BI platformSample
Qlik Sense
Qlik
A BI platform built on Qlik’s associative engine: every selection shows at once which values are related, and which are not, across the whole dataset.
Licence
Commercial
Built by
Analysts
Languages
Qlik load script, Set analysis
Runs on
Qlik Cloud, Client-managed
Scores
Out of 5. The tick marks the average for BI platforms in the library.
- Ease of use
- 3
- Visual control
- 3
- Interactivity
- 5
- Sharing
- 4
- Governance
- 4
- Low cost
- 2
- Data scale
- 4
Strengths
- Associative exploration reveals what is excluded, not only what matches
- A fast in-memory engine
- A broad data integration portfolio
Limitations
- Load scripting has a learning curve
- Licensing can be complex
- Visual design is less flexible than Tableau
Best for
- Exploring relationships across many tables
- Enterprise self-service analytics
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