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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SAP Crystal

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ASAP Crystal is an analytics and reporting software solution for SMBs. SAP Crystal comprises Crystal Reports for pixel-perfect reporting, and SAP Crystal Server for automated distribution and self-service access to reports, dashboards and data exploration.

    $295

    per single user license

    Pricing
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP Crystal
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2750
    per month
    Qlik Sense (On-Premise)
    Contact Sales
    Upgrade Version to SAP Crystal Reports 2020
    $295
    per single user license
    SAP Crystal Reports 2020 64-Bit
    $495
    per single user license
    SAP Crystal Reports 2016 32-Bit
    $495
    per single user license
    SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL
    $869
    per user license + first year maintenance to be added
    SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL
    $8,744
    5 concurrent users + first year maintenance to be added
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP Crystal
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—* SAP Crystal Reports 2020 Viewer allows you to view static data within a SAP Crystal Reports file. * SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Full version allows you to create powerful, richly formatted, and dynamic reports from virtually any data source, delivered in dozens of formats, in up to 28 languages. If you already have an older version of Crystal Reports, buy a license for SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Upgrade at a discounted, upgrade price. * SAP Crystal Server 2020, 1 NUL includes 1 license of: SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - SAP Crystal Server 2020. * As an add-on to SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL, SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL allows you to support a wider, intermittent audience of end users, up to five logged on at the same time.
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    Community Pulse
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP Crystal
    Considered Both Products
    Qlik
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    We selected Qlik Sense when other public-facing tools were either prohibitively expensive for our uses (BusinessObjects) or still not quite mature (Power BI). Now we're in the maintenance contract it's cost-effective for us to remain. Qlik feels like an excellent interactive …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Tableau vs Qlik Sense: We found Qlik better suited the data transformation we needed. Having said that, we found Tableau easier to set up, while Qlik was awkward to set up.

    Qlik Sense vs Power BI: We found more adoptability with Power BI, simply because everyone is used to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Qlik Sense was more fully-featured and scaled better on price. The ability to customize and extend functionality is helpful to tweak the product for our specific needs. It has truly helped scale our user community and their maturity/ability to do more with data without also …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Our utilization of Crystal Reports is unique in that reports are published directly to our ERP, allowing users to access the information within a common singular interface, which gives the edge of convenience.
    Compared to Qlik Sense though, these reports are Static in nature, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    We use QlikView as well so it was really easy to use the existing data warehouse that we used for QlikView to feed our Qliksense applications. QlikView is also a very good tool that we tend to use for the more complex data compilations and visualisations, however, this requires …
    Incentivized
    SAP
    Chose SAP Crystal
    We originally purchased Crystal as it aligned with our vendors' recommendations for reporting. We have since started to focus our development on more self-service and dashboard-type tools (like QlikView, Qlik Sense, and similar). These tools are more mature and capable than …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Crystal
    Qlik is better in terms of reading data from different sources but it doesn’t have the auto doc ability like SAP Crystal Tableau. It is a decent visualization tool but doesn’t have the same ability in terms of rendering output reports into a suitable format. Plus the cost of Tab…
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Crystal
    For automating documents and reports, I personally believe there is no better solution. However, for the sheer fact, it can't compare/combine two sources, I'd recommend pairing it with another BI tool. For example, Qlik, whereby you can create dashboards and compare multiple …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Crystal
    SAP Crystal stacks up against those solutions cause if you set up the scale for high detailed results with a high level of complexity SAP Crystal can take you there and far beyond that. I strongly recommend to invest time doing a decent training in related tools like SQL, also …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Crystal
    This is usually the easier software to have a consensus across different departments. The scheduled reports capabilities is also a very important feature when it comes to the time to decide. Despite some minor problems, SAP Crystal Server reports are usually very easy to …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Crystal
    We are very happy with SAP Crystal Server and we chose to go with SAP Crystal Server because it was the best fit for all the different departments that use it. With the other programs that we evaluated, we could not come to a consensus because certain critical features were …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Crystal
    When we evaluated several options, we found SAP Crystal Server to be more reliable than some of its competitors. We wanted something that we could customise to use in several departments and for all different types of situations where reports would be useful. We also use other …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Crystal
    It is not really easy to make a comparison with the other competitors' software, I think that every software is appropriate for your needs, certainly SAP Crystal Reports has a few gaps, and if you choose it as a final product it is because it allows you to change down to the …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    48 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP Crystal
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Crystal
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.8
    315 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Crystal
    7.7
    124 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.3216 Ratings8.0113 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.8313 Ratings6.7100 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.5228 Ratings8.4117 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Crystal
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.0
    326 Ratings
    13% below category average
    SAP Crystal
    8.3
    136 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.0322 Ratings9.0117 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.2315 Ratings8.8135 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.3154 Ratings6.964 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.6299 Ratings8.6120 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Crystal
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    278 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP Crystal
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web5.9210 Ratings9.191 Ratings
    Publish to PDF6.9257 Ratings9.4133 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.7176 Ratings7.994 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.6183 Ratings8.997 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.1108 Ratings8.454 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Crystal
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    6.7
    314 Ratings
    18% below category average
    SAP Crystal
    7.6
    89 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.7307 Ratings7.650 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.1283 Ratings7.576 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.3195 Ratings7.841 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining5.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Crystal
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.7
    297 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SAP Crystal
    8.5
    88 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)6.5276 Ratings8.481 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.4272 Ratings8.480 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.4275 Ratings8.480 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.42 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.7218 Ratings8.940 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Crystal
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    221 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Crystal
    6.6
    65 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.0215 Ratings6.163 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.0133 Ratings5.946 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.0185 Ratings6.060 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Crystal
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    8.3
    145 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SAP Crystal
    7.8
    45 Ratings
    1% above category average
    REST API8.0125 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Javascript API8.494 Ratings8.437 Ratings
    iFrames8.094 Ratings7.18 Ratings
    Java API8.471 Ratings8.437 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.497 Ratings7.439 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.784 Ratings8.433 Ratings
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    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP Crystal
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP Crystal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (332 ratings)
    6.7
    (159 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (14 ratings)
    7.1
    (31 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    8.8
    (124 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.5
    (37 ratings)
    9.2
    (129 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP Crystal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SAP
    Generation of templated reports is the strong suit of SAP Crystal. Allows users to change formats in templates bases on requirement with minimal effort. Automated report delivery requires the user to be aware of sql which cannot be expected from all users. Should support more document export formats and improve the UI for SAP B1 Users
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    Pros
    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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    SAP
    • Crystal Reports allows us to create a consistent template for all of our reports.
    • Crystal Reports and Server allows us to house a repository for all of our reports to make them easy to find and update when necessary.
    • Crystal Reports can connect to a wide variety of data sources.
    • Crystal Reports can be a little daunting when first implementing. There are a lot of nuances in learning how to truly master this software and it can be frustrating at times.
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    Cons
    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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    SAP
    • The export of reports to Excel is very cumbersome and the results are difficult to format.
    • The design of reports and the graphical features (e.g. charts) feel quite rigid.
    • The learning curve for a non-programmer is incredibly steep, making Crystal a specialty tool.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    SAP
    We have been using this product for so many years and it has truly become a cornerstone to our business processes when it comes to developing and distributing information via reports. We currently have over 500 reports developed to date over about 30 systems and that will continue to grow as user needs change.
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    Usability
    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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    SAP
    Crystal is very robust, but not always easy to use. It create wonderful looking reports, and so deserves a high rating. However, I have to take a couple of points off for the simple fact that I cannot hand it to a user and expect them to be able to do development with it.
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    Support Rating
    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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    SAP
    The support community can be difficult to navigate. I've also run into issues with my login. The SAP system has a bizarre mechanism for validating users that requires users to have what is called an S-ID. A basic ID may not give you access to all the features in the portal. The limitation may include not being able to perform a simple task like downloading patches and updates. This isn't a big deal for single user license but for teams it can be a pain.
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    In-Person Training
    Qlik
    The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    SAP
    Trainer was patient and thorough in going through the basics and willing to answer questions by email after the initial training
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    Online Training
    Qlik
    The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Qlik
    Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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    SAP
    Just like any other implementation: When designing the differing reports, get end users' input, make sure to design the reports so that they display the information that the company requires, in the best and clearest way possible.
    Test, test, test, revise when needed, and, particularly, do sufficient training so users are comfortable using Crystal Reports!
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    SAP
    Crystal reports is useful in case we want to import data from data base . We can write queries in it but Google Charts require to be implemented in our application using code so crystal reports is better than Google Charts.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    SAP
    • It is a decent buy for specific departments in terms of reporting capabilities but updates and cost (frequent) demands are higher with the benefits offered.
    • So long as the requirements are not ever changing, with scheduling functionality, it's a handsome tool.
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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

    SAP Crystal Screenshots

    Screenshot of Pixel-perfect reporting solutionScreenshot of Refresh with a clickScreenshot of Build pixel-perfect documentsScreenshot of Connect to all data sourcesScreenshot of Use drag and dropScreenshot of Build interactive reports