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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pentaho

    Score6 out of 10
    N/APentaho is a suite of open source business intelligence and analytics products, now offered and supported by Hitachi Data Systems since the June 2015 acquisition.N/A

    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

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    PentahoQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2750
    per month
    Qlik Sense (On-Premise)
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    Pricing Offerings
    PentahoQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PentahoQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Considered Both Products
    Hitachi Vantara
    Chose Pentaho
    Pentaho ranks #3 out of the four. I would always choose Qlik Sense overall since it is so incredibly fast and adaptable. It also has built-in ETL and has a much greater community. If you don't like Qlik, Tableau would be a second choice but the company is difficult to work …
    Incentivized
    Qlik
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    I have used SSRS previously for reporting. One interesting feature of SSRS is its email scheduling process, which comes in the same package as SSRS, but in Qlik Sense, we need to get the NPrinting package to make this happen (email scheduling). Still, we decided to go with Qlik …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Qlik Sense has its own data source, although it moved us away from maintaining RDBMS licenses.
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Overall, a much better product and sales experience than any other vendor/tool. When you look at Total Cost of Ownership, Qlik beats out Power BI, simply because you need fewer FTE's to support the same level of output. Tableau, while very popular, has an awkward sales …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    48 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    Features
    PentahoQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Pentaho and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.9
    315 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.618 Ratings8.3216 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.918 Ratings7.8313 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.718 Ratings7.5228 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Pentaho and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.0
    326 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.618 Ratings8.0322 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.319 Ratings6.2315 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.312 Ratings6.2154 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.717 Ratings7.7299 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Pentaho and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    278 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Publish to Web9.618 Ratings6.0210 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.819 Ratings6.9257 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.713 Ratings7.8176 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.917 Ratings8.7183 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.310 Ratings8.1108 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Pentaho and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    6.7
    314 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.916 Ratings6.7307 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.216 Ratings8.1283 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.314 Ratings6.2195 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings5.92 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Pentaho and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.7
    297 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.320 Ratings6.6276 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.619 Ratings8.4272 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.918 Ratings7.4275 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.610 Ratings8.8218 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Pentaho and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    221 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.710 Ratings8.0215 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.97 Ratings8.0133 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.711 Ratings9.0185 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Pentaho and Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    8.3
    145 Ratings
    7% above category average
    REST API8.310 Ratings8.0125 Ratings
    Javascript API9.09 Ratings8.494 Ratings
    iFrames7.39 Ratings8.094 Ratings
    Java API8.79 Ratings8.471 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.910 Ratings8.497 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.610 Ratings8.884 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    PentahoQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    8.3
    (332 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.3
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    7.5
    (37 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PentahoQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hitachi Vantara
    Pentaho is very well suited to perform data extraction & data mining from various cloud storage & transform that data using various available data models. However, the software struggles when it comes to visualizing the extracted data in an appealing manner & can be difficult for end-users to get an understanding of data tables created using those models.
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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
    Hitachi Vantara
    • Integrate and synchronize with big data easily
    • Import data from any sources and different databases
    • Managing data in on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments.
    • Compatibility and flexibility of the platform with any type of scenario and any business or industry
    • Various tools in the software suite to transformation of data
    • Simple interface appearance and creative UI graphics
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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
    Hitachi Vantara
    • I think the relative obscurity of the tool is a downside, not as many developers, consultants or peers you can tap into.
    • Lack of a solid user community held us back, looking at Power BI and Qlik, they have huge user communities that help each other out. Would have liked that here.
    • Smaller company means smaller sales force, and the lack of a local presence made it hard to only interact online with the account rep. Other companies have someone local who often stops by with pre-sales developers to just pitch in free of charge when they have time.
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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
    Hitachi Vantara
    I will use Pentaho until I find a better tool with a better, easier to use report designer client. For now, Pentaho has been the most powerful reporting tool for our clients because of its ability to connect to Odoo, integrate in Odoo (reports are accessible in Odoo) and the flexibility in report design and parameter integration
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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
    Hitachi Vantara
    The Pentaho tools are designed so you can start playing around on your own. Of course, you will need guidance at some point, but the training teams are good at guiding new users, and the online documentation is usually pretty up-to-date.
    Some of the tools, such as the Pentaho Data Integration tool and the Pentaho Server, are pretty self-explanatory. The other tools maybe are not so quickly and obvious to use, but again, with some documentation and some customer support, you can find your way around them.
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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
    Hitachi Vantara
    They were responsive to our questions when we raised issues. They gave us workarounds when required. They were quite knowledgeable when it came to issue analysis and providing fixes. They were forthright in informing us if a bug was not due for release soon.
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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
    Hitachi Vantara
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Online Training
    Hitachi Vantara
    Course Taken: DI1000 Pentaho Data Integration Fundamentals Setup A week before your class started, the instructor will start sending out class material and lab setup instructions. This is helpful so that you understand how the environment is laid out and can start reviewing the content. Ultimately it saved about a 1/2 day trying to setup with 10 other people online which was great! The Course The 3-day course was laid out like many other technical classes with 15-30 minutes instruction and 15-60 minutes of lab exercises. The instructor was very knowledgeable with the functionality from version to version and answered questions as we went along. I was amazed at some of the functionality that was available that I was not using at the time and quickly implemented changes to many existing transformations and jobs. The novice users seemed to catch on quickly and more experienced users explained how some of the functionality was used in their home environments. Towards the end there was enough time so that we were able to ask very directed questions about our own environments. Overall, I really found the class to be informative and deliver enough information to be dangerous. My skills improved and I was able to design better and efficient transformations for the HIE. Course Description: https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/pentaho-data-integration-fundamentals-di1000
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    Qlik
    The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Implementation Rating
    Hitachi Vantara
    Get the right people in before starting implementation. Start small and build as you go approach is time consuming and involves lot of rework. Evangalize within the organization the capabilities and limitations equally so that correct delivery expectations are set. Set expectations with the Customer that the tool cannot replace proprietary software in terms of stability/usability and that timelines could change given the new ness of the product.
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    Qlik
    Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hitachi Vantara
    Since the Pentaho platform offers a range of broad functionality across data preparation and advanced analytics, it also can be easily integrated to support many data sources and machine-learning frameworks. Based on that fact, we selected Pentaho to be used in our internal department. It also supports many of our BI use cases as required by company management or the business user. Last but not least, the Pentaho license is cheaper than their competitor.
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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
    Hitachi Vantara
    • Pentaho has improved our overall business process.
    • Pentaho has helped the Managers and Directors to analyze the numbers going up and down from time to time.
    • We have a started a big project using Pentaho that is going to include all the business processes in the organization.
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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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    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