QlikView vs Sisense comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

QlikView and Sisense are prominent competitors in the business intelligence software category. Based on feature set and overall usability, Sisense seems to have an advantage due to its user-friendly interface and ease of deployment.

Features: QlikView offers patented AQL™ technology for flexible database interaction and rapid in-memory processing, has a built-in ETL engine that simplifies data modeling, and its dynamic dashboards provide quick insights. Sisense excels in handling large datasets efficiently, integrates multiple data sources with ease, and is preferred for its quick deployment and user-friendly interface.

Room for Improvement: QlikView has scalability limitations due to RAM constraints, its self-service capabilities need enhancement, and licensing can be complex and restrictive. Sisense could enhance its advanced data connectivity options, improve performance with large complex data models, and expand its visual customization features to enhance user value.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: QlikView primarily offers on-premises setups and a robust support community but depends on partners for initial service. Its customer support has mixed reviews, with some users relying heavily on community forums. Sisense provides both on-premises and cloud setups and is recognized for ease of deployment and responsive support, with users appreciating swift responses and comprehensive documentation.

Pricing and ROI: QlikView's pricing model is complex and often high, creating a potential barrier for small businesses, although many users find the ROI justified due to its robust capabilities. Sisense is also considered expensive, especially for smaller companies, but its subscription model and ease of use present a compelling ROI, appealing to those seeking rapid deployment and operational efficiency.

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QlikView vs. Sisense

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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

6.4

QlikView ROI appears through time savings, decision-making improvements, and efficient deployment, despite licensing complexity impacting perception.

Sentiment score

7.0

Results with Sisense vary; some see immediate benefits, while others struggle to measure improvements or efficiency gains.

The biggest return on investment is the time saving for the customer.

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Managing Director at Hurricnae

Due to the data presented to stakeholders, they are able to make informed decisions that impact the day-to-day operations of the client, giving them more insights into what's happening within their organization.

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

I have seen a return on investment in that we can manage the Sisense environment with a very small number of users.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.1

QlikView's customer support is highly rated, with quick responses, a helpful community, and generally strong availability despite geographic factors.

Sentiment score

7.6

Sisense is praised for exceptional, responsive customer service and skilled technical support, focusing on client success and prompt assistance.

I would rate the customer support a solid 10.

Managing Director at Hurricnae

I am totally satisfied with technical support from Qlik.

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Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

The support was very good.

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

We typically get responses within 24 hours.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.0

QlikView scales well with efficient resource management, but superior scalability features are found in Qlik Sense, requiring robust infrastructure.

Sentiment score

7.4

Sisense scales well for medium to large businesses, handling over 100 million data loads despite increased querying times.

If you want better performance with a larger volume of data, you can simply add an additional server.

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Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is scalable to a very large extent and we can integrate any third-party tools.

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Sisense works really well for simple to medium use cases and scales well.

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System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Users rate QlikView's stability highly, with issues mainly due to infrastructure or large data, resolved with hardware tweaks.

Sentiment score

7.8

Sisense is generally stable and reliable, with occasional data import and dashboard load issues mitigated by caching.

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Room For Improvement

QlikView needs a more intuitive interface, better scalability, integration, predictive analytics, and cost-effective licensing for improved user experience.

Sisense users face dataset handling issues and seek improvements in speed, interface, integration, customization, and documentation.

AI features are already available in Qlik Sense, so you would need to migrate to that platform.

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Managing Director at Hurricnae

I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster.

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Sisense should provide more support for CI/CD, as we found the CI/CD approach quite limited.

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

I give Sisense a nine because the integration with some third-party tools is good.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Setup Cost

QlikView pricing is variable and can be costly, but strategic planning can maximize ROI for organizations.

Sisense offers competitive pricing with extensive features, ideal for mid-size and large organizations, but less affordable for smaller businesses.

The license cost per user or per year for QlikView is about 500 Euros annually.

Managing Director at Hurricnae

I would rate the pricing for QlikView as not cheap, but it is reasonable.

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Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that pricing is a little bit higher when compared to other applications, but that justifies the use case.

