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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

    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)

    Score3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's SharePoint Designer was a tool for developing SharePoint applications that has been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2750
    per month
    Qlik Sense (On-Premise)
    Contact Sales
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Qlik
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    48 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.8
    315 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.3216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.8313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.5228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.0
    326 Ratings
    13% below category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.0322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.2315 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.3154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.6299 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    278 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Publish to Web5.9210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF6.9257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.7176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.6183 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.1108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    6.7
    314 Ratings
    18% below category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.7307 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.1283 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.3195 Ratings00 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 SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.7
    297 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)6.5276 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.4272 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.4275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.7218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    7.5
    221 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.0215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.0133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.0185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    8.3
    145 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    REST API8.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.494 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.471 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.497 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.784 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (332 ratings)
    4.9
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.5
    (37 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    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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    Discontinued Products
    SharePoint does not provide, out of the box, a tool to create / update workflows from web. You have to use SharePoint Designer in order to create them. If you need to implement custom workflows for specific business processes, then SharePoint Designer is well suited. SharePoint Designer allows you to create workflows with task approval, email notifications, assign variables and update SharePoint Lists / Documents properties. In our company, we have created specific workflows for : - Purchase order - RH forms validation like annual employee review - Dematerialized existing forms and validation
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • 2013 Workflows - Loops: You can build loops to work while a value (not) equals something, or N number of times. You can insert Parallel Blocks to do multiple things at once, or to watch for multiple things, and when 1 thing finishes, cancels the others and moves to the next step or stage.
    • 2013 Workflows - Stages: Previously all we had were steps, which worked sequentially. With the Concept of Stages, we can create blocks of steps and based on the data collected during those functions, we can tell the workflow to go to a different Stage in the workflow based on a set of 1, or multiple, Conditionals in a transition area after each Stage. Giving you the power to develop multiple entire processes and skipping to the correct part of the workflow, rather than going through 20 conditionals to find out you needed to do action 31.
    • 2013 Workflows - REST API: the "Call HTTP Web Service" is a very powerful tool, but hard to understand if you have never seen it done, or have a guideline. It works very similar to the requirements in PowerShell to connect and get and post data to SharePoint using the Rest API. You can also use this to manage permissions on List Items, Lists, Sites, and Site Collections. Best part is when developed correctly, it is SUPER FAST!
    • Intentionally Building Infinite Loops: I have built multiple review process from Managing Certifications to Updating Published Documentation, that monitors when an Item, based on provided approved metadata, when the "Author" needs to review the document within the given amount of time. They will get e-mails with links asking if changes are needed. If not, it is routed to the Approving Executive, and the Workflow Automatically updates the Metadata to push out the review dates to the next date, based on metadata provided on how how often the document should be reviews. By using conditionals in the transition of stages, it basically starts over, and goes into a parallel block to allow the monitoring of multiple values of metadata to move to the next stage. Very Powerful when you want to automate these types of process. It truly is a "Set It and Forget It" process.
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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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    • In the newest version of SharePoint Designer, they have gotten rid of the Design view which makes what used to be quick and easy changes much more code-intensive. This makes it harder for non-IT users and is more risker for all SharePoint Designer users.
    • SharePoint Designer workflows have a lot of functionality, but there are also some crucial limitations, such as not being able to put lookup fields in email subjects or using parenthesis to separate/group logical conditions.
    • Although this goes along with the Design view, there really isn't a good user interface anymore for adding conditional formatting and styles in views/pages.
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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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    It is a helpful tool that we use every day.
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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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    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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    Support is good from Microsoft. They are quite responsive when we raise a ticket but SP Designer support will be ended by Microsoft in the near future as they have got new techs like PowerApps and Flow to achieve the same functionality SP Designer does and even more than that.
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    In-Person Training
    Qlik
    The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Online Training
    Qlik
    The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Implementation Rating
    Qlik
    Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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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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    I haven't used anything else like this. I use different products for workflows and forms, but they aren't listed in the listings for this page. Instead of using it for workflows or forms (deprecated 2 years ago), I use Nintex. For everything else, I have what I need in the Modern version of SharePoint online
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • For my needs, I have not found SharePoint Designer useful for my day to day maintenance of SharePoint. It is useful for viewing all the objects that make up the SharePoint site.
    • It is not as intuitive in regard to setting up Workflows. I have yet to use it to set up workflows in SharePoint. Maybe if I needed more complex workflows, it would be beneficial.
    • I like to use SharePoint Designer for moving around files within SharePoint sites.
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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