VIDEO: Qlik Sense Review: Top Features, Pros & Cons, and Alternatives

qlik sense is a business intelligence software system that was built with peripheral data and ease of use in mind if you're in the market for a business intelligence solution you'll want to consider qlik sense if you're looking for more information on click view instead watch our video on qlikview versus click sense you can access that video by clicking on the annotation in the top right corner of your screen but if you're just starting your search we can help use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get a free list of business intelligence software recommendations click the annotation in the top right of your screen to get started qlik sense is a business intelligence tool with a focus on analyzing data in an explorative fashion unlike most reporting and analytic tools qlik sense does not use a query based system instead using its own associative analytics engine to navigate through your data this unique system is paired with artificial intelligence and a large variety of data visualization options qlik sense has three main pricing plans available their business plan is their most popular option and is built per user per month and includes all of qlik sense's major features the business plan does feature a free trial the enterprise plan includes more features like increased capacity and multiple user types and the enterprise client managed plan is for companies that want the system deployed on their own servers both enterprise options are available upon request qlik sense is available via browser downloadable on mac or windows or on mobile with android or ios if you opt for the enterprise client manage plan it is also available on premise with either windows or linux qlik sense comes with a number of features to help you manage business intelligence functions qlik sense uses its own associative engine to power business intelligence instead of using query based analytics queries seek specific information and exclude anything that doesn't fall under the specifications of that query the associative engine includes peripheral information providing insight to related factors that may have an influence on your data this method is intended to mirror how the average person thinks providing opportunities to dig deeper into data without a lot of technical sql knowledge qlik sense features an artificial intelligence named insight advisor that works with the associative engine to simplify business analytics for all users insight advisor can be communicated with via a chat feature allowing users to request data by typing in questions in regular language insight advisor also helps initiate reports by recommending different data points to link together and can pull information from additional data sources via third-party integrations qlik sense features a wide variety of visualization options for your reports these visualizations include gantt time plans to track work spatial graphs to show locational and geographical patterns or charts display hierarchies and more customizing these graphics can be done with a few clicks so you can fine-tune them for your business these visualizations can be put together as part of a dashboard or shared individually qlik sense maintains these visualizations with live data so everything remains up-to-date qlik sense is a top performer in the business intelligence industry but it does have its pros and cons the ease of use and the laundry list of features are the primary pros for many users visualization options encourage self-service to managers however the lack of an automatic reporting feature is a common complaint for users and while many visualization options exist aesthetic customization is minimal a feature to share data or graphs via public link is also lacking it's a good idea to get multiple quotes before choosing a business intelligence solution if you're interested in qlik sense you might also want to consider microsoft power bi sap business objects business intelligence looker and tableau still not sure if qlik sense is right for you use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get a free list of business intelligence software recommendations click the button on the left to get started

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