# Qlik vs Redash

| Attribute | Qlik | Redash |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 47.1 (39% (low)) | 51.2 (64% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 4 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 66 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 28,768 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Qlik offers data integration, data quality, and analytics solutions that help organizations prepare trusted data and derive actionable insights using AI. The platform supports modern cloud deployments alongside on-premises options, with automated workflows and intelligent data processing. | An open-source data visualization platform that lets teams query data from various databases and APIs using SQL, create interactive dashboards with multiple visualization types, and share data insights across the organization. Includes collaboration features like schema browsing, query snippets, caching, and alerts. |
| features.capabilities | `{"nlq_ai":true,"paradigm":"governed_dashboards","free_tier":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"connector_breadth":"Hundreds of data sources including databases, data warehouses, structured files,","scheduled_reports":true,"transparent_pricing":false}` | `{"rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"governed_dashboards","free_tier":true,"managed_cloud":false,"self_hostable":true,"semantic_layer":"built_in","warehouse_native":true,"connector_breadth":"40+ databases (SQL, NoSQL, Big Data) and API data sources","scheduled_reports":true,"embedded_analytics":true}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 41 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amazon Web Services"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Microsoft"},{"name":"SAP"},{"name":"Confluent"},{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"Databricks"}]` | `[{"name":"Amazon Athena"},{"name":"Amazon Aurora"},{"name":"Amazon DynamoDB"},{"name":"Amazon Redshift"},{"name":"Azure Data Explorer"},{"name":"Cassandra"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Druid"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Google BigQuery"},{"name":"Greenplum"},{"name":"Hive"},{"name":"Impala"},{"name":"InfluxDB"},{"name":"Microsoft SQL Server"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Presto"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"Google Spreadsheets"},{"name":"JIRA"},{"name":"Python"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"JSON"},{"name":"Segment"},{"name":"Snowplow Analytics"},{"name":"Stitch"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | BSD-2-Clause |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"quote","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.qlik.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:43:52.636Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://redash.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:41:32.783Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | quote | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 52 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v26.3.0","date":"2026-03-02T14:22:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v25.8.0","date":"2025-08-01T14:35:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v25.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v25.1.0","date":"2025-01-08T19:06:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v25.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v10.1.0","date":"2021-11-24T03:36:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v10.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v10.0.0","date":"2021-10-02T04:34:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v10.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v10.0.0-beta","date":"2021-06-21T21:20:57Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v10.0.0-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v9.0.0-beta","date":"2020-06-14T15:05:15Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v9.0.0-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v8.0.0","date":"2019-10-28T11:29:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v8.0.0-beta.2","date":"2019-09-18T12:46:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v8.0.0-beta.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v7.0.0","date":"2019-03-25T08:45:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v6.0.0","date":"2018-12-17T09:59:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v6.0.0-beta","date":"2018-12-04T20:25:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.0.0-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v5.0.2","date":"2018-10-18T11:59:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v5.0.1","date":"2018-09-28T14:17:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v5.0.0","date":"2018-09-21T14:16:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v4.0.2","date":"2018-09-20T06:01:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta","date":"2018-08-06T18:52:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.0-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v4.0.1","date":"2018-05-02T14:23:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v4.0.0","date":"2018-04-16T08:44:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v4.0.0-rc.1","date":"2018-03-05T10:30:01Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.0.0-rc.1"}]` |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.1 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40redash%2Fviz&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (BI Software)

| Capability | Qlik | Redash |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| BI paradigm | Governed dashboards | Governed dashboards |
| 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, | 40+ databases (SQL, NoSQL, Big Data) and API data sources |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:17:02.817Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*