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Qlik Compose pros and cons

Vendor: Qlik
3.8 out of 5

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PROS

Qlik Compose offers efficient modeling and code generation, enabling quick delivery from ideation to a fully functional data warehouse.
Users appreciate the tool's scalability and stability.
Qlik Compose effectively gathers and extracts data from platforms like SAP for cloud integration.
The automation capabilities in Qlik Compose allow for design automation of data warehouses and generating Data Lifecycle Policies reports.
The graphical data representation and drill-down capabilities of Qlik Compose are highly valued for their excellent versatility.

CONS

Qlik Compose has room for improvement in ETL, particularly in monitoring capabilities and batching functionalities.
The first level of technical support for Qlik Compose could benefit from enhanced technical knowledge.
There are difficulties in integrating custom scripts and dealing with complex data paradigms in Qlik Compose.
Performance issues arise in Qlik Compose when processing large volumes of data, particularly with slow updates compared to insertions.
Qlik Compose would benefit from more accessible developer training materials and better documentation.
 

Qlik Compose Pros review quotes

HR
Technical Architect at Team Computers
Jul 8, 2020
As long as you pick the solution that best fits with your requirements, you won't find that performance is a problem. It's good.
reviewer1509525 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Mar 29, 2021
I have found it to be a very good, stable, and strong product.
Sanjeev Asher - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 19, 2022
Qlik Compose is good enough. It is user-friendly and intuitive.
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MusaMongwe - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Practice at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees
Jan 23, 2023
I like modeling and code generation. It has become a pretty handy tool because of its short ideation to delivery time. From the time you decide you are modeling a data warehouse, and once you finish the modeling, it generates all the code, generates all the tables. All you have to do is tick a few things, and you can produce a fully functional warehouse. I also like that they have added all the features I have asked for over four years.
MC
Head of Alliances at CGN Research & Advisory
Apr 19, 2023
There were many valuable features, such as extracting any data to put in the cloud. For example, Qlik was able to gather data from SAP and extract SAP data from the platforms.
Numair Mazhar - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Head - Qlik / Solutions Architect at TMC (TallyMarks Consulting)
Apr 26, 2023
It can scale.
Alok Kumar Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Success Developer Tableau at Salesforce
May 2, 2023
It's a stable solution.
DT
Data Engineer at Natwest
May 4, 2023
It is a scalable solution.
Sahil Taneja - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant/Manager at Tenzing
May 5, 2023
One of the most valuable features was the ability to integrate multiple source systems that mainly used structured IDBMS versions.
Sergio Padovan - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at ICE Srl & ICE SUISSE SA at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
May 16, 2023
The technical support is very good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.
 

Qlik Compose Cons review quotes

HR
Technical Architect at Team Computers
Jul 8, 2020
The solution has room for improvement in the ETL. They have an ETL, but when it comes to the monitoring portion, Qlik Compose doesn't provide a feature for monitoring.
reviewer1509525 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Mar 29, 2021
I believe that visual data flow management and the transformation function should be improved.
Sanjeev Asher - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 19, 2022
For more complex work, we are not using Qlik Compose because it cannot handle very high volumes at the moment. It needs the same batching capabilities that other ETL tools have. We can't batch the data into small chunks when transforming large amounts of data. It tries to do everything in one shot and that's where it fails.
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MusaMongwe - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Practice at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees
Jan 23, 2023
It would be better if the first level of technical support were a bit more technically knowledgeable to solve the problem. I think they could also improve the injection of custom scripts. It is pretty difficult to add additional scripts. If the modeling doesn't give you what you want, and you want to change the script generated by the modeling, it is a bit more challenging than in most other products. It is very good with standard form type systems, but if you get a more complicated data paradigm, it tends to struggle with transforming that into a model.
MC
Head of Alliances at CGN Research & Advisory
Apr 19, 2023
Qlik's ETL and data transformation could be better.
Numair Mazhar - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Head - Qlik / Solutions Architect at TMC (TallyMarks Consulting)
Apr 26, 2023
I'd like to have access to more developer training materials.
Alok Kumar Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Success Developer Tableau at Salesforce
May 2, 2023
There could be more customization options.
DT
Data Engineer at Natwest
May 4, 2023
There should be proper documentation available for the implementation process.
Sahil Taneja - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant/Manager at Tenzing
May 5, 2023
There is some scope for improvement around the documentation, and a better UI would definitely help.
Sergio Padovan - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at ICE Srl & ICE SUISSE SA at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
May 16, 2023
My issues with the solution's stability are owing to the fact that it has certain bugs causing issues in some functionalities that should be working.