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Qlik Sense

Overview

What is Qlik Sense?

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.

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Recent Reviews

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Qlik Sense, a widely used data visualization and management tool, has proven to be invaluable for organizations in various industries. …
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Qlik Sense makes sense

9 out of 10
November 25, 2022
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Qlik Sense itself is quite easy to implement to support BI activities in the organization. We develop Qlik apps in a mixed-mode. Something …
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10/10 recommend!

8 out of 10
November 19, 2022
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We deal with a lot of data to manage student experiences and numbers which can be overwhelming to manage especially for new hires, Qlik …
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Popular Features

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  • Customizable dashboards (310)
    8.9
    89%
  • Drill-down analysis (319)
    8.8
    88%
  • Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.) (304)
    8.4
    84%
  • Formatting capabilities (312)
    8.2
    82%

Video Reviews

2 videos

Qlik Review: How Qlik Sense Opened the Door for this Business Analytics Manager
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Qlik Review: Qlik Sense Houses Business Data In One Place For Easy Analytics Discovery
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Pricing

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Standard

$20

Cloud
per month per user (10 user minimum)

Premium

$2700

Cloud
per month unlimited basic users & purchased full users

Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows

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On Premise

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.qlik.com/us/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $20 per month per user (10 user minimum)
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Product Demos

Qlik Sense ESRI Extension Demo

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Tableau VS Qlik Sense VS Power BI : (EP 1) - Performance: loading ~40 million records

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Integrate Maps in Qlik Sense: GeoQlik for Qlik Sense demo (English language)

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QLIK Sense OEM Integration.qlik.com - Concept behind the demo platform

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Demo Tableros de Control con QlikSense

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Crea una Aplicación con Qlik Sense desde Excel

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8.4
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

8.6
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.7
Avg 8.4

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.6
Avg 8.1

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

8.9
Avg 8.6

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

7.5
Avg 7.9

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

8.5
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is Qlik Sense?

Qlik Sense is a business intelligence (BI) and visual analytics platform that supports a range of analytic use cases. Built on Qlik’s Associative Engine, it supports a full range of users and use-cases across the life-cycle from data to insight – with self-service analytics, interactive dashboards, conversational analytics, custom and embedded analytics, mobile analytics, and reporting. The solution comes in three different editions - Qlik Sense Enterprise, Business, and Team. Qlik Sense can be deployed in the cloud or on-premises.

The Qlik Sense analytics platforms aims to empower everyone in organizations to make data-driven decisions. People of all skill levels get analytical power, with associative exploration and search, AI-powered insight suggestions, AI-accelerated creation and data prep, advanced analytics integration, and natural-language, conversational interaction. They can share and communicate the insights they discover and get answers anywhere they work – with interactive and secure online and offline mobility. And for the enterprise, users get a platform with open and standard APIs for customization and extension, data integration and connectivity, centralized management and governance, and a Kubernetes based SaaS / multi-cloud architecture driving scalability across combinations of on-premise, private, and public cloud environments.

Qlik Sense Features

BI Platform Features

  • Supported: Administration via Windows App
  • Supported: Administration via MacOS App
  • Supported: Administration via Web Interface
  • Supported: Live Connection to External Data
  • Supported: Snapshot of External Data
  • Supported: In-memory data model
  • Supported: OLAP (Pre-processed cube representation)
  • Supported: ROLAP (SQL-layer querying)
  • Supported: Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)
  • Supported: Data warehouse / dictionary layer
  • Supported: ETL Capability
  • Supported: ETL Scheduler

Supported Data Sources Features

  • Supported: MS Excel Workbooks
  • Supported: Text Files (CSV, etc)
  • Supported: Oracle
  • Supported: MS SQL Server
  • Supported: IBM DB2
  • Supported: Postgres
  • Supported: MySQL
  • Supported: ODBC
  • Supported: Cloudera Hadoop
  • Supported: Hortonworks Hadoop
  • Supported: EMC Greenplum
  • Supported: IBM Netezza
  • Supported: HP Vertica
  • Supported: ParAccel
  • Supported: SAP Hana
  • Supported: Teradata
  • Supported: Sage 500
  • Supported: Salesforce
  • Supported: SAP
  • Supported: Google Analytics

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Pixel Perfect reports
  • Supported: Customizable dashboards
  • Supported: Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting Features

  • Supported: Drill-down analysis
  • Supported: Formatting capabilities
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages
  • Supported: Report sharing and collaboration

Report Output and Scheduling Features

  • Supported: Publish to Web
  • Supported: Publish to PDF
  • Supported: Output Raw Supporting Data
  • Supported: Report Versioning
  • Supported: Report Delivery Scheduling
  • Supported: Delivery to Remote Servers

Data Discovery and Visualization Features

  • Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
  • Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
  • Supported: Predictive Analytics
  • Supported: Support for Machine Learning models
  • Supported: Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

