatever level of expertise they have. It remains the same so users can contribute to another's work regardless of whether they have more or less expertise
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    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Domo
    • I mentioned a "previously un-analyzable" dataset that we were able to visualize in Domo - the result was business re-alignment for increased productivity, cost savings and ROI.
    • It's tough to quantify the ability to provide insights that have been desired for years but not possible - we continue to amaze our executives and product managers with the analysis we can provide.
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    Microsoft
    • Excel has positively impacted the business as it has increased our efficiency.
    • It also saves us the time that we would have spent on making the calculations that it does for us.
    • Since it works on all devices and is compatible with both Windows and Mac, we do not have to invest in any other alternative.
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    Qlik
    • Once an app is published and running good, we can quickly see the time we save to analyze data.
    • It's hard sometimes to realize the money we save by using this system.
    • People start understanding the power of data and asking more questions.
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    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Qlik Sense Cash Flow DashboardScreenshot of Qlik Sense Global Smart SearchScreenshot of Qlik Sense Smart Data Compression - Get immediate insight on large dataScreenshot of Extend, mix and mash-up with our APIsScreenshot of Add "External data" with Qlik DataMarket - Data as a ServiceScreenshot of Visualization Bundle