Qlik Sense Reviews

Qlik Sense is a dashboarding tool, so you can use it for any enterprise-wide dashboarding in areas such as sales, supply chain, HR, etc. If you want to see some KPIs on the dashboard, you can use Qlik Sense.

What I found most valuable in Qlik Sense is its flexibility. It's a very flexible tool, and it has a lot of capabilities compared to Tableau and Power BI. In Qlik Sense, you can take data from any of the systems, and you can do data transformation, prepare the data, then present your KPIs. Data transformation isn't present in Tableau, Power BI, and other tools. In Qlik Sense, you're able to get the data and directly present that data. The presentation layer is also very good in Qlik Sense. My company is very happy with this tool.

What needs improvement in Qlik Sense is the support. It could be faster. My organization had already talked to Qlik management and has escalated multiple times, so management is looking into the support.

I started using Qlik Sense three years ago, and I'm still using it now.

Qlik Sense is very good, stability-wise.

Qlik Sense is a scalable tool, and though it requires a lot of memory, it's still scalable.

The technical support provided by the Qlik Sense team isn't great as it's very slow. My team doesn't get many issues from the solution, so the need to contact support only happens once in a while, for example, every six months. At the moment, support is pathetic, and my company just has connections with Qlik management, so the issues get solved. Normally, you don't get a lot of issues with Qlik Sense.

The main reason we went with Qlik Sense is that we have multiple systems, so we take data from multiple systems then we present the data in a single dashboard on Qlik Sense, so it's a very good tool for that particular purpose.

Deploying the Qlik Sense server took ten to fifteen days because it required a huge infrastructure. If you require very heavy dashboards, you need a very huge infrastructure, and once that is done and all infrastructure is ready, you just need to install Qlik Sense and start using it, which means you can go on building different dashboards.

You can quickly build normal dashboards within the console, but some dashboards, particularly the very heavy and complex ones with a lot of KPIs, required six months to complete, so deployment time would depend on how big the dashboard is and its use case.

We have an in-house team for implementing Qlik Sense, but we also use consultants, especially if our team is busy with other projects. We didn't face any problems with the Qlik Sense consultants.

Normally, we do deployments internally, but the Qlik consultants deployed all the Qlik infrastructure here in our area, then they built one or two dashboards, then left the rest of the dashboard building to our team.

I'm not able to reveal the licensing cost for Qlik Sense, but because it was a huge deal, the cost was less than the usual cost. The license wasn't that costly. It was the infrastructure that was very costly.

I evaluated Power BI and Tableau.

My company is using the dashboarding tools of Qlik called Qlik Sense and QlikView.

I can't remember exactly which version of Qlik Sense I'm using, but it's the version released in November 2021.

My company is happy with Qlik, in particular, QlikView and Qlik Sense, and as of now, there's no drawback identified, or anything creating problems, but because I belong to an SAP-driven company and most of the ERP is SAP, my company is looking into an SAP product such as SAP Analytics Cloud, but my team has not started any project, just looking into the solution.

My company has around two thousand Qlik Sense users now. Right now, because my organization has five thousand licenses, with just two thousand licenses being used, there's no plan to increase Qlik Sense usage.

I would recommend Qlik Sense to anyone looking for a reporting tool.

My rating for Qlik Sense is eight out of ten.

We are right now migrating the QlikView environments (PROD, TEST, DEV) to Qlik Sense. 

Each of the environments is a multiple-node environment. That is the first step of the migration. The second will be to migrate all of the reports to the new tool. 

In parallel, we are also working on some other important aspects, like designing the schedule for the reports (so that they will be refreshed every day in the correct order), also designing security concepts, etc. 

The project is really interesting and gives a lot of great experience. 

It did improve the organization. 

Qlik Sense, in comparison to QlikView, is a more modern tool and gives a lot of new possibilities. 

The reports are better looking than in QlikView. 

What is also important is that QlikView is not supported that much, unlike Qlik Sense. It also does not get the nice updates and new features that Qlik Sense does. In the coming years, that will only become more visible for the users of the reports. 

