Comparison

Qlik vs Rill

On the evidence we track, Rill leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Qlik49

★Rill64

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Qlik	RillLeader
vioscaleAI score	49 / 100low · 36%	64 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	quote	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	20
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	ISO 42001	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.qlik.com/us/trust/ai	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frilldata%2Frill&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	2,941
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	4
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Qlik49 / 100low · 36%

Rill64 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Qlik✓

Rill✓

Model

Qlikquote

Rillfreemium

Price level

Qliklow

Rilllow

Transparent

Qlik✗

Rill✓

Integrations

Count

Qlik8

Rill20

Security

Certifications

QlikISO 42001

Rill–

Soc2

Qlik–

Rill✓

Trust center

Qlikhttps://www.qlik.com/us/trust/ai

Rill–

Vulnerabilities

Qlik–

RillCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frilldata%2Frill&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Qlik–

Rill✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Qlik–

Rill0

Github stars

Qlik–

Rill2,941

Activity

Commits last 30d

Qlik–

Rill100

Release

Cadence days

Qlik–

Rill4

History

Qlik–

Rill20 items

License

Spdx

Qlik–

RillApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Qlik–

RillGo

Market

Availability

Qlik–

RillAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Qlik5 items

Rill8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for bi software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for BI Software
Capability	Qlik	Rill
Core
BI paradigm	Governed dashboards	Semantic layer
Semantic / modelling layer	-	Built-in
Engine
Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)	-	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core	✓	✓
Managed cloud available	✓	✓
Intelligence
Natural-language query / AI copilot	✓	✓
Delivery
Embedded / white-label analytics	-	✓
Scheduled reports / alerting	✓	✓
Governance
Row-level security & SSO/SAML	-	✓
Commercial
Per-seat pricing published	✗	✓
Free tier / free desktop	✓	✓
Ecosystem
dbt-native integration	-	-
Data-source connector breadth	Hundreds of data sources including databases, data warehouses, structured files,	SQL databases, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and 20+ connectors

Core

BI paradigm

QlikGoverned dashboards

RillSemantic layer

Semantic / modelling layer

Qlik-

RillBuilt-in

Engine

Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)

Qlik-

Rill✓

Deployment

Self-hostable / OSS core

Qlik✓

Rill✓

Managed cloud available

Qlik✓

Rill✓

Intelligence

Natural-language query / AI copilot

Qlik✓

Rill✓

Delivery

Embedded / white-label analytics

Qlik-

Rill✓

Scheduled reports / alerting

Qlik✓

Rill✓

Governance

Row-level security & SSO/SAML

Qlik-

Rill✓

Commercial

Per-seat pricing published

Qlik✗

Rill✓

Free tier / free desktop

Qlik✓

Rill✓

Ecosystem

dbt-native integration

Qlik-

Rill-

Data-source connector breadth

QlikHundreds of data sources including databases, data warehouses, structured files,

RillSQL databases, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and 20+ connectors

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Qlik

Cloud-based platform combining data integration, data quality capabilities, and AI-driven analytics to help organizations prepare data and generate insights for decision-making and AI applications.

Independently observed

Rill

Leader

A business intelligence tool designed for both AI agents and human users, built on OLAP engines like ClickHouse and DuckDB. It uses code-driven configuration (YAML and SQL), provides a semantic layer for consistent metric definitions, supports conversational queries in natural language, and includes interactive dashboards with row-level access control.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Qlik

Quote-basedFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Rill

Leader

from $0.10/moHybridFree tier

From $20/seat/month. Free tier with $250 credit. Hybrid seat + usage-based pricing

Starter$20/seat/month + $0.15/compute unit-hour
- Platform access
- Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
- Embedded analytics (previews only)
- Agentic analytics (1M tokens/seat/month)
- API access (2,500 calls/seat/month, $0.01/call overage)
- +3 more
Growth$30/seat/month + $500/month embedded + $0.20/compute unit-hour
- Platform access
- Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
- Embedded analytics ($500/month up to 100 active seats)
- Agentic analytics (2M tokens/seat + 200k/embedded)
- API access (5,000 calls/seat + 500/embedded, $0.01/call overage)
- +6 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Platform access (unlimited seats)
- Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
- Embedded analytics (unlimited active seats)
- Agentic analytics (custom quota)
- API access (custom quota)
- +3 more

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Qlik	Rill
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Qlik✓

Rill✓

CLI

Qlik✗

Rill✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Qlik✓

Rill✓

Self-hosted

Qlik✗

Rill✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Qlik

12 total

Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft
SAP
Confluent
Apache Kafka
Databricks
AWS
Google
Snowflake
Cloudera

Independently observed

Rill

Leader

16 total

Claude Code
Cursor
ChatGPT
S3
Google Cloud Storage
ClickHouse
ClickHouse Cloud
DuckDB
MotherDuck
Druid
Pinot
Google SSO
Microsoft SSO
Okta
SAML
GCS

Independently observed

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