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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 Datasphere

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP Datasphere, the next generation of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, is a comprehensive data service that enables data professionals to deliver seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. It provides a unified experience for data integration, data cataloging, semantic modeling, data warehousing, data federation, and data virtualization. SAP Datasphere enables users to distribute mission-critical business data — with business context and logic preserved — across the data…N/A

    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
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP DatasphereSisense
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2750
    per month
    Qlik Sense (On-Premise)
    Contact Sales
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    Pricing Offerings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP DatasphereSisense
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—SAP Datasphere is available as a subscription or consumption-based model. The SAP Datasphere capacity unit (CU) offers an adaptable approach to pricing that enables any workload on any hyperscaler. The number of CUs required is determined by the unique workload, with the ability to tailor the combination of required services within SAP Datasphere utilizing a flexible tenant configuration. The services that contribute to CU consumption are the core application (compute and storage), data lake, BW bridge, data integration, and data catalog (crawling and storage).Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP DatasphereSisense
    Considered Multiple Products
    Qlik
    Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    More user friendly, better price
    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
    SAP
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    some features are better, other for e.g. big data analysis or ai cases not
    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
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    93%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    48 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
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    Features
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP DatasphereSisense
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Datasphere and Sisense
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.8
    315 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    9.7
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.3216 Ratings00 Ratings10.037 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.8313 Ratings00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.5228 Ratings00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Datasphere and Sisense
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.0
    326 Ratings
    13% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    8.8
    47 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.0322 Ratings00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.2315 Ratings00 Ratings9.047 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.3154 Ratings00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.6299 Ratings00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Datasphere and Sisense
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    278 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    10.0
    46 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Publish to Web5.9210 Ratings00 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Publish to PDF6.9257 Ratings00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.8176 Ratings00 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.7183 Ratings00 Ratings10.039 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.1108 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Datasphere and Sisense
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    6.7
    314 Ratings
    18% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    9.5
    45 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.7307 Ratings00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.1283 Ratings00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.3195 Ratings00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining5.92 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Datasphere and Sisense
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.7
    297 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    10.0
    45 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)6.6276 Ratings00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.4272 Ratings00 Ratings10.044 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.4275 Ratings00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.42 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.7218 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Datasphere and Sisense
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    221 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    9.7
    40 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.0215 Ratings00 Ratings10.040 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.0133 Ratings00 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.0185 Ratings00 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SAP Datasphere and Sisense
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    8.3
    145 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.0125 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.494 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.094 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.471 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.497 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.784 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Zendesk Explore
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    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP DatasphereSisense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (332 ratings)
    8.7
    (127 ratings)
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (14 ratings)
    8.4
    (69 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
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (47 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.5
    (37 ratings)
    -
    (0 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)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SAP DatasphereSisense
    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.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    SAP Datasphere is well suited for scalable cloud based data integration scenarios which also opens up the doors for AI driven insights which are much harder to achieve with on-prem data warehouses. Considering the licensing model of SAP Datasphere being based on consumption driven capacity units cost can be a big consideration for organizations with large volumes of data that can be a pre-requisite for data mining and AI use cases. So this can be a bottleneck or not so well adopted scenario for SAP Datasphere.
    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.
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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
    • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud offers free trial for 90 days with free 128 GB of storage and 64 GB memory.
    • Availability of self-service data modeling and analytics on SAP Data Warehouse Cloud enables users to access and analyze data without getting support from the IT team.
    • Without zero coding while collecting, connecting, analyzing and modeling data, it saves us time and operational costs of partnering with external IT support experts.
    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.
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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
    • Need to have a good understanding of the SAP ecosystem to implement and use it.
    • From a cost perspective it can be little bit on the expensive side for enterprises.
    • The platform is still new and hence more subjected to bugs. But support for it is always good from the SAP team.
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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
    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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    SAP
    Datasphere can come with its own challenges which can feel like a mountain to get over. However, once one has an understanding of how the product works it becomes easier to use. Once the time is spent to get it setup and working correctly very little is needed to keep it running smoothly. Its a great tool it just takes time to learn.
    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
    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
    SAP has suggested that BW 7.5 will be sunset soon. Usability is good in SAP BW Modernization. Instead of going with other non-SAP tools, staying with SAP will be suitable for existing users. Across the board, many of them are moving to DataSphere.
    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
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    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
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    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
    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
    I would greatly acknowledge the services of Sap Data [warehouse Cloud] because we were struggling before its arrival where we used to get manual data connections and this used to consume a lot of time but after its use, we now are able to connect data easily saving a lot of time and finances.
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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
    Qlik
    The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Qlik
    The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Qlik
    Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    Remember to migrate the plugins. The documentation however is pretty straight forward.
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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
    Each of these listed software has its own unique strength and capacity that scales well. SAP Datasphere on its end up against them with more suitability for large establishments with complex data ecosystems with scalability support. Also, it avails a pay-as-you-go pricing for users, and it is widely up for data quality, data governance, and data discovery.
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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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Despite the pricing model being expensive for small businesses, it provides decent features and capabilities for organizations of different sizes and it's an appropriate investment in today's business environment where there is constant pressure to build a scalable and flexible analytics service
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    Sisense Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    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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    Professional Services
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Ever since we implemented SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, we have been able to reduce the additional costs of hiring third-party service providers by incorporating professional services offered by the vendor.
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    Sisense Ltd
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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
    • Preserving data quality has enhanced governance on data by having a single source that is accessible to every business user via self-service capabilities.
    • Operational cost is lowered by connecting data in one integrated solution hence making it easy to access information without having to keeping logging to other applications. Additionally, no external IT support is needed since SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has no-coding modeling tools.
    • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has enabled every business user to understand different data by transforming data to real insights.
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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