When it comes to the users, they like lots of data and new ways to look at the same data.

For me, as an administrator/developer, the management console is more user-friendly, so the solution is easier to maintain. Also, some of the features are easier to create - for example, the tasks (they are needed for the reports to be refreshed). 

For the users, the reports look way better, which is quite important as it's easier to find some interesting conclusions based on the data when you have a better-looking dashboard in front of you.

There are a lot of points to be improved. Mostly when it comes to the loading of the data and reload times of the reports, it could be better.

Also, we got some feedback from the users in our company that say they would like to have some new features in the objects on the sheets of the reports. 

What is nice is that the tool has a lot of updates. Every few months, new stuff is available. That it is one of the most important aspects and why we have chosen this particular product for our business intelligence needs. 

I've used the solution for one year.

Qlik Sense is our BI tool that provides decision information for the company at all levels and in many departments. We have dashboards, reports, and portals to give information to different kinds of internal or external users.

Right now, we have 150 extractions, 100 transformations, and 60 dashboards for decision-making in finance, inventory, sales, purchasing, supply chain and social media for the company. Qlik Sense is a mission-critical environment  - the directors can't make their work happen without it.

Qlik Sense changed the way the directors do their work. Most of them only use Qlik in their day to find the information that they need for decision-making. They use this information to negotiate with vendors and clients.

Qlik Sense helps us to consolidate data from different sources in a unified way. We analyze different channels or near real-time information from social media to decide in a short period of time.

Qlik Sense also is a way to understand the information that different sources generate and mix it with personal information.

Qlik sense has a lot of advantages, including:
- For the final user it is a simple tool.
- You can develop a dashboard in hours.
- The changes in a dashboard are very easy. We don't have the common problems that we have using multidimensional cubes.
- The In-Memory engine helps to analyze big sets of that in seconds.
- The storage is small. Qlik compresses the data in QVDs.
- The ROI is very fast. The time of implementation is short and the infrastructure is not too expensive. Qlik uses Windows Servers.

I have used this tool for more than 12 years. I did more than 1,000 Qlik applications (extractions, transformations, and dashboards).

I used this tool to analyze information in a lot of different kinds of companies, retail, laboratories, government, banks, goods, etc.

Qlik can be used in small, medium, and large companies.

I am starting to work with Qlik Sense SaaS these days. This environment has its own reporting service, however, one of the things that could be better for the people that are already using Nprinting, is to have a Nprinting in SaaS.

I'd like to see in SaaS some of the things that are running (best practices) in Qlik Sense. On-premise, if things are not working well I need to rebuild some parts of the dashboard. It would be useful to have some tool to analyze the dashboard before you do a migration.

I've used the solution for more than 12 years.

Qlik Sense's platform is very stable. I didn't have problems with the tool. Also, the upgrades are very easy, and you can't find big bugs.

Right now, I am implementing Qlik SaaS. I had a problem with Qlik Multi-Cloud. The vendor and Qlik gave me support in a few hours and I solved the problem.

Positive

We evaluated Tableau and QlikView before.

We did most of the setup in-house.

The ROI is very fast. You can have results in no time.

Qlik Sense is not the cheapest tool, however, the time to ROI is very fast. You can have results in no time.

In four years I've evaluated Power BI and Tableau. I still work with Qlik since the tool is easier than the others and gives us the results that we need. We have all the connections to the sources of our systems.

With Qlik Sense you can mix information very fast. Your data warehouse consumption of storage is very small and you can build it quickly.

I use the solution in my company for dashboard building and reporting purposes. In my company, we have a lot of dashboards that are live, and we also work with quite a lot of reports.

In our company, we found a few requirements in the tool, which we directly shared with Qlik's team through our account manager.

With the May 2024 release, the tool has covered a lot of products, but I feel there is more to come. I am expecting new updates in the tool.

Qlik Sense requires one to have a lot of technical knowledge. It is an area where improvements can be made.

I have been using Qlik Sense for three to four years.

My company gets support from the service vendor team, so we have not contacted Qlik directly.

Earlier, I used to use QlikView. Every tool has its own set of pros and cons. It is not fair to compare a tool with another product.

If you look at Power BI, there are a few things you can do that would take a bit of time in Qlik Sense. On the knowledge side, people might need to know how to handle Qlik Sense technically. Power BI requires relatively less effort for a person to manage, especially given its exposure to Excel, so it is a reason why people might be already aware of Power BI and not Qlik Sense. Power BI borrows many features or examples from Excel or Access, which are long-standing Microsoft products that people are already aware of in the present.

When used manually, the tool has saved our company a lot of time. For certain projects, we have saved a couple of files for each iteration.

Considering the deal that we have acquired, Qlik Sense is pretty good in terms of price.

The tool's data analysis is useful to help out the teams across the globe and to track their work.

Qlik Sense is linked with our company's SQL servers.

After working with QlikView for a very long time, I felt it did not carry over many of the features to Qlik Sense directly, and it was done over a period of time. Until the tool's MAy 2024 was released, we did not have a hide option for every object, which now they have given, but there is a workaround for it using the layout container. In QlikView, such features were easily available with an expression view. It was much easier in QlikView than it is in Qlik Sense's latest version.

My company is not quite open to AI because of the compliance issues and the data restrictions that we have in place. We are managing AI-related areas in a controlled manner using Python and a few other things, which are being built in-house rather than using open-source platforms.

I rate the tool an eight to nine out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for:

Business Intelligence. Qlik Sense is used by organizations to gain insights and make informed decisions by analyzing their data.

Data Visualization. Qlik Sense enables users to create interactive and visually appealing dashboards, reports, and charts to present data in a meaningful way.

Data Analytics. Qlik Sense provides tools to perform data analysis, including data exploration, discovery, and predictive analytics.

Collaboration. Qlik Sense allows teams to collaborate and share data insights and reports with each other, facilitating better communication and decision-making.

Data Governance. Qlik Sense provides features to manage and govern data, ensuring data security, accuracy, and regulation compliance.

The solution has helped out the organization via:

Faster and More Informed Decision Making. Qlik Sense enables users to analyze and visualize data in real time, providing insights that help organizations make informed decisions faster. It also enables users to explore data from multiple perspectives, providing a complete understanding of their data.

Increased Efficiency and Productivity. Qlik Sense is a self-service analytics tool that enables business users to create their reports and dashboards, reducing their dependence on IT resources. This increases productivity by enabling users to get the information they need when they need it without having to wait for IT support.

Improved Data Quality and Governance. Qlik Sense provides tools for data quality management, enabling organizations to maintain clean, accurate, and reliable data. It also provides features for data governance, ensuring data security and compliance with regulations.

Enhanced Collaboration. Qlik Sense enables users to share data insights and reports with each other, facilitating better communication and collaboration. It also enables users to collaborate on data analysis, improving the quality of insights generated.

Cost Reduction. By enabling users to create their reports and dashboards, Qlik Sense reduces the cost of IT resources required for data analysis. It also enables organizations to identify cost-saving opportunities by analyzing data across different departments and operations.

The most valuable aspects of the solution include:

Data Visualization. Qlik Sense provides a variety of options to visualize data, including charts, tables, and graphs, making it easier for users to interpret data and gain insights.

Associative Model. Qlik Sense uses an associative model that allows users to explore data relationships in real-time, enabling them to ask and answer ad-hoc questions without the need for pre-aggregated data.

Self-Service Analytics. Qlik Sense is designed to be a self-service analytics tool, allowing business users to create their reports and dashboards without requiring IT intervention.

Data Storytelling. Qlik Sense allows users to create data stories that provide a narrative around their data, making it easier to communicate data insights and analysis to non-technical stakeholders.

Collaboration. Qlik Sense provides collaboration features that enable users to share their insights with others, such as creating and sharing dashboards, reports, and visualizations, commenting on and discussing data, and co-authoring apps.

I'd like to see the following improvements:

Improved Data Preparation and integration. Qlik Sense could include additional features for data preparation and integration, making it easier for users to clean, transform, and integrate data from various sources.

Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning. Qlik Sense could include more advanced analytics and machine learning features, allowing users to build predictive models and perform advanced statistical analysis on their data.

Enhanced Collaboration and Sharing. Qlik Sense could improve collaboration features, such as real-time collaboration and commenting on visualizations. It could also improve sharing capabilities, such as embedding visualizations and reports into external websites or applications.

Mobile Optimization. Qlik Sense could include more mobile-optimized features, allowing users to access and analyze data on-the-go, on any device.

Natural Language Processing. Qlik Sense could incorporate natural language processing (NLP) technology, allowing users to ask questions and receive answers in natural language, making data analysis more accessible to non-technical users.

Improved Security and Governance. Qlik Sense could include additional features for data security and governance, such as more granular access controls, audit trails, and compliance reporting.

I've been using the solution for nine years.

Qlik Sense is very stable, especially when we are talking about panels with more than 200 million rows.

The scalability of Qlik Sense is impressive, both horizontally and vertically. The software is really designed for the use of available processing and RAM memory.

Customer support is good, yet it could improve as sometimes it takes a little while for accurate responses.

Neutral

I had already used traditional BI, however, the change or evolution process was very time-consuming. We achieved more agility with the use of Qlik Sense.

The initial setup is simple and straightforward. It is very easy.

We implemented the product with the supplier team. They usually have some tricks. That said, after following the entire process, we concluded that our internal team could have done the implementation.

They have an excellent team of suppliers that are fully committed to sharing knowledge with our team.

In terms of the ROI of Qlik Sense, we thought it might take a while. However, it surprised us with a return in six months.

The entire setup process is very simple. The licensing fee seems high at first. That said, the productivity and speed of delivery make up for it. There have been no billing surprises, as there is no need for other acquisitions, such as databases.

I also evaluated Tableau and Power BI.

The cost of licensing seems high and yet it is worth every penny, as the delivery of the panels is very fast.

We are in the affiliate marketing industry. We are using the Qlik Sense Cloud to visualize our marketing-related data. Qlik Sense allows us to visualize the complete funnel from the customer visiting the Google/Bing ads to the product sale. 

We are also using Qlik Sense as a platform where we integrate the data from other data sources and make the insights from it which otherwise would have been quite a difficult task. 

The Qlik Sense cloud insights advisor helps our business users to get the answers to their data questions so that they do not have to rely on IT/BI resources every time they have some data request.

Qlik sense is considered the single source of truth for our organization's operational data. 

Users do not need to switch to different data sources because Qlik Sense has various data connectors that allow us to integrate the data from the various sources into one platform. 

The platform has helped us to analyze our data in a more systematic manner, and make informed decisions from it. 

The solution increased the operational efficiency of our team members and allowed them to leverage the data and get the most out of it.

I found "Qlik application Automation" most interesting. It allows us to create automated analytics and data workflows. This helped us to create an end-to-end pipeline from raw data to Active intelligence. With Qlik Automation, we can reload multiple apps parallel and chain the app together to run one after another. 

Importing/exporting the app script to Github, sending automated emails/reports or chat messages on Teams/Slack based on condition. These are some amazing things we can do with the Qlik application automation feature.

In my opinion, collaborative development of the Qlik Apps is a bit tricky and difficult in the Qlik Sense Cloud. For example, the developer who is not an owner of the app cannot see the app script. The user needs to duplicate the app, and then he should be able to see the app script or make any changes in the app script. 

I see that two developers can not work collaboratively on one app. Moreover, Qlik sense cloud does not provide an option to create a folder on the platform to save the relevant Qvd's/files in one folder. I believe this is something the product should focus on.

I've used the solution for two years.

The solution is highly scalable.

The customer service is good, yet not the best. However, community forums help quite a lot in case of any Qlik-related technical queries.

Neutral

I have used Power BI, however, I did not use this platform intensively. I used it very rarely.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward.

We implemented this solution in-house.

The pricing of the product is very competitive. The licensing and the setup process is super smooth and easy.

We did evaluate Tableau.

The primary solution was to provide a centralized way to access siloed cross-functional reports. 

By using Qlik Sense, we were able to combine data from our BI solution, ERP, and other systems, to provide daily reports, plus analytics capabilities with high performance. 

As Qlik Sense is an in-memory solution, the performance is fast and provides real-time insights. 

Also, with their ETL capability, we were able to perform ETL without a true data warehouse. It saved us a lot of money by being able to postpone the DW project and gave us time to think of other solutions, like data lakes.

From siloed reports, we went to a centralized knowledge hub, combining cross-functional data, and helping decision-makers see the data as a whole, therefore making more informed decisions. 

Also, the self-service capability allowed users to create their own reports on the fly. People from different departments were pulling their data from different sources and presenting their own truth. 

With Qlik Sense, and being able to provide a central data hub, we were able to recreate most of the siloed reports, present one truth on the data, and increase the trust of the organization in the data being presented, gaining leadership approval.

The ETL capability is great. It facilitated the integration of data from different sources without a true data warehouse. Being able to pull data directly from the ERP system and apply the business rules in Qlik, and combine it with the BI data, decreased the business process time. We had to send every request over to our overseas BI team. Being able to have at least one BI resource in-house who is an expert in Qlik, we decrease the development time and started delivering solutions in a much more timely manner. 

The ease of use, providing a self-service environment, and high performance when interacting with the dashboards and reports are all great.

Ad-hoc reporting capabilities would be ideal. Despite the solution being a self-service solution, many users still struggle to create their reports. With an easy drag-and-drop style report, it would make a huge difference. There are extensions for that, however, you have to pay them separately. 

Having a report publication feature is also very important, and it is not native to the on-prem version. However, Qlik has made huge advancements on the cloud version, and adding the hybrid capabilities, in which we can maintain the data in-house and just publish the dashboards to the cloud, will allow us to soon go to the cloud and have access to all those extra features we are missing on-prem. 

I've used the solution for seven years.

The product is very stable. They release three to four updates every year. That way, if bugs come up, they are fixing them in a timely manner. They always listen to the user community and tend to develop what is being requested.

The solution is very scalable, especially the cloud version. Their licensing agreement works really well for large organizations.

The initial support has to come from the vendors, which is something I don't like much, as it can be costly. However, I believe they are starting to provide direct support in certain cases. The use of the Qlik Community is fantastic, as they have experts providing solutions and fixes in a timely manner as well.

Positive

SAP Business Objects. They were very expensive and lacked the dashboard capability side of it. It was also very complex and needed more internal resources. Every request would take longer for it to be developed as well.

The setup was very straightforward. The setup is done through 3rd-party vendors, so you just need to make sure you spend a little more and hire an experienced consulting company for the work.

We implemented it via a vendor. Having the knowledge of experienced consultants doing the work is worth it and can prevent huge delays and problems.

I am not really sure about the full ROI numbers, however, compared to what we would have spent with the DW development, and increased headcount, we would have spent a lot more money. As I said, their licensing plan makes it very simple and cost-effective when we need to add more users.

I'd advise users to go to the cloud. If you can, go directly to the SaaS version. From a cost perspective, it was cheaper than other solutions - and better. Now it might seem more expensive, however, with all the features available, and being able to create a full data pipeline, it makes more sense using Qlik Sense.

We also looked into Power BI and Tableau.

Definitely go to the cloud. Use the SaaS solution as it offers more capabilities and you don't need to be concerned about the back-end management. If fully going to the cloud is not possible, think of a hybrid solution. 

The solution is used for helping clients in their decision-making abilities, and to effectively analyze their data.

With the product, we're creating intuitive, interactive, and storytelling dashboards.  

This is a powerful tool with integrated ETL and the ability to handle huge data sets. It's capable of building intuitive and interactive dashboard designs.

The best features include ETL. Transforming data with complex logic can be done within the tool.

The Nprinting is useful. With it, we're scheduling reports directly to end-users.

I'd like to see more end-user-friendly UI designs and the ability to layer objects one by one would make a huge impact.                     

I've been working with Qlik Sense for more than seven years now.

My entire career I've only dealt with Qlik only.