Qlik Sense vs. Selenium

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Qlik Sense
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Qlik 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.
$20
per month per user (10 user minimum)
Selenium
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Selenium is open source software for browser automation, primarily used for functional, load, or performance testing of applications.N/A
Pricing
Qlik SenseSelenium
Editions & Modules
Standard
$20
per month per user (10 user minimum)
Premium
$2700
per month unlimited basic users & purchased full users
Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
Contact Sales
Enterprise
Custom Quote
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Qlik SenseSelenium
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Qlik SenseSelenium
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
8.4
312 Ratings
2% above category average
Selenium
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports8.3213 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.9310 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.1225 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
8.6
323 Ratings
6% above category average
Selenium
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis8.8319 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.2312 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.4152 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.9296 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
8.7
275 Ratings
4% above category average
Selenium
-
Ratings
Publish to Web8.7207 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.7254 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.7174 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.7180 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.7106 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
8.6
311 Ratings
6% above category average
Selenium
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.4304 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.7281 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.5193 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
9.0
294 Ratings
5% above category average
Selenium
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.2273 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.0270 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.7272 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.9216 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
7.5
220 Ratings
6% below category average
Selenium
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access8.5214 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application8.2132 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.3184 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
8.5
143 Ratings
7% above category average
Selenium
-
Ratings
REST API8.7123 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API8.392 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames8.592 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API8.669 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.695 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.482 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Qlik SenseSelenium
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(327 ratings)
9.2
(55 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
(7 ratings)
9.2
(6 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(11 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(8 ratings)
8.3
(11 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(5 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Qlik SenseSelenium
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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Open Source
When you have to test the UI and how it behaves when certain actions are performed, you need something that can automate the browsers. This is where Selenium comes to the rescue. If you have to test APIs and not the frontend (UI), I would recommend going with other libraries that support HTTP Requests. Selenium is good only when you have no choice but to run the steps on a browser.
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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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Open Source
  • For any web based UI automation, Selenium is the best tool out there to automate your tests.
  • It supports multiple coding languages like Java, Python, Ruby, C# etc.. to choose from.
  • There is a huge community of users and can get many answers on StackOverFlow.
  • It has lot of other plugins to make your tests even more efficient.
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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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Open Source
  • Selenium is pretty user-friendly but sometimes tests tend to flake out. I'd say roughly one out of twenty tests yields a false positive.
  • Selenium software cannot read images. This is a minor negative because a free plug-in is available from alternate sources.
  • Slowness may be a minor factor with Selenium, though this is an issue with basically any testing software since waiting on a site to execute JavaScript requires the browser to wait for a particular action.
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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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Open Source
We love this product mainly because of its high customization abilities and the ease of use. Moreover, its free and can be learned easily through online communities and videos. The tests are more consistent and reliable as compared to Manual tests. It has enabled us to test a large number of features all in one go, which would have impossible through manual tests. The reports generated at the end of the tests are really helpful for the QA and the development teams to get a fair view of the application.
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Usability
Qlik
Standard user interface and powerful analytic functions is GREAT. As technical person working in the background there are more things to do to make this a completely great tool. Some functions that should be standard requires consult scripting and hours. Now we are using it quite advanced and with many servers and in combination with QlikView. So overall I love the tool. But it could be better and user friendly and powerful in the background
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Open Source
As I mentioned earlier, the reason I use Selenium is because there is a fairly widespread community of users, and user support services are at a good level. because the application is open source, it works on many platforms (Windows, Linux, IOS) without any problems. In addition, it gives us a lot of options for writing functional tests. For errors that we receive through the application, we can easily find the reasons for errors in the forums.
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Support Rating
Qlik
Not only can you ask the support team for help, but you can also ask the community. Also with the community there is a vast amount of problems that have already been solved. The problem you are encountering has a likely chance of already being discussed and even solved in the community section saving you time from reaching out.
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Open Source
Selenium does not have technical support available easily. You have to go through forums to get the information you need. However, there are excellent forums out there that make it easy to troubleshoot. The open-source flexibility makes it difficult to have dedicated support.
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In-Person Training
Qlik
The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Open Source
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Qlik
The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Open Source
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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Open Source
We did everything we needed to use it. Now we can execute our tests on different operational systems and browsers running few tests simultaneously. We also implemented Appium framework to execute our tests on mobile devices, such as iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets. We use SauceLabs for our test execution and Jenkins for continuous integration.
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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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Open Source
At the time of adoption, there were not many other alternatives that were even close to being competitive when it comes to browser testing. As far as I know now to this day, there is still little competition to Selenium for what it does. Any other browser-based testing still utilises Selenium to interact with the browser.
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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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Open Source
  • There hasn’t been a downside to using it yet other than we’ve got to update the programs we create for each change.
  • This has saved us hundreds of hours of manpower by allowing our automation engineer to rapid fire tests.
  • We are able to screenshot and save entire sites before and after launch with a program the automation engineer created
  • We can compare large volumes of data against data in excel docs with a program created using Selenium
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ScreenShots

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