Azure Data Factory vs Qlik Replicate comparison

Microsoft and Qlik are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Microsoft is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2, while Qlik is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0. Microsoft holds a 3.2% mindshare in DI, compared to Qlik’s 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Qlik users who would recommend it.

Azure Data Factory

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92% willing to recommend

Qlik Replicate

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100% willing to recommend

Azure Data Factory

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Qlik Replicate and Azure Data Factory compete in the data integration and ETL market. Based on the comparison, Azure Data Factory holds a slight advantage due to its comprehensive transformation features and seamless integration with Azure services.

Features: Qlik Replicate offers real-time change data capture, broad connector support, and efficient data manipulation. Azure Data Factory provides extensive transformation features, a complete set of connectors, and a user-friendly interface.

Room for Improvement: Qlik Replicate could improve user-friendliness, API compatibility, and licensing simplicity. Azure Data Factory could enhance documentation, tool integration, and address its pricing complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Qlik Replicate supports hybrid, public cloud, and robust on-premises deployment but requires improvement in customer service responsiveness. Azure Data Factory supports hybrid and public cloud deployment, benefiting from Microsoft's robust support infrastructure but could improve documentation clarity.

Pricing and ROI: Qlik Replicate is priced per endpoint, advantageous for large-scale operations but challenging for small businesses. Azure Data Factory's pay-as-you-go model offers flexibility but lacks cost transparency. Both deliver significant ROI by reducing manual workload and operational costs.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

6.4

Azure Data Factory offers significant ROI, efficiency, and cost savings, with users highlighting benefits in data integration and migration.

Sentiment score

8.1

Qlik Replicate boosts efficiency by automating reporting, reducing costs, and accelerating data access for faster decision-making.

Our stakeholders and clients have expressed satisfaction with Azure Data Factory's efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Deena Thayalan

Data Engineer at Vthinktechnologies

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I conducted a cost comparison with the AWS service provider, and this option is much cheaper than the Kinesis service offered by AWS.

SivanandamKrishnan

Director of analytics at Analytics Aura

Customers have seen ROI with Qlik Replicate because they get their data for analysis faster, enabling quicker decision-making compared to traditional data sourcing methods.

Shraddha Waghulde

Solution Architect at Predoole Analytics

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.3

Azure Data Factory support is generally satisfactory, with responsive assistance and strong community resources enhancing user satisfaction.

Sentiment score

5.7

Qlik Replicate's support varies; clear communication helps, but users often face delays compared to more straightforward tools like HVR.

The technical support from Microsoft is rated an eight out of ten.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

The technical support is responsive and helpful

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

The technical support for Azure Data Factory is generally acceptable.

Rama Subba Reddy Thavva

Solution Architect at Mercedes-Benz AG

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Even priority tickets, which should be resolved in minutes, can take days.

SivanandamKrishnan

Director of analytics at Analytics Aura

Support response times could be improved as there are sometimes delays in receiving replies to support cases.

Shraddha Waghulde

Solution Architect at Predoole Analytics

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

Azure Data Factory offers scalable cloud-based solutions for diverse operations, despite some third-party integration limitations and use case challenges.

Sentiment score

6.9

Qlik Replicate is scalable and flexible, benefiting medium organizations, but requires careful configuration and memory management for performance.

Azure Data Factory is highly scalable.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

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The system could be scaled to include more sources and functions.

Shraddha Waghulde

Solution Architect at Predoole Analytics

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Azure Data Factory is considered highly stable and reliable, though minor issues can occur, mostly in development environments.

Sentiment score

8.5

Qlik Replicate is stable, efficiently handles large data, and users rate its reliability highly, despite minor API concerns.

The solution has a high level of stability, roughly a nine out of ten.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

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Room For Improvement

Azure Data Factory needs better integration, UI, documentation, data handling, pricing transparency, real-time processing, connectivity, and scheduling.

Qlik Replicate needs UI improvements, clearer pricing, better performance, increased automation, enhanced support, and expanded features and marketing.

Incorporating more dedicated API sources to specific services like HubSpot CRM or Salesforce would be beneficial.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

Sometimes, the compute fails to process data if there is a heavy load suddenly, and it doesn't scale up automatically.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

There is a problem with the integration with third-party solutions, particularly with SAP.

Rama Subba Reddy Thavva

Solution Architect at Mercedes-Benz AG

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It is a core-based licensing, which, especially in the banking industry, results in the system capacity being utilized up to a maximum of 60%.

SivanandamKrishnan

Director of analytics at Analytics Aura

Qlik Replicate could be improved in the next release by incorporating more monitoring options to monitor the logs.

Shraddha Waghulde

Solution Architect at Predoole Analytics

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Setup Cost

Azure Data Factory's pricing is pay-as-you-go, with costs based on usage, offering competitive and cost-effective solutions.

Qlik Replicate is competitively priced compared to GoldenGate, but can be costly for smaller businesses with machine capacity-based pricing.

The pricing is cost-effective.

Brian Sullivan

Chief Analytics Officer at Idiro Analytics

It is considered cost-effective.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

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Licensing is calculated based on the machine's total capacity rather than actual usage.

SivanandamKrishnan

Director of analytics at Analytics Aura

For Qlik Replicate, the setup cost includes the requirement of a server, which represents the hardware cost that must be covered.

