PHILADELPHIA, PA — Qlik has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms for the 16th consecutive year, extending the company’s standing as businesses increasingly adopt artificial intelligence for data analysis and decision-making.
The recognition comes as analytics software providers compete to integrate AI capabilities that move beyond traditional dashboards and reporting into automated insights and workflow execution.
Qlik attributed its position to Qlik Cloud Analytics, which combines the company’s analytics engine with AI, automation and deployment options designed for cloud, on-premises and hybrid computing environments.
The platform includes natural-language querying through Qlik Answers, predictive analytics through Qlik Predict and workflow automation through Qlik Automate. The company said those capabilities are intended to help organizations analyze enterprise data, generate predictive insights and trigger business processes from analytical results.
Brendan Grady, executive vice president and general manager of Qlik’s Analytics Business Unit, described consistency in analytics as increasingly important as organizations expand their use of AI.
“We are making analytics more intuitive, contextual and action-oriented, so teams can use AI with greater confidence and control,” Grady stated.
Qlik’s analytics platform is built around its associative, in-memory analytics engine, which allows users and AI agents to explore relationships across structured and unstructured data without relying on predefined query paths.
Max Mosky, senior vice president of Strategy and Innovation at Compass Healthcare, said organizations deploying AI require context and traceability in addition to automated responses.
“We need context, traceability and the ability to act on what we find,” Mosky stated. “Qlik helps our teams explore data relationships across systems and move from insight to action with greater confidence.”
The Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates vendors in the analytics and business intelligence software market based on criteria established by the research firm. Qlik has been recognized as a Leader in the report each year since 2011, according to the company.
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