We performed a comparison between Looker and Zoho Analytics 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."We can centralize all our data models."
"From a developer's perspective, the way the functionality's being handled is great."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. I didn't face any issues with stability."
"Looker allows you to generate the most optimal SQL queries in a DC through UI actions. We had signed a contract with Google Cloud to use BigQuery. That was the primary reason we adopted Looker. It works better with BigQuery than any other BI platform. We also like how this tool was developed. It was designed with an eye toward microservices architecture."
"The product is easy to use."
"It's quite effortless to navigate through various applications and review their updated data in real-time."
"The stability of Looker has been good since I have been using it. However, it depends on what components are being used."
"It is a pretty stable solution because it is a cloud-based product."
"I like the way I can share dashboards and embed dashboards. I normally use embedding. So, I create a dashboard, and I embed it into specific websites. Sharing of the dashboard is seamless, and it is easier than any other visualization platform, even Tableau."
"It's a very strong analytics tool."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform."
"Scheduling of reports and dashboards is the most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics."
"We can create advanced-level reports with the tool. We can get data from different Zoho applications and also from other third-party applications. We can create schedules for syncing data from third parties to Zoho Analytics. We can also use table queries for getting data from more than one table."
"Zoho Analytics is the best software for giving reports to customers and we can create any report that is required."
"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."
"The visualization capability of the product is limited."
"It needs to be more user-friendly."
"Stability needs improvement."
"The product does not have documented material."
"Integrations with other BI tools could be better."
"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."
"The integration with different databases must be improved."
"This solution does not support manufacturing facilities."
"The improvement needed is regarding the number of API calls. Currently, Zoho Analytics only allows us to update data hourly. It would be much better to have updates more frequently every half an hour."
"There should be more types of graphics available for use in the reports."
"The navigation on the interface is not intuitive."
"The hourly pricing needs improvement."
"The support for Zoho Analytics is pathetic."
"The solution does not provide call center facilities for customer support."
"It would be great to have more user input fields which can be used on dashboards."
Looker is ranked 5th in Embedded BI with 19 reviews while Zoho Analytics is ranked 8th in Embedded BI with 24 reviews. Looker is rated 8.0, while Zoho Analytics is rated 8.2. 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 Zoho Analytics writes "An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards". Looker is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Google Data Studio, Databricks and SAS Visual Analytics, whereas Zoho Analytics is most compared with Apache Superset, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight. See our Looker vs. Zoho Analytics report.
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