We performed a comparison between Looker and Sisense 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."It is a pretty stable solution because it is a cloud-based product."
"It's quite effortless to navigate through various applications and review their updated data in real-time."
"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."
"From a developer's perspective, the way the functionality's being handled is great."
"With Looker, I have experienced benefits in terms of usability and shareability."
"The product is easy to use."
"The stability of Looker has been good since I have been using it. However, it depends on what components are being used."
"The dashboard design interface is very intuitive and allows you to quickly and easily produce professional, innovative dashboards."
"This solution is easy to learn how to use."
"I have found the dashboard creating feature helpful."
"Visually displaying data."
"A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free."
"It has allowed me to move my data to the cloud."
"There are many built-in connectors, which allow us to easily add new sources of data, often in minutes."
"No issues with stability. It is a very stable solution."
"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."
"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 product does not have documented material."
"Integrations with other BI tools could be better."
"The visualization capability of the product is limited."
"Stability needs improvement."
"It needs to be more user-friendly."
"The integration with different databases must be improved."
"The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release."
"They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."
"I would like Sisense to improve its performance, particularly when we are dealing with large-scale data."
"I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums."
"The solution's setup process could be easier."
"I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes."
"I would also like to be able to run a bursts of reports based on different field values with PDF output right in the tool, rather than filtering on each field value and generating each PDF manually."
"Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T"
Looker is ranked 5th in Embedded BI with 19 reviews while Sisense is ranked 9th in Embedded BI with 39 reviews. Looker is rated 8.0, while Sisense is rated 8.8. 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 Sisense writes "Business intelligence solution that has improved automation and provided meaningful insights". Looker is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Google Data Studio, Databricks and Qlik Sense, whereas Sisense is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Apache Superset, Qlik Sense and Alteryx. See our Looker vs. Sisense report.
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