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Qlik Analytics Platform vs Splunk Cloud Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Qlik Analytics Platform
Ranking in Data Visualization
22nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Cloud Platform
Ranking in Data Visualization
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Qlik Analytics Platform is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Splunk Cloud Platform is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Carlos-Mejia - PeerSpot reviewer
An easy-to-deploy solution with a variety of use cases and excellent reporting features
The initial setup is quite simple. The setup and integration with the customers can be done fast. The deployment method depends on the industry. It can be deployed on-premises and on the cloud. Banking customers request to have the product deployed on-premise. We have around 50% of the product on-premise and 50% on the cloud.
Ian Gatundu - PeerSpot reviewer
It improves our visibility and decision-making while helping us meet compliance standards
The Cloud Platform interface is cleaner than Splunk Enterprise's monitoring console. You can easily understand what's happening with your indexes. It's more refined than Splunk Enterprise's console, but they have the same feel and function. It's easy to monitor multiple cloud environments because you can create custom dashboards for any use case you may have. It offers good visibility because it integrates with the ITSI app, providing a clear overview of your environment. Integrating Splunk with other components on the cloud and network resources is effortless because it can collect data from various sources, including stored data from long-term storage. Splunk's reporting offers a good visualization of your data. You can visualize the statistics based on your searches. It produces some helpful graphs that enable you to easily compare what's happening in your search. It's very comprehensive.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"The most valuable feature of Qlik Analytics Platform is its Change Data Capture capability."
"It is a great platform for third party extensions, has an open API, and there are no black boxes."
"Reporting is a valuable feature of the solution."
"For my current requirements, the tool theme seems to be meeting my requirements, from a cost and requirements perspective."
"For my purposes, I like the ability to aggregate lots of data from different sources. I like being able to report for management and being able to get alerts on thresholds being out of sync."
"Splunk Cloud Platform's most valuable features are enterprise security and ticketing integration."
"Splunk reduced our mean time to resolve by 30%. If an application starts misbehaving, we send logs to Splunk and check to see what's going on and see what's happening."
"Its interconnectivity with the cloud platforms, such as Azure and AWS, was valuable."
"Not having to manage Splunk Cloud's infrastructure is valuable."
"The solution is user friendly and has extensive uses."
"The log search capabilities are very good."
 

Cons

"More freedom for custom visuals and dashboard creation would be an improvement."
"One area where Qlik Analytics Platform could be improved is in providing better support for batch processing and traditional ETL workflows."
"The user experience needs to be improved."
"It would be great if decentralized teams would have more features to manage the metadata on the dashboards, setup the specific user access rights and rules to govern incoming and outgoing data sets from/to other teams, and more features to separate the different data process layers (e.g. extraction, transformation [data quality, business rules])."
"Splunk Cloud Platform needs to be made more user-friendly because it's not user-friendly."
"In the case of knowledge objects, even a Splunk admin does not have access to delete them. If we want to remove a knowledge object, we need to contact Splunk support and raise a case. After that, they delete it. They should give us access to delete knowledge objects."
"Some of the Victoria Experience that was rolled out is not yet fully everywhere. The AI assistant is going to be good, but we are on GCP, so I am worried about how fast it is going to get rolled out and if it is going to be nine months late for the GCP customers or not."
"Splunk currently manages the components, which restricts our ability to access them directly."
"Support is the bigger issue when we have a problem. When we need their help, it takes weeks or months to actually get resolved."
"Using basic natural language in English instead of writing a regex expression will be helpful."
"The on-premises version of Splunk includes all the integrations, while the Cloud platform lacks certain integrations and is limited in terms of the number of supported apps."
"The search for bulk data needs to be improved. When we were looking for the flow, we had to search really hard. I wanted to request the Splunk team to add some features for better search because getting the flow of the bulk data was sometimes hard."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is the most expensive tool."
"We were involved in the renewal process, and our organization does reviews of all our partnerships that we have every two to three years to ensure they are meeting our needs, there isn't a better solution out there, and we won't save money by going somewhere else."
"Splunk Cloud Platform is more expensive than some of its competitors, but it offers a wider range of features."
"It was a good model."
"Splunk Cloud Platform fell within our budget so we pulled the trigger and implemented it."
"Splunk is a bit more expensive than some solutions, but customers can derive more value from it due to the features it has."
"As far as the pricing goes, it was what was expected. It is a premium product. There were no surprises there."
"The licensing is based on the amount of data that we send to the cloud on a daily basis."
"The pricing model makes this an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Healthcare Company
10%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
30%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
5%
University
5%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Qlik Analytics Platform?
The most valuable feature of Qlik Analytics Platform is its Change Data Capture capability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Analytics Platform?
Upfront seems to be the most expensive tool. But when we talk about TCO, then the pricing rate change as this is one "all-inclusive tool" and does not need to add other services/elements to complet...
What needs improvement with Qlik Analytics Platform?
One area where Qlik Analytics Platform could be improved is in providing better support for batch processing and traditional ETL workflows. While it excels in real-time replication, it lacks robust...
What do you like most about Splunk Cloud Platform?
Splunk has sped up our response and reduced the time we spend manually monitoring any logs for ticketing tools or servers. It saves us around two hours daily.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Cloud Platform?
If I were to rate the price for the product from 1 to 10, I would rate it nine.
What needs improvement with Splunk Cloud Platform?
The disadvantage of Splunk Cloud Platform is that its integration process should be improved. The challenges I have encountered while integrating Splunk Cloud Platform include that integration is a...
 

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