Qlik Replicate vs Quest SharePlex comparison

Qlik Replicate

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Qlik Replicate

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We performed a comparison between Qlik Replicate and Quest SharePlex based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Qlik Replicate

Ranking in Data Integration

15th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Quest SharePlex

Ranking in Data Integration

25th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database Development and Management (16th)

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Data Integration category, the market share of Qlik Replicate is 3.1% and it increased by 3.7% compared to the previous year. The market share of Quest SharePlex is 1.1% and it increased by 27.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Database Development and Management

0.7%

Featured Reviews

David Piech

Senior Business Development Manager at Wipfli LLP

Dec 14, 2023

A highly stable solution that can be used to change data capture in legacy systems

Qlik Replicate has allowed us to change data capture in legacy systems We use Qlik Replicate to change data capture of databases in production environments. Qlik Replicate is a little fuzzy sometimes as to how it's priced. It would be better if the solution’s pricing were more obvious. I have…

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Kristopher Wells

Oracle DBA at Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

Jun 29, 2022

It reduces the downtime and migration time exponentially

I would rate SharePlex's high availability, and disaster recovery features highly. It works as advertised in terms of rapid fill-over and switch-over opportunities. It reduces the migration time for a multi-terabyte database to an hour or less because it performs real-time replication. SharePlex reduces downtime and migration time exponentially. Something that could take 12 to 24 hours is cut down to one to two hours. By the time you start to migrate, the only remaining replication is a slight difference in data from the point when SharePlex has shut down, and the application has to also switch over to the new database. It allowed the company to replicate data more transparently. Some of the business executives probably don't even know it's there. It works 100 percent of the time, with little downtime or problems. It provides what is needed. There's little concern about whether or not it functions. It's allowed the company to achieve its objectives with its clients, reducing and minimizing downtime for substantial migrations and upgrades. It can reduce hardware and storage costs, but my company doesn't utilize it with high-availability architecture.

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Pros

"A valuable feature of Qlik Replicate is that you do not need ETL. It's easy to use—you choose two systems and it automatically replicates them. Even if there is no CDC available, if you insert it and update it, and there is nothing to find out, then you can use Qlik Replicate. It's a good product."

"Great with replicating and updating records."

"The CDC and the flexibility to use QVD as a source are the most valuable features of Qlik Replicate."

"Low-priced reporting and analytics solution, with good scalability and stability. It has on-premises and cloud versions that are cohesive and can integrate well."

"It enables us to transform data at the latest stage rather than in ETL loads, so it's more ELT which is one of the advantages. It is also in near real-time, which brings significant advantage for our embedded analytics approach."

"The most useful functions of Qlik Replicate are the data manipulation to transformations."

"It's very user-friendly when it comes to settings and configuration. It also offers very detailed logging about warnings and errors."

"Support has been great."

More Qlik Replicate pros

"There are some capabilities within SharePlex where you can see how the data is migrating and if it still maintains good data integrity. For example, if there are some tables that get out of sync, there are ways to find them and fix the problem on the spot. Since these are very common issues, we can easily fix these types of problems using utilities, like compare and repair. So, if you find something is out of sync, then you can just repair that table. It basically syncs that table from source to target to see if there are any differences. It will then replicate those differences to the target."

"I like SharePlex's Compare and Repair tool."

"The core replication and its performance. Performance is crucial, and SharePlex is by far the fastest. The way it handles replication to multiple targets along with basic filtering, as well as from multiple sources to a single target, is very efficient."

"Because of the volume of the transactions, we heavily use a feature that allows SharePlex to replicate thousands of transactions. It's called PEP, Post Enhancement Performance, and that has helped us scale tremendously."

"The core features of the solution we like are the reliability of the data transfer and the accuracy of data read and write. The stability of the solution is also excellent."

Cons

"It would be better if the solution’s pricing were more obvious."

"When you remote into it the Qlik Replicate UI a lot of times it just freezes. We set up the EC2, to allow them to go to the server and click on the Replicate icon, it just opens up and just sits there. At that point, we have to go into the EC2 and then reboot the server. This should be fixed, it is frustrating."

