Qlik Sense
Qlik Sense is Qlik’s analytics product and the foundation it identifies for Qlik Cloud Analytics.
What Qlik Sense is
Qlik Sense is Qlik’s analytics product and the foundation it identifies for Qlik Cloud Analytics. The cloud offering provides interactive dashboards and visualizations, along with automated insights, forecasting, and trend detection. Qlik Answers lets users ask questions about data and find connections. The product can automate reports, share them with team members, and connect third-party apps; Qlik says its Connector Factory accesses 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 hosting on a customer’s 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 11, with 4 GB minimum memory and 5 GB installation space listed. The full-version cloud trial lasts 30 days, requires no credit card, and allows users to include their own data. Starter costs $300 a month billed annually for 10 users; the pricing model is capacity-based.
Good
- Offers interactive dashboards and visualizations.
- Includes forecasting and trend detection.
- Lists row-level security and scheduled reports.
- 30-day full-version trial requires no credit card.
- Custom plans support hosting on customer infrastructure.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- Starter is $300 a month billed annually.
- Starter is for 10 users and includes 10 GB for analysis.
- Additional charges apply if usage exceeds plan capacity.
Who it suits
Qlik Sense may suit teams looking for dashboards, forecasting, automated reporting, and data exploration with row-level security. Its Windows desktop option and hybrid deployment may also suit organizations with specific desktop or hosting needs.
Verdict
Qlik Sense combines data exploration, automated insights, reporting, and integrations, with cloud and custom hosting options. Consider the capacity-based pricing and annual Starter commitment alongside the 30-day trial.
Plans and prices
From Qlik Sense's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $300 a month | 10 users · 10 GB data for analysis · 5 GB max app size · no additional data capacity available · billed annually; for 10 Users |
| Standard | $825 a month | Starts with 25 GB data for analysis · additional capacity in 25 GB increments · billed annually; for 25 GB data |
| Premium | $2,750 a month | Starts with 50 GB data for analysis · additional capacity in 25 GB or 250 GB packs · 10 GB max app size · billed annually; for 50 GB data |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Starts at 250 GB data for analysis · 15 GB apps as standard · apps up to 40 GB; up to 50 GB per app with additional purchase · multi-region tenants · Get a Quote |
The facts
Each one read from Qlik Sense's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics
- Qlik Cloud Analytics provides interactive dashboards and visualizations for exploring data.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Automation
- The product can automate reports, share them with team members, and connect third-party apps.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Cloud regions
- Qlik lists North America, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and Singapore as Qlik Cloud Analytics region options.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- hybridchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Deployment options
- Qlik's pricing page says custom plans are available for hosting on a customer's own IT infrastructure.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Embedded analytics
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Generative AI
- Qlik Answers lets users ask questions about their data and find new connections.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Qlik says its Connector Factory provides access to hundreds of applications and data sources.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Natural-language queries
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Predictive AI
- Qlik Cloud Analytics offers automated insights, forecasting, and trend detection.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product direction
- Qlik describes Qlik Sense as the foundation for Qlik Cloud Analytics, which adds AI-driven insight, trusted data products, and agentic automation.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Refresh frequency
- hourlychecked 21 Sep 2026
- Row-level security
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Scheduled reports
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Security and compliance
- Qlik lists ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017:2015, ISO 27018:2019, ISO 42001:2023, SOC 1, SOC 2 with HITRUST CSF, and SOC 3 among its security and compliance credentials.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Starter plan includes Qlik Community Support, while Standard includes 24x7 severity-one support.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Desktop platform
- Qlik Sense Desktop is available for Windows 10 and Windows 11, with listed requirements including 4 GB minimum memory and 5 GB installation space.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1993checked 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United Stateschecked 4 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Plan capacity
- Pricing is capacity-based, and Qlik says additional charges apply only if usage exceeds plan capacity.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The full-version Qlik Cloud Analytics trial lasts 30 days, requires no credit card, and allows users to include their own data.checked 9 Oct 2026
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