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

They were practically dead even from a pricing perspective.

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Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Valuable Features

QlikView offers powerful data analysis with dynamic dashboards, intuitive interface, and rapid visualization for enhanced business performance and insights.

Sisense excels with multi-source integration, ease of use, fast deployment, data visualization, and robust real-time analytics support.

Building metrics using simple language, similar to what you have in Excel, is what I have found most valuable in QlikView.

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

The best features in QlikView are rapid development, the fact that I can do what I want in QlikView, and full control along with ease of use.

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Managing Director at Hurricnae

It offers two ways to access data: by cubing the data or hitting it live.

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Sisense has positively impacted my organization by drastically reducing the time taken to build the data cube, and we can see real-time analytics.

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Sisense positively impacts our organization by speeding up the process of getting and presenting the data to customers or stakeholders.

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System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

Categories and Ranking

QlikView

Ranking in Reporting

8th

Ranking in Embedded BI

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

163

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Sisense

Ranking in Reporting

14th

Ranking in Embedded BI

7th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (17th), Cloud Analytics (5th), Data Visualization (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of QlikView is 4.1%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sisense is 2.1%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
QlikView	4.1%
Sisense	2.1%
Other	93.8%

Reporting

Featured Reviews

Rapid development and flexibility transform commercial decision-making processes

Managing Director at Hurricnae

In QlikView, I believe the improvement that should be made is to bring the costs down, as you'll have to be competitive with Power BI, aiming for at least a 30% reduction to stop the hemorrhaging to Power BI, considering that you're losing a lot of customers to Power BI. Reducing costs is the main improvement needed, as this is the biggest burden currently faced in the South African market, with Microsoft converting QlikView customers due to the perceived cost reduction. I am aware of several big corporations, such as Sanofi and Aspen Pharmacare, which have left QlikView due to cost issues.

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Has improved project turnaround time with customizable dashboards and faster data delivery to stakeholders

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

Sisense has some limitations, especially in rendering tables or graphs. For example, if you want to perform custom sorting or searching based on multiple columns, that becomes quite tricky. Providing more control over how the data is sorted or filtered would be quite useful. Additionally, it could provide more connectors to integrate with emerging different data sources to exponentially increase the amount of data it can handle. Sisense should provide more support for CI/CD, as we found the CI/CD approach quite limited, which is something that can be worked on. Some data scientists suggested more features can be offered by providing different models for data analytics. Sisense can improve by adding more features for handling complex schemas and making the pricing straightforward. The dashboarding features are good enough, but additional features could make it even more attractive. Also, CI/CD support or source control support would be really helpful.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	73
Midsize Enterprise	36
Large Enterprise	76

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about QlikView?

If you correctly use the product for your use cases, it provides value for money.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QlikView?

I would rate the pricing for QlikView as not cheap, but it is reasonable.

What needs improvement with QlikView?

We are not using analytics features and possibly predictive analytics and forecasting features in QlikView, although they are available. QlikView is very flexible, but we are currently using only t...

What needs improvement with Sisense?

What is your primary use case for Sisense?

Sisense was used for one of our clients to enable analytics and dashboards for their applications, which were supposed to get the data from different partners for that specific client. Sisense is w...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sisense?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that pricing is a little bit higher when compared to other applications, but that justifies the use case.

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Overview

QlikView is a Business Intelligence tool that allows you to keep tabs on all of your business-related information in a clean, clear, and easy to access database that is intuitive to build and simple to navigate. It is ideal for business owners who wish to improve overall output by creating the most productive system possible.

Qlik

Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities.

Sample Customers

Canon, Gatorade, Amcor, Panasonic, Fila, Cambridge University Hospitals, Global Retail Bank, North Yorkshire Police department, Lanoo Group Publishers, and AonGroep Nederland.

Ebay, WIX, Wave Accounting, ESPN.com, Magellan Luxury Hotel, Paylogic, Sony, Merck, EDA, One Hour Translation, NASA, Plastic Jungle, Philips, Yahoo

QlikView vs. Sisense