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Azure Data Factory vs Qlik Replicate comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
Azure Data Factory offers significant time, effort, and infrastructure savings, enhancing data analysis and decision-making capabilities.
Sentiment score
8.0
Qlik Replicate automates reporting, saves time, reduces database usage, minimizes costs, and improves efficiency compared to AWS services.
I conducted a cost comparison with the AWS service provider, and this option is much cheaper than the Kinesis service offered by AWS.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
Azure Data Factory support is praised for responsiveness, though some report delays; satisfaction varies with Microsoft partnerships.
Sentiment score
5.7
Users find Qlik Replicate support slow and inefficient, preferring quicker resolutions and direct contact with representatives, especially for AutoML issues.
The technical support from Microsoft is rated an eight out of ten.
The technical support is responsive and helpful
The technical support for Azure Data Factory is generally acceptable.
Even priority tickets, which should be resolved in minutes, can take days.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Azure Data Factory scales efficiently, managing large datasets for enterprises, though users note cost and integration limitations.
Sentiment score
7.1
Qlik Replicate is scalable and adaptable, especially in cloud environments, but may require memory adjustments for optimal performance.
Azure Data Factory is highly scalable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Azure Data Factory is highly rated for stability, scalability, and performance, despite occasional minor issues with larger data volumes.
Sentiment score
8.5
Qlik Replicate is highly stable and reliable, efficiently handling large volumes, with seamless recovery despite minor API concerns.
The solution has a high level of stability, roughly a nine out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

Azure Data Factory requires improvements in integration, pricing, documentation, UI, monitoring, processing, and debugging for enhanced user experience.
Qlik Replicate needs better UI, error clarity, support, integration, pricing transparency, performance, and marketing to compete effectively.
Incorporating more dedicated API sources to specific services like HubSpot CRM or Salesforce would be beneficial.
Sometimes, the compute fails to process data if there is a heavy load suddenly, and it doesn't scale up automatically.
There is a problem with the integration with third-party solutions, particularly with SAP.
It is a core-based licensing, which, especially in the banking industry, results in the system capacity being utilized up to a maximum of 60%.
 

Setup Cost

Azure Data Factory offers competitive, flexible pay-as-you-go pricing; costs vary by data volume and use of additional services.
Qlik Replicate's pricing is high and less flexible than competitors, suiting larger companies with extensive replication needs.
The pricing is cost-effective.
It is considered cost-effective.
Licensing is calculated based on the machine's total capacity rather than actual usage.
 

Valuable Features

Azure Data Factory enables easy data integration, management, and transformation with over 100 connectors, supporting ETL and automation efficiently.
Qlik Replicate offers real-time data capture, easy replication, and seamless integration for efficient data management and real-time analytics.
It connects to different sources out-of-the-box, making integration much easier.
The interface of Azure Data Factory is very usable with a more interactive visual experience, making it easier for people who are not as experienced in coding to work with.
I find the most valuable feature in Azure Data Factory to be its ability to handle large datasets.
Data retrieved from the system can be pushed to multiple places, supporting various divisions such as marketing, loans, and others.
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Data Factory
Ranking in Data Integration
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (3rd)
Qlik Replicate
Ranking in Data Integration
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Azure Data Factory is 10.1%, down from 12.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qlik Replicate is 3.1%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Joy Maitra - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates seamless data pipeline creation with good analytics and and thorough monitoring
Azure Data Factory is a low code, no code platform, which is helpful. It provides many prebuilt functionalities that assist in building data pipelines. Also, it facilitates easy transformation with all required functionalities for analytics. Furthermore, it connects to different sources out-of-the-box, making integration much easier. The monitoring is very thorough, though a more readable version would be appreciable.
KrishnaBaddam - PeerSpot reviewer
Lightweight tool, ensures that data is replicated across different systems and simplify complex tasks such as defining relationships
Qlik Compose is something that will automate user's overall data modernization. Here data modernization includes data modeling, ETL jobs, etc. But the advantage is users can automate the overall process of data engineering and data modeling through Qlik Compose. I think that's useful when users are able to manage 60% of the workload automated. That will be very useful. That's fantastic. Replicate does not have a great AI capability. AI capabilities are present in Qlik Sense. Qlik Replicate is a very light tool. It is only meant to capture data from the log files, get the data, and transfer it, read that table structure, create the table structure, and transfer the data whenever there is a change. So, it basically integrates with the kernel of the operating system. The way it works is that these replicate tools will integrate with the kernel of the operating system, and they will access the redo log files of the database. The redo log should have access to all the files of the structure of the schema, too. So, using that technique, they redo all the data structures, create a similar structure, and replicate the structure in the target schema, table, and database. After that is done, it will start tracing the instances that are happening. For example, if data is inserted into the table, then an insert is fired on the statement on the table. So, that particular insert is captured. And based on that insert statement, it will pull the SQL query and say, "Okay, there is an insert. I need to get that data." It will get the data from the redo log itself rather than going to a database. Then, it will just pass that transaction into the target system, where it will just insert the data. And this happens instantaneously, within a microsecond. So, if there is an insert, an update, or a delete, everything is transferred immediately. It is picked from the redo log because it comes to the redo log, and then the redo log sends it to Qlik Replicate and Replicate to the target system on which Replicate is installed.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
11%
Insurance Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How do you select the right cloud ETL tool?
AWS Glue and Azure Data factory for ELT best performance cloud services.
How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica PowerCenter?
Azure Data Factory is flexible, modular, and works well. In terms of cost, it is not too pricey. It offers the stability and reliability I am looking for, good scalability, and is easy to set up an...
How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica Cloud Data Integration?
Azure Data Factory is a solid product offering many transformation functions; It has pre-load and post-load transformations, allowing users to apply transformations either in code by using Power Q...
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...
What needs improvement with Qlik Replicate?
There is complexity involved in the licensing part of this system. It is a core-based licensing, which, especially in the banking industry, results in the system capacity being utilized up to a max...
What is your primary use case for Qlik Replicate?
An example involving the banking project I am currently working on is for a public sector bank in India. Primarily, they are using a database, and the ultra architecture is meant to take a backup o...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Replicate, Qlik Replicate
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. LinkedIn 7. Mastercard 8. Nestle 9. Pfizer 10. Samsung 11. Siemens 12. Toyota 13. Unilever 14. Verizon 15. Walmart 16. Accenture 17. American Express 18. AT&T 19. Bank of America 20. Cisco 21. Deloitte 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. JPMorgan Chase 27. Microsoft (Azure Data Factory is developed by Microsoft) 28. Oracle 29. Procter & Gamble 30. Salesforce 31. Shell 32. Visa
American Cancer Society, Fanzz, SM Retail, Smart Modular, Tangerine Bank, Wellcare
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