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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Qlik Sense

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AQlik Sense® is a self-service BI platform for data discovery and visualization. It supports a full range of analytics use cases—data governance, pixel-perfect reporting, and collaboration. Its Associative Engine indexes and connects relationships between data points for creating actionable insights.

    $200

    per month

    Spotfire

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASpotfire, formerly known as TIBCO Spotfire, is a visual data science platform that combines visual analytics, data science, and data wrangling, so users can analyze data at-rest and at-scale to solve complex industry-specific problems.N/A
    Pricing
    Qlik SenseSpotfire
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2,750
    per month
    Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
    Contact Sales
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Qlik SenseSpotfire
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—For Enterprise engagements, contact Spotfire directly for a custom price quote.
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    Community Pulse
    Qlik SenseSpotfire
    Considered Both Products
    Qlik
    Chose Qlik Sense
    The associative data model made an unexpected effect when in a pilot application that allowed users to find new and non-trivial patterns in supplied data sets. Surely TIBCO Spotfire is a great tool with incredible statistical and forecasting possibilities but everything is for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Qlik Sense comes out as a superior product as well as more cost efficient than some of the other products we evaluated as a part of our Enterprise Business Intelligence stack. It offers unified view of our data and extensibility. Qlik Sense being the most interactive …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Qlik Sense is one of the best reporting systems. It is stronger than PBI and Tableau when speaking about complex KPIs. It is really similar to MicroStrategy Analytics when you speak about obtained results, but it is easier to use, especially as it is more code-based. But is it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    I have only used Qlik Sense and Nprinting feature as of now.
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Analyzing data on Tibco is very fluent. Making maps and setting up data classification (within the map) is very easy. The user experience in Tibco is well suited; it took me 5-6 minutes to set up charts, pies and maps. Statistical functions and analysis could be done easily on …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    It was my organization's decision
    Incentivized
    Spotfire
    Chose Spotfire
    Spotfire is better at visualizations than Qlik Sense and more intuitive and friendly than QlikView, but it´s worst than both of them in ETL and associative engine.
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotfire
    Spotfire is the best application for power users by virtue of its wide variety of visualizations, incorporated analytics, superior data canvas, and ability to integrate code such as R or Python. The learning curve is steeper and the menus are Windows 7 once you are past some …
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotfire
    Well, Spotfire was the only tool which could handle our data, we had over 100 Mio rows of data and with Spotfire you could navigate through the dashboard very fast. This was our killer feature. It also makes very nice and modern charts.
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotfire
    Within our use cases Spotfire is preferred due to the ability to manage live data as well as big data in an appropriate time. It is also much better in statistics and advanced analytics.
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotfire
    I have access to tools mentioned above, but I use Spotfire most, because most colleagues I'm working with have Spotfire access, and sharing data and visulization in Spotfire is the most convenient way.
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotfire
    We used MS BI, Qlik and also a homegrown application. While some of these did have features Spotfire was the easiest to implement and manage.
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotfire
    I don't have too much experience on the alternative tools, but I know Spotfire can perform very well some statistics function in conjunction with TERR. Tableau for example, has more beautiful ways to construct a dashboard and most of time this is why people choose to use it. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Spotfire
    Simpler platform administration and execution. Due to cloud deliverable there was not a need for viewer for end users; superior predictive modeling.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
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    92%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    70 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    44 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    Features
    Qlik SenseSpotfire
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    8.5
    312 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.3213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.9310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.2225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    8.6
    323 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.9319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.2312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.4152 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.0296 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    8.8
    275 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.8207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.8254 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.8174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.8180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.8106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    8.7
    311 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.5304 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.8281 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.7193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    9.0
    294 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.2273 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.0270 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.8272 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.9216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    7.4
    220 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.3214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.2132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.2184 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    8.6
    143 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.8123 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.492 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.592 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.669 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.695 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.482 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    -
