We performed a comparison between Qlik Sense and Splunk Enterprise Platform 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."The solution's technical support is good."
"What I found most valuable in Qlik Sense is its flexibility. It's a very flexible tool, and it has a lot of capabilities compared to Tableau and Power BI. In Qlik Sense, you can take data from any of the systems, and you can do data transformation, prepare the data, then present your KPIs. Data transformation isn't present in Tableau, Power BI, and other tools. In Qlik Sense, you're able to get the data and directly present that data. The presentation layer is also very good in Qlik Sense. My company is very happy with this tool."
"The product responds fast for data analysis."
"Qlik was the first company to implement an in-memory associative analytics engine. This basically means that all data is loaded into memory, but it also means that instead of joining data together, the data is associated together. From the front end, from the UI point of view, data can be joined or included or excluded on the fly. It can be drilled down and drilled through and users can slice and dice it and that type of thing can be done from anywhere in the data to any other place in the data. It doesn't have to be predefined. It doesn't have to have hierarchies or anything like that."
"The overall ability to build quick wins with simple data to drive insights."
"Leveraging and reusability of already existing QlikView assets and knowledge."
"Qlik has a powerful load script that uses an enhanced SQL language which is excellent for loading and transforming the data."
"The most valuable features are that Qlik has a very strong ATL available and the capacity to handle large volumes of data."
"The product is very easy to use."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the load balancing technique, the forwarding technique, and SSL certification."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the analytics part."
"The best thing about Splunk is you can collect all the data you want, and you can play with the data and do what you want."
"The product's most valuable feature is the ability to explain the values and provide insights into transactions."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform can be used for security, IT monitoring, and observability."
"The product helps monitor and visualize data. It allows you to handle various tasks. You can store, visualize, and analyze data with the Splunk Enterprise Platform. It offers features like virtual folders and heavy folders for filtering data. Additionally, you can create dashboards to showcase data to different teams and stakeholders. The tool also enables the creation of analytics and alerts and sends reports, making it a valuable tool for our system."
"There is a direction currently with feature releases within QLik Sense which are focused towards the SaaS or Cloud offerings of Qlik Sense. This leaves those who have invested heavily in on-premise enterprise deployments in a difficult position to gain the benefits of some powerful new features they have to look to reinvest further towards these SaaS or Cloud deployments or bring in a hybrid model. Qlik provides no real split between what features are available in each of the deployment options."
"It would be nice to have more native features from QlikView built into Qlik Sense."
"There is room for improvement in the storytelling mode and the report sharing. Qlik Sense also does not have a subscription base like Power BI. So a lot of the analysis is housed in community pages that are managed by either the author or a database administrator, or whoever the Qlik Sense manager is there."
"I'd like to see more end-user-friendly UI designs."
"It needs continued improvement on its visualizations and content customization."
"If a team wants to keep track of source code changes, there is not an out-of-the-box solution for it."
"The navigation is quite clunky and outdated."
"The augmented intelligence features don't work well for the analytical user."
"Things have to be managed manually"
"Splunk is not an out-of-the-box solution like Micro Focus or Zabbix. You have to create your request to collect the data and add crucial components to the software."
"The platform is too expensive for small businesses. Splunk should focus more on delivering something for small businesses and entrepreneurs."
"The tool lacked in providing a shareable format. I had to use pivot tables and manually parse and edit the data to create a visualization-friendly format. It was helpful when we had an issue. What would make it stronger is if it were more proactive. For example, if it highlighted major incidents and their impact on users without digging through notifications, that would be better. Typically, the first question we get is, "Oh, we had an incident. How bad was it? How many customers were impacted?" So having that information pop up from the notification would be helpful."
"Sometimes, queries don't give proper results, and the indexes go down."
"Based on my experience, I've noticed areas for improvement, particularly in support. Developers typically interact with support personnel who may lack technical expertise when raising support tickets. This can result in delays as initial interactions involve sharing documents before escalation to higher support levels."
"There should be continuous customer engagement and training programs on the new features and capabilities introduced by the solution."
"Splunk can be used primarily to port log files, allowing for easy and quick management of large amounts of logs. However, this can also be a drawback due to the configuration, parsing, and dashboard creation limitations. Communication is stream-based, which means you need to do a lot of pre-emptive setup to get a nice export."
Qlik Sense is ranked 2nd in Data Visualization with 114 reviews while Splunk Enterprise Platform is ranked 7th in Data Visualization with 26 reviews. Qlik Sense is rated 8.6, while Splunk Enterprise Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Qlik Sense writes "Customizable with good ROI and a quick learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk Enterprise Platform writes "A platform for monitoring storage, CPU, RAM, Windows logs, and Cisco network logs on large machines". Qlik Sense is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, Microsoft Power BI, Apache Superset and Alteryx, whereas Splunk Enterprise Platform is most compared with Apache Superset. See our Qlik Sense vs. Splunk Enterprise Platform report.
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