Qlik Sense Reviews

Our primary use case is to bring together multiple data sets from varying data sources (SQL, Oracle, and Cloud) for three different applications into a single dashboard for daily management of eighteen departments spanning three locations. This includes almost all of the Operations departments.

Qlik Sense has allowed management to stop their daily data collection and focus on managing. It has also allowed them to stop excessive use of Excel spreadsheets for storing snapshots of report data. They can see the history all in one place now.

The most valuable feature is the ability to identify trouble areas with detailed drill-downs, as well as data issues (Green White Grey).

Allowing the users to be able to take snapshots and create their own story without ever leaving the application is a very good feature. 

Some of the charts are still a bit basic and screen rendering on different sized monitors can be an issue. It is also somewhat difficult to customize the charts with the opening and closing of the different panes, making it time-consuming.

I've been using Qlik for seven years, with three years using Qlik Sense specifically.

• Automates monthly reporting.
• Improves time to market.
• Explore new opportunities through GeoAnalytics.
• Provides better patient care at all times. 

It has allowed us to manage our staff more effectively and frees up time for our analysts to analyze new problems and opportunities. 

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. 

There are still some functionalities that have not carried over from QlikView, but it is getting close. From where it was a few years ago to today is a dramatic improvement. 

Better searching capabilities would be a nice addition. 

There are occasional stability problems, but Qlik support is excellent at correcting anything that arises. 

No scalability issues.

Our experience with the support team has been fantastic.

No prior BI tool was present. 

The setup was rather straightforward.

We implemented with a vendor team who had a low level of expertise. 

It is still too early to tell.

The costs can initially become quite high. Make sure you have a clear understanding of who will truly use the product as opposed to someone that will simply receive the end report.

A few others were considered, but I do not remember the names. 

• Great code compatibility with existing QlikView product.
• Intuitive interface makes it easy to dive in.

Allowed us to consolidate many diverse data sets into a single customer view.

• Making it as user friendly as possible

I have been using Qlik Sense for a relatively short time, about six months.

As we were using QlikView already, when Qlik Sense came out, the main issue was how to port from QlikView to Qlik Sense, and whether it was indeed necessary

We did not encounter any stability issues at all.

We did not encounter any scalability issues at all.

I have not had any direct contact with customer service but the online community is very active and helpful.

Unsure; technical support is handled by our administrator.

We previously used QlikView (and still use it for some of our internal users).

Having had familiarity with QlikView for a few years already, initial setup was straightforward to get to grips with the basics of Qlik Sense; other areas, like connecting to data sources, will need some investigation to get to grips with when I have the time.

I had a bit of mentoring early on by a now-luminary of Qlik but I am essentially self-taught; all in-house development.

I do not know; ROI is very hard to quantify.

Pricing and licensing is handled by our administrator.

Before choosing this product, we did not evaluate other options. We already had QlikView, so it was a natural addition to that.

Highly recommended; be prepared to immerse yourself in it when you start off.

We run Qlik Sense and NPrinting on four Azure VMs as an independent BI platform to get at trapped data. 

The ETL component allows us to pull from many different sources, making pulling data in easy.

Its break-even is only two years.

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. 

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. 

Visualising manufacturing related data for different departments. We have created dashboards for accounts receivable, department-wise spend, inventory, sales, and production.

Qlik has made life easier by visualising data. Most of the data was not being used. It was just sitting in the database. With Qlik, we are able to make use of it.

• User-friendly
• The time it takes to deliver a dashboard is real "Quik".
• Can pull the data from different sources.
• Scalable

Data modelling automation needs improvement. 

There are some tools like Alteryx, which are used for data preparation. These features can be built into Qlik to make the process smoother.

As a Qlik consultant, I have been using QlikView to design management dashboards but with Qlik Sense it offers more.

This is amazing product takes the super features of QlikView ETL capabilities to a whole new level with its new drag and drop feature, and extension capabilities derived from the robust Qlik API.

None at the moment. Qlik Sense for me combines the power of QlikView and the ease of use of Tableau.

No stability issues at the moment.

Just like QlikView, Qlik Sense has developed best practices to hasten and manage BI projects.

The Qlik community is very vibrant and you find or get answers to most issues to get you started.

With Qlik Sense, setup is pretty straightforward. For personal use, the desktop version is absolutely free, and you can share visualizations with others and to a personal cloud space, though limited with storage space.

For a deployment scenario, Qlik Sense is also very easy to use. I can start development from any platform, on-premise or cloud, and continue from            where I left off.

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.

As a consultant in the area of business intelligence and data analytics, I have had to personally evaluate Qlik Sense against other self-service BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and MicroStrategy.

Invest in memory and RAM for the PC or server you intend to use Qlik Sense on. Ensure you have all the necessary resources and connectors installed for proprietary databases as well, if you are keen on some form of integration to web/projects.

Ease of use and connectivity to Qlik platform products are the most valuable features.

• Able to provide quick solutions to meet analytical demands

• More options in the non-scripting data load

I have used it for nine months.

I do not know if we encountered deployment issues.

I do not know if we encountered stability issues.

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

I do not know whether a different solution was previously used.

I do not know whether other options were evaluated.

It is a fast-growing new solution for self-service BI.

• Easy to use

Set analysis "language" leaves a lot to be desired; non-technical users wanted full features but would get bogged down trying to set up expressions, requiring unplanned help.

Visuals change when exported; not compatible with other products other than Qlik.

Must have Qlik tools to use Qlik files.

I’m referring to the script expressions in the visualizations. Explaining or working through something like below to an everyday user was tedious, and time consuming. Plus, it did not leverage the skillset of our developers, and switching gears from our working environment (SQL Server, Visual Studio) to a Qlik scenario was a real pain.

I have used it for one year.

We have not encountered any deployment issues.

We have not encountered any stability issues.

Data must be well staged or Qlik has trouble loading and relating data sources.

Customer service is good.

Technical support is good.

There was nothing that was being created - except for some of the geospatial/map features - that couldn't be done in Excel.

A combination of a vendor team and an in-house team implemented it; mostly in-house.

• Sunset the product; moving on to another product.

Before choosing this product, we did not evaluate other options. A salesperson got a hold on some people outside of IT/BI; need I say more.

It's an easy-to-use, fun visualization tool; probably best suited for prototyping. We explained this to Qlik Sense sales and were told we probably over bought.