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Looker

7.4 /10

What is Looker?

Looker is a platform for data that streamlines the data supply chain to create actionable information. It allows any organization to extract value from their data at web-scale, delivers powerful purpose built applications to address the needs of specific teams, and provides a flexible, embedded analytics framework with Powered by Looker.

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Awards & Recognition

Looker won the following awards in the Business Intelligence & Analytics – Enterprise category

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1 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

Looker Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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83 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Looker?

0% Negative

10% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Transparent
Fair
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 79

BI Security

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Spatial Analysis

Mobile

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Data Exploration and Visualization

Collaboration

Real-Time Visualization

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

BI Platform Administration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

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Score 8.2

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Score 8.1

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Looker Reviews

Rahul J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

LookML functionality provided by Looker is great

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

The functionality to link different tables using lookml

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Creating explore using lookml

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not able to create dashboards using custom SQL query

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This tool reduces the effort of a data analyst/business user significantly by providing re-usable code

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Jarrard N.

Role: Operations
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Brilliant and easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Varying ways to look at reports with pre built formulas to be able to create reports to use that make it fun and easy.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's tables and reports that allow to view data of the business to see where the business is going wrong and analyse it.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The product is perfect for me and my team.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's perfect if you are looking for a unique way of analyzing your data and getting into its details.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Vatsal G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2023

The best bet if you have a Google Cloud platform

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

I think it is the only total cloud-based BI tool which works well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use. Its ability to connect to Google bigquery immensely helps. It has a good library of default visualizations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The looker dahshaborda are not very attractive. They need to provide more formatting options on the dashboard.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have a Google Cloud platform then you can definitely lean on Looker to provide you with the best experience overall.

Pros

Inspires Innovation
Respectful
Transparent
Appreciates Incumbent Status

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Looker Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Looker?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

Spatial Analysis Ability to natively visualize and analyze spatial data out of the box tied to postcode, zipcode or spacial co-ordinates.

Mobile Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities Selected user groups are able to interact with BI data, slice and dice, and find answers on their own.

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Real-Time Visualization Ability to analyze and visualize data as soon as it becomes available via data-streaming pipelines.

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications Ability to create, manage, send and receive notifications, enhancing efficiency and productivity.

Advanced Analytics and Data Science Techniques including predictive, data and text mining, machine learning, forecasting, what-if analysis, sentiment analysis etc.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Looker Reviews

Rahul J.

LookML functionality provided by Looker is great

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jarrard N.

Brilliant and easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vatsal G.

The best bet if you have a Google Cloud platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

2
Since last award

2
Since last award

3
Since last award

Feature Ratings

BI Security

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Spatial Analysis

Mobile

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Data Exploration and Visualization

Collaboration

Real-Time Visualization

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

BI Platform Administration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization