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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82 Likeliness to Recommend
96 Plan to Renew
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79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+90 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?
Pros
- Respectful
- Saves Time
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Efficient Service
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Operational Reporting Capabilities
Real-Time Visualization
Spatial Analysis
Data Modelling Tools
Data Connectors and Data Mashup
Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities
BI Platform Administration
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Ease of Implementation
Breadth of Features
Business Value Created
Ease of IT Administration
Usability and Intuitiveness
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Customization
Availability and Quality of Training
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Quality of Features
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Looker Reviews
Saurabh A.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2024
User-friendly, powerful analytics tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Looker from other similar products?
Looker stands out with its modern, user-friendly interface and powerful data exploration capabilities. Its unique LookML modeling langueage allows for flexible and scalable data modeling. The platform's seamless integration with Google cloud and other dta sources enhances its versatility and performance.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favourite aspect of Looker is its intuitive and interactive data exploration features. The ability to create cutom dashboards and reports with ease, combined with real-time data visualisation, makes it an invaluable tool for data-driven decision-making and business intelligence.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The initial setup and learning curve for LookML can be challenging for new users. While the platform is powerful, it requires some technincal experitse to fully leverage its capabillities. Additonally, the cost may be a consideration for smaller organisation with limited budgets.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Invest time in learning LookML to fully utilise Looker's capabiliities. Take advantage of the available training resources and support. Enusre your dta infrastrucutre is compatible with Looker for seamless integration. Evaluate your specific analytics needs to determine if Looker aligns with your business goals.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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Rahul J.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Apr 2024
LookML functionality provided by Looker is great
Likeliness to Recommend
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
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Anuj V.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2024
Trusted & Robust Business intelligence platform !
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Looker from other similar products?
The best thing about Looker which acts as USP is that it never breakdown or slows down while working and is quite trusted by peers and users. The data visibility has improved significantly with looker insights due to its real time data refresh feature which provides optimum data visibility and gives real time embedded data analytics for decision making by organizations. It is one of the most stable and high performing insights delivering platform with wider peer recommendations and greater uses cases in public domain.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Data visualization experience has boosted significantly after introduction of Looker in our business ecosystem and now data analytics team feels confident and updated with data metrics and its performance real time. It helps in making better decision making practices amongst the decision makers. The LookML feature is the most talked about analytics function where data teams customize data feeds and manage the dashboards on their own with improved visibility and data insights give clear workable actionable.
What do you dislike most about this product?
No problem or issue is reported about the application so far and we are absolutely delighted with the working on the application and would continue with Looker for longer period of time owing to its real time data refresh functionality and providing data insights 24/7
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is one of the most trusted applications offered by Google Cloud Platform with varied kinds of enormous real business use cases for enabling Bi modelling and improving data visualization and analysis. I would urge everyone to go for trial version of Looker first and understand the utility functions and used cases as per your business case scenario and fetch decision making insights
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
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