Ease of use and connectivity to Qlik platform products are the most valuable features.
Senior Research Analyst at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Ease of use and connectivity to Qlik platform products are valuable.
What is most valuable?
How has it helped my organization?
- Able to provide quick solutions to meet analytical demands
What needs improvement?
- More options in the non-scripting data load
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used it for nine months.
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
I do not know if we encountered deployment issues.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I do not know if we encountered stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not encountered any scalability issues.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I do not know whether a different solution was previously used.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I do not know whether other options were evaluated.
What other advice do I have?
It is a fast-growing new solution for self-service BI.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Data Analyst at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Provides code compatibility with QlikView.
What is most valuable?
- Great code compatibility with existing QlikView product.
- Intuitive interface makes it easy to dive in.
How has it helped my organization?
Allowed us to consolidate many diverse data sets into a single customer view.
What needs improvement?
- Making it as user friendly as possible
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Qlik Sense for a relatively short time, about six months.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
As we were using QlikView already, when Qlik Sense came out, the main issue was how to port from QlikView to Qlik Sense, and whether it was indeed necessary
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We did not encounter any stability issues at all.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We did not encounter any scalability issues at all.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
I have not had any direct contact with customer service but the online community is very active and helpful.
Technical Support:Unsure; technical support is handled by our administrator.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used QlikView (and still use it for some of our internal users).
How was the initial setup?
Having had familiarity with QlikView for a few years already, initial setup was straightforward to get to grips with the basics of Qlik Sense; other areas, like connecting to data sources, will need some investigation to get to grips with when I have the time.
What about the implementation team?
I had a bit of mentoring early on by a now-luminary of Qlik but I am essentially self-taught; all in-house development.
What was our ROI?
I do not know; ROI is very hard to quantify.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing and licensing is handled by our administrator.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing this product, we did not evaluate other options. We already had QlikView, so it was a natural addition to that.
What other advice do I have?
Highly recommended; be prepared to immerse yourself in it when you start off.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Manager Business Intelligence at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees
Non-technical users would get bogged down trying to set up expressions.
What is most valuable?
- Easy to use
What needs improvement?
Set analysis "language" leaves a lot to be desired; non-technical users wanted full features but would get bogged down trying to set up expressions, requiring unplanned help.
Visuals change when exported; not compatible with other products other than Qlik.
Must have Qlik tools to use Qlik files.
I’m referring to the script expressions in the visualizations. Explaining or working through something like below to an everyday user was tedious, and time consuming. Plus, it did not leverage the skillset of our developers, and switching gears from our working environment (SQL Server, Visual Studio) to a Qlik scenario was a real pain.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used it for one year.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We have not encountered any deployment issues.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not encountered any stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Data must be well staged or Qlik has trouble loading and relating data sources.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Customer service is good.
Technical Support:Technical support is good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
There was nothing that was being created - except for some of the geospatial/map features - that couldn't be done in Excel.
What about the implementation team?
A combination of a vendor team and an in-house team implemented it; mostly in-house.
What was our ROI?
- Sunset the product; moving on to another product.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing this product, we did not evaluate other options. A salesperson got a hold on some people outside of IT/BI; need I say more.
What other advice do I have?
It's an easy-to-use, fun visualization tool; probably best suited for prototyping. We explained this to Qlik Sense sales and were told we probably over bought.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Lead QlikView Architect/Manager at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The self-service BI capabilities are valuable.
What is most valuable?
- Self-service BI capabilities
How has it helped my organization?
Faster information delivery and enhanced decision making are examples of how it has improved the way my organization functions.
What needs improvement?
- More functionality which can be built in instead of third-party vendor API/extensions
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used it for one year.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We have not encountered any deployment issues.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not encountered any stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not encountered any scalability issues.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Customer service is very good.
Technical Support:Technical support is good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used QlikView. We switched because QlikSense has better visualization capabilities.
What about the implementation team?
An in-house team implemented it.
What was our ROI?
- More decision making
- Cost saving
- Program development for more sales and revenue generation
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It has the best pricing and licensing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing this product, we did not evaluate other options.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Capacity Analyst at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
I like the charts and tables and how they interconnect.
What is most valuable?
The charts and tables and how they interconnect. The speed at which you can drill down into a single row of data amongst 100s of millions like we have is amazing.
