Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Pentaho Community Edition
Pentaho Community Edition clearly comes out ahead of Qlik Sense on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Pentaho Community Edition has a free tier; Qlik Sense does not. Qlik Sense's paid plans start at $30/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Hitachi Vantara | Qlik |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment |
| Categories | business-intelligence | analyticsbusiness-intelligence |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Pentaho Community Edition
open source
custom
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| Feature | pentaho-community-edition | qlik-sense |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Security | ||
| Advanced Data Governance | ||
| Commercial Support | ||
| Cloud-Based Deployment | ||
| Dashboard Functionality | ||
| Enterprise-Wide Deployment | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Big Data Connectors | ||
| Everything In Business | ||
| Everything In Community Edition | ||
| Interactive Dashboards | ||
| Pentaho Analysis | ||
| No-Code Automation | ||
| Pentaho Data Integration (Pdi) | ||
| Predictive Analytics | ||
| Pentaho Reporting | ||
| Self-Service Analytics | ||
| Sla-Backed Support |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Pentaho Community Edition comes out ahead overall, though Qlik Sense can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Pentaho Community Edition offers a free tier; Qlik Sense does not currently list one.
Pentaho Community Edition scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Pentaho Community Edition is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
