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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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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%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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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.

8.5
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

Reviews

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is very good when businesses need to get lots of data for various sources and to quickly adjust the data presented. It can also act as an in-time analyzer for quick Proof of concept studies. When we have business teams working in dedicated applications, then it's better to have reporting directing in that application, so users don't need to open a second app(Qlik), instead, they use only 1 app.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik is suited for "power" data analytics users. It is not appropriate for 90% of the business-world population that can barely run spreadsheets and cannot use the more complex features of Qlik. It is not appropriate at all for situations where data extraction and submission are necessary. Also, it is not cost-effective or scalable for embedding into other applications. Licensing is too expensive.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For standard BI/Reporting use, Qlik Sense is a very good tool. For additional forecasting and deep-dive analysis, it is tough to recommend. This could partially be due to the implementation on our end, however, just by looking at the dashboards, it is easy to know that additional work is needed after export. I don’t see many game-changing aspects to this tool.
September 24, 2021

Qlik Sense review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense excels most in corporate environments where there is a mix of profiles, those who need guided analysis and those who want a degree of autonomy. I would say that Qlik Sense is not appropriate for streaming needs or for environments where static reporting or many "passive" users are required.
Martti Kontula | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In most cases, Qlik Sense is very intuitive and straightforward to develop and use. Once you understand the ingenuity of set operations and how they relate to data models & dimensions, it all becomes clear. What I'd like to see more is better support for the "Last N months" type of reporting. It can be done, but it could be somewhat simpler.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is great at linking disparate data sources to create a data model specific to the dashboard you are building. The ability to customize the loading process through the script editor allows you to transform the data, build reference tables, and create calculated fields to meet your needs. I would like to see the ability to add reference lines to scatter plots added. Not just for the X or Y axis bot for the relationship of X and Y. Allowing you to identify dimensions above and below the expected performance level.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense offers an end-to-end solution that scales well. I would advise any organization whether small or large to give it a try. The delivery of output is browser-based and so is the development. This makes its platform independent as far as users are concerned, and the result is a seamless and scalable solution. Also advantageous is the ability to develop, control, and maintain from the stage of data ingestion up to the front end. To those companies where one is expected to build their own dashboards on the go, Qlik Sense can have a steep learning curve.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is great for simple set databases analysis. Data which are stored in SQL database and well organized or directly in some excel files. The system allows us to read and cross information in a very easy way which allows the discovery of good insight. Where the system is not the best is if you need to access live data and display changes that occur every minute.
Jo Theodosopoulos, MLIS | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As I said, I'm a novice user, but I really would love to learn how to use it to its full potential. I envision building dashboards for our development officers, running reports on various data points, etc.
August 10, 2021

Sensible Qlik Sense

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Helps in identify key metrics.
Helps to tell a story with the data.
Helps to choose the right chart for the data.

Less appropriate scenarios:
Qlik Sense sometimes uses more than usual memory space while working in the analysis mode, which causes the process to slow down and hampers the proper functioning of the app.
August 02, 2021

JollyRoger2021

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When you have large data sets from multiple sources and you need to apply screening, interpret and add filtering/category fields then view you data from macro to micro detail, then Qlik Sense is the tool you need. The distribution of the application to non Qlik Sense licensed end viewers can be an issue if you need to rapidly expand especially in an organisation that is adopting Agile at scale, with flexible and fluid work groups.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is very useful and handy for data mining and for data access. Perfect tool for analysts. It is great for visual graphs and to assist in reporting. However, it can only export into a single page PDF (limited in size and the number of graphs per page). Since the dashboard can only display graphs and tables, explanations will need to be added separately if required for the report.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense Enterprise is an ideal BI solution for mid- to large-scale organizations, especially those with many on-premises data sources. The overhead of administration would make Qlik Sense Cloud the better platform for small organizations or those who have already moved much of their data infrastructure into the cloud. The robust data modelling allows many wildly different data sources to be cleansed and organized with robust flexibility.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Qlik Sense system is really well suited to all businesses of varying sizes and to all user types (i.e. basic, power user, advanced user, and consultant). Data is an asset to any business, so to use Qlik Sense to leverage that asset and to have a robust and user-friendly environment to develop new analytics artifacts in is a real bonus.
Basically, if you can afford the product then it is probably worth taking a good look at whether it is a best-practice product that you want to opt for. Perhaps the Cloud-hosted option is the best one to go for since that is the way of the future and a lot of new functionality is released on the Enterprise Cloud edition first. Also, that way you are not looking at the hosting costs and server management such as version upgrades in the same way.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik sense is well suited to working with large quantities of data from many sources. It is also capable of doing small stuff like balance sheets and sales pivots, but the real power comes from working with large data sets. Qlik has the ability to concatenate many data sets into a single fact table that allows all measurable data to be shown on the same screen in the front end. That is a huge differentiator for Qlik vs the other BI vendors.

One area where Qlik falls short is in the presentation of the data. The tables, charts, and graphs and don't look as good as some of the other tools due to a lack of formatting controls. To combat that, we purchased the VizLib add-on and that allows Qlik to shine on both the front and back ends.
July 19, 2021

Qlik Reporting

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Overall I think Qlik is a great tool for business where live data is not needed as much, but speaking from a supply chain side where live data is paramount throughout the day and coming from using tools like Cognos, Crystal where it's a live data feed into your ERP system, it's sometimes very frustrating when you want to see live updates, but cannot with Qlik.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
QS is excellent for generating KPIs, easy for the end-users to access and navigate.
The ability for the user to filter and sort data in every way possible makes it easier to create applications as these need not be so specific in detail.
It is relatively easy to script end create streams/apps thus you can come a long way without being an IT professional :-)
QS is not so good at (automatically) exporting data for other systems to use.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is very convenient to analyze trends, monitor processes, do management reporting, etc. It is less convenient if you need an actionable list that requires interaction. For example, if you want to have a list of customers which you wish to contact because of <insert reason you found in your report here>, you might want to flag them, add some comments etc.
July 09, 2021

Qlik Sense Review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is good to use if we want to do data discovery supported by associative engine, it is very easy to do. We can know our data better with Qlik.
If we want to monitor our KPI we can do it well in Qlik Sense.

Case for improvement: If we want do further analysis using statistical method, we want [to] do it in one platform, Qlik Sense right now doesn't support this scenario.
Or if we want [to] do the data animation smoothly, Qlik Sense still needs improvement in this area.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized

(Reiterating responses from previous questions, as they apply here as well)
Combining data from different sources

Including robust security using customizable rules and properties

Allowing for more complex analysis through variables, set analysis, and SSE

Visualizations that scale well on different display sizes

It's a bit too complex to perform simple operations, such as rolling counts and YOY analysis

Qlik Sense Desktop should be able to connect to an Enterprise instance. For example, people should be able to access applicable enterprise data sources in QS Desktop. Admins should have the option to publish from QS Desktop to QS Enterprise.

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Qlik Sense is great for reviewing internal data with other colleagues. When we want to share any data with our customers, we currently download and copy/paste the data and charts/graphs screenshots to an Excel or PPT file. The few times that I shared a "LIVE" Qlik App to a special client during a conference call. I had to be careful navigating so I would not expose sensitive data (information about other clients) to them during the call.
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