No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Couchbase Capella vs Qlik Sense comparison

Why PeerSpot?
 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Couchbase Capella
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
30th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (17th)
Qlik Sense
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
15th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
126
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (6th), Embedded BI (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI Data Analysis category, the mindshare of Couchbase Capella is 0.4%. The mindshare of Qlik Sense is 0.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Data Analysis Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qlik Sense0.4%
Couchbase Capella0.4%
Other99.2%
AI Data Analysis
 

Featured Reviews

PranavVighe - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant Data Engineer at IRT Digital Analytics
Real-time customer analytics has boosted performance and simplified flexible JSON operations
I believe that the documentation should be increased, and features such as vector AI search and other AI capabilities need improvement for Couchbase Capella. I would say that there is a need for developer experience enhancements, including a simpler user interface, better debugging, SQL++ guidance, and more visibility into granular workload-level costs while reporting. Couchbase Capella can improve the accuracy and reliability of its AI output. Though it is not guaranteed that the large language model answer will be correct, improvements can be made by grounding the large language models and controlling parameters such as temperature to provide better results.
Saranya Deepthi - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at Wipro
Improved AI-driven dashboards have accelerated decisions but still need better visuals and faster refresh
Absolutely, nothing is entirely positive, and everything has both advantages and disadvantages. When I worked with Qlik Sense, circular charts were not available, which meant I had to look for alternative solutions that would be reliable or make the functionality work. There are some features that need to be added. Additionally, there is a limit to the number of fields that can be added in Qlik Sense, and I believe it would be beneficial if they increased the count for fields and columns. There might be requirements where an Excel file contains many columns that need to be displayed as visual representations to clients, and in those situations, it becomes very difficult and I have to use alternative approaches. When this problem arose, I used HTML code to write a solution and make it work. Qlik Sense should avoid these types of limitations in future updates. Another issue is page resolution. If a client wants to view the dashboard on a single page without scrolling, bar charts appear small and the values in KPIs, bar charts, scatter plots, and line graphs cannot be seen very clearly. Adding more extensions to make the job easier would also be beneficial. Improvements to reporting would be helpful as well, because working with large datasets makes reporting very difficult. Additionally, when data is refreshed, it cannot be completed in a short timeframe. Refreshing very large datasets can take one, two, or even three hours, so reducing the refresh time would be very useful for customers.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"For specifics, I can say that performance is 80% faster, with a four-fold increase in throughput requests and application availability uptime rising from 99.9% to 99.9999%, and the application can now handle three times more traffic."
"The way the nodes are managed is interesting."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Automated a lot of manual reports to save business users' time and provides valuable info with business intelligence analytics."
"It has improved our organization by providing data to decision-makers in a safe visual environment."
"Qlik Sense brings in the concept of shared libraries where one user can create custom dimensions (even with drill-down functionality), measures, and even visualizations and save it to the "Master Items," from which the other users can simply drag and drop to use it for their analysis."
"The adoption of Qlik Sense has provided the business with a solid platform to build upon, moving from a silo approach to reporting through a multitude of large, static, cumbersome spreadsheets to an accessible, intuitive, powerful analytics platform capable of dealing with large volumes of data."
"All the necessary information is available to everyone in real time."
"The product is very stable."
"The most valuable features are that Qlik has a very strong ATL available and the capacity to handle large volumes of data."
"This tool not only allows for consumption of the data in a visual way, but also allows the user to modify the question to get new answers."
 

Cons

"I believe that the documentation should be increased, and features such as vector AI search and other AI capabilities need improvement for Couchbase Capella."
"Rebalancing could be improved."
"The product could be improved by including a log section for tracking activities, enhancing database integration, and providing more transparency regarding pricing and monitoring activities."
"Qlik Sense (as for ver 3.1) is still missing some key functionality that QlikView has."
"Qlik Sense has better performance, particularly in its archival system. However, Power BI has better visualizations and interactions with updates in 2023 that provide ease of use. Power BI is more user-friendly than Qlik Sense."
"They need much better server management. Currently, even a single application can crash the whole server."
"Possibly offering some more basic, simpler templates."
"The solution needs to make improvements to the licensing model. They need to make it more affordable at scale, and to make it more affordable for those companies at the low end of the market as well."
"Reload time is a limit since everyone wants real-time data."
"The augmented intelligence features don't work well for the analytical user."
"The only thing I would like to see is the ability to create a master app that opens when a user creates a new app that has all the master items, colors, logos, etc., that my organization uses. This would help with keeping master items the same across the apps and would make development a little quicker."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"I'm not able to reveal the licensing cost for Qlik Sense, but because it was a huge deal, the cost was less than the usual cost. The license wasn't that costly. It was the infrastructure that was very costly."
"Ultimately, the cost is low, and it implements fast. The limiting factor is how quickly your staff can keep up."
"Licensing could be cheaper."
"I would rate Qlik's pricing four out of five."
"The product is expensive compared to one of its competitors."
"You will spend more time on educating your staff than licensing the product."
"Licensing: Review the named model and move towards a usage model (e.g., cores, memory, computers, API calls, etc.)."
"I believe pricing is similar to other products in the same category, if you have it on-premise."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which AI Data Analysis solutions are best for your needs.
917,433 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise89
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Couchbase Capella?
I believe that the documentation should be increased, and features such as vector AI search and other AI capabilities need improvement for Couchbase Capella. I would say that there is a need for de...
What is your primary use case for Couchbase Capella?
My main use case for Couchbase Capella involves handling data, data analytics, and performing operations with flexible JSON data where low latency is required in real-time applications such as cust...
What advice do you have for others considering Couchbase Capella?
My advice to others considering Couchbase Capella would be that if your primary use case involves handling flexible JSON with horizontal scaling and near low-latency access, then you should conside...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik Sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau, etc. I have recently started using Cognos Enter...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Sense?
It is not about performance. It is just about how expensive it is to implement.
 

Also Known As

No data available
QlikSense, Qlik Analytics Platform
 

Interactive Demo

Demo not available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
Abbvie, Airbus, Barclays, BT Openreach, BMW, Daimler AG, HSBC, IKEA, Nationwide Building Society, Royal Mail Group, Sanofi, Siemens, Wendy'', Vodafone, Volvo
Find out what your peers are saying about Couchbase Capella vs. Qlik Sense and other solutions. Updated: September 2026.
917,433 professionals have used our research since 2012.