Business Intelligence Software
Qlik Sense review
Capacity-priced cloud analytics platform from Qlik, sold as fixed-fee plans based on data volume rather than per-user licences on higher tiers.
Qlik Sense at a glance
- Category
- Business Intelligence Software
- Starting price
- $300/mo (Starter, billed annually)
- Pricing model
- capacity (data for analysis), fixed fee per year
- Public pricing
- Yes
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Yes
- Contract
- annual
- G2 rating
- 4.4 (921 reviews)
- Founded
- 1993
- Headquarters
- King of Prussia, US
- Funding or owner
- Private, taken private by Thoma Bravo (about $3B deal completed 2016)
- Security
- SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 42001, HIPAA, HITRUST CSF, TISAX, C5
- Integrations
- SAP
Who Qlik Sense is for
Choose Qlik Sense if
- Mid-size and large teams that want many users on one fixed annual fee (Standard onward adds users at no cost)
- Companies needing regional tenants (Germany, Ireland, UK, Australia, Japan, Singapore) and a long certification list.
- Teams that also need data integration since Qlik owns Talend and Attunity.
Look elsewhere if
- Very small teams wanting monthly billing: all published plans are annual.
- Buyers who want a published price for Enterprise: it is quote only.
Qlik Sense pricing
| Plan | Price | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $300/mo | 10 GB data, 10 users included | Annual billing; more users purchasable; max app size 5 GB; Qlik Community support |
| Standard | $825/mo | 25 GB data | Additional users at no cost; 24x7 Sev 1 support; extra data in 25 GB increments |
| Premium | $2,750/mo | 50 GB data | Adds automated ML, anonymous public access, SAP extraction; extra data in 25 GB or 250 GB packs |
| Enterprise | Custom quote | from 250 GB data | Multi-region tenants, larger apps up to 40 GB |
Exceeding capacity does not cut access; you pay extra only if over plan capacity. Trial terms are not stated on the pricing page.
What Qlik Sense really costs
- Per seat per month
- Not per seat on Standard: $825/mo flat with additional users at no cost.
- Billing
- Annual only.
- 20 users per year
- Standard: $825 x 12 = $9,900 per year for 25 GB, 20 users at no extra cost (published). Starter user add-on price is not published.
- Add-ons
- Extra data in 25 GB increments (Standard); 25 GB or 250 GB data packs and GenAI capacity (Premium); Qlik Predict separate plans.
Cheaper per seat than Qlik Sense
Looker Studio$0 free; Pro about $9 per user per project.
Microsoft Power BI$14 (Pro, billed yearly)
Tableau$15 (Viewer) to $75 (Creator) Standard; mixed-role team realistic.
DataboxNot per seat; Team Core $199/mo billed annually covers 3 users (about $66 per user)
Qlik Sense features by buying criteria
| Criterion | What we found |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Fixed annual fee by data capacity (10 GB to 250 GB+); Standard and up add users at no cost. |
| Target company size | Starter for small teams, Standard/Premium mid-size, Enterprise large organizations. |
| Data connectors | Standard connectors on Starter; Standard adds more cloud and SAP sources; Premium adds SAP data extraction and data lineage connectors; on-prem data via outbound encrypted Qlik DataTransfer. |
| Self-service analytics | AI-powered analytics and automation builder on all plans; managed and shared spaces from Standard. |
| Data modeling and governance | Managed and shared spaces from Standard; data lineage connectors on Premium. |
| AI and natural language queries | AI-powered analytics, Answers Agents and MCP Server access from Starter; GenAI capacity add-ons on Premium. |
What reviewers say about Qlik Sense
Praised for
- Strong data visualization scores on G2.
- Broad data integration within the Qlik platform.
Common complaints
- Ease of setup scores around 8.1 on G2, below the top peers.
- Plan matrix hides SSO and trial details on the public page.
Themes paraphrased from public reviews on G2 and similar sites, not quotes.
What most Qlik Sense reviews leave out
- Pricing is by data capacity, not seats: Standard onward adds users at no cost, so cost does not rise with adoption.
- Every published plan is billed annually; the cheapest is $3,600/yr (Starter)
- Hosting regions listed: North America, Germany, Ireland, UK, Australia, Japan, Singapore; Enterprise adds multi-region tenants.
- Qlik Cloud Government is a separate US-only offering with FedRAMP.
- Exceeding capacity keeps access on; overage is billed rather than blocked.
Qlik Sense alternatives
- Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft 365 and Azure shops.Free; Pro $14 per user/month (billed yearly)
- TableauAnalyst-led teams doing deep visual exploration.$15 per Viewer/month (Standard, billed annually)
LookerData teams that want a central semantic layer (LookML)Contact sales- Looker StudioMarketers reporting from Google Analytics 4 and Search Console.Free; Pro about $9 per user per project per month (third-party)
DomoLarge teams that want ETL, BI and apps in one consumption-priced platform.Contact sales- DataboxSmall teams and agencies that want KPI dashboards from SaaS data sources without a data team.$0 (Free); paid from $71/mo billed annually (Analyst)
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Qlik Sense's own pricing, product or documentation pages, G2 and company records, checked on October 24, 2026. Unknown values are left out instead of estimated.