Qlik Software and Solutions

"If a user wanted to see something not included in the application the new object had to be created by a power user or developer because Qlik view's scripting has somewhat of a learning curve."

I do use both Tableau and QlikView. Although very different, I really like both solutions. They belong to the new BI generation known as Interactive Visual Analytics.

In my opinion, QlikView has a more intuitive interface for regular users or executives that are not technical experts but the development side is a little more complex. Up to version 12 QlikView did not provide drag & drop features.

If a user wanted to see something not included in the application the new object had to be created by a power user or developer because Qlikview's scripting has somewhat of a learning curve.

On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL allowing the integration of hundreds of different data sources into the same visual app.

Another feature that’s extremely useful is Qlik’s proprietary Associative Model that allows the users to visualize data relationships that exist as well as those that do not.

Tableau on the other hand is a lot easier to use for developers, analysts or power users who need to connect, manipulate and visualize data rather quickly. While this makes Tableau a better fit for the more analytical crowd, it may not be as appealing or intuitive to the regular or casual business users as QlikView is.

Tableau has full pivot, drag & drop and drill down capabilities that are great for developers or power users. They can rotate measures and dimensions and graph them instantly using visualization best practices as suggested by the "show-me" feature.

Tableau’s provides a forecasting function and the capability to connect with the open source statistical program R to include predictive modeling.

Tableau includes a Data Interpreter that makes data cleansing, column splitting and crosstab pivoting very intuitive. Tableau’s latest versions allow joining tables from different data bases and have included the hyper data engine that provides 5 times faster query speeds.

The latest version includes "relationships" with an algorithm that makes
the necessary data connections automatically with no need to perform joins or add Level of Detail scripts (LOD) to eliminate duplicates. However one can still create joins to override relationships if for some reason it was necessary.

Also when opening older files containing joins they are kept under a
"migrated data base" or the migrated joins can be deleted to be replaced with simpler automatic relationships. Tableau releases updated versions once a quarter.

Both Tableau and Qlik continue to be excellent. They are positioned at the top of the leader's quadrant in Gartner's 2022 Magic Quadrant report for BI and Analytics platforms.

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In my experience the choice depends on the fit with the company culture and the users' profile.

Qlik introduction of their new platform called “Qlik Sense” provides intuitive drag & drop functionality to create visualizations. At this point Qlik Sense Desktop is free for personal and small group of cloud business users that need to easily develop analytic applications on their own - with virtually no IT intervention.

Recently Tableau has moved to a subscription based model but still offers free products: Tableau Public and Tableau Reader to ease the user entry process.

It certainly seems like Qlik Sense is an attempt to regain some of the impressive growth Tableau has enjoyed during the last few years playing in the truly self-service visual BI segment.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

Last updated: May 9, 2024

Qlik Questions

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

Mar 04 2024

What advice do you have for others considering QlikView?

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering QlikView, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

Mar 04 2024

What is your primary use case for QlikView?

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

Mar 04 2024

What needs improvement with QlikView?

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with QlikView.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

Mar 04 2024

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QlikView?

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

Mar 04 2024

What do you like most about QlikView?

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about QlikView?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the community!

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

Jan 12 2024

What advice do you have for others considering Qlik Sense?

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Qlik Sense, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

Jan 12 2024

What is your primary use case for Qlik Sense?

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

Jan 12 2024

What needs improvement with Qlik Sense?

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Qlik Sense.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

Jan 12 2024

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Sense?

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

Jan 12 2024

What do you like most about Qlik Sense?

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Qlik Sense?

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Julia Miller

PeerSpot

Dec 14 2023

What do you like most about Qlik Replicate?

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What do you like most about Qlik Replicate?

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Julia Miller

PeerSpot

Dec 14 2023

What needs improvement with Qlik Replicate?

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Julia Miller

PeerSpot

Dec 14 2023

What advice do you have for others considering Qlik Replicate?

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Qlik Replicate, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

What is your primary use case for Qlik Compose?

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Julia Miller

PeerSpot

What do you like most about Qlik Compose?

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Qlik Compose?

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Julia Miller

PeerSpot

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Compose?

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We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

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Julia Miller

PeerSpot

What needs improvement with Qlik Compose?

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Qlik Compose.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What advice do you have for others considering Qlik Compose?

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Qlik Compose, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

What do you like most about Qlik Analytics Platform?

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Qlik Analytics Platform?

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Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What needs improvement with Qlik Analytics Platform?

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Qlik Analytics Platform.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

What advice do you have for others considering Qlik Analytics Platform?

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Qlik Analytics Platform, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What is your primary use case for Qlik Replicate?

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

Thank you!

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Replicate?

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Dawn Fenstermacher

Director Business Intelligence at J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc.

Which BI tool has the best reporting capabilities?

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Romin Singh

Research Lead at Evalueserve

Which solution do you prefer: Tableau, Qlik Sense, Amazon QuickSight, or Looker?

Hello peers,

I am a Research Lead at a medium-sized company. I am currently researching Data Visualization tools.

Which solution do you prefer: Tableau, Qlik Sense, Amazon QuickSight, or Looker?

Thank you for your help.

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Analytics Platform?

Hi,

We all know it's really hard to get good pricing and cost information.

Please share what you can so you can help your peers.

Julia Miller

PeerSpot

What is your primary use case for Qlik Analytics Platform?

How do you or your organization use this solution?

Please share with us so that your peers can learn from your experiences.

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Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What do you like most about Qlik Gold Client?

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Qlik Gold Client?

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Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Gold Client?

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Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What needs improvement with Qlik Gold Client?

Please share with the community what you think needs improvement with Qlik Gold Client.

What are its weaknesses? What would you like to see changed in a future version?

Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What is your primary use case for Qlik Gold Client?

How do you or your organization use this solution?

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Miriam Tover

Senior Delivery Ops Manager

PeerSpot

What advice do you have for others considering Qlik Gold Client?

If you were talking to someone whose organization is considering Qlik Gold Client, what would you say?

How would you rate it and why? Any other tips or advice?

Sreekumar MP

Works at NTT Security

How to connect ServiceNow with Qlik Sense in an optimal way?

Hi peers, We're facing an issue while connecting Qlik Sense with ServiceNow.  At the moment, we're managing it as follows: by pulling the data from ServiceNow and storing it in an on-premise database. Then, Qlik Sense is using the on-premise database as a source. Can you ...

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Analyst with 501-1,000 employees

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Senior Enterprise Architect at a individual & family service with 1,001-5,000 employees

What's your experience or opinion about Spotfire vs. Tableau vs. Qlik?

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If so, what did you learn? What's your opinion about these solutions?

Avigail Sugarman

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Business Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Does QlikView support my requirements?

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Sr. Director of Community

PeerSpot

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