Name: Qlik Sense
Rating: 4.5 (1523 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is Qlik Sense?

Qlik Sense is a software developed for data analytics and business intelligence that enables users to create interactive visualizations and dashboards from multiple data sources. The software supports associative exploration of data, allowing users to generate insights through drag-and-drop functionality and intuitive interfaces. It offers features such as advanced analytics integration, self-service data preparation, and collaboration tools that facilitate sharing and decision making within organizations. Qlik Sense addresses business problems related to data analysis by simplifying access to real-time information, supporting data-driven decision processes, and enhancing reporting capabilities. The software is designed to be scalable and can be deployed on-premises, in private cloud, or via SaaS environments, providing flexibility for varied organizational needs.

Overall experience with Qlik Sense

BI Developer

50M - 250M USD, Retail

FAVORABLE

“Associative Engine Enhances Analysis, While Learning Curve Remains A Concern”

4.0

Oct 9, 2025

Qlik Sense is a tool that is used to create dashboards for analysis and reporting for users, using multiple sources.It is something a user with less technical knowledge about the tool can work on as well and as an expert you can create scripts at a very high level with a single tool. The level of complex scripts you can write on it with ease and speed is something that is very amazing.Some native charts are slightly outdated and plain, but with each update they are making sure the users get the latest tech.I have also used different types of BI tools in which they need additional tool just to do complex ETL which makes things more complex for users but with Qlik Sense we don't need to worry about that, we can create any level of complex ETL with it.

It Consultant Ii

1B - 3B USD, Healthcare and Biotech

CRITICAL

“Self-Service Platform Enhances Dashboard Utility but Relies on Well-Structured Data”

3.0

Jan 22, 2026

Generally, a positive experience. It is a strong self-service analytics platform empowering us to explore data interactivity without relying heavily on local IT. It has supported product adoption for contract data, spend analytics, and other operational dashboards across our organization.

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Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms

About Company

Company Description

Qlik, after incorporating Talend, focuses on data integration, information quality, and analytics solutions. Its extensive cloud platform consolidates data from various cloud and hybrid environments, automates data-based workflows, and enriches understanding with artificial intelligence. The primary function of Qlik is to make data easily accessible and utilizable for enhanced, efficient business results. It reaches out to a broad base of users in numerous countries, aiming to provide potent data solutions for changing organizational requirements.

Company Details

Company type

Private

Year Founded

1993

Head office location

King of Prussia, United States

Number of employees

1001 - 5000

Website

http://www.qlik.com/

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One of the most amazing things about Qlik Sense is its associative engine, we just need to feed our data into the system and it automatically associates fields between the data model, and this can make analysis very fast, Second is its QVD feature which is used to store raw data from the source directly into it and we can use this same QVD across multiple applications without disturbing our main source all the time, we can use it to store incremental data as well from the source daily and one of the main features of QVD is it can compress and optimize the data which can help it load faster as well, Third is its ETL capability to handle complex data from multiple sources, whether the data is in FTP, API or any old SAP version, we can consolidate it very easily.It can handle heavy data as well without slowing the system, For any level of deep analysis these things are very important and Qlik Sense does it amazingly.

We like to self service dashboard, Ing and the smart search to use keywords to discover relevant metrics, fields, or associations quickly.

- Strong expertise in qlik data modeling and dashboard desing -fast and solution, oriented support team -effective communication and guidance throughout the entire projecet process.

One is visualization, some of the features of the chart are outdated, we can't modify some complex features as they are rigid even though they have been improving but they need to make some changes regarding this, Second is the learning curve for advanced users, they will need to write a lot of code compared to other BI tools, to apply some filters as well they would need to write some extra code, which is kind of frustrating and because of these things it has a steep learning curve, Third is costing, Qlik Sense is expensive for users compared to other BI tools which are mostly free for making dashboard, but for even creating a single dashboard they would need to pay, even though they have 30 days trial but after 30 days they can't do anything

Nothing in particular, however, the associative engine performs best when data is modeled carefully. Poorly structure data can lead to performance issues or unexpected associations.

- Support and technical assitance response time can be slighty longer during peak project periods (Only technical side) -Some advanced features in qlik dashboards require additional guidance for new users. -minor delays in documentation updates after implementing complex solutions

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BI Developer
50M-1B USD
Retail
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Associative Engine Enhances Analysis, While Learning Curve Remains A Concern
4.0
Oct 9, 2025
Qlik Sense is a tool that is used to create dashboards for analysis and reporting for users, using multiple sources.It is something a user with less technical knowledge about the tool can work on as well and as an expert you can create scripts at a very high level with a single tool. The level of complex scripts you can write on it with ease and speed is something that is very amazing.Some native charts are slightly outdated and plain, but with each update they are making sure the users get the latest tech.I have also used different types of BI tools in which they need additional tool just to do complex ETL which makes things more complex for users but with Qlik Sense we don't need to worry about that, we can create any level of complex ETL with it.
IT ASSOCIATE
50M-1B USD
Retail
Review Source
Advanced Qlik Dashboard Features Require Extra Guidance for Enhanced Usability
5.0
Nov 10, 2025
we reveived great support from their experienced team, especially in data modeling and dashboard desing. Their guidance made our reporting faster, more accurate and more efficent.
DATA AND ANALYTICS MANAGER
1B-10B USD
Manufacturing
Review Source
Strong data exploration requires solid data modeling.
4.0
Jan 7, 2026
Qlik Sense is our primary platform for providing internal users with business performance via a self-service analytics tool. It is easy to use by a variety of users of all skill levels.
It Consultant Ii
1B-10B USD
Healthcare and Biotech
Review Source
Self-Service Platform Enhances Dashboard Utility but Relies on Well-Structured Data
3.0
Jan 22, 2026
Generally, a positive experience. It is a strong self-service analytics platform empowering us to explore data interactivity without relying heavily on local IT. It has supported product adoption for contract data, spend analytics, and other operational dashboards across our organization.
Engineering Manager
50M-1B USD
Retail
Review Source
Central America Users Face Service Gaps and Dependency on Qlik Summits
4.0
Nov 10, 2025
It's a great experience to use Qlik product, talking about Qlik Sense depending permissions and the experience to have clarity through how to manage a tenant, documentation about some connector and tutorials it's difficult to find out how to manage.

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