Qlik Sense
Qlik Sense: A governed BI platform for associative exploration, AI-assisted analysis, and embedded insights. Ranked #7 of 88 in Business Intelligence Tools by our editors (8.8/10); pricing: 30-day trial; best for enterprise teams needing governed exploration.
At a glance
- Editor score8.8 / 10
- Pricing30-day trial
- Best forEnterprise teams needing governed exploration
- Free planNo
- Paid from$300/mo
- DeploymentHybrid
- Founded1993 · King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Facts checked21 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Associative exploration with drill-downs, filtering, and interactive dashboards
- Natural-language queries, AI-assisted insights, and automated machine learning
- Row- and column-level security, alerts, reload scheduling, and embedding
Where it doesn't
- No free plan for teams that want a zero-cost starting point
- Starter is limited to 10 users and 10 GB of data for analysis
- Published paid plans use annual billing
Our verdict on Qlik Sense
Qlik Sense is a business intelligence and analytics platform for business users, analysts, developers, and enterprises that need governed analysis across multiple data sources. It combines self-service visualization, interactive dashboards, associative exploration, natural-language queries through Insight Advisor, AI-assisted insight generation, reporting, alerting, mobile access, and embedded analytics. Deployment options span web, Windows, iOS, Android, API, and self-hosted environments, making it suited to organizations with mixed access and delivery requirements.
The published plans show a paid structure billed annually. Starter costs $300 per month for 10 users and includes 10 GB of data for analysis, interactive dashboards, and automated report generation and delivery. Standard costs $825 per month and raises the data allowance to 25 GB, adds no-cost additional users, managed and shared spaces, and augmented advanced analytics. Premium costs $2,750 per month with 50 GB of data, predictive analytics powered by automated machine learning, anonymous access, and data lineage connectors. Enterprise starts at 250 GB of data for analysis and adds multi-region tenants, expanded reporting and automation, and a personalized customer success plan.
Its strongest fit is for teams that need controlled exploration rather than dashboards alone. Section Access supports row-level and column-level data reduction, while scheduled reloads, partial reloads, alerts, and event-driven actions help connect analysis with ongoing operations. Qlik Sense also supports hundreds of data sources, Qlik Talend Cloud, qlik-embed, and Open APIs, with embedded visualizations for web applications. Organizations seeking a free plan, or a smaller deployment that does not need governed access, extensive data connectivity, or embedded analytics, should look elsewhere; larger teams that value security controls, multiple delivery channels, and advanced analysis have a stronger reason to choose Qlik Sense.
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Qlik Sense pricing
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Qlik Sense fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $300/mo |
| Deployment | Hybrid |
| Refresh frequency | Hourly |
| Row-level security | Yes |
| Scheduled reports | Yes |
| Viewer seats | Not verified |
| Embedded analytics | Yes |
| Natural-language queries | Yes |
| Free trial | 30 days |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web, Windows, iOS |
| Compliance & security | SOC 2 |
| Support | Community, Docs · 24/7 |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 500+ integrations: SAP, Adobe, IBM, AWS, MySQL, Jira … See all → |
| Pricing | 30-day trial (source) |
| Website | qlik.com |
| Facts checked | 21 Sep 2026 |
Qlik Sense integrations
Qlik Sense lists 500+ integrations on its own site — the 9 named here are the ones its pages call out.
- SAP
- Adobe
- IBM
- AWS
- MySQL
- Jira
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Apache
- MongoDB
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- Microsoft Power BIA broad BI platform for Microsoft-centric teams that need modeling, security, sharing, and embedding.9.4
- TableauA broad BI platform for teams that need deep visualization and governed analytics.9.3
- Zoho AnalyticsA flexible, affordable BI platform with broad connectors and practical AI features.9.2
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Qlik Sense is ranked in 9 of our directories; the 6 strongest besides Business Intelligence Tools.
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