Qlik Sense is a very nice, intelligent product. I connect with transaction data, and it has an excellent user interface.
Senior Software Engineer at L&T Infotech
Its set analysis calculates complex queries into simple terms
Pros and Cons
- "Set analysis is a powerful scripting functionality which calculates complex queries into simple terms."
- "Qlik Sense helps us increase our organization's customer relationships and brings in more projects."
- "Qlik Sense should have a conversion tool which automatically converts QlikView to Qlik Sense, so customers can easily migrate between the products of Qlik."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Qlik Sense helps us increase our organization's customer relationships and brings in more projects.
What is most valuable?
Set analysis is a powerful scripting functionality which calculates complex queries into simple terms. Also, the ease of building it.
What needs improvement?
Qlik Sense should have a conversion tool which automatically converts QlikView to Qlik Sense, so customers can easily migrate between the products of Qlik.
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For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Business Intelligence Data Analyst at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Provides valuable info with business intelligence analytics
Pros and Cons
- "Qlik DataMarket"
- "Reload time is a limit since everyone wants real-time data."
What is most valuable?
- Complex data modeling
- Qlik DataMarket
How has it helped my organization?
- Automated a lot of manual reports to save business users' time.
- Provides valuable info with business intelligence analytics.
What needs improvement?
Reload time is a limit since everyone wants real-time data.
For how long have I used the solution?
One year for Qlik Sense.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Takes up a lot of memory.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
A nine out of 10.
Technical Support:A nine out of 10.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
QlikView. Qlik Sense is a newer version, and more user-friendly, with no charge for servers.
How was the initial setup?
No.
What about the implementation team?
Vendor Team using virtual-consulting, which is not very efficient.
What was our ROI?
I don't know.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing could be cheaper.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Yes, Tableau.
What other advice do I have?
I am very excited about the future generations of Qlik Sense and Qlik Market.
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Manager Global IT Architecture at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Provides self-Service capabilities for inexperienced users using the free desktop version
What is most valuable?
Provides self-service capabilities for inexperienced users using the free desktop version.
How has it helped my organization?
Gives significant visibility into vendor quality of service.
What needs improvement?
Enables the approval of community sheets in QMC.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using this solution for 16 months.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
There were no issues with deployment. It was fairly easy and well-documented.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The shared synchronization failed between servers.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There were no scalabilty issues. It is easy to add RIM nodes as needed.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Customer service is decent. There is a lot of passing off to other techs during the escalation process.
I would give technical support a rating of C+.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use other solutions, but we did test several solutions prior to going with Qlik Sense.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was straightforward. We used a Qlik architect for the initial design.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented in-house.
What was our ROI?
We are working on this. A lot of value is coming through warranty data analysis.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
You need to determine the break-even point for enterprise licenses early on.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Software Developer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Drill down, drill down, drill down.
Valuable Features:
Drill down, drill down, drill down.
Improvements to My Organization:
Our policy makers can quickly and easily make sense of the mounds of data we have for them.
Room for Improvement:
It would be nice to have a better system for help tickets than a community forum. sometimes you just want some answers from someone who works for the company itself.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
IT specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Flexible data loading, in-memory processing, and Set Analysis are key for us
Pros and Cons
- "The product has many great features like easy and fast implementation, flexible data loading, and in-memory processing, but the Set Analysis is what I think is the most valuable. It makes the product very powerful."
- "Branding is not the product's strongest point. More control over the presentation colors would be great. A basic printing function would also be good. Easy connection to external tools like R Server would be nice."
How has it helped my organization?
It gives a great overview of our assets and commitments and makes cash flow control much easier.
What is most valuable?
The product has many great features like easy and fast implementation, flexible data loading, and in-memory processing, but the Set Analysis is what I think is the most valuable. It makes the product very powerful.
What needs improvement?
- Branding is not the product's strongest point. More control over the presentation colors would be great.
- A basic printing function would also be good.
- Easy connection to external tools like R Server would be nice.
For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No stability issues encountered.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No, I have good control over the server the product is running on.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have not used Qlik tech support. I use the reseller.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No, we did not have previous solution (except Excel).
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup was done by a consultant.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I believe pricing is similar to other products in the same category, if you have it on-premise.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Tableau, Power BI, SSAS, Targit, and some open-source projects like BIRT and Jaspersoft.
What other advice do I have?
I lean toward self-service BI tools. Look at the tools with the data you have, where you can store it, and how easily you can get local support and community support.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Works with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most useful features are undoubtedly multi-device adaptability, extensions to predictive and geospatial analysis
What is our primary use case?
I am part of the advanced analysis team, and we use the tool for descriptive and predictive analyses.
How has it helped my organization?
It has improved the work of our team, thanks to the ability to manage complex models and thanks to the possibility of integration with different needs.
What is most valuable?
The most useful features are undoubtedly multi-device adaptability, extensions to predictive and geospatial analysis.
What needs improvement?
I believe that the area in which the product could be improved is the part related to programming and its language, which is certainly complex and still not very guided.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
R&D Manager and Co-Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It can analyze huge quantities of data. Predictive analysis is still not available.
What is most valuable?
It uses an associative engine + an in-memory environment:
- I don't have to calculate hypercubes.
- Allows data exploration in directions not predefined.
- Can analyze huge quantities of data.
What needs improvement?
Predictive analysis is still not available and we need a different approach toward data analysis.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Qlik Sense for a few months, and QlikView for four years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We only encountered deployment issues with Qlik Sense Server, because it's an enterprise product and needs to be strongly configured.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We had no problems with scaling.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is poor: We definitely use community support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used Pentaho and SpagoBI for a while, but they were unstable, due to Java versions and application server environments (Tomcat, GlassFish, NetBeans and so on).
How was the initial setup?
For Qlik, we started with very simple setups. Then, through strong field experience, we approached more complex scenarios.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented it in-house. We designed a set of implementation rules.
What was our ROI?
ROI is good because of short time-to-market.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is according to Qlik license fees and an applied partner discount.
What other advice do I have?
Take practice courses and use community suggestions.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: My company, Ethica System s.r.l., is a Qlik Partner and reseller
Assistant Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Gives all inventory details in real-time, but the bookmarking needs improvement
Pros and Cons
- "Qlik Sense has helped us in getting all inventory details in real-time ready for our sales reps to order and fulfill our inventory based on demand."
- "Needs more bookmarking and a data load screen."
What is our primary use case?
Our sales reps are using it in the field to get updated information on inventory details when reaching out to our warehouse to fulfill stock.
How has it helped my organization?
Qlik Sense has helped us in getting all inventory details in real-time ready for our sales reps to order and fulfill our inventory based on demand. The dashboards have been really helpful in getting our data insights.
What is most valuable?
Custom scripting in Qlik is great, which is useful when customizing the tool in different ways to suit our needs.
What needs improvement?
- Bookmarking
- Data load screen
- More real-time analysis, like Power BI
- Easier ways to push data into product for viewing second-by-second data.
For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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