Qlik Sense vs. Yellowfin

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)
Yellowfin
Score 7.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.
$250
per month
Pricing
Qlik SenseYellowfin
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 SenseYellowfin
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Qlik SenseYellowfin
Considered Both Products
Qlik Sense
Chose Qlik Sense
Choosing Qlik Sense was a no-brainer to our organisation as we had already invested years developing QVD's (Qlik's data sources/structures) with QlikView that could be re-used with Qlik Sense. However we have still watched and explored the other products and although they can …
Chose 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 …
Yellowfin

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Qlik SenseYellowfin
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
Yellowfin
6.2
12 Ratings
28% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.3213 Ratings5.85 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.9310 Ratings6.212 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.1225 Ratings6.511 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
Yellowfin
6.7
12 Ratings
19% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.8319 Ratings6.711 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.2312 Ratings7.112 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.3152 Ratings6.38 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.9296 Ratings6.511 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
Yellowfin
5.9
11 Ratings
34% below category average
Publish to Web8.7207 Ratings6.411 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.7254 Ratings6.211 Ratings
Report Versioning8.7174 Ratings5.89 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.7180 Ratings5.711 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.7106 Ratings5.55 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
Yellowfin
5.9
12 Ratings
31% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.4304 Ratings6.012 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.7281 Ratings5.812 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.5193 Ratings5.810 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
8.9
294 Ratings
3% above category average
Yellowfin
6.3
11 Ratings
31% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.2273 Ratings6.311 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.0270 Ratings6.510 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.7272 Ratings6.410 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.9216 Ratings5.94 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Qlik Sense
7.5
220 Ratings
6% below category average
Yellowfin
6.7
8 Ratings
17% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.5214 Ratings6.25 Ratings
Mobile Application8.2132 Ratings6.48 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.3184 Ratings6.28 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
Yellowfin
6.1
5 Ratings
26% below category average
REST API8.7123 Ratings6.15 Ratings
Javascript API8.392 Ratings5.45 Ratings
iFrames8.592 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Java API8.669 Ratings6.35 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.695 Ratings6.55 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.482 Ratings6.55 Ratings
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Qlik SenseYellowfin
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Reveal
Reveal
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Reveal
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Qlik SenseYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(327 ratings)
6.3
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(11 ratings)
6.3
(7 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(8 ratings)
5.7
(7 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Qlik SenseYellowfin
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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Yellowfin
We can recommend this software without hesitation, as it has the ability to generate reports and data analysis, as well as process the data automatically, which saves time. It is ideal for small and medium-sized companies that wish to improve their services in the business world
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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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Yellowfin
  • Yellowfin’s Storyboard, Timeline and Collaborative tools make it easy to share data and insights across an organisation.
  • Strong Operational and Executive Dashboards that reflect the business KPIs and can send out prompts to people within the business based on rules.
  • Yellowfin makes it incredibly easy to create dynamic reports and dashboards which incorporate maps through locational intelligence functionality.
  • Yellowfin is a single license and all access is via a web browser making it perfect for both on-premise and cloud deployment. Mobile apps are also available.
  • User roles and source filtering allows Admin/IT to offer different functions/views by user group/role.
  • Mobile BI applications to support any device ..
  • API connectors ( YF 7.2 on the way in Mar16 ) for a range of third-party Web-based applications, data sources, Enterprises CRM/ERP apps & open data platform apps, including Salesforce, Google Analytics, Twitter, Youtube , Zoho CRM, XE.com & more coming to make endusers to integrate their applications for better benefits
  • Yellowfin Integration with Predictive analytical and Big Data processing tools like R, UDF, Spark to build rich applications for end users
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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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Yellowfin
  • The ability to predefine a colour for a specific graph as a selection option dynamically.
  • The ability to customise the label of a chart, especially with respect to performance related reporting graphs we need an increase in dynamic charting options to meet our more specialised requirements.
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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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Yellowfin
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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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Yellowfin
As mentioned previously, if a newer company is looking for a strong, polished BI tool, Yellowfin would be a great software vendor to consider. Unfortunately, the high cost might be a barrier to these newer companies who dont have any legacy software/agreements such as an EA agreement with Microsoft.
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Reliability and Availability
Qlik
No answers on this topic
Yellowfin
99.9% availability
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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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Yellowfin
They have good support in what they provide. But what they provide is not what is promised. I would stay with them if I can. Be very careful before signing up with them. They are not what they seem in the sales pitches. Be very careful and make sure you test and test before you sign up.
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In-Person Training
Qlik
The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Yellowfin
Yellowfin provides 3 levels of training to support consumers, business analytics, developers and Administrations :
  1. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 1 (Exploration)
  2. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 2 (Advanced)
  3. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 3(Expert)
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Online Training
Qlik
The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Yellowfin
Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
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Implementation Rating
Qlik
Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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Yellowfin
Design the data model and views for each dashboard is very important and it is the success factor Configuration of cluster for large implementation
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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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Yellowfin
Yellow Fin platform is browser agnostic and is accessible from desktops as well as mobile devices. It is very simple and fast, it is integrated with Big Data, clients do not require a great training. It just works. But it’s easier to have things on the cloud, especially if you need to use different computers. Yellow Fin lacks the cloud feature.
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Scalability
Qlik
No answers on this topic
Yellowfin
- Tested 500 con-current users in Linux platform with 4 cores systems - Tested with cloud based VM - Tested with 1000 reads per minutes
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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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Yellowfin
  • Yellowfin gives us a BI tool that is incredibly sleek, which leads our data to be clean, concise, and in an "easy-to-digest" format.
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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

Yellowfin Screenshots

Screenshot of Location IntelligenceScreenshot of Yellowfin DashboardScreenshot of Yellowfin SignalsScreenshot of Yellowfin MobileScreenshot of Yellowfin Sales KPIs