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5 Brutal Truths About Qlik Sense: How a $30 License Can Reveal Million-Dollar Inefficiencies!

Tiny cost. Massive insight.

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Glenda Carnate
September 22, 2025

Read time: 2.5 minutes

Qlik Sense can give you enterprise-grade analytics for less than the cost of a team lunch.
But a cheap license doesn’t automatically create value.
The real payoff comes from taking action, not relying on dashboards.
Without a strategy, even the sleekest visuals end up ignored, while hidden inefficiencies quietly drain millions.

Here are the brutal truths every leader needs to face before claiming “we’re data-driven with Qlik.”

  1. Most Dashboards Are Ignored:

  • 68% of enterprise data goes untapped, never used for analytics.

  • Most dashboards get built, but few actually influence real business decisions.
    (Source: Secoda, 2024)

  1. Bad Data = Misleading Insights:

  • Poor data quality drains the U.S. economy of $3.1 trillion annually.

  • Qlik can process data fast, but bad data still generates wrong conclusions.
    (Source: Techment, 2025)

  1. Visuals Don’t Guarantee Action:

  • Only 26% of companies move past proofs of concept to create real value.

  • Without ownership, dashboards become passive reports rather than decision-making tools.
    (Source: BCG, 2024)

  1. Self-Service Without Governance = Chaos:

  • Inefficiencies can account for up to 30% of annual revenue.

  • Uncontrolled self-service BI creates chaos, producing duplicate and contradictory dashboards.
    (Source: Reckon, 2024)

  1. Culture Eats Dashboards for Breakfast:

  • Data-driven organizations are 3× more likely to improve decision-making significantly.

  • Technology enables insights, but transformation comes from leadership and culture.
    (Source: Analytics Vidhya, 2025)

Key Takeaways:

  • Most Qlik dashboards add little value because they go unused.

  • Poor data pipelines can poison even the best visuals.

  • Dashboards without action are just static screensavers.

  • Self-service BI without governance creates costly duplication.

  • Culture determines whether Qlik drives outcomes or gathers dust.

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