Qlik Sense Reviews

Provide DIY solutions to business users who are knowledgeable (or just like to tinker with their own reporting designs), based on standardized, aggregated data sets to support consistent analytics across the enterprise.

Still getting there, but the availability of KPI monitoring on demand has led to improvements in data visibility and understanding of the value of reliable data insights.

• Access to multiple data sources
• Ability to design modular solutions
• Ability to implement a flexible data model that is accessible to knowledgeable users.
• In addition, the new capabilities in Qlik Sense introduced in Spring 2018 have expanded its capabilities significantly.  And the "mash-up" capability with QlikView and Qlik Sense allows the best of both in a single solution.

Qlik's data handling could still use some strengthening, flexibility, and overall improvement. As a long-time data architect, I cannot overly stress how much the product could be improved by the addition of a more powerful data engine.

Occasionally, the software does behave somewhat erratically. However, I find this to be true of every platform. Qlik has done a good job of maintaining stability while supporting remarkable growth.

No, not in the software. Scalability issues have arisen only because we have more projects that could use this power than we have IT resources to support them.

Customer Service:

Qlik has always shown excellent service, from the communities to its partners to Qlik itself. They obviously value their customers.

Technical Support:

While I have hit a few problems that seemed new to the tech support teams, I've had a habit of doing that with other platforms over the years. Their tech support is excellent.

When they cannot solve a problem immediately, they make sure to stay in touch with us and, honestly, relate both the issues and their status. I can be patient as long as the support team is open with me. Qlik is.

I've used multiple solutions in BI. Qlik has proven to be flexible, powerful, and friendly to both developers and end users.

Initial setup was very straightforward, and the online resources helped with any issues we encountered ramping up.

This was an in-house implementation following a vendor-support QlikView implementation. The vendor was a Qlik partner and has been excellent.

Calculating ROI is always difficult in BI, and we have never agreed on a final formula or result.

Pay close attention to your licensing needs, especially when determining your requirements for developers vs users. Qlik offers excellent options, but you have to know your own requirements for them to help you.

Multiple other options were and have been considered.

Keep building and always turn to your colleagues in the Qlik community when you need assistance.

Qlik: Keep up the good work, but I mean what I say about your data engine. It could stand some enhancement. I would never recommend anyone away from your product because of it, but adding power would only increase your products' abilities and ultimate success.

My organization implemented Qlik Sense as a SEED platform to replace our current BI tools and reporting platforms. 

We have been able to create quick, accurate consolidated dashboards in all operational BUs and client-facing teams.

The flexibility of a non-IT developed solution allows for fast to market solutions. We also have had an easy time supplying content to our customers.

It needs continued improvement on its visualizations and content customization. I would also like to more easily themed environments. 

No stability issues.

No scalability issues.

Support has been fantastic. They are always helpful and quick.

Our previous solution was too difficult to use when obtaining new content.

The initial setup was easy.

Qlik provided a great implementation solutions team.

Our ROI is strong. We do not have a dollar for dollar comparison, but we are better at providing service which has stabilized customer relations which were previously tense. 

Know your needs when going into the purchasing decision. 

We evaluated Sisense and Tableau.

Implemented Qlik Sense in an enterprise environment of approximately 60 users. We migrated from QlikView where the tool was primarily used by high level management. 

Qlik Sense has given us visibility into our data to make informed decisions. We are able to compile data for insights into metrics that we had not seen before on a large scale. Perhaps only one or two users were still getting their insights of data compiled into an Excel spreadsheet. 

• It is very simple to make charts and master measures. 
• A clear and easy way to understand graphics. 
• It connects very simply to data sources. 

I wish the product had the ability for slightly more customization. The out-of-the box charts and visualizations are fantastic, but I want to be able to tweak it without having to add outside extensions and widgets.  

Visualising manufacturing related data for different departments. We have created dashboards for accounts receivable, department-wise spend, inventory, sales, and production.

Qlik has made life easier by visualising data. Most of the data was not being used. It was just sitting in the database. With Qlik, we are able to make use of it.

• User-friendly
• The time it takes to deliver a dashboard is real "Quik".
• Can pull the data from different sources.
• Scalable

Data modelling automation needs improvement. 

There are some tools like Alteryx, which are used for data preparation. These features can be built into Qlik to make the process smoother.

• Automates monthly reporting.
• Improves time to market.
• Explore new opportunities through GeoAnalytics.
• Provides better patient care at all times. 

It has allowed us to manage our staff more effectively and frees up time for our analysts to analyze new problems and opportunities. 

The GeoAnalytics paints such a clear picture. It provides a visual of our patient volume, giving us opportunities to see how we are trending in the surrounding cities, and making us more aware of locations that we need to focus more on. 

There are still some functionalities that have not carried over from QlikView, but it is getting close. From where it was a few years ago to today is a dramatic improvement. 

Better searching capabilities would be a nice addition. 

There are occasional stability problems, but Qlik support is excellent at correcting anything that arises. 

No scalability issues.

Our experience with the support team has been fantastic.

No prior BI tool was present. 

The setup was rather straightforward.

We implemented with a vendor team who had a low level of expertise. 

It is still too early to tell.

The costs can initially become quite high. Make sure you have a clear understanding of who will truly use the product as opposed to someone that will simply receive the end report.

A few others were considered, but I do not remember the names. 

Qlik Sense visualizations are amazing. Training users on how to use Qlik Sense is a breeze as compared to some other BI tools, which require much more hand-holding.

• Data-driven decisions are now easier.
• The ease of use is tremendous. 
• Business users have been able to use the BI self-serve model.

Ease of use and visualizations are some of its key features. Data prep tools are also very helpful for our developers.

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.

No stability issues.

No scalability issues.

The support team is great.

We previously used Power BI.

The initial setup is straightforward.

We implemented with an in-house team.

None.

The new licensing model is much better.

We evaluated Power BI.

• Developing dashboards for departments to track progress.
• Automating recurring processes to save time and money.
• Offering intricate data analysis to drive business decisions.

We have been able to present data about our company and membership in ways that has never been seen before. On the fly questions can be answered with the "Qlik" of a button and drive forward discussions about policy, mission, and goals. This is now a thing of the present, not of the future.

GeoAnalytics is the most useful feature. The Master Items and the ability to change colors and themes based on expressions are also useful features. We can use either from an immediate data upload from CSV or Excel, or we can load them from our own databases.

Ultra-customization: It needs no limits on which charts can have x amount of dimensions, y amount of measures, z amount of color expressions, etc. Sometimes, it is frustrating when I want to add a field to an existing chart, only to find that it cannot be added and it requires a new chart type.

The primary use case is creating dashboards for various departments throughout the company. We use data from VMware servers, SQL Server data, JD Edwards ERP data, text files from vendors, web-based data from IoT devices, and more.

Our users now have insight into their data, whereas before they only received reports and data from queries. They would then paste this information into Excel to create reports. Now, their reporting can be done in a more ad hoc fashion with almost instantaneous results. 

We realized our first success by looking at data for conveyors attached to harvest machines. We noticed that the conveyors were actually slowing down the process of packing the products in the field. After reviewing the data in Qlik, our harvest supervisors removed the conveyors and efficiency immediately improved.

The ability to access data from multiple sources in one application. This has been invaluable. Qlik makes this easy in the load script editor or in the data manager.  You can pick a data source from the wizard or create it yourself. It is very easy to use, and the Qlik data engine has been able to handle everything we have thrown at it.

The product is constantly being improved upon.

I would like to see more native features from QlikView integrated into Qlik Sense.