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Cube vs Qlik Sense comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Cube
Ranking in Embedded BI
10th
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Qlik Sense
Ranking in Embedded BI
4th
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
17th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
126
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Embedded BI category, the mindshare of Cube is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qlik Sense is 7.1%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded BI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qlik Sense7.1%
Cube1.0%
Other91.9%
Embedded BI
 

Featured Reviews

Amir Hassan - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist / Data Analytics Consultant at Fiverr International Ltd
Managing complex data hierarchies has improved analytics but still needs richer hierarchy types
To evaluate Cube's efficiency in handling large data volumes, I use metrics including F1 scores, AUC (Area Under the Curve), and RMC (Root Mean Squares), along with RSE (Root Square Errors). These factors help me gauge the efficiency of the algorithms clearly. Regarding improving Cube, I believe that when we are building hierarchies, I should enhance the type of hierarchies. For instance, in a few countries lacking state systems, there could be a hierarchy without proper categorization—such as continent, country, and city. Therefore, it would be beneficial if I could improve the hierarchies to retrieve data as quickly as possible from Cube.
Saranya Deepthi - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at Wipro
Improved AI-driven dashboards have accelerated decisions but still need better visuals and faster refresh
Absolutely, nothing is entirely positive, and everything has both advantages and disadvantages. When I worked with Qlik Sense, circular charts were not available, which meant I had to look for alternative solutions that would be reliable or make the functionality work. There are some features that need to be added. Additionally, there is a limit to the number of fields that can be added in Qlik Sense, and I believe it would be beneficial if they increased the count for fields and columns. There might be requirements where an Excel file contains many columns that need to be displayed as visual representations to clients, and in those situations, it becomes very difficult and I have to use alternative approaches. When this problem arose, I used HTML code to write a solution and make it work. Qlik Sense should avoid these types of limitations in future updates. Another issue is page resolution. If a client wants to view the dashboard on a single page without scrolling, bar charts appear small and the values in KPIs, bar charts, scatter plots, and line graphs cannot be seen very clearly. Adding more extensions to make the job easier would also be beneficial. Improvements to reporting would be helpful as well, because working with large datasets makes reporting very difficult. Additionally, when data is refreshed, it cannot be completed in a short timeframe. Refreshing very large datasets can take one, two, or even three hours, so reducing the refresh time would be very useful for customers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"NPS improved to approximately eight out of ten for our feature, and internally ticket handling times decreased, allowing reallocation of resources to higher-impact projects."
"Implementation was super smooth, and within two weeks we were up and running and the metrics were exposed in our app."
"Cube completes my tasks very easily and takes less time, allowing me to deliver any project in a timely manner to our clients."
"The security provided by Cube has helped my organization by allowing us to use NATed IP on Cube to send outside the public IP while keeping the internal IP safe in our on-premise environment."
"Cube's caching mechanism impacts my database query loads and response times significantly."
"Qlik Sense has opened up a new quick-to-market BI tool, that allows business requirements to become a production-ready reality within days rather than months."
"We began to see how our processes and other team's processes were negatively affecting the bottom line. We were able to provide tips to other teams to help improve their processes."
"By using Qlik and filling a dashboard on top of it, our ability to analyze and identify our strengths and weaknesses has improved."
"The number of visualizations that are present in Qlik is very useful for our developers to help our business partners tell stories with their data. Qlik continues to add to and enhance these visualizations with each release. We are also very excited to leverage the integration between Qlik Sense and Qlik Catalog as we roll that out soon."
"The most valuable feature of Qlik Analytics Platform is its Change Data Capture capability."
"This timely addition will easily add $15 million to our bottom line in 2017."
"Leveraging and reusability of already existing QlikView assets and knowledge."
"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."
 

Cons

"I did not see any return on investment from Cube."
"Cube can be improved by enhancing data refresh over multiple tabs."
"Cube's interface can be challenging for non-technical users, needing clearer use-case examples to ease integration into workflows."
"There is no way to create a real template that is not exposed directly in the UI."
"When it comes to the initial setup of Cube, I faced some challenges, including server issues when uploading data from local sources to the Unipi servers."
"Cube can be improved as it lacks some features."
"More freedom for custom visuals and dashboard creation would be an improvement."
"My advice to others is to make sure they have a good technical team. We have found that a lot of the consultants go in and out of the business and sometimes you are left alone without assistance."
"Sometimes the refreshing is not so updated. It's going to take 20 to 30 minutes to refresh sometimes."
"Currently, we are not very happy with the iPad or iPhone app because it is not working as we want."
"Dates. My goodness, working with dates in set analysis can be a nightmare! Much room for improvement."
"On-premise, if things are not working well I need to rebuild some parts of the dashboard."
"The "vanilla" Qlik Sense tool is limited in some areas."
"The management console appearance needs improvement to its look."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Ultimately, the cost is low, and it implements fast. The limiting factor is how quickly your staff can keep up."
"Licensing can start to get expensive, but compared to other tools in this space it is about average."
"Qlik Sense pricing and licensing is like that of QlikView. It's on the high side for a small company, but it’s competitive among its peers. Use of licenses (referred to as tokens) is a bit confusing. There is a login access pass for infrequent or anonymous access."
"It is the most expensive tool."
"The solution is worth it."
"We have 20 licenses for Qlik Sense, and it is a special license that allows people in the whole company to use it over time. You buy this license and there are some minutes that can be used. For example, for the users that used only a few minutes in a month, we use this license. All the people have the ability to work with Qlik Sense. However, the number of licenses is not the number of users. The number of users that uses Qlik Sense is approximately 35 people."
"Understand the break over price point for switching to the Enterprise license."
"You need to pay 5,000 Norwegian kroner per user. Microsoft Power BI is slightly more expensive than Qlik Sense."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise89
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cube?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that we have to order Cube from Cisco, which takes some time. After that, we have to deploy it in the data center and work with the carrier ...
What needs improvement with Cube?
Cube can be improved as it lacks some features. I think we could include some more features like Ribbon and Codec so that we can use Cisco Cube as well, because Cisco Cube is only CLI, and nowadays...
What is your primary use case for Cube?
My main use case for Cube is call routing and SIP session management between our enterprise and the carriers. A specific example of how I use Cube for call routing in my day-to-day work is that we ...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik Sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau, etc. I have recently started using Cognos Enter...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Sense?
It is not about performance. It is just about how expensive it is to implement.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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QlikSense, Qlik Analytics Platform
 

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Sample Customers

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Abbvie, Airbus, Barclays, BT Openreach, BMW, Daimler AG, HSBC, IKEA, Nationwide Building Society, Royal Mail Group, Sanofi, Siemens, Wendy'', Vodafone, Volvo
Find out what your peers are saying about Cube vs. Qlik Sense and other solutions. Updated: October 2026.
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