Qlik Sense

If you have the technical know-how to build out Qlik Sense apps in house or budget allows for consulting help, this is a great tool. There really isn't a BI tool on the market where some programming knowledge isn't needed for setup and maintenance and I feel this is one of the easiest ones out there to get set up, running, and providing you with great data storytelling.

Read full review

Mark Walker

Knowledge Management & Technology Officer

The Jessie Ball duPont FundPhilanthropy, 11-50 employees

View all 39 answers on this topic

Feature Rating Comparison

Qlik Sense

8.4

Pixel Perfect reports

8.7

Customizable dashboards

8.8

Report Formatting Templates

7.8

Qlik Sense

8.6

Drill-down analysis

8.7

Formatting capabilities

8.6

Integration with R or other statistical packages

7.9

Report sharing and collaboration

9.1

Qlik Sense

9.0

Publish to Web

9.0

Publish to PDF

8.9

Report Versioning

8.7

Report Delivery Scheduling

9.2

Delivery to Remote Servers

9.0

Qlik Sense

8.0

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

8.3

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

8.3

Predictive Analytics

7.5

Qlik Sense

8.4

Multi-User Support (named login)

8.7

Role-Based Security Model

8.2

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

7.6

Single Sign-On (SSO)

9.0

Qlik Sense

8.5

Responsive Design for Web Access

8.9

Dedicated iOS Application

8.2

Dedicated Android Application

7.6

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

9.1

Qlik Sense

8.2

REST API

7.0

Javascript API

8.0

iFrames

8.0

Java API

8.0

Themeable User Interface (UI)

10.0

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

8.0

Pros

The ability to link to data sources is relatively painless.
The visual aspect is the key and helps drive decisions and thinking especially for ad-hoc requirements.
It fundamentally replaces Excel as a visual tool.

Read full review

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

View all 39 answers on this topic

Cons

Qlik Sense can sometimes be a little clunky once the data is presented however overall the product does what it says.

Read full review

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

View all 39 answers on this topic

Usability

Qlik Sense9.5

Based on 5 answers

All controls are simplified and dumbed down. A lot of functionality is lost (vs. QlikView).

Read full review

Alexei Akimov

ETL, BI, DW, Data and Reporting Analyst

Searching for/Open to new opportuinitiesAutomotive, 51-200 employees

View all 5 answers on this topic

Support

Qlik Sense9.0

Based on 3 answers

Quick and responsive usually

Read full review

Mohan Suswaram

Enterprise Data Architect

CIBC MellonUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

View all 3 answers on this topic

In-Person Training

Qlik Sense9.1

Based on 1 answer

The instructor was very knowledgeable.

Read full review

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Printing Company, 501-1000 employees

View all 1 answers on this topic

Online Training

Qlik Sense9.1

Based on 1 answer

The online instructor was very knowledgeable.

Read full review

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Printing Company, 501-1000 employees

View all 1 answers on this topic

Implementation

Qlik Sense9.0

Based on 3 answers

Qlik worked along with us during our implementation, and it made it go quick and easy.

Read full review

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Printing Company, 501-1000 employees

View all 3 answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

Qlik Sense is an attempt to provide a more user friendly self-service experience and it does well in this and essentially extends the Qlik View experience. Our experience has been positive and would consider Qlik Sense enterprise to formalize our proactive self-service offering for business analytics. It would be interesting to see if natural language analytics will be the next step.

Read full review

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

View all 39 answers on this topic

Qlik Sense7.4

Based on 33 answers

Qlik Sense seems to have been built with collaboration in mind, in that it allows for annotations and customisation. It has an advanced security mechanism/settings providing granular authorisation to underlying data which is of immense use to financial industry (especially when a Chinese Great Wall kind of separation is needed in investment banks). Providing access to external parties (users outside of your organisation) is an easy call on Qlik Sense, though it asks for additional licensing.

Read full review

Mohan Suswaram

Enterprise Data Architect

CIBC MellonUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

View all 33 answers on this topic

Data Integration

Qlik Sense8.6

Based on 34 answers

Qlik Sense is versatile that it connects to multitude of data sources including Cloud and Hadoop based data sources

Read full review

Mohan Suswaram

Enterprise Data Architect

CIBC MellonUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

View all 34 answers on this topic

Return on Investment

Qlik Sense fills the gap between Excel's ad-hoc reporting and the traditional Qlik View scheduled type reporting. We have considered Qlik Sense Enterprise but feel that the desktop edition is good enough for our needs.

Read full review

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

View all 39 answers on this topic