Qlik Sense Reviews

We built a reporting platform across the organization. The business needed people with Qlik knowledge to develop the solution. As Qlik is Self-Service oriented, even business people can create their own quick solutions. We are using a proper QDF structure and versioning system, which gives us many benefits such as reusability, backup availability, control versioning, etc. We created best practices for development purposes. Our community is comprised of several hundreds of users, and it works like a charm!

There have been always requirements for reporting. At the very beginning, the only way we could report the data was via SQL and Excel. Now, there is a robust but flexible reporting platform that gives lots of opportunities to the end users, and the solutions are still integrated with other systems like Collibra, SageMaker, Airflow, etc. 

We would like to start with big data processing and shift it a bit ahead. We have discovered it is possible to have a data-driven organization as almost all decisions are based on data from this platform.

It is mainly easy to use. It is simple to develop, which is good. However, on the other hand, there is a lack of functionality. 

The self-service capability allows even less IT-oriented people to build their solution as quickly as possible for their next meeting in several hours. The ETL is another benefit of this tool as it is not the standard functionality of reporting tools. You can manipulate and clean the data directly in the tool without dependency on a DB team.

They need to keep it as simple as possible but include as much advanced functionality as possible by positioning all the objects on the page, changing colors for all the objects, improving sheets actions, etc. 

I really like the new UI, which is sadly similar to Power BI. Why is there a simple mode for something that is simple at the beginning? I would add more capabilities first into advanced mode. Pixel-perfect solutions are still required, yet not possible in Qlik right now.

I've used the solution for five years.

We used QlikView, however, it was too old and unsupported.

We'd like it if they could provide a discount.

We looked into Spotfire, PowerBI, and Tableau.

We have 2 primary uses:

1. Technology-created, defined story-driven analytics providing Dashboarding to users that allow drill-down of information to pre-created aggregation levels.

2. Self-service reporting that allows data SMEs to create and manage their own visualizations.

Both use cases are heavily catered for in our business, and we have 80,000+ users across the company.  

Utilizing the Qlik API layer, and a set of React components we are also able to embed Qlik reporting into existing web applications providing fantastic opportunities to bring multiple data sets together into highly customizable portals.

It has provided much more widely available MI to senior stakeholders. Before rolling out Qlik Sense, much of the reporting was completed from incredibly manual spreadsheets or old and slow COGNOS reports.  

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.

Qlik Sense lends itself very well to creating large centrally managed platforms to make better use of scalability. This reduces direct infrastructure requirements, leading to more sustainable solutions.

The extensibility of the Platform with either internally created extensions or the use of third-party provided items really opens the platform up.

Drag and drop objects create a quick learning curve to create basic reports that still provide business benefits.

Continued development for on-premises versions to enable companies with more restricted data sets that cannot move to Saas/cloud solutions to still benefit from new product enhancements

Ability to highly customize infrastructure/environment set-ups to open huge possibilities.

More focus needs to be on data streaming/real-time data reporting. This is currently too slow to use outside of very small data sets.

More focus on CI/CD integration is needed. Having Dashboards stored as very static binary files does not lead itself well to the modern DevSecOps standards and processes.

To compete with other tools in the sector, more focus on the commenting/feedback abilities of users would be beneficial. For example, at an object level, be able to have users add comments to certain data points that other users can view and also comment back on.

We have been using Qlik Sense in various guises since version 3.1 - for about 6 to 7 years now.

The tool scales with infra fairly well. For performant applications on large data volumes, utilizing tooling to hold applications in memory leads to the best results, however, it also requires large infrastructure to support.

Prior to Qlik Sense, we were using QlikView, and shifting to Qlik Sense provided a much more modern architecture. Prior to QlikView, COGNOS was heavily leveraged.

The switch moved us from a very manual, spreadsheet/PowerPoint-based reporting to a much more fluid, dynamic, and interactive solution.

An in-house team was used. Having existing Qlik product knowledge helped make this viable. However, I am aware of other teams within our organization who have used vendor teams to great success as well.

The ROI is high as there are large financial reporting solutions built into Qlik. They have brought large money-saving insights from data and visualizations.

Economies of scale come into play very quickly, especially with no enterprise/infrastructure-specific licensing for Qlik Sense.  

With on-premise solutions, there can be a requirement for some heavy hardware, however, moving into the cloud means this can be reduced.

Tableau, PowerBI, and Looker were all reviewed and clear choices brought Qlik Sense out on top.

Its ability to score highly across the board makes it the best all-around tool, although the others score higher in very specific areas.