Shraddha Waghulde

Solution Architect at Predoole Analytics

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Valuable Features

Azure Data Factory offers scalable ETL processes with easy integration, user-friendly interface, and strong orchestration, security, and automation features.

Qlik Replicate efficiently transforms data in real-time, offering ease of use, comprehensive support, and seamless integration for dynamic management.

It connects to different sources out-of-the-box, making integration much easier.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

The platform excels in handling major datasets, particularly when working with Power BI for reporting purposes.

Deena Thayalan

Data Engineer at Vthinktechnologies

Regarding the integration feature in Azure Data Factory, the integration part is excellent; we have major source connectors, so we can integrate the data from different data sources and also perform basic transformation while transforming, which is a great feature in Azure Data Factory.

KandaswamyMuthukrishnan

Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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The most valuable feature of Qlik Replicate is their change data capture feature.

Shraddha Waghulde

Solution Architect at Predoole Analytics

Data retrieved from the system can be pushed to multiple places, supporting various divisions such as marketing, loans, and others.

SivanandamKrishnan

Director of analytics at Analytics Aura

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Data Factory

Ranking in Data Integration

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Warehouse (2nd)

Qlik Replicate

Ranking in Data Integration

19th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Azure Data Factory is 3.2%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qlik Replicate is 1.7%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azure Data Factory	3.2%
Qlik Replicate	1.7%
Other	95.1%

Data Integration

Featured Reviews

KandaswamyMuthukrishnan

Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Integrates diverse data sources and streamlines ETL processes effectively

Regarding potential areas of improvement for Azure Data Factory, there is a need for better data transformation, especially since many people are now depending on DataBricks more for connectivity and data integration. Azure Data Factory should consider how to enhance integration or filtering for more transformations, such as integrating with Spark clusters. I am satisfied with Azure Data Factory so far, but I suggest integrating some AI functionality to analyze data during the transition itself, providing insights such as null records, common records, and duplicates without running a separate pipeline or job. The monitoring tools in Azure Data Factory are helpful for optimizing data pipelines; while the current feature is adequate, they can improve by creating a live dashboard to see the online process, including how much percentage has been completed, which will be very helpful for people who are monitoring the pipeline.

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Shraddha Waghulde

Solution Architect at Predoole Analytics

Real-time data synchronization faces challenges with monitoring and affordability

The user-friendly interface in Qlik Replicate simplifies configuration and management of replication tasks because it is based on GUI, and users don't have to write any scripts. It is entirely drag and drop functionality. Even with zero knowledge of scripting, users can effectively use Qlik Replicate. The most valuable feature of Qlik Replicate is their change data capture feature. As soon as data is entered into the source, it gets captured at target locations. This occurs in near real-time, with replication happening within seconds at the target location. Additionally, whatever operations are performed at the source, whether adding data, deleting data, or updating anything, it gets replicated at target locations. It functions as data injection from source to target, ensuring all operations performed on the source system are replicated on target systems.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Insurance Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	57

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

How do you select the right cloud ETL tool?

AWS Glue and Azure Data factory for ELT best performance cloud services.

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica PowerCenter?

Azure Data Factory is flexible, modular, and works well. In terms of cost, it is not too pricey. It offers the stability and reliability I am looking for, good scalability, and is easy to set up an...

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica Cloud Data Integration?

Azure Data Factory is a solid product offering many transformation functions; It has pre-load and post-load transformations, allowing users to apply transformations either in code by using Power Q...

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What do you like most about Qlik Replicate?

The main valuable feature is its real-time change data capture (CDC) capabilities, which process data with minimal latency. There is not much delay. It also performs well with batch-wise data appli...

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What needs improvement with Qlik Replicate?

Qlik Replicate could be improved in the next release by incorporating more monitoring options to monitor the logs. Currently, log monitoring is not easily accessible, so there should be improvement...

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What is your primary use case for Qlik Replicate?

My customer's main use case for Qlik Replicate is with one of the payment banks in India. We have implemented this Replicate project for their source data migration to cloud solutions. They wanted ...

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Azure Data Factory

January 2026

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Qlik Replicate

December 2025

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Overview

Azure Data Factory efficiently manages and integrates data from various sources, enabling seamless movement and transformation across platforms. Its valuable features include seamless integration with Azure services, handling large data volumes, flexible transformation, user-friendly interface, extensive connectors, and scalability. Users have experienced improved team performance, workflow simplification, enhanced collaboration, streamlined processes, and boosted productivity.

Microsoft

Qlik Replicate is a data replication solution for replicating data from one source database to another for business intelligence software. It offers data manipulation and transformations, replication without impacting source databases, and ease of use without needing ETL. The solution is stable and user-friendly, with detailed logging and support.

Qlik Replicate has improved the organization by allowing each team to replicate their data into a single-source data location. The most important feature of Qlik Replicate is its ability to replicate and update records without needing a programmer.

Qlik

Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. LinkedIn 7. Mastercard 8. Nestle 9. Pfizer 10. Samsung 11. Siemens 12. Toyota 13. Unilever 14. Verizon 15. Walmart 16. Accenture 17. American Express 18. AT&T 19. Bank of America 20. Cisco 21. Deloitte 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. JPMorgan Chase 27. Microsoft (Azure Data Factory is developed by Microsoft) 28. Oracle 29. Procter & Gamble 30. Salesforce 31. Shell 32. Visa

American Cancer Society, Fanzz, SM Retail, Smart Modular, Tangerine Bank, Wellcare

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