This presentation reviews Qlik and Tableau capabilities. It provides a summary of what the business intelligence experts say about each products pros and cons. It touches the surface on what each company provides and how much each product may cost.

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High-Level Comparison

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This presentation provides a high-level overview of the
differences and similarities of Qlik and Tableau
capabilities
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 What the BI Leaders Say
• Gartner
• Butler Analytics
 Available Visualizations
 Data Connections
 Pricing
 Cloud Services
 Other Features
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 Gartner (https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-2XXET8P&ct=160204)
• Qlik
 Strengths
 High complexity of analysis ability
 Robust calculation engine
 User enablement is high among BI vendors
 Robust data modeling and data loading processes
 Strong Partner network
 Weaknesses
 Cost and token-based licensing
 Below average customer support
 Limited cloud based offering
• Tableau
 Strengths
 Versatility in deployment options with cloud and on-premises options
 Ability to deploy in centralized and decentralized data environments effectively
 They provide a wide array of learning options to increase adoption rates
 Large partner network
 Diverse range of data source connectors
 Weaknesses
 Limitations on governing data in large deployments
 Lack of complexity of analysis ability
 Data preparation features are lacking
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 Butler Analytics analysis of Tableau and Qlik Sense
(http://www.butleranalytics.com/wp-content/uploads/PQT.pdf)
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Below Average Average Above Average
Data Visualization
Data Discovery
Extensibility
Scalability
Ease-of-Use
Governance
Developer Tools
Mobile Support
Data Connectivity
Collaboration
Performance
Advanced Analytics

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Visualizations
out of the box
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Chart Qlik Sense Tableau
Tables X X
Heat Maps X X
Symbol Maps X
Geo Maps X X
Pie Chars X X
Bar Charts X X
Tree Maps X X
Line Graphs X X
Area Charts X X
Combo Charts X X
Scatter Plots X X
Histograms X
Box Whiskers X
Gantt Charts X
Bullet Graphs X
Packed Bubbles X
Pivot Tables X X
Gauges X
KPI Charts X

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 Qlik
• QlikView provides a vast number of chart possibilities that out
number both Qlik Sense and Tableau out of the box charts
• Qlik Sense APIs provide the ability to create custom charting
options
 Tableau
• Tableau provides the ability to create custom shapes to extend
the charting flexibility
• Tableau APIs provide the ability to create custom charts
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 Qlik Sense
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Connector Types Connectors
File .xls, xlsx, xlsm, .mdb, accdb, .cub, .csv, .txt, .sav, .sas, .sas7bdat, .rda, .rdata,
.tab, .tsv
Server Apache Hive, Cloudera Impala, IBM DB2, Saleforce, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL
Server, MySQL, Teradata, Sybase ASE, Oracle, Web Data Connector, SAP, REST
(JSON, XML), Google Analytics, Google Drive, Google AdWords, Google
AdSense, Google BigQuery, Google DoubleClick, OData, SugarCRM, MailChimp,
Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Text Analytics & Sentiment Analysis, Qlik Data
Market, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Analytics, MongoDB
Connector Types Connectors
File .xls, xlsx, xlsm, .mdb, accdb, .cub, .csv, .txt, .sav, .sas, .sas7bdat, .rda, .rdata,
.tab, .tsv
Server Tableau Server, Actian Matrix, Actian Vector, Amazon Aurora, Amazon EMR,
Amazon EMR, Amazon Redshift, Aster Database, Cisco Information Server,
Cloudera Hadoop, Datastax, EXA Solution, Firebird, Google Analytics, Google
BigQuery, Google Cloud SQL, Hortonworks Hadoop Hive, HP Vertica, IBM
BigInsights, IBM DB2, IBM PDA (Netezza), Kognito, MapR Hadoop Hive,
MarkLogic, Microsoft Analysis, Microsoft PowerPivot, Microsfot SQL Server,
MonetDB, MySQL, OData, Oracle, Oracle Essbase, Pivotal Greenplum Database,
PostgreSQL, Progress OpenEdge, Saleforce, SAP, Spark SQL, Splunk, Teradata,
Teradata OLAP Connector, Web Data Connector
 Tableau

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Qlik Tableau
Qlik Sense Desktop Free Tableau Personal $999
Qlik Sense Enterprise $1,500 per token
Tableau Professional
Edition
$1,999
QlikView Desktop Free – no sharing
Tableau Server (10
users)
$10,000
QlikView Enterprise
Server
$35,000 Support (Yearly) 25% licenses
QlikView Named Users $1,350
QlikView Doc CAL $350
QlikView Concurrent
User
$15,000
Support (Yearly) 23% per token/license
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*Prices reflect July 2016

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 Qlik
• Qlik Sense Cloud Basic
 Free
 Create or Upload Qlik Sense Apps
 Share up to 5 apps
 Up to 25 MB size per app
• Qlik Sense Cloud Plus
 $20 per user per month
 Unlimited Users
 Max app size 50 MB
 Max Storage 10 GB
 Access to Qlik DataMarket Essentials Package
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 Tableau
• Tableau Online
 $500 per year plus Tableau Professional Edition to author ($1999)
 100 GB of storage per Tableau online site
 Subscriptions – publish data to end user via email or through web
browsers
 Data Management – data storage and management from one
centralized place
 Embedded Analytics – integrate analytics into business
applications
 Share – share analytics with others who have access to your cloud
environment
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 Qlik
• Qlik Analytics Platform
 API driven platform for
integrating Qlik into business
applications
• Qlik Branch
 Library of custom extensions
to extend your Qlik
• Qlik Data Market
 Complete Data as a Service
 Curated and Trusted Data
• Qlik NPrinting
 Enables reporting in
traditional formats like PDF,
PowerPoint and Excel
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 Tableau
• Tableau Mobile
 Author Anywhere
 Offline Snapshots
 Device Designer
 Subscriptions
• Tableau Public
 Tableau community sharing
visualizations
• Tableau Reader
 Free tool to consume Tableau
visualizations

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