We performed a comparison between Qlik Sense and SAP Analytics Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Visualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Qlik Sense is a very powerful and useful tool."
"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."
"End users can adjust their analysis with a few simple clicks."
"The most valuable feature is the user experience."
"The most valuable features of Qlik Sense are its speed and seamless development of web technologies."
"Qlik Sense brings in the concept of shared libraries where one user can create custom dimensions (even with drill-down functionality), measures, and even visualizations and save it to the "Master Items," from which the other users can simply drag and drop to use it for their analysis."
"The GeoAnalytics paints such a clear picture. It provides a visual of our patient volume, giving us opportunities to see how we are trending in the surrounding cities, and making us more aware of locations that we need to focus more on."
"Qlik has made life easier by visualising data."
"Considering the reporting part, I rate the tool a nine out of ten."
"There is a really nice insight feature that I enjoy using."
"Technical support is helpful."
"The Smart Predict, Smart Insights, and Smart Discovery predictive analysis features are quite good."
"We mainly use Analytics Cloud because it integrates with other SAP solutions. Our ERP is an SAP product, and our back-end is SAP Business Warehouse, so integration is an essential factor."
"Easy to use."
"I have found that the feature to drag and drop widgets based on the data source, and import them into stories to be valuable. This way it helps the end user to create stories themselves."
"The user interface is quite good for developing reports out of models."
"There is no downside."
"Integrated maps should become part of the Qlik Sense, as opposed to buying an additional module just to power the BI, which has it built-in natively within the application."
"There is an inability to effectively manage (pre)caching (scheduling, assigning for respective user groups, etc), especially without community extensions or uour own development."
"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."
"Some of the charts are still a bit basic and screen rendering on different sized monitors can be an issue."
"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."
"Mostly when it comes to the loading of the data and reload times of the reports, it could be better."
"The one thing I would probably try to add is some kind of tutorial since the tool has a lot of options to work with, and for someone who is just starting and does not have any prior experience, it can be a little overwhelming."
"An area for improvement in SAP Analytics Cloud is its planning feature because it's not that efficient when compared to BPC. Another area for improvement in the solution is the difficulty in building reports or dashboards, particularly if you don't have proper knowledge of the BI system. SAP Analytics Cloud technical support also needs improvement."
"I would like to see reporting to the Analytics cloud directly."
"It still lacks a lot of functionalities as compared to other tools such as Power BI or Tableau. Sorting is not working as well as it works in Tableau. A lot of other things are also not at the same level. Their technical support is not perfect and could be better. It takes a lot of time to have lacking functionalities implemented. Its integration with the BW backend should be better. Both solutions are from the same vendor. They position SAP Analytics Cloud as a reporting tool on top of the BW environment, but the integration between both is not yet 100%. For example, user management is still not synchronized."
"It's lacking a bit in maturity and we find we can't run our business off it until it's improved."
"The solution should include other scripting languages as well, such as Python."
"The scope is limited to a few accounts."
"SAP Analytics Cloud requires a lot of coding and I would like the coding to be somewhat minimal."
"It should have the flexibility for scoping the story and models. When you use it in a three-layer architecture, you struggle with the fact that you usually have just one SAP Analytics Cloud tenant, and you have to switch the connections, which might be an issue for bigger developments. For the development role, there should be an option to switch between development and production scenarios."
Qlik Sense is ranked 2nd in Data Visualization with 112 reviews while SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 4th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 58 reviews. Qlik Sense is rated 8.6, while SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Qlik Sense writes "Customizable with good ROI and a quick learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Good for reporting but needs to improve its predictive analytics features". Qlik Sense is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, Microsoft Power BI, Apache Superset and MicroStrategy, whereas SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Analytics Cloud. See our Qlik Sense vs. SAP Analytics Cloud report.
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