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:
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Data movement to Qlik Cloud
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Catalog and lineage features
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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.
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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.
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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:
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View sheets and apps created by others but cannot create, edit, or publish them.
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Create stories, bookmarks and snapshots based on data in apps that are shared with them.
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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:
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View sheets and apps created by others but only in managed spaces.
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Create personal notes and private bookmarks.
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Depending on the User Default settings, they may also have permission to download app content.
For more details, see:
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Analyzer permissions in shared spaces: Shared space permissions for users with Analyzer entitlement
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Analyzer permissions in managed spaces: Managed space permissions for users with Analyzer entitlement
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The Has restricted view role: Managed space permissions for Professional and capacity-based subscription users
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User Default settings: Permissions in User Default and custom roles.
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.
| Capability | User with Has restricted view | Analyzer |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Capability | User with Has restricted view | Analyzer |
|---|---|---|
| Named user | Yes | Yes |
| Anonymous user | No | Yes |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Capability | User with Has restricted view | Analyzer |
|---|---|---|
| Create personal sheets | No | No |
| Create personal objects | No | No |
| Create personal bookmarks | Yes | Yes |