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."It is a pretty stable solution because it is a cloud-based product."
"We can centralize all our data models."
"With Looker, I have experienced benefits in terms of usability and shareability."
"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."
"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."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. I didn't face any issues with stability."
"From a developer's perspective, the way the functionality's being handled is great."
"The time it takes to deliver a dashboard is real quick."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"The changes in a dashboard are very easy."
"The UI is very easy to use, with drag and drop self-service analytics."
"From siloed reports, we went to a centralized knowledge hub, combining cross-functional data, and helping decision-makers see the data as a whole, therefore making more informed decisions."
"It is simple to develop, which is good."
"It allows you to create a new column using split on a current column, which we find very useful."
"The most valuable feature is the drag-and-drop reporting."
"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."
"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."
"The visualization capability of the product is limited."
"Stability needs improvement."
"Integrations with other BI tools could be better."
"The product does not have documented material."
"The integration with different databases must be improved."
"Qlik has a fast learning curve due to great online training resources (Qlik continuous classroom), but those are lacking the advance features like building extensions and using the API."
"Areas for improvement include user-friendliness, self-service, and some of the visualization options for generating reports."
"The SaaS offering is being enriched quickly in order to attract new customers to that space and encouraging existing customers to make the switch. The Enterprise solution is therefore lagging behind SaaS in features."
"My advice to others is to make sure they have a good technical team. We have found that a lot of the consultants go in and out of the business and sometimes you are left alone without assistance."
"Better searching capabilities would be a nice addition."
"As we are a very process-oriented company, we would like to see more extensions maintained from Qlik, because it's a huge budget problem to choose the right one."
"The reporting solution recently added to the latest Cloud version, since December or January, is not fully developed. The ability to use tabular reporting, like in dashboards, would be a great feature."
"The management console appearance needs improvement to its look."
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 Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, Microsoft Power BI, Apache Superset and SAP Analytics Cloud. See our Looker vs. Qlik Sense report.
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