    Ratings
    Spotfire
    7.2
    8 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
    MDM Integration00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    -
    Ratings
    Spotfire
    9.1
    8 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Visualization00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    -
    Ratings
    Spotfire
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
    Data Transformations00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Data Encryption00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Built-in Processors00 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    -
    Ratings
    Spotfire
    7.6
    8 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings7.68 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings6.76 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of Qlik Sense and Spotfire
    Feature
    Qlik Sense
    -
    Ratings
    Spotfire
    7.4
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Qlik SenseSpotfire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (327 ratings)
    8.4
    (351 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    9.6
    (30 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    8.7
    (27 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (52 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (55 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.4
    (17 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    8.5
    (36 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.5
    (37 ratings)
    9.3
    (36 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Qlik SenseSpotfire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Qlik
    Qlik Sense is a program whose purpose is to greatly improve all your operations and use of all data in an organic way. The mission will always be to increase the economic and commercial processes of the company in a short time. I recommended it for its high technology, which was Created for this area, the results are successful. We have noticed how it has increased relationships with our clients thanks to the credibility and security that we provide.
    Incentivized
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    Spotfire
    A high level of data integration is available here it supports various data sources and so on. Collaborating features allow users to give access to the dashboard and merge data analytics with other team members. It can meet the demands of both small and large size business enterprises. A customized dashboard and reports are provided to meet the specific needs and get support of extensibility through APIs and customized scripts.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Qlik
    • Flexibility in data recording, from the app, as well as in handling them. Allowing you to view reports quickly and effectively.
    • Easy to generate dynamic graphics according to our needs.
    • It is very easy to use, intuitive, so it does not generate costs in the learning process compared to the tool with collaborators
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    Spotfire
    • It has the best coding integration (python, R) of any BI product
    • The ability to work with very large datasets (10 mil+) is better than competitors
    • Export options are more complete and have better functionality
    • The data canvas is the best tool to join and transform data vs. competitors
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    Cons
    Qlik
    • Scalability is RAM limited, all data is associative and in-memory so server's RAM is directly proportional to performance
    • Limitation on advanced analytics capabilities in the form of R integration to perform complex statistical and analytical calculations
    • Can have more intuitive interface
    Incentivized
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    Spotfire
    • The donut chart is I guess a powerful illustrations but I hope it should be done quite simple in Spotfire. But in Spotfire there are lots of steps involve just to build a simple donut chart.
    • Table calculation (like Row or Column Differences) should be made simple or there should be drag and drop function for Table Calculation. No need for scripting.
    • Information Link should be changed. If new columns are added to the table just refreshing the data should be able to capture the new column. No need extra step to add column
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Qlik
    Qlik Sense is a constantly improving it's software and working with its' users to make it better. They are great at keeping their users informed of progress and care about delivering a quality product
    Incentivized
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    Spotfire
    -Easy to distribute information throughout the enterprise using the webplayer. -Ad hoc analysis is possible throughout the enterprise using business author in the webplayer or the thick client. -Low level of support needed by IT team. Access interfaces with LDAP and numerous other authentication methods. -Possible to continually extend the platform with JavaScript, R scripts, HTML, and custom extensions. -Ability to standardize data logic through pre-built queries in the Information Designer. Everyone in the enterprise is using the same logic -Tagging and bookmarking data allows for quick sharing of insights. -Integration with numerous data sources... flat files, data bases, big data, images, etc. -Much improved mapping capability. Also includes the ability to apply data points over any image.
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    Usability
    Qlik
    Qlik Sense has a better and easy to learn user interface compared with other analytics tool which always help us to create regular and adhoc reports within the stipulated time frame and can be easily refreshed at a scheduled time and sent to multiple stakeholders for timely update regarding the Key metrics indicator.
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    Spotfire
    Basic tasks like generating meaningful information from large sets of raw data are very easy. The next step of linking to multiple live data sources and linking those tables and performing on the fly analysis of the imported data is understandably more difficult.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Spotfire
    Even though, it's a rather stable and predictable tool that's also fast, it does have some bugs and inconsistencies that shut down the system. Depending on the details, it could happen as often as 2-3 times a week, especially during the development period.
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    Performance
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Spotfire
    Generally, the Spotfire client runs with very good performance. There are factors that could affect performance, but normally has to do with loading large analysis files from the library if the database is located some distance away and your global network is not optimal. Once you have your data table(s) loaded in the client application, usually the application is quite good performance-wise.