Access Control and Security Features

  • Supported: Multi-User Support (named login)
  • Supported: Role-Based Security Model
  • Supported: Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
  • Supported: Report-Level Access Control
  • Supported: Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile Capabilities Features

  • Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
  • Supported: Mobile Application
  • Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding Features

  • Supported: REST API
  • Supported: Javascript API
  • Supported: iFrames
  • Supported: Java API
  • Supported: Themeable User Interface (UI)
  • Supported: Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Additional Features

  • Supported: In memory data indexing Associative Engine
  • Supported: Machine Learning with the Qlik Cognitive Engine
  • Supported: Augmented Intelligence and insight suggestions with Insight Advisor
  • Supported: Conversational Analytics with Qlik Insight Bot
  • Supported: Open APIs, in addition to Qlik Analytics Platform
  • Supported: Multi Cloud Architecture with docker containers deployed and orchestrated within Kubernetes
  • Supported: Data Catalog & Data Ops Management with Qlik Data Catalyst
  • Supported: Public and syndicated data as a service with Qlik Data Market
  • Supported: Qlik Associative Big Data Index delivers Qlik’s associative experience on top of Big Data
  • Supported: Flexible deployment options including Enterprise SaaS and combination of cloud and on-premise options
  • Supported: Enterprise reporting and distribution with Qlik NPrinting
  • Supported: Advanced geopolitical calculation and geotagging with Qlik Geo Analytics
  • Supported: Embedded analytic capabilities to build, extend and deploy custom solutions that are scalable and cloud-ready with Qlik Core

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 BundleScreenshot of Help Desk case analysisScreenshot of Concentration analysisScreenshot of KPI DashboardScreenshot of Geographical Accident Analysis

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Qlik Sense Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac, Kubernetes
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAmericas, EMEA, LATAM, APAC
Supported LanguagesThe Qlik Management Console is English only.    The Qlik Sense client supports the following languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Korean, and Traditional Chinese.   The language Qlik Sense uses depends on the language preferences of your browser. The default reading order in a Qlik Sense app is left to right. You can change the reading order to right-to-left in your app preferences if your data or labels are in a right-to-left language such as Arabic or Hebrew.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Qlik Sense starts at $20.

Microsoft Power BI and Spotfire are common alternatives for Qlik Sense.

Reviewers rate Multi-User Support (named login) highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of Qlik Sense are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Qlik Sense, a widely used data visualization and management tool, has proven to be invaluable for organizations in various industries. Users have praised its ability to provide consistent and visually appealing information, ensuring that everyone within the organization is on the same page when it comes to business performance. By reducing the manual workload of repetitive reporting tasks, Qlik Sense allows users to transition to more strategic business intelligence practices. This makes it a go-to BI tool for different departments and functions across the organization.

One of the standout features of Qlik Sense is its efficiency in processing large volumes of data and its flexibility in combining data from multiple sources. This enables users to create simple yet powerful dashboards that track impact and outcomes, financial performance, and cost modeling data analysis. Not only does Qlik Sense address reporting needs, but it also provides valuable insights that can inform decision-making processes. It has become an indispensable enterprise reporting tool, supporting management reporting and facilitating data exploration.

From inventory tracking and forecast analysis to providing executives with a quick overview of the company's health, Qlik Sense proves its versatility across various use cases. Its self-service business intelligence capabilities allow users to create personalized dashboards and analyze complex datasets without relying on technical expertise. By improving decision-making processes and saving time for users, Qlik Sense has established itself as a trusted companion in the realm of data visualization and analysis.

Users have made several recommendations based on their experiences with Qlik Sense. The three most common recommendations are as follows:

  1. Conduct thorough research before selecting Qlik Sense: Many users suggest exploring other tools in the market and comparing them with Qlik Sense. They recommend conducting research to ensure that Qlik Sense aligns with specific business requirements and needs.

  2. Take advantage of available resources and demos: Users recommend taking advantage of the free trial and demo apps provided by Qlik. They suggest testing the ease of use and functionality of Qlik Sense before making a decision. Additionally, users recommend exploring resources such as Qlik Branch or GitHub for extensions and add-ons to enhance the capabilities of Qlik Sense.

  3. Understand business processes and define requirements: It is recommended to have a clear understanding of the business processes and requirements before selecting any BI software, including Qlik Sense. Users emphasize the importance of defining evaluation criteria and having a list of requirements handy during the evaluation process.

Overall, users believe that Qlik Sense offers a robust BI platform with extensive capabilities, particularly suitable for large business setups in industries such as retail and manufacturing. Users appreciate its interactive visualization options, excellent data integration, adaptability to multiple devices, and ability to analyze data from various sources quickly. They also suggest investing in training and ensuring thorough knowledge of all features before attempting complex tasks.

