Have Qlik shot themselves in the foot by discontinuing the Qlik Sense Desktop free edition? I am trying to understand their logic behind this decision

[himelkari]

Have Qlik shot themselves in the foot with this decision to discontinue providing Qlik Sense Desktop for free?

I am trying to understand their logic behind making this decision. Other than making money by making all the free users pay, I can't see much more beyond that.

The free edition was a great way to illustrate the product and learn about the product, associative engine but they are now taking it away.

It frankly seems stupid move to me but I'd love to know the thoughts of this community especially from fellow experienced Qlik users or experienced BI people, maybe I missed a point of view.

[Or]

I am in no way affiliated with Qlik, but I imagine the idea is to get people to trial Qlik Cloud rather than use Desktop.

[Seanog_Murphy]

HI @himelkari,

As mentioned above you can still try a free version of Qlik in the form of Qlik Sense Business. For more information see the link here:
- https://www.qlik.com/us/trial/qlik-sense-business