Grafana vs. Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Grafana
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Grafana is a data visualization tool developed by Grafana Labs in New York. It is available open source, managed (Grafana Cloud), or via an enterprise edition with enhanced features. Grafana has pluggable data source model and comes bundled with support for popular time series databases like Graphite. It also has built-in support for cloud monitoring vendors like Amazon Cloudwatch, Microsoft Azure and SQL databases like MySQL. Grafana can combine data from many places into a single dashboard.
$0
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Qlik 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
GrafanaQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Editions & Modules
Grafana Cloud - Pro
$8
per month up to 1 active user
Grafana Cloud - Free
Free
10k metrics + 50GB logs + 50GB traces up to 3 active users
Grafana Cloud - Advanced
Volume Discounts
custom data usage custom active users
Grafana - Enterprise Stack
Custom Pricing
Starter
$200
per month
Standard
$825
per month
Premium
$2750
per month
Qlik Sense (On-Premise)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GrafanaQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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Features
GrafanaQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
8.2
7 Ratings
2% above category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.9
315 Ratings
4% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.87 Ratings8.3216 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.67 Ratings8.0313 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.37 Ratings7.4228 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
7.9
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.0
326 Ratings
14% below category average
Drill-down analysis7.86 Ratings8.0322 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.46 Ratings6.0315 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.66 Ratings6.0154 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings8.0299 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
8.4
6 Ratings
3% above category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.8
278 Ratings
5% below category average
Publish to Web8.16 Ratings6.3210 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.66 Ratings7.3257 Ratings
Report Versioning8.36 Ratings8.0176 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.46 Ratings9.0183 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.76 Ratings8.5108 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
8.6
6 Ratings
10% above category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
6.7
314 Ratings
18% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.66 Ratings6.7307 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.06 Ratings8.5283 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.46 Ratings6.0195 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.24 Ratings5.52 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
-
Ratings
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.8
297 Ratings
9% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings6.7276 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.5272 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.4275 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.0218 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
-
Ratings
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.5
221 Ratings
3% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.0215 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.0133 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.0185 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
-
Ratings
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
8.4
145 Ratings
8% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.0125 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.594 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.094 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.571 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.597 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.084 Ratings
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User Ratings
GrafanaQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(7 ratings)
8.3
(332 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(7 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(3 ratings)
8.3
(14 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(9 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GrafanaQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Likelihood to Recommend
Grafana Labs
Just about any organization with more than one server and more than one cluster as it scales very well. Configuration of the application takes time and finesse to fine tune to where the balance of load time and getting data quickly meets. The plugins add load time but fine tuning for the application to meet demand needs nailed down at implementation
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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
Grafana Labs
  • Alerting through many different medium as Slack, Email, Webhook etc
  • Beautiful and unlimited number of dashboards to view your metrics and tweak them as you please
  • Log aggregation and powerful Logql to filter and view your logs
  • Microservices monitoring
  • Large number of plugins and data sources to collect your metrics from almost anywhere
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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
Grafana Labs
  • There are some settings which we can't configure from UI (Web Console).
  • We've open[ed] up configuration files in command line text editors and manually do the settings e.g. LDAP/SSO configuration.
  • In terms of visualization, it's best, but it doesn't support log analysis otherwise it could destroy business of all other visualization tools.
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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
Grafana Labs
No answers on this topic
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
Grafana Labs
It is infinitely flexible. If you can imagine it, Grafana can almost certainly do it. Usability may be in the eye of the beholder however, as there is time needed to curate the experience and get the dashboards customized to how it makes sense to you. I know one thing they are working on are more templates, based on data sources
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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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Support Rating
Grafana Labs
No answers on this topic
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
Grafana Labs
No answers on this topic
Qlik
The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Online Training
Grafana Labs
No answers on this topic
Qlik
The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Implementation Rating
Grafana Labs
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
Grafana Labs
Grafana blows Nagios out of the water when it comes to customization. The ability to feed almost any data source makes it very versatile and the cost is great.
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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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Return on Investment
Grafana Labs
  • Grafana has replaced many higher priced tools
  • The integrations are seemless with multiple backends
  • Combining graphs and dashboards from multiple data sources is a game changer
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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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ScreenShots

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