Attribute Ratings

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is extremely well suited for analyzing large amounts of data, particularly where sales are concerned. It gives very quickly an overview of your dataset, and where the key parts are.

The main area that Qlik Sense struggles with is where we need users to add context to the data we are seeing. Unfortunately, Qlik Sense doesn't have any way to input data or add public comments at the time of writing.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is well suited for analyzing data in a deep way, asking new questions as you go along. It is best when you are open-minded about learning something new that you did not know before, because you can easily look at the data from many different angles and drill down into details. Also, you can easily combine different data sources and get stuff done quickly.

It is less well suited for ad hoc analysis, or data that is not well-structured (the kind of things you would use Excel for).
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is ideal where is there is a large volume of data (millions of rows), where there are many data sources and information needs to be restricted as to who and what they can see. In terms of development time required, Qlik Sense may not be suited where data rows are only in the thousands and where information can only add value if presented as tables (I.E., where visuals are not required).
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Best scenario: When there is lots of data and the data quality is good. Scenarios where it is less appropriate: When the data consists of a lot of pictures, documents, PDFs, video and audio files.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think Qlik Sense is well suited to fill the need of an organization or individual in need of creating interactive visualizations from large data sets. Ultimately, when it comes to data analytics, it is vital to use a tool that integrates well in the environment of other software within the user's context, making Qlik Sense a tough sell over PowerBI in many Microsoft-dominated business contexts.
March 22, 2020

Qlik Sense Review

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is okay for how we are using it but not ideal. We really only need a way to associate a number of Excel spreadsheets and sort or query the data so that we end up with a table of data pertaining to the subset of data that we are interested in. We use other software packages to statistically analyze that data. I suspect that there may be a cheaper and easier way to do this.
March 17, 2020

Qlik Sense Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik is great for consolidating data from different sources, e.g. where businesses are using several different systems such as MES, ERP and even manually created spreadsheets.

It is excellent for eliminating manual transactions in situations where end users are regularly analyzing data from the same sources but need up to date information.

It is not a plug and play solution and does need some experience or training to be able to develop good data models and user-friendly dashboards. End users themselves will also need basic familiarisation in using dashboards.
February 28, 2020

Qlik Sense Review

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It can be used by any machine as earlier Qlik Sense was working only on Windows. It's well suited for any end-users or analysts since they don't need to worry about the infrastructure and just focus on their work.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is a suitable tool for business analysts to perform relatively easy data analytics, data visuals, and find key insight. It is easy to learn and use. However, for data scientists, there are many other open-source tools available, and they provide more advanced data analytics options and interactive data visuals.
December 24, 2019

Qlik Sense Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It has the flexibility to meet all different use cases, but requires in depth knowledge of features to develop for all use cases. Capabilities can be extended as needed to meet use cases (custom visuals, tools, metadata), but creates custom maintenance cycles and tools/utilities that may break release to release. Qlik Sense gives a consistent release cadence to quickly fix bugs and integrate new functionality.
December 17, 2019

Qlik Sense

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I really like using it to provide quick insights and answers to questions from around the business that would normally have taken a long time and a lot of requirements gathering before it is built. The UI design options for dashboarding still needs more work although this has come a long way in more recent releases.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  1. Making documents available over the cloud from various other software.
  2. Making Analytics reports out of several different types of data and that too hundreds of rows of data through excel sheets.
  3. The output reports are beneficial after grinding of large amounts of data for the sales and team.
  4. Its responsive design is another beautiful feature that is helpful to use it on a variety of other devices.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is perfect for combining multiple data sources into one view. It allows a crazy amount of connectors, ODBC, REST, Salesforce, Excel, SAP... so suits most business scenarios. Once you get over the initial hump of learning the system you can create some beautifully crafted views for your users.
If your users aren't very IT savvy you might find issues with them using it. Therefore I'd recommend that you provide a lot of training and make sure adoption is monitored. We've found some users not logging in or forgetting how to use it.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Good scenarios
Qlik is well suited for creating visual financial reports for internal use. The interactive elements and the ability to filter on any item is great. These reports are a huge step forward. Being an Enterprise product Qlik is capable of combining the data of the financial system, CRM system and a lot of other data sources into powerful reports.

Less appropriate
Qlik is less suitable for integration in a website. Even the demo applications of integrations into a website are slow and the interactive elements cannot be seamlessly integrated into a modern house style.
November 19, 2019

Qlik makes Sense

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is great for analyzing sales movements, both in quantity and money value. We have had issues with getting the Map functionality to display the kind of information we're trying to get out of it. Stacked bar graphs also don't seem to present very well in Qlik Sense for quantifying the stacked sections.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Well suited - when a data table is in place. Just drag into Qlik, quick charts will be available in a second.
Space to improve - in particular, datetime handling could be a pain. Thought there are good formulas like IntervalMatch, net working days etc., it will be a bit tricky handling some particular datetime exceptions.
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