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Qlik Sense
A strong associative engine in a price-compressed market.
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why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Metabase covers the headline feature free, so the $30/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Bundled BI plus conversational analytics. Microsoft, January 15, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Metabase.
- What the call is worth $360/yr
- $30/mo at the entry paid tier — $360 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Microsoft
- Since
- January 15, 2024
- List price
- $30/mo
- Per year
- $360
The backstory
Qlik's associative data engine is technically distinctive and its data-integration business is solid. The BI seat business faces the same compression everyone does: Power BI at a fraction of the price with Copilot, and chat products absorbing exploratory analysis. Wounded, with data integration as the growth story.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $360/yr P 
Power BI Cheaper and bundled.
powerbi.microsoft.com open_in_new M 
Metabase Open source.
metabase.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.