Windows, Windows Server 2019 Base 2019 Datacenter - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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In the bank, since 2017, I have found Qlik Sense to be a valuable tool. Our use of it primarily depends on the user release. We use Oracle Analytics Server for a CPU release, and alongside that, we use Qlik Sense for C-level, regional managers, and branch managers.
I don't use Qlik Sense personally since my bank prefers it for C-level managers. Although I don't use it directly, another department uses it to prepare reports for Qlik Sense, targeting end-users like C-level users.
Qlik Sense provides better visualization. When I look at the reports and dashboards, it has an interactive interface with Qlik graphs, pivot, and interactivity, which makes it easier to use than other tools. C-level managers can easily make decisions about their operations.
Actually, I don't have any specific ideas. The last time I built a report for the IT team to monitor their process was about a year ago. They received requirements and tracked progress, measuring how they processed tasks. Power BI offers better pricing compared to Qlik Sense. Qlik Sense has better performance, particularly in its archival system. However, Power BI has better visualizations and interactions with updates in 2023 that provide ease of use. Power BI is more user-friendly than Qlik Sense.
I have been using it in the bank since 2017.
It is stable. I would rate it ten out of ten for stability.
I believe it is easily scalable. If you buy enough resource licenses, it's okay for you. It is extensible. I would rate it nine out of ten.
Support depends on your consultant firms. In Turkey, the consultant firms are very professional, and they support you. I don't know about other countries, however, in Turkey, consultant firms were very professional. I give them ten points out of ten.
Positive
Among the BI tools and data analytics tools, Qlik is the most expensive.
Power BI is a better tool than other options.
I would rate the overall solution eight out of ten.
The solution offers good performance. In terms of development and everything, it's very effective. Additionally, it is a single product that I can use as an ETL database, BI, and more.
The appearance could be enhanced, especially when compared to Tableau or Power BI. Maybe more AI or real-time analytics could be incorporated.
I have used Qlik Sense for five years.
The stability is very good. I would rate it around seven to eight out of ten.
The scalability is also very good, around seven to eight out of ten. It performs well in terms of performance and load compared to others.
Technical support requires improvement. I would rate it around three out of ten. Basically, I think they lack in the support system.
Negative
I used SAP BO, which is more traditional. Performance-wise, it is not so great.
If it is complex, then it becomes even more time-consuming. Setting up a server should take around one or two hours.
The implementation team consisted of around 20 people.
It's expensive. Compared to Power BI, it is definitely costly. I would estimate the cost at maybe five out of ten.
It's a good product. Performance-wise and scalability-wise, it's good. Overall, it's a solid product. They need to improve their marketing strategy, like Power BI, the Microsoft product, however, they are not selling it in the right manner. I would rate the solution eight out of ten.
I use the solution in my company for dashboard building and reporting purposes. In my company, we have a lot of dashboards that are live, and we also work with quite a lot of reports.
In our company, we found a few requirements in the tool, which we directly shared with Qlik's team through our account manager.
With the May 2024 release, the tool has covered a lot of products, but I feel there is more to come. I am expecting new updates in the tool.
Qlik Sense requires one to have a lot of technical knowledge. It is an area where improvements can be made.
I have been using Qlik Sense for three to four years.
My company gets support from the service vendor team, so we have not contacted Qlik directly.
Earlier, I used to use QlikView. Every tool has its own set of pros and cons. It is not fair to compare a tool with another product.
If you look at Power BI, there are a few things you can do that would take a bit of time in Qlik Sense. On the knowledge side, people might need to know how to handle Qlik Sense technically. Power BI requires relatively less effort for a person to manage, especially given its exposure to Excel, so it is a reason why people might be already aware of Power BI and not Qlik Sense. Power BI borrows many features or examples from Excel or Access, which are long-standing Microsoft products that people are already aware of in the present.
When used manually, the tool has saved our company a lot of time. For certain projects, we have saved a couple of files for each iteration.
Considering the deal that we have acquired, Qlik Sense is pretty good in terms of price.
The tool's data analysis is useful to help out the teams across the globe and to track their work.
Qlik Sense is linked with our company's SQL servers.
After working with QlikView for a very long time, I felt it did not carry over many of the features to Qlik Sense directly, and it was done over a period of time. Until the tool's MAy 2024 was released, we did not have a hide option for every object, which now they have given, but there is a workaround for it using the layout container. In QlikView, such features were easily available with an expression view. It was much easier in QlikView than it is in Qlik Sense's latest version.
My company is not quite open to AI because of the compliance issues and the data restrictions that we have in place. We are managing AI-related areas in a controlled manner using Python and a few other things, which are being built in-house rather than using open-source platforms.
I rate the tool an eight to nine out of ten.
My company uses the solution in 60 municipalities in Norway. In my country, the public authorities mostly use the product for municipal planning.
The most valuable features of the solution in terms of data analysis need to revolve around the speed that the tool offers. The product of analytical capabilities and the speed for all the applications are good.
The communication with the solution's sales managers in Europe is not the best, making it an area that requires improvement. My company usually gets no response from the tool's sales managers.
In Qlik Sense, some improvements are required in QMC since it hasn't improved much over the years. QMC is related to the management console, and though it works, it needs improvement.
Some improvements in the data load editor should be considered. The load manager has different sections, and it should be possible for the user to deactivate/activate code by commenting/uncommenting at a section level.
I have experience with Qlik Sense since 2017. My company has a partnership with the solution.
It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
My company's customers who use the product are medium-sized municipalities, although some municipalities are large.
I have used the community support offered by the product.
Neutral
I rate the setup phase a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one means it was difficult, while ten means it was easy.
I rate the product's deployment phase a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one means it was difficult, while ten means it was easy.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. We consider to move the product to the cloud.
The product is reasonably priced. You need to pay 5,000 Norwegian kroner per user. Microsoft Power BI is slightly more expensive than Qlik Sense.
In terms of ROI, my company's clients in municipalities who use the solution are very satisfied with it.
My company noticed the AI functionalities associated with the product, but we don't use them.
My company's customers use the analytical capabilities offered by the product. The product offers virtualization in the form of line graphs, maps and bar charts.
I would say before using Qlik Sense, consider that its main competitor, Microsoft Power BI, also costs money if you want to deploy it for use outside of the organization. Though Microsoft Power BI pretty tends to be cheap, it is not. If someone wants to deploy Microsoft Power BI the way my company has deployed it, then it can be an expensive affair. Microsoft Power BI pretends to be a free tool, but it is not available for free.
I rate the tool an eight out of ten.