QlikView vs Sisense vs Tableau Enterprise comparison

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We performed a comparison between QlikView, Sisense, and Tableau Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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

ROI

Sentiment score

6.4

QlikView ROI appears through time savings, decision-making improvements, and efficient deployment, despite licensing complexity impacting perception.

Sentiment score

6.8

Sisense enhances productivity and decision-making, offering cost savings and improved reporting despite initial expenses, boosting client insights and efficiency.

Sentiment score

6.9

Tableau Enterprise provides rapid ROI through efficient report generation, cost savings, and streamlined operations with minimal integration challenges.

The biggest return on investment is the time saving for the customer.

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Managing Director at Hurricnae

It makes it very easy for us to make data-driven decisions and we are able to forecast our future predicament or future plans, hence increasing or boosting productivity in my organization.

Gemipas Micah

Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young

Due to the data presented to stakeholders, they are able to make informed decisions that impact the day-to-day operations of the client, giving them more insights into what's happening within their organization.

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System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

We have been able to save approximately 10,000 K.

Lily Rose

Network Engineer at AT&T

This saves a significant amount of time, particularly for reports that would have needed around fifty people.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

The ROI of using Tableau extends to its seamless integration across various platforms, as it's from Salesforce and thus not limited to any specific cloud provider.

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Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

Tableau is saving me time, money, and resources, which I would rate as ten.

Satyavrat Nirala

Founder at Mindclick Consulting

Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.1

QlikView's customer support is highly rated, with quick responses, a helpful community, and generally strong availability despite geographic factors.

Sentiment score

7.6

Sisense customer service excels with responsive, knowledgeable support, resolving issues efficiently and providing personalized, proactive solutions.

Sentiment score

6.1

Tableau Enterprise support is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with premium options and community resources highly rated by users.

I would rate the customer support a solid 10.

Managing Director at Hurricnae

I am totally satisfied with technical support from Qlik.

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Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Sisense customer support is very helpful, very responsive, and very dedicated, providing 24/7 assistance.

Lily Rose

Network Engineer at AT&T

The support was very good.

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

We typically get responses within 24 hours.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

They provide quick email and phone responses and have Thai-speaking personnel.

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Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

There should be consistent standards for all users.

reviewer2543046

Associate Technical Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The technical support for Tableau is quite good.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.0

QlikView scales well with efficient resource management, but superior scalability features are found in Qlik Sense, requiring robust infrastructure.

Sentiment score

7.4

Sisense offers scalability for medium to large businesses, though some face slower queries with large datasets and complex use cases.

Sentiment score

6.7

Tableau Enterprise offers strong scalability and improved performance with recent updates, despite potential cost and complexity challenges.

If you want better performance with a larger volume of data, you can simply add an additional server.

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Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is scalable to a very large extent and we can integrate any third-party tools.

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Sisense's scalability is impressive as it can crunch a lot more data and has consistently better performance.

Gemipas Micah

Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young

Sisense works really well for simple to medium use cases and scales well.

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System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

Tableau is easy to use across various dimensions, whether on-premises or on the cloud.

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Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

The solution is fully scalable and performs well even with large datasets, provided there is proper supporting hardware.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

Tableau is easy to scale.

Rivka Alexander

Content Specialist at PeerSpot

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Users rate QlikView's stability highly, with issues mainly due to infrastructure or large data, resolved with hardware tweaks.

Sentiment score

8.0

Users generally find Sisense stable, though some encounter issues with data import and dashboard load times, but improvements noted.

Sentiment score

7.3

Tableau Enterprise is stable and reliable, with minor challenges tied to dataset size, server, or network factors.

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Sisense is very stable and can handle a large amount of data quickly.

Caramel Moana

Senior Business Analyst at Target

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The application hangs after continuous use due to the buildup of cache.

Rivka Alexander

Content Specialist at PeerSpot

I rate the stability a five or six because Tableau updates very often with new versions or patches.

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Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

Room For Improvement

QlikView needs a more intuitive interface, better scalability, integration, predictive analytics, and cost-effective licensing for improved user experience.

Sisense needs better data connections, control, mobile usability, technical support, customization, integration handling, admin features, and CI/CD support.

Tableau Enterprise struggles with performance, integration, and features, with users seeking better analytics, data management, and cost efficiency.

In QlikView, I believe the improvement that should be made is to bring the costs down, as you'll have to be competitive with Power BI, aiming for at least a 30% reduction to stop the hemorrhaging to Power BI.

Managing Director at Hurricnae

It would be beneficial to have AI or ML features in QlikView.

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Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster.

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

It could provide more connectors to integrate with emerging different data sources to exponentially increase the amount of data it can handle.

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

I give Sisense a nine because the integration with some third-party tools is good.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We cannot send the entire Excel file reports via email within Tableau.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

The product owner should enhance its benefits or clarify its role.

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Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

It sometimes requires extensive investigation to determine why the data does not appear correctly.

reviewer1293936

Group Finance Head Of Investment Bank Product Control at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Setup Cost

QlikView pricing is variable and can be costly, but strategic planning can maximize ROI for organizations.

Sisense provides flexible pricing for SMEs, generally cheaper than ThoughtSpot, but can incur extra costs for add-ons.

Tableau Enterprise is pricier but valued for functionality, offering flexible licensing and discounts for larger purchases.

The license cost per user or per year for QlikView is about 500 Euros annually.

Managing Director at Hurricnae

I would rate the pricing for QlikView as not cheap, but it is reasonable.

