We performed a comparison between Qlik Sense and ThoughtSpot 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 has given us visibility into our data to make informed decisions."
"The number of visualizations that are present in Qlik is very useful for our developers to help our business partners tell stories with their data. Qlik continues to add to and enhance these visualizations with each release. We are also very excited to leverage the integration between Qlik Sense and Qlik Catalog as we roll that out soon."
"Some of the valuable areas of this solution include producing individual reports and closing the gap."
"Allowing the users to be able to take snapshots and create their own story without ever leaving the application is a very good feature."
"The product is very stable."
"The solution is scalable."
"Leveraging and reusability of already existing QlikView assets and knowledge."
"This tool not only allows for consumption of the data in a visual way, but also allows the user to modify the question to get new answers."
"I like ThoughtSpot's search capabilities. You can also create custom analytics even if you aren't an experienced data analyst. We have users with no data analytics experience making some of the dashboards we've created, copying components, and customizing them to their specific use cases."
"The scalability is good."
"The initial setup was very straightforward."
"I would say the return on investment is good. Whatever we invested, we got results. We have been finding it easy to use and onboard new use cases."
"The ability to do ad hoc explorations of data has been most valuable."
"It's easy to drill down or expand data to get more details right out of the box."
"ThoughtSpot takes the modifying of existing reports out of our hands."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"Even though a huge set of learning material is available, anyone starting his/her journey on learning the software doesn't even know where to start it. The so-called Continous Classroom service is not cheap, but there are many free tutorials, they are not sorted or enlisted adequately though."
"Performing data transformations required a lot of programming, which is something that should be made easier."
"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."
"Ad-hoc reporting capabilities would be ideal."
"More pivot table options, like the ability to have the totals row at the bottom of the table, would be helpful."
"I would like to see more types of visual elements and better configuration options for additional flexibility when developing charts."
"More focus needs to be on data streaming/real-time data reporting."
"Dates. My goodness, working with dates in set analysis can be a nightmare! Much room for improvement."
"A customized visualization is lacking in this product."
"The one area of the solution that I do hear needs improvement is on the visualization front."
"The most difficult thing I found is that it only deals with the files and does not have direct connectivity to databases."
"ThoughtSpot is a fairly new product, so some usability aspects aren't as mature as we'd like them to be. One example is their organizational methodology, like how objects are organized in their dashboards inside the product. They're all on a flat list, which works if you've got five or 10 dashboards. However, it's insufficient when you're a large enterprise with multiple groups looking at the same dashboards. It isn't organized well."
"I would like to see more flexibility in adding the pins. Currently, we have four different sizes in which I can add pins, but I would like to be able to resize my pins."
"In terms of features, I'd like to be able to pivot data - for example, going from rows to columns. It's not easy to do."
"If I want to order columns, this feature is not there."
"The dashboards could give you more ability to fine tune the appearance. You get a great deal more control over how something looks in Power BI than you do in ThoughtSpot."
Qlik Sense is ranked 2nd in Data Visualization with 112 reviews while ThoughtSpot is ranked 10th in Data Visualization with 8 reviews. Qlik Sense is rated 8.6, while ThoughtSpot is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Qlik Sense writes "Customizable with good ROI and a quick learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ThoughtSpot writes "You can drill down into any data right out of the box, with a straightforward deployment, and great support". Qlik Sense is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, Microsoft Power BI, Apache Superset and Alteryx, whereas ThoughtSpot is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker, Amazon QuickSight and Mode Analytics. See our Qlik Sense vs. ThoughtSpot report.
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