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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

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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

Viral G.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Great performance with google suite of products

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Its ability to associate with GCP is impeccable.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Again, works really well with GCP. It has a good library of inbuilt complex visualizations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The UI can be better. You will be looking out for functions in early use of the product. A little bit of learning curve is expected.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have GCP as your cloud provider, go with it. You won't regret.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Caring

Caio T.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Provides consolidated data in real time

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

It's simple to use but provides consolidated data in real time impacting daily tasks

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

How it can contribute to sales strategy based on data

What do you dislike most about this product?

The design could be better

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its important to understand what level of data you are willing to access

Pros

Effective Service
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Bhasker P.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

good product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Looker supports an extension framework for adding custom functionality or integration to the platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Real-Time Data Access

What do you dislike most about this product?

Looker can be relatively expensive. potentially making it less accessible for smaller businesses.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Looker offers robust security features.

Pros

Unique Features
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

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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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Customer Intelligence

Sales Analytics

Looker Reviews

Viral G.

Great performance with google suite of products

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Caio T.

Provides consolidated data in real time

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bhasker P.

good product

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