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    Support Rating
    Qlik
    Not only can you ask the support team for help, but you can also ask the community. Also with the community there is a vast amount of problems that have already been solved. The problem you are encountering has a likely chance of already being discussed and even solved in the community section saving you time from reaching out.
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    Spotfire
    Support has been helpful with issues. Support seems to know their product and its capabilities. It would also seem that they have a good sense of the context of the problem; where we are going with this issue and what we want the end outcome to be.
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    In-Person Training
    Qlik
    The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Spotfire
    The instructor was very in depth and provided relevant training to business users on how to create visualizations. They showed us how to alter settings and filter views, and provided resources for future questions. However, the instructor failed to cover data sources, connecting to data, etc. While it was helpful to see how users can use the data to create reports, they failed to properly instruct us on how to get the dataset in to begin with. We are still trying to figure out connections to certain databases (we have multiple different types).
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    Online Training
    Qlik
    The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
    Incentivized
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    Spotfire
    The online training is good, provides a good base of knowledge. The video demonstrations were well-done and easy to follow along. Provided exercises are good as well, but I think there could be more challenging exercises. The training has also gone up in price significantly in the last 3 years (in USD, which hurts us even more in Canada), and I'm not sure it is worth the money it now costs (it is worth how much it cost 3 years ago, but not double that.)
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    Implementation Rating
    Qlik
    Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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    Spotfire
    The original architecture I created for our implementation had only a particular set of internal business units in mind. Over the years, Spotfire gained in popularity in our company and was being utilized across many more business units. Soon, its usage went beyond what the original architectural implementation could provide. We've since learned about how the product is used by the different teams and are currently in the middle of rolling out a new architecture. I suggest:
    • Have clearly defined service level agreements with all the teams that will use Spotfire. Your business intelligence group might only need availability during normal working hours, but your production support group might need 24/7 availability. If these groups share one Spotfire server, maintenance of that server might be a problem.
    • Know the different types of data you will be working with. One group might be working with "public" data while another group might work with sensitive data. Design your Library accordingly and with the proper permissions.
    • Know the roles of the users of Spotfire. Will there only be a small set of report writers or does everyone have write access to the Library?
    • ALWAYS add a timestamp prompt to your reports. You don't want multiple users opening a report that will try and pull down millions of rows of data to their local workstations. Another option, of course, is to just hard code a time range in the backing database view (i.e. where activity_date >= sysdate - 90, etc.), but I'd rather educate/train the user base if possible.
    • This probably goes without saying, but if possible, point to a separate reporting database or a logical standby database. You don't want the company pounding on your primaries and take down your order system.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Qlik
    The customization of the platform opens up plenty of other options depending on the use cases. The API layer is incredibly rich and makes integration of Qlik based visualization into web pages a simple and effective pattern. It's been very easy to use with a great community made up of professionals. Qlik Sense has introduces artificial Intelligence into my data visualization and reporting activity.
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    Spotfire
    Spotfire is significantly ahead of both products from an ETL and data ingestion capability. Spotfire also has substantially better visualizations than Power BI, and although the native visualizations aren't as flexible in Tableau, Spotfire enables users to create completely custom javascript visaualizations, which neither Tableau or Power BI has. Tableau and Power BI are likely only superior to Spotfire with respect to embedded analysis on a website.
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    Scalability
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Spotfire
    In an enterprise architecture, if Spotfire Advanced Data services(Composite Studio),data marts can be managed optimally and scalability in a data perspective is great. As the web player/consumer is directly proportional to RAM, if the enterprise can handle RAM requirement accomodating fail over mechanisms appropraitely, it is definitely scalable,
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    Return on Investment
    Qlik
    • Once an app is published and running good, we can quickly see the time we save to analyze data.
    • It's hard sometimes to realize the money we save by using this system.
    • People start understanding the power of data and asking more questions.
    Incentivized
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    Spotfire
    • It is costly, so not suitable for small scale implementations.
    • Dashboards are as good as the developer, so need experience to get most out of it
    • You need to be on Spotfire 11 at least to implement out of the box visualizations
    • Integration with Python and R is a game changer, it comes very handy to onboard data scientists without much hassle
    • performance is exceptionally well.
    • Secure
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    ScreenShots

    Qlik Sense Screenshots

    Screenshot of Qlik Sense Cash Flow DashboardScreenshot of Qlik Sense Global Smart SearchScreenshot of Qlik Sense Smart Data Compression - Get immediate insight on large dataScreenshot of Extend, mix and mash-up with our APIsScreenshot of Add "External data" with Qlik DataMarket - Data as a ServiceScreenshot of Visualization Bundle

    Spotfire Screenshots

    Screenshot of Smart Visual AnalyticsScreenshot of Geospatial AnalyticsScreenshot of Intelligent Data WranglingScreenshot of Point-and-click Data ScienceScreenshot of Real-time Streaming Analytics