How has it helped my organization?
We can now view where and how we lose hours (ie. vacation, bereavement, sickness, training, union business, etc.)
What needs improvement?
Training resources in print.
For how long have I used the solution?
1.5 years
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
They're good, but sometimes lack in responding on time.
Technical Support:5/10 - really needs improvement, we can't be expected to spend large amounts of money in consulting fees every time we need something, especially when you're not providing training resources.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No.
How was the initial setup?
I'm not the IT administrator, so can't really answer that.
What about the implementation team?
In-house.
What was our ROI?
Hard to measure that.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Data Analyst at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
From the development side, we enjoyed using it because you can easily visualize the data that you have into something consumable to the business users.
What is most valuable?
Extensions have been particularly useful in my opinion. The reason being you can simply find out if there are any other external graphs or charts out there that have been built by the community and you can simply add them into your dashboard. One nifty extension that I've discovered recently was developed by the folks at NarrativeScience (https://www.narrativescience.com/), which adds context to the diagram you have.
How has it helped my organization?
We've deployed to many of our internal stakeholders and they simply love it, due to the simplicity and ease of use. From the development side, we enjoyed using it because you can easily visualize the data that you have into something consumable to the business users.
What needs improvement?
The one thing that I'd like to see added is the ability to store back data into the database based on the selections a user has made. For example, if I have segmented my consumers by certain dimensions using the dashboard, I'd like to be able to store my selected segments directly to the database instead of having to export the list out via PDF or XLSX.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using it for about a year now.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The only issue with scalability that I can see is that you can't export more than 1,000,000 cells at a time.
How was the initial setup?
I was not involved in deployment. The setup of the desktop version, however, is your standard Windows installation process - nothing fancy.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated Tableau and Qlik View prior to using Qlik Sense. The reason we didn't use Tableau was its limitation from the extension perspective: It wasn't able to produce the sort of graph that we wanted. QlikView and Qlik Sense did have the graph we needed via it's extension feature, but we deemed Qlik Sense to be more visually appealing and thus opted for the latter (plus it's also much cheaper).
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Although the ability to modify on the fly is one of the reasons we switched to Qlik Sense, this feature has some room for improvement.
What is most valuable?
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· Enhanced data profiling – Improved profiling and auto creation of geographic data, plus smarter algorithms for identifying associations
· More powerful data prep – New graphical capability for loading pivot tables, pre-filtering of data, and a more powerful scripting environment
· User experience improvements – A new UI theme, drag-and-drop coloring, and improved search performance
How has it helped my organization?
It has empowered business users. Less dependence on IT for reports and analytical charts.
What needs improvement?
Being able to share and modifying on the fly can be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've only recently started using QlikSense. Now its been 9 months-it is amazing and intuitive, very easy to use.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No issues encountered.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No issues encountered.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No issues encountered.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
It's excellent.
Technical Support:It's very good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We switched because of the ease of use and it's ability to update on the fly.
How was the initial setup?
It was straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented it in-house.
What was our ROI?
It's to early for us to tell, but it's very exciting.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It didn't cost us anything to setup or use on a day to day basis.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
- Tableau
What other advice do I have?
QlikSense is really intuitive, easy to use and implement with very rich graphics. Adding the ability to share print and export is a great plus in v2.0.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. We're a Qlik OEM partner.
BI Expert at a tech services company
Implementation is fast and users can simply make their own analysis. I miss dynamic expression or sheet name labels.
What is most valuable?
Fast implementation, easy to use and allows users to make their own analysis in a very simple way.
What needs improvement?
I miss some of the functions found in their previous product, QlikView, such as dynamic (written by a function) expression or sheet name labels in order to create multi-language applications.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been implementing Qlik Sense for two years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
There were some bugs. Most of them were fixed with newer versions.
How are customer service and technical support?
This area has to improve. Technical support is at a low level.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used to implement QlikView. The main advantages of Qlik Sense are responsive design and that it is easier to use.
How was the initial setup?
Installation and other setup are really straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
I work for a tech services company and I would say there are still more "in-house" implementations with our support and guidance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I like the pricing because it is very clear.
What other advice do I have?
No specific advice, but I would say "go for it". :)
I have never had a disappointed customer.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. My company is a Qlik partner.

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