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Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is cost-effective, but for smaller organizations working under a tight budget, this tool might be a bit expensive for them.

Gemipas Micah

Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young

There was no significant difference in pricing between Sisense and ThoughtSpot.

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that pricing is a little bit higher when compared to other applications, but that justifies the use case.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Power BI as a much cheaper alternative.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

A license for 150 users costs around $17,000 USD per year.

Rivka Alexander

Content Specialist at PeerSpot

Looker is known to be quite expensive.

reviewer2543046

Associate Technical Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Valuable Features

QlikView offers powerful data analysis with dynamic dashboards, intuitive interface, and rapid visualization for enhanced business performance and insights.

Sisense offers rapid data processing, seamless integration, and intuitive dashboards, enhancing strategic insights and decision-making efficiency with ease.

Tableau Enterprise simplifies data visualization and integration, enhancing decision-making and collaboration with secure, intuitive tools for organizations.

The best features in QlikView are rapid development, the fact that I can do what I want in QlikView, and full control along with ease of use.

Managing Director at Hurricnae

Building metrics using simple language, similar to what you have in Excel, is what I have found most valuable in QlikView.

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Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

It offers two ways to access data: by cubing the data or hitting it live.

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

It allows the user to cater to different use cases and is a very fast aggregator across different data sources, giving you the historical context and helping in operationalizing your data.

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

Sisense has positively impacted my organization by drastically reducing the time taken to build the data cube, and we can see real-time analytics.

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Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

A significant feature for me is the real-time connection to data sources because it effectively manages large data sets.

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Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

Tableau serves as a stable dashboarding tool for higher management, aiding in quick decision-making.

reviewer2695221

solution architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Building hyper extracts and visualization capabilities make Tableau a robust tool for data analysis.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of QlikView is 3.7%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sisense is 2.0%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tableau Enterprise is 16.5%, down from 23.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Tableau Enterprise	16.5%
QlikView	3.7%
Sisense	2.0%
Other	77.8%

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Daily invoice analytics has become streamlined and complex data modeling is now simplified

Financial Controller with task of Business Intelligence Implementation at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are not using analytics features and possibly predictive analytics and forecasting features in QlikView, although they are available. QlikView is very flexible, but we are currently using only tabular presentation of data because that is what we need. Presenting a large volume of data in QlikView with graphics can be overwhelming for the majority of people who want to see a lot of information in one picture. It would be beneficial to have AI or ML features in QlikView. However, I think they will decommission QlikView, and AI features are already available in Qlik Sense, so you would need to migrate to that platform.

Data analytics has transformed our KPI tracking and now drives faster sales decisions

Caramel Moana

Senior Business Analyst at Target

This tool has given me the power to convert data into new analytical applications, giving me transparency about working on multiple platforms, and since it is cloud-based, it combines different pages for a complete progress report. Overall, it is playing a perfect, fantastic role in my organization. Some of the best features Sisense offers include its speed due to the In-Chip methodology, great visualization that makes BI easier, and the ability to load millions of data in seconds, which did not seem possible with other traditional reporting tools. It also has a robust architecture and provides REST APIs for external access. I emphasized the In-Chip methodology because it allows for accessing millions of data in a short span of seconds while providing the best visual effects for our business data.

Ease of developing dashboards and receiving strong technical support have enabled efficient data visualization

Uzair Faruqi

Head Of Data Science at Mjunction Services

Introducing custom features, such as NLP-based reports, is not very good in Tableau. My MD has been asking us for a way to write in natural language to request reports that the system should generate, but that isn't very effective with Tableau. As a developer, I can develop an on-demand report in Python quite easily, but exposing a REST API on the Tableau platform is not a very easy task. AI enablement is an area for improvement for Tableau, and that is something they might have to work upon. I have heard that ThoughtSpot is quite better in this regard, but the cost of ThoughtSpot is much higher. ThoughtSpot has lots of natural language-based report generation features that Tableau lacks.

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Comparison Review

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Senior Manager - BI Head with 5,001-10,000 employees

Feb 4, 2015

Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho

1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Marketing Services Firm

Financial Services Firm

11%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Marketing Services Firm

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	73
Midsize Enterprise	36
Large Enterprise	76

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	15

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	117
Midsize Enterprise	67
Large Enterprise	184

Questions from the Community

I would rate the pricing for QlikView as not cheap, but it is reasonable.

What needs improvement with QlikView?

We are not using analytics features and possibly predictive analytics and forecasting features in QlikView, although ...

What is your primary use case for QlikView?

The primary use case involves analyzing data on a daily invoice level with QlikView. Building metrics using simple la...

What needs improvement with Sisense?

So far, Sisense is performing well, but some visualizations lack flexibility in design options. Sisense should improv...

What is your primary use case for Sisense?

In our organization, we use Sisense for business intelligence where it helps us with complex data from multiple sourc...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sisense?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been positive, as the price is relatively affordable compar...

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 ...

Tableau vs. Business Objects - Which is a better solution for visualization and analysis?

Both tools have their positives and negatives. First, I should mention that I am relatively new to Tableau. I have be...

Which would you choose - Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud?

Tableau is easy to set up and maintain. In about a day it is possible for the entire platform to be deployed for use....

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Overview

QlikView is a Business Intelligence tool that allows you to keep tabs on all of your business-related information in a clean, clear, and easy to access database that is intuitive to build and simple to navigate. It is ideal for business owners who wish to improve overall output by creating the most productive system possible.

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Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities.