Qlik Sense vs SAP Analytics Cloud
Qlik Sense
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| Figure | Qlik Sense | SAP Analytics Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $300/mo | $36/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 8 | 2 |
| Spec score · Business Intelligence Tools | 9.1 (#4) | 9.2 (#2) |
| Spec score · Business Intelligence & Analytics - Midmarket Software | 8.7 (#4) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Deployment | hybrid | hybrid |
| Embedded analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 1993 | 1972 |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Headquarters | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States | Walldorf, Germany |
| Integrations | Qlik says its Connector Factory provides access to hundreds of applications and data sources. | Named data sources include SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP BusinessObjects, SQL, OData, and Google BigQuery. |
| Natural-language queries | Yes | Yes |
| Refresh frequency | hourly | real-time |
| Row-level security | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled reports | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The Starter plan includes Qlik Community Support, while Standard includes 24x7 severity-one support. | SAP identifies partner specialists, SAP experts, and its extended developer community as support resources for deployment and questions. |
| Trial | The full-version Qlik Cloud Analytics trial lasts 30 days, requires no credit card, and allows users to include their own data. | The basic trial is a no-cost, 30-day experience on a shared tenant using sample data; it omits some administration, customization, master data management, and integration capabilities. |
Plans
Qlik Sense
- Starter$300 a month
- Standard$825 a month
- Premium$2,750 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Starter$300 a month
- Standard$825 a month
- Premium$2,750 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
SAP Analytics Cloud
- Business Intelligence$36 a month
- SAP Analytics CloudPriced on request
In their own words
Qlik Sense
Qlik Sense is an analytics product Qlik describes as the foundation for Qlik Cloud Analytics. The cloud offering provides interactive dashboards and visualizations for exploring data, alongside automated insights, forecasting and trend detection. Qlik Answers lets users ask questions about their data and find connections. Teams can automate and share reports, and connect third-party apps; Qlik says its Connector Factory provides access to hundreds of applications and data sources. Listed capabilities include hourly refresh, row-level security, scheduled reports, embedded analytics and natural-language queries. Deployment is hybrid, with custom plans available for customers hosting on their own IT infrastructure. Qlik Cloud Analytics region options include North America, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and Singapore. Qlik Sense Desktop is available for Windows 10 and Windows 11, with 4 GB minimum memory and 5 GB installation space listed. Starter costs $300 a month, billed annually for 10 users. Standard costs $825 a month, billed annually; Premium costs $2,750 a month, billed annually. Enterprise pricing is available by quote.
SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud brings business intelligence, analytics and enterprise planning together in a cloud service. It supports financial, supply chain and operational planning, with real-time data refresh, scheduled reports, embedded analytics, natural-language queries and row-level security. Joule can automate reports, model scenarios, surface insights and handle analytics and planning tasks through conversation. More than 100 prebuilt business content packages are available across lines of business. Named data sources include SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP BusinessObjects, SQL, OData and Google BigQuery. Live connections analyze data at its source without replication; import connections bring data in for modeling. The service offers web, iOS and Android access and hybrid deployment. Mobile apps require an SAP Analytics Cloud account and mobile services enabled by the user's IT department. Pricing is on request, and there is no free plan. A no-cost 30-day trial uses sample data on a shared tenant and excludes some administration, customization, master data management and integration capabilities.