The scripting in it is very strong. So, I use the Qlik Sense for scripting.

I like to develop steps in getting a solution for any application, and they have a lot of time, and the application is very efficient.

It offers good control. 

Loading the logs is also a good thing.

There is room for improvement in some ways of increasing the power of visualization. The current visualization features feel incomplete compared to what's available with scripting tools.

The current visualizations feel limited. They lack the variety and richness needed for diverse applications. I'd appreciate more options for visually representing data.

More customization options would be very welcome.

I have been using it for a year. 

It is a very stable solution. 

It is easy to scale. 

We use support from the community. 

The initial setup is not complex. I didn't find it complex. There is Qlik Management Console (QMC) for managing.

It's not complex, so it doesn't prevent anyone from starting to work with it. Just by being familiar with it, you can use it.

Two people take care of the deployment. It takes around two to three months to implement the solution. 

It is easy to control and maintain. 

It is a good tool. Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I would recommend using this solution. 

Our primary use case for this solution is focused on the pharmaceutical business, and we deploy it on-premises. We use it typically for dashboards, sales charts, and cost of production for marketing with solutions like Salesforce.

The scripts available in the solution are not great and could be improved. Additionally, the setup should be more straightforward.

We have been using this solution for approximately fifteen years.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

I rate customer service and support seven out of ten.

Neutral

The initial setup is not too complicated. However, approximately 10 to 15 people are needed for deployment in any project.

It is complicated to calculate ROI for any product.

I rate this solution a nine out of ten. However, because it's very important, the solution is good and can be improved by including data mining and machine learning.

We use this solution for standard reporting for cost and finance accounting. It creates VAT reports, balance sheets reports, and a lot of cost reports. You can split the company into departments and produce individual reports to deduct or extract, for example, German projects, which have to be brought for tax collection for Germany. Since ELIN is an Austrian company, we have to take out the part that has to be allocated to the German tax authorities.

From what I understand, we have data tables in proALPHA and then we have a kind of intermediate bridge, which is the Microsoft environment where this data is copied, and then from that database it is brought into Qlik Sense.

Some of the valuable areas of this solution include producing individual reports and closing the gap. Within proALPHA, it is not possible to implement a link of information from separate parts. This link can be done by Qlik Sense.

What would help is an Excel sheet that is linked directly to Qlik Sense so that instead of having to produce an Excel file, you would already have an Excel file that is connected to Qlik Sense. I don't know why it is not already set up this way because it would be more convenient. Right now, it is complex and you have to understand the data model prior to analyzing it, so basically I would like to see an integration with Excel in the future.

I have been using this solution for two years.

The solution is stable and reliable. 

The solution is easy to scale and about 20 people work with it in my company.
The rollout should be for the full user amount, which is roughly 200% from 20 to 200. But one main report is missing, and it doesn't make sense to roll it out because if they desperately need this one report and if it is not included or not completely correct in this new tool, then we would have understandable complaints from the users.

Integration was my colleague's responsibility. It wasn't easy, and altogether it took about one year. My colleague used some consultants for support because it wasn't easy to understand, collect, and integrate the data in the correct way, but the rest he did himself. 

As far as I understand, there is a very low level of maintenance because he does as much as possible by himself.

Some reports are not fully translated from the old QlikView version into the modern Qlik Sense, including some basic reports in the construction business. One main report is missing because if it was completely deployed in the new Qlik Sense system, QlikView could be closed forever because QlikView's so old.

QlikView only produces aggregated amounts, so you can never trim down in it. In Qlik Sense, it's the opposite. The results are produced by collecting the specific entries, so you always have to trim down, which is obviously the better approach.

Qlik Sense is a good tool for BI in order to connect in normal circumstances, but not for integrated data tables in big ERP systems. I would rate this solution as a seven out of ten.

My organization offers valuable training on Qlik Sense topics. This helps us to be able to translate business needs into applications that meet the different requirements with efficiency, integrity, and versatility of the tool.

Also, the company I work for aims to help clients realize their full potential by leveraging their data. Through Qlik Sense, it has been possible to develop applications from different sectors that respond to business needs of all kinds with their particular characteristics. 

The all-in-one tool has the ability to perform integrations and the use of complex functions in the development of valuable indicators with high efficiency.

It is a solution that allows my organization to provide value to different clients. Thanks to its capabilities, we can build different requirements with less wear and time.

Also, Qlik Sense, in my organization, allows us to keep track of the time usage of all consultants in a single application. It is consuming data in real-time.