"Support-wise, this solution is in need of improvement."

"We'd like better connectivity."

"The solution's flexibility to work with APIs should also be improved since it is very weak in working with APIs."

"It's not possible to replicate the QVC files in data analytics."

"Support for this product is not great. It needs to be improved."

"This product could be improved by providing more insight regarding errors. One of our customers that uses Qlik Replicate has had an issue. We tried to debug it, but we could not trace the error message. The infrastructure site should give us more insight about errors. Qlik Replicate is not a business solution, it's an IT solution. The reporting tools and bug site should be improved."

More Qlik Replicate cons

"I don't know how easy it would be to change the architecture in an already implemented replication. For example, if we have a certain way of architecting for a particular database migration and want to change that during a period of time, is that an easy or difficult change? There was a need for us to change the architecture in-between the migration, but we didn't do it. We thought, "This is possibly complicated. Let's not change it in the middle because we were approaching our cutover date." That was one thing that we should have checked with support about for training."

"The reporting features need improvement. It would be very good for users to have a clear understanding of the status of replication."

"For its function in relation to replication (i.e. filtering), I'd give it a six or seven out of 10. GoldenGate has much more functionality by comparison."

"I would like more ability to automate installation and configuration in line with some of the DevOps processes that are more mature in the market. That would be a considerable improvement."

"I would like the solution to have some kind of machine learning and AI capabilities. Often, if we want to improve the performance of posting, we have to bump up a parameter. That means we need to stop the process, come up with a figure that we want to bump the parameter up to, and then start SharePlex. Machine learning and AI capabilities for these kinds of improvement would tremendously help boost productivity for us."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Qlik Replicate is not expensive, compared to GoldenGate."

"Qlik Replicate is mainly suited for large companies. However, it is too costly for small businesses. Its pricing is high."

"Pricing for this solution is very reasonable."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate Qlik Replicate's pricing a nine out of ten."

"Overall, Qlik is an expensive solution. You need to pay for all additional features that you would like to use."

"Unlike Azure, where you pay based on consumption, Qlik Replicate seems to charge per endpoint."

"It is not as expensive as Oracle GoldenGate and has worked really well within our budgets."

"It's really good value for the money. There are some things they could improve on, but in terms of the pricing, features, and support, as a holistic package, we are not thinking of anything else at this point in time."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Qlik Replicate?

The main valuable feature is its real-time change data capture (CDC) capabilities, which process data with minimal latency. There is not much delay. It also performs well with batch-wise data appli...

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What needs improvement with Qlik Replicate?

I wish Qlik Replicate had better built-in scheduling for initial table copies (ITCs) and full loads. Some features can also be overly dependent on each other. So, there is room for improvement. For...

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What is your primary use case for Qlik Replicate?

We basically use it for fulfilling our data anayltics purpose. Our client is a major global semiconductor company. We use the tool to prepare data for analysis.

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What do you like most about Quest SharePlex?

I like SharePlex's Compare and Repair tool.

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What needs improvement with Quest SharePlex?

I would like more ability to automate installation and configuration in line with some of the DevOps processes that are more mature in the market. That would be a considerable improvement.

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What is your primary use case for Quest SharePlex?

We use SharePlex to migrate and update from one data center to another. It's helpful for DR and broadcasting solutions. The main use case is to minimize downtime for migration or upgrade. The secon...

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Also Known As

Replicate, Qlik Replicate

Dell SharePlex, SharePlex

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Overview

Qlik Replicate is a data replication solution for replicating data from one source database to another for business intelligence software. It offers data manipulation and transformations, replication without impacting source databases, and ease of use without needing ETL. The solution is stable and user-friendly, with detailed logging and support.

Qlik Replicate has improved the organization by allowing each team to replicate their data into a single-source data location. The most important feature of Qlik Replicate is its ability to replicate and update records without needing a programmer.

SharePlex database replication empowers your organization to achieve its database goals now and into the future. Make use of built-in monitoring, conflict resolution, data comparison and synchronization capabilities backed by award-winning support.

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