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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SharePoint

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's SharePoint is an Intranet solution that enables users to share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and collaborate across the organization.

    $5

    Per User Per Month

    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)

    Score8.2 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

    Sisense

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ASisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.N/A
    Pricing
    SharePointQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Sisense
    Editions & Modules
    Plan 1
    $5.00
    Per User Per Month
    Plan 2
    $10.00
    Per User Per Month
    Office 365 E3
    $20.00
    Per User Per Month
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2750
    per month
    Qlik Sense (On-Premise)
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    Pricing Offerings
    SharePointQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Sisense
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    SharePointQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Sisense
    Considered Multiple Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Qlik
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    More user friendly, better price
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Easy to use and understand.
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Qlik Sense has a better/easier user interface than Power BI or Tableau, however, these 2 offer much more customization than Qlik does.
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    We evaluated over a dozen vendors when we selected Qlik; among them I felt it had the best internal data model philosophy leading to much more powerful self-service analytics and apps which are easily extensible to include other visualizations. I think it was a reasonable …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Easier to use, more data connectors, more value for the money.
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    We selected QlikView and Qlik Sense hands down over the competition.
    Incentivized
    Sisense Ltd
    Chose Sisense
    Each tool has strengths, but Sisense stands out for its ease of use, scalability, and robust data integration. We chose Sisense for its balance of robust functionality and ease of use. We are happy that it can handle complex data integrations that aligned perfectly with our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    Sisense does very well against most of the tools in the market. We chose this tool because of its great visualizations and easy to deploy procedures. The reports are very easy to generate and distribute them across departments and organization. It provides a great interface to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    Sisense can crunch loads more data and has consistently better performance than other modern BI tools; It successfully retains the best of the Cube world and also provides the power of modern in-chip visualization engine.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    Sisense allows you to export individual widgets as iframes. It provides cube and row level security and can manage lots of data without interfering with the data sources. Tableau data sources were harder to manage and version. The customer support team with Sisense was head and …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    51 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    48 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SharePointQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Sisense
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft SharePoint and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.9
    315 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sisense
    9.7
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.3216 Ratings10.037 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.8313 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.5228 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft SharePoint and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.0
    326 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Sisense
    8.8
    47 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.0322 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.2315 Ratings9.047 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.2154 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.7299 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft SharePoint and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    278 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Sisense
    10.0
    46 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings6.0210 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings6.9257 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.8176 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.7183 Ratings10.039 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.1108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft SharePoint and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    6.7
    314 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Sisense
    9.5
    45 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.7307 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.1283 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.2195 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings5.92 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft SharePoint and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.7
    297 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sisense
    10.0
    45 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings6.6276 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.4272 Ratings10.044 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.4275 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.42 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.8218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft SharePoint and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    221 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sisense
    9.7
    40 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.0215 Ratings10.040 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.0133 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.0185 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft SharePoint and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    8.3
    145 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Sisense
    -
    Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings8.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.494 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.471 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.497 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.884 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SharePointQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Sisense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (271 ratings)
    8.3
    (332 ratings)
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (26 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (31 ratings)
    8.3
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.2
    (51 ratings)
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    9.1
    (47 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.6
    (50 ratings)
    7.5
    (37 ratings)
    9.2
    (47 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SharePointQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Sisense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    It's Microsoft, so it rarely goes down or unnecessarily limits access. It works, though page load times can be long if you have lots of data. I feel like the Mac vs. PC divide has started to show up for MS products, but SharePoint works well with both.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    I believe Sisense is perfectly suited for any organization of any size that have access to the proper resources, as the tool is very expensive. The data connectors come in all shapes and sizes out of the box, which allows a great deal of data control within the ElastiCubes. Additionally, while the platform only runs on Windows platforms, the web application can be accessed on any client: mobile, Apple, Windows, etc. This allows a much more flexible user experience, resulting in data and dashboards reaching further than any other tool.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • We track employees' performance sheets, which are accessible to the employee, his manager, and HR, and this helps with transparency.
    • We maintain technical process documents and SOPs, which help us quickly provide relevant documents during audits.
    • We maintain incident documents change request forms in SharePoint, which helps us in tracking the changes.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    • Customization - lots of supported and community plugins available. Users can also adjust the look and feel through JavaScript.
