We use this solution for analytical purposes, like business queries and service management queries.
Operations and Delivery Leader at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Enables us to create a dashboard with live data and make decisions based on the information provided
Pros and Cons
- "We can generate various graphs, various reports and we can mainly use it for dashboard related things. We can create a dashboard with live data and we can make decisions based on this information,"
- "I would like for it to be more of a plug and play with all of the tools and sources. It would make it much easier to use."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
We can generate various graphs, various reports and we can mainly use it for dashboard related things. We can create a dashboard with live data and we can make decisions based on this information.
What needs improvement?
I would like for it to be more of a plug and play with all of the tools and sources. It would make it much easier to use.
It should take less time to margin my reports and they should have reusability of existing data to make it easier for coding.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is quite good, we have not experienced any downtime or slowness.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
In regards to scalability, we'll see if we can have a more concurrent user and speed will be as good as what we're experiencing now. As soon as we put more load connections, we hope that it has the same outcomes. Right now, we have less than 50 users but our plan is to increase by almost four times to 100 in our first year and down the line, it would be 300 plus.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is quite good. It's comparatively really nice.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was easy. It's easy to install and user-friendly. The deployment didn't take more than two weeks.
What about the implementation team?
We deployed in-house. We required two staff members.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing is quite good, easy, but slightly expensive. We'll keep increasing the number of users and then we can probably get better discounts.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate it an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Senior BI Systems Analyst at PTC
Has made our business users empowered to build their own reports with minimal IT intervention.
What is our primary use case?
- Used by our business users for day to day reports
- Users build their own apps
- Users also consume apps built by the IT team.
How has it helped my organization?
Qlik has made our business users empowered to build their own reports with minimal IT intervention.
What is most valuable?
- Easy to use and learn: gets the users up and running with a basic training session
- Agile: quick to develop an app and iterate on
- Stable: stability with a large number of users.
All the above have made users very happy.
What needs improvement?
- More visualizations
- Automated report delivery
- Cross app data sharing
- Easy app sharing options with specific users.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Great.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's scalable but adds more coat.
How are customer service and technical support?
Good so far.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No previous solutions.
How was the initial setup?
Simple.
What about the implementation team?
Vendor Axis. Good level of expertise.
What was our ROI?
Great.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
- Setup time was very quick and easy
- The cost was similar to other vendors.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
What other advice do I have?
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Works at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Placing buttons on my sheets creates a unique user experience and clears up clutter
Pros and Cons
- "Placing buttons on my sheets creates a unique user experience and clears up clutter at the same time."
- "I am not really a fan of the set analysis. It's its own language that doesn't quite make a whole lot of sense to me at this point. I wish it were more intuitive."
What is our primary use case?
We needed a secure, dynamic place for our branch staff to view details about their respective branches. Be it how they manage cash to how well they are performing with respect to their goals, Qlik Sense is an excellent tool for meeting all our various needs.
How has it helped my organization?
Qlik Sense is becoming the go-to place to view data. We are relying less on Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
What is most valuable?
Though, I haven't used them a lot. I love the variables feature. Placing buttons on my sheets creates a unique user experience and clears up clutter at the same time.
What needs improvement?
I am not really a fan of the set analysis. It's its own language that doesn't quite make a whole lot of sense to me at this point. I wish it were more intuitive.
For how long have I used the solution?
Less than one year.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Manager at a financial services firm
Provides data to decision-makers in a safe visual environment
Pros and Cons
- "It has improved our organization by providing data to decision-makers in a safe visual environment."
- "The management console appearance needs improvement to its look."
- "The navigation is quite clunky and outdated."
What is our primary use case?
Two environments: one for ad hoc and discovery usage and the other for production (consumption). We use the product for ad hoc discovery work and exposing curating data sets/models to our business.
How has it helped my organization?
It has improved our organization by providing data to decision-makers in a safe visual environment.
What is most valuable?
The exposure of the OpenAPIs gives greater flexibility in how we implement across both environments.
What needs improvement?
- The management console appearance needs improvement to its look.
- The navigation is quite clunky and outdated.
For how long have I used the solution?
Less than one year.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Manager - Business Intelligence Solutions at Renewal by Andersen
The ETL component allows us to pull from many different sources
Pros and Cons
- "The ETL component allows us to pull from many different sources, making pulling data in easy."
What is our primary use case?
We run Qlik Sense and NPrinting on four Azure VMs as an independent BI platform to get at trapped data.
What is most valuable?
The ETL component allows us to pull from many different sources, making pulling data in easy.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What was our ROI?
Its break-even is only two years.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Costs are a little high on the license/token side. However, if you look at the TCO, it is not too bad, particularly against Power BI.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We been using Qlik Sense Enterprise for two and a half years. It has been one of the best decisions we made. We were suffering form trapped data and multiple sources both inside and outside of the firewall. We needed something with a powerful (yet easy to understand and use) ETL component, and this fit the bill.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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?
Qlik Sense is a very nice, intelligent product. I connect with transaction data, and it has an excellent user interface.
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.
For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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