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Couchbase Capella vs Qlik Sense comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Couchbase Capella
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
30th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (17th)
Qlik Sense
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
15th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
126
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (6th), Embedded BI (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI Data Analysis category, the mindshare of Couchbase Capella is 0.4%. The mindshare of Qlik Sense is 0.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Data Analysis Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qlik Sense0.4%
Couchbase Capella0.4%
Other99.2%
AI Data Analysis
 

Featured Reviews

PranavVighe - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant Data Engineer at IRT Digital Analytics
Real-time customer analytics has boosted performance and simplified flexible JSON operations
I believe that the documentation should be increased, and features such as vector AI search and other AI capabilities need improvement for Couchbase Capella. I would say that there is a need for developer experience enhancements, including a simpler user interface, better debugging, SQL++ guidance, and more visibility into granular workload-level costs while reporting. Couchbase Capella can improve the accuracy and reliability of its AI output. Though it is not guaranteed that the large language model answer will be correct, improvements can be made by grounding the large language models and controlling parameters such as temperature to provide better results.
Saranya Deepthi - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at Wipro
Improved AI-driven dashboards have accelerated decisions but still need better visuals and faster refresh
Absolutely, nothing is entirely positive, and everything has both advantages and disadvantages. When I worked with Qlik Sense, circular charts were not available, which meant I had to look for alternative solutions that would be reliable or make the functionality work. There are some features that need to be added. Additionally, there is a limit to the number of fields that can be added in Qlik Sense, and I believe it would be beneficial if they increased the count for fields and columns. There might be requirements where an Excel file contains many columns that need to be displayed as visual representations to clients, and in those situations, it becomes very difficult and I have to use alternative approaches. When this problem arose, I used HTML code to write a solution and make it work. Qlik Sense should avoid these types of limitations in future updates. Another issue is page resolution. If a client wants to view the dashboard on a single page without scrolling, bar charts appear small and the values in KPIs, bar charts, scatter plots, and line graphs cannot be seen very clearly. Adding more extensions to make the job easier would also be beneficial. Improvements to reporting would be helpful as well, because working with large datasets makes reporting very difficult. Additionally, when data is refreshed, it cannot be completed in a short timeframe. Refreshing very large datasets can take one, two, or even three hours, so reducing the refresh time would be very useful for customers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For specifics, I can say that performance is 80% faster, with a four-fold increase in throughput requests and application availability uptime rising from 99.9% to 99.9999%, and the application can now handle three times more traffic."
"The way the nodes are managed is interesting."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Qlik Sense makes it very easy to build interactive presentations for meetings."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"We have started on our journey to become a data-driven and data-literate company."
"The data is incredibly easy to share with colleagues."
"Leveraging and reusability of already existing QlikView assets and knowledge."
"The flexibility of a non-IT developed solution allows for fast to market solutions."
"With the changing business landscape, it is nice to access Qlik Sense through an external website. As an organization when we use QlikView Desktop, we need to connect to our internal network. We can access QlikView through the QlikView access point but the website has a little different look and feel than the desktop application."
"Qlik offers you all the features needed to extract the raw data from the source systems including an ETL layer to transform the data and to connect the multiple data sources into one data model, easy data sharing, security and scaling features, dashboards, and report functionality to share your data with your end-users."
 

Cons

"I believe that the documentation should be increased, and features such as vector AI search and other AI capabilities need improvement for Couchbase Capella."
"Rebalancing could be improved."
"The product could be improved by including a log section for tracking activities, enhancing database integration, and providing more transparency regarding pricing and monitoring activities."
"Customer service is decent. There is a lot of passing off to other techs during the escalation process."
"There were stability issues. The former synchronized persistence failed and caused database corruption."
"Real online analytics (OLAP) better implementation of map charts incremental data load solution for better time saving."
"Dates. My goodness, working with dates in set analysis can be a nightmare! Much room for improvement."
"I would like to see more types of visual elements and better configuration options for additional flexibility when developing charts."
"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."
"On-premise, if things are not working well I need to rebuild some parts of the dashboard."
"Visually, Qlik Sense has some bugs that prevents the user from being able to customize fonts and certain layouts."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Qlik Sense and its pricing model can follow any scalability."
"I would rate Qlik's pricing four out of five."
"You will spend more time on educating your staff than licensing the product."
"For personal use, the desktop version of Qlik Sense is absolutely free, and you can share visualizations with others and to a personal cloud space, though limited with storage space."
"Currently, our ROI is clear and concise decision-making. This timely addition will easily add $15 million to our bottom line in 2017."
"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."
"QlikSense offers a Hybrid environment architecture, which is very cost effective based on where the enterprise data resides."
"Licensing is quite good, easy, but slightly expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
8%
Performing Arts
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise89
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Couchbase Capella?
I believe that the documentation should be increased, and features such as vector AI search and other AI capabilities need improvement for Couchbase Capella. I would say that there is a need for de...
What is your primary use case for Couchbase Capella?
My main use case for Couchbase Capella involves handling data, data analytics, and performing operations with flexible JSON data where low latency is required in real-time applications such as cust...
What advice do you have for others considering Couchbase Capella?
My advice to others considering Couchbase Capella would be that if your primary use case involves handling flexible JSON with horizontal scaling and near low-latency access, then you should conside...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik Sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau, etc. I have recently started using Cognos Enter...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Sense?
It is not about performance. It is just about how expensive it is to implement.
 

Also Known As

No data available
QlikSense, Qlik Analytics Platform
 

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Sample Customers

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Abbvie, Airbus, Barclays, BT Openreach, BMW, Daimler AG, HSBC, IKEA, Nationwide Building Society, Royal Mail Group, Sanofi, Siemens, Wendy'', Vodafone, Volvo
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