    • Innovation - Sisense is continuing to push the envelope by developing new features through Sisense Labs.
    • Customer support - the commitment to excellent customer service and ensuring organizations get the most out of their investment.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Windows Explorer users have some difficulty having to constantly UPLOAD / DOWNLOAD files. Specifically on the DOWNLOAD when they are used to Drag & Drop in & out of LOCAL folders via Window's explorer.
    • Microsoft SharePoint supports multiple "library" types. When implementing our "image" library the search function is done via "tags" and boolean logic. This is challenging to most end users. I'd like our users to be able to search our Microsoft SharePoint image library without having to enter KEYWORD or other BOOLEAN logic.
    • Microsoft SharePoint can also be an internal website for each department or company wide communication tool but I believe these features are geared for much larger organizations. Since we are a SMB we really aren't using these features. So maybe something more useful to SMBs would be nice.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    • The usability of the application on mobile devices needs some improvement, especially navigation and filtering.
    • Dashboards that are created by multiple users can be a bit of a hassle to share by Admins.
    • If you need to embed dashboards into your website, you are require to buy a license separate from the user and platform license. This is a norm on most BI visualization tools, but Sisense can seem a bit on the high side, cost-wide.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    It's integral to our business. It's already included with most of the Office 365 licensing we buy, so the cost is effectively zero. It stores our files, it is the foundation for custom applications, and Microsoft only continues to enhance its functionality and its connections to other Microsoft tools. SharePoint just keeps getting better and better.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    I think the business and myself as a user has come to rely on SiSense as a dashboarding and quick ad-hoc reporting tool. I am hoping to integrate SiSense dashboards into more parts of the business in the future. We have reduced our report turn-around time for the most part from hours/days to minutes and in some cases almost the speed of thought. Reports are also easier on the eye and more easily distributed. I would also like to say that the support and professionalism from the SiSense team has been excellent.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No usability issues reported. Individual teams also have allocated areas which replace legacy shared drives on local LANs. Access to Sharepoint resources is fully integrated with corporate Active Directory with additional two-factor authentication required for administrative users. Users have access to Microsoft Services Hub which allows you to create, manage, and track support requests while staying current on Microsoft technologies with access to select self-paced learning paths
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    New V5 is ground floor of an exciting collection of possibilities. Weekly Sisense developers come up with new functionality that they share with us in their forums. The move to HTML5 has been pleasing in that widgets auto size themselves into appropriate forms in the board but everyone of them can be popped out to full page size to be looked at in more detail
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    There are very few situations when there is unexpected downtime. Mostly during development, new dashboard implementation and during upgrades. other then that there were very few crashes.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    SiSense is usually performing better then other solutions even if going for complex reports/dashboards(of course within reasonable frames). I haven't noticed any bad influence on other systems, usually if something happens it stays within SiSense.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Support for SharePoint is quite good. Microsoft provides good support. Microsoft offers
    • Quick turnaround time for issues
    • A range of support services
    • Access to a network of resources
    • Escalation of issues
    • Ongoing development and commitment to produce enhancement
    The majority of support is required for initial installation. Once complete and the system is operating we have had very few support issues.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    SiSense's support ninjas are very knowledgeable and are exceptionally responsive. So far, all of the issues we ran into were resolved within minimum time. My sense of dealing with the support staff at SiSense is that they are very focused on not just answering your immediate question, but also to delve into the cause of the matter.
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    The face to face training I received was on SharePoint Administration. It was rushed as there was a lot of information to cover and the application of the labs weren't that great either. I like to be able to relate what I am learning to what I am currently doing.
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    Qlik
    The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Sisense Ltd
    Easy and free training that allowed us quickly understand basics in SiSense and start using them. More advanced features requires some browsing through SiSense forums, but there is always support to help, and SiSense support is one of the best whith which I worked so far.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    I like to learn at my own pace and online training allows for that. Additionally, you can skip through pieces of content that you already know or are already comfortable with. Microsoft actually offers great videos on their website for basic fundamental SharePoint Training. I have used these training videos in some of my own training sessions with end users.
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    Qlik
    The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Sisense Ltd
    Many examples, videos and scenarios which you try on your own right away. This combined with in-person training gives you enough to utilize most of SiSense's power.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Planning to the last detail would be advised. SharePoint is a very large application that takes a lot of finesse to get operational
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    Qlik
    Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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    Sisense Ltd
    Remember to migrate the plugins. The documentation however is pretty straight forward.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    The reasons for selecting MS SharePoint are: SharePoint provides ease of use and web design assistance and support SharePoint helps you schedule your content for publishing. enables users to share documents with external parties and offers a better internal structure of the content and better indexing and searching capabilities.
    Incentivized
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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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    Sisense Ltd
    1) Easy to use, really, there is nothing too much to say. The set up is easy and not confusing. You can use it internally or externally.
    2) Customer Service, having spoken to various product reps from similar industry. Sisense rep provides you with the best support to get started, and it is really appreciated.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    Product is quite easily scalable. The whole installation can be easily moved to stronger machine if needed.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • It comes with Office 365. It won't cost you any additional charges.
    • It will help you to streamline your communication and work as a central hub for all tasks, files[,] and events[.]
    • Setting it up will need a bit [of] planning. If you jump blindly it will become a confusing place for your team members and make them frustrated[.]
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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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    Sisense Ltd
    • Report development time is reduced from 2~3 days to 2~3 hours.
    • Report querying time is improved from 0.5~10 mins to 2~30 seconds.
    • A 2-staff team delivers 10 times the BI output that we did on the old system.
    • We were able to deliver BI and data analysis for all business functions instead of a very limited group of users
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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