We performed a comparison between Looker and Qlik Sense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Embedded BI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product is easy to use."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. I didn't face any issues with stability."
"It is a pretty stable solution because it is a cloud-based product."
"We can centralize all our data models."
"The stability of Looker has been good since I have been using it. However, it depends on what components are being used."
"From a developer's perspective, the way the functionality's being handled is great."
"It's quite effortless to navigate through various applications and review their updated data in real-time."
"With Looker, I have experienced benefits in terms of usability and shareability."
"We were able to identify easy things, such as when a contract was loaded incorrectly."
"The Qlik Sense cloud insights advisor helps our business users to get the answers to their data questions so that they do not have to rely on IT/BI resources every time they have some data request."
"The integration with R & Python for predictive modeling, and possibly machine learning in the future, is very valuable."
"It connects very simply to data sources."
"My organization now has data from disparate systems at their fingertips in a way that lets them get the answers they need when they want it."
"Placing buttons on my sheets creates a unique user experience and clears up clutter at the same time."
"We have found the use of AI to be the most valuable feature."
"It offers good control. Loading the logs is also a good thing."
"It needs to be more user-friendly."
"The main area of concern in Looker is probably related to blending the data from the different sources, including the data present internally in the company and on the cloud."
"Integrations with other BI tools could be better."
"The product does not have documented material."
"Stability needs improvement."
"The integration with different databases must be improved."
"The visualization capability of the product is limited."
"Looker doesn't connect to Excel, which is a huge disappointment because a lot of data is presented in Excel. Also, it can't consume data directly from REST APIs, which is necessary. Looker needs to expand its horizons when it comes to data sources. The inability to connect to different data sources is hampering our use cases. Currently, it only has an ODBC connection that connects to a database. It needs to connect to other data sources, such as Excel, APIs, and different platforms."
"Reload time is a limit since everyone wants real-time data."
"Mostly when it comes to the loading of the data and reload times of the reports, it could be better."
"We need more types of visualizations."
"They need to keep it as simple as possible but include as much advanced functionality as possible by positioning all the objects on the page, changing colors for all the objects, improving sheets actions, etc."
"Data modelling automation needs improvement."
"I would like to have the ability to better customize the visuals including changing fonts, sizing, colors, axes, and titles."
"Even though a huge set of learning material is available, anyone starting his/her journey on learning the software doesn't even know where to start it. The so-called Continous Classroom service is not cheap, but there are many free tutorials, they are not sorted or enlisted adequately though."
"I wish the product had the ability for slightly more customization. The out-of-the box charts and visualizations are fantastic, but I want to be able to tweak it without having to add outside extensions and widgets."
Looker is ranked 5th in Embedded BI with 19 reviews while Qlik Sense is ranked 2nd in Embedded BI with 114 reviews. Looker is rated 8.0, while Qlik Sense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Looker writes "The APIs are exposed at every level, so it's highly modular". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qlik Sense writes "Customizable with good ROI and a quick learning curve". Looker is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Google Data Studio, Databricks and ThoughtSpot, whereas Qlik Sense is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Apache Superset, Microsoft Power BI and MicroStrategy. See our Looker vs. Qlik Sense report.
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