It is important to mention that it has a very high learning curve as a tool, depending on the consultant's degree of knowledge in BI. This is also reflected in user training for being intuitive in different aspects. I can speak of this from my own experience. In ten days, I reached a domain of basic-intermediate knowledge, despite coming from other analytical tools.

The versatility and efficiency when processing data is great.

The ability to integrate data within the same solution makes it incredible.

It has high performance when interacting with dashboards and reports.

Integration of data from different sources is helpful.

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

It offers shorter development times.

The time to assimilate concepts to start developing applications is faster than other analytics solutions, considering that this tool has ETL and Visualization capabilities.

We need more types of visualizations.

We'd like more integration of free extensions.

Even though the solution is a self-service solution, many non-technical users still struggle to create their reports.

Even though the solution is a self-service solution, many non-technical users still find it challenging to create their reports. Having a report publishing feature is also very important and is not native to the local version.

I feel that more dynamic practice-oriented documentation is required that allows non-partner users to get to know the tool and learn about it. The latter also influences the point of self-service that I mentioned earlier. It would be good if the dynamics for constructing self-service reports oriented to non-technical functional users could be further improved.

I've used the solution for nine months.

Qlik is being used as a Business Intelligence and Data Analytics solution. It currently extracts the data from our database and online sources via a Rest API connector. The data is then transformed in the load script and stored in a .qvd file format.

Once this has been completed, applications use a combination of the .qvd files depending on their functionality to allow reporting on areas of the business. Any area with data can be reported on with graphics tailored to the needs of the business. 

Qlik Sense has allowed us to compile and analyze our data in real-time, thanks to the various and specific applications that have been designed and built. This has allowed the organization to make data-informed decisions and has also removed the need for manual tasks, checks, and calculations.

In turn, this has allowed the organization to better utilize time and resources, improving business efficiency and productivity. However, it is worth noting that this is only as good as your data. You must ensure your organization has clean data!

Qlik has a powerful load script that uses an enhanced SQL language which is excellent for loading and transforming the data. 

Qlik can also store data out into a .qvd file format which is very highly compressed. This file format can then be ready by Qlik extremely quickly, allowing it to rapidly process thousands of rows of data. Qlik also has a range of useful visualizations and also allows for custom visualizations to be created and added as an extension. These can be found online or created by yourself.

Qlik application automation needs additional work and features. However, it is still a fairly new development. It appears it has been brought on to replace many of the Qlik management console's functionality for on-premise Qlik solutions. However, it lacks a lot of the same functionality. It is worth noting that it does have additional functionality in some areas compared to the Qlik Management Console.

An interesting development to Qlik Application Automation would be the addition of functionality that allows writing to .qvd files.

I have been using Qlik sense for three years, however, I have only been using Qlik SaaS for the past year.

The solution is very stable.

The product is easily and effectively scalable.

So far, we have not had an issue that required support.

Neutral

We did not previously use a different solution. 

The setup is straightforward.

We handled the setup in-house.

ROI is hard to quantify, however, it has definitely earned its cost.

I'd advise users to negotiate directly with the sales team for the best deal.

The product was already in use at the organization.

Qlik Sense on-prem may be a better solution currently. However, Qlik Sense SaaS will overtake this product soon.

I'm primarily using the solution for analyzing the traffic, sources, electronics, the approval ratio, and payments. It is very similar to QlikView.

The solution offers a lot of data you can use for analysis. 

With Qlik Sense what I really do like is that I can see the status of the leads under the page of conversion. Once I use Qlik Sense, I can see the status of the leads and I don't need to use another platform or software. I can see how many leads an affiliate sends, and I can see the status of his leads. It is also very flexible for me as well.

It's user-friendly. 

The product is very stable. 

Sometimes the refreshing it's not so updated. It's going to take 20 to 30 minutes to refresh sometimes. They're basically taking ten minutes or 15 minutes to refresh. It's got to refresh faster. 

Qlik Sense I've used less than QlikView. Qlik Sense came afterward. I've used it for around ten months to one year.

The solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance is good. It's reliable. 

The solution offers very good scalability. Since we have a lot of data, I never miss data. We have 1,000 leads and 1,000 activities and everything is shown there.

We have 30 or 40 people using the product. 

We are using project coordinators. Payments are also using it and most probably the business intelligence team as well.

I've never dealt with technical support in the past. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are. 

I've used QlikView as well.

I am a customer and an end-user.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. 

There is a lot of data that can be useful for anyone. I'd advise potential users to do good training, see every page that Qlik Sense has, and then start using it.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

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.