Skip to main content Skip to complementary content

Differences between the Qlik Cloud Analytics subscription models

Qlik Cloud Analytics offers a capacity-based subscription model with updated pricing and packaging. If you are transitioning from a user-based Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS or Qlik Sense Business subscription, there are key changes to be aware of.

Capacity-based subscription model

The capacity-based model measures pricing based on data capacity, whereas the user-based model is based on the number of users.

The capacity-based model provides organization-wide access to analytics and data from complex sources like mainframes and SAP. It also includes additional capabilities, such as:

  • Data movement to Qlik Cloud

  • Catalog and lineage features

  • Free tiers of Automations and Qlik Predict

The capacity-based model allows overage when resource usage exceeds the purchased capacity, ensuring uninterrupted access to Qlik Cloud.

Subscription comparisons

Qlik Cloud Analytics Premium is comparable to Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS and Qlik Cloud Analytics Standard is comparable to Qlik Sense Business.

You can combine different editions of Qlik Cloud Analytics and Qlik Talend Data Integration, depending on how much capacity you need for analyzed and moved data. Qlik Cloud Enterprise combines the highest editions of Qlik Cloud Analytics and Qlik Talend Data Integration as one package.

Contact Qlik Sales for more information.

Changes in user management

There are some important differences in user management between user-based and capacity-based subscriptions.

  • In user-based subscriptions, user entitlements (Professional and Analyzer) come with predefined permissions. For example, an Analyzer user cannot create apps unless their entitlement is upgraded to Professional. Additional permissions can be assigned on top of these entitlements.

  • In capacity-based subscriptions, user actions depend only on assigned roles and permissions.

Comparing Analyzer entitlement and capacity-based roles

A user with the Analyzer entitlement (in user-based subscriptions) has limited permissions.

They can:

  • View sheets and apps created by others but cannot create, edit, or publish them.

  • Create stories, bookmarks and snapshots based on data in apps that are shared with them.

  • Generate on-demand apps, print objects, stories, and sheets, and export data to Microsoft Excel.

In capacity-based subscriptions, similar permissions can be granted by assigning the Has restricted view role in managed spaces. This role allows the user to:

  • View sheets and apps created by others but only in managed spaces.

  • Create personal notes and private bookmarks.

  • Depending on the User Default settings, they may also have permission to download app content.

For more details, see:

Comparison of permitted actions

The following tables compare the actions available to users with Analyzer entitlement and users with the Has restricted view role in managed spaces when app content download is allowed.

Capabilities for consuming
Capability User with Has restricted view Analyzer
Consume published content Yes Yes
Consume shared sheets/objects Yes Yes
Monitor your own charts in activity centers No Yes
Monitor shared charts in activity centers Yes Yes
Generate charts with Insight Advisor Yes Yes
View stories Yes Yes
View notes Yes Yes
Receive alerts Yes Yes
Receive self-service reports Yes Yes
Receive advanced reports Yes Yes
Capabilities for sharing and publishing
Capability User with Has restricted view Analyzer
Publish/Share dashboards No No
Publish bookmarks No Yes
Tag others in notes Yes Yes
Subscribe others to alerts No Yes
Subscribe others to reports with Microsoft Office productivity tools No No
Manage pixel-perfect report distribution No No
Publish custom sheets/objects No No
Capabilities for external use
Capability User with Has restricted view Analyzer
Named user Yes Yes
Anonymous user No Yes
Capabilities for working with data
Capability User with Has restricted view Analyzer
Import data/Connect to data No No
Create and edit data set models No No
Data masking No No
View impact analysis No No
View data lineage No No
Export data to Microsoft Excel Yes Yes
Export data to PDF/image Yes Yes
Capabilities for creating
Capability User with Has restricted view Analyzer
Create and edit dashboards No No
Create notes Yes Yes
Contribute to notes Yes Yes
Create stories No Yes
Create personal alerts No Yes
Create distributed alerts No No
Create self-service reports No Yes
Create advanced reports (e.g., highly-formatted) No No
Capabilities for personal content
Capability User with Has restricted view Analyzer
Create personal sheets No No
Create personal objects No No
Create personal bookmarks Yes Yes

Did this page help you?

If you find any issues with this page or its content – a typo, a missing step, or a technical error – please let us know!