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Looker

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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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

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2022

Looker Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

3
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

4
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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?

0% Negative

6% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Fair
Acts with Integrity
Friendly Negotiation

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Data Exploration and Visualization

BI Security

Real-Time Visualization

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Collaboration

Dashboard

Spatial Analysis

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Mobile

BI Platform Administration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

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Score 8.2

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Score 8.1

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Looker Reviews

Kirk V.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2024

Google Looker checks all of the boxes

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Google Looker has an intuitive interface to build dashboards, a full SaaS offering with horizontal and vertical scaling, and also a code based semantic model for reusability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Semantic model and ease of building dashboards.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Report bursting is a little more cumbersome as we need to use a webhook for some of our use cases.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Work with a good implementation partner and take the Google Cloud Skills Boost training to get up to speed.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Fabricio V.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2024

Plug and Play Solution for Reporting

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Being a Google solution comes with perks, but the solution itself stands out

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy of use, I can create any report myself, make it useful and looking good without the need of programming or IT support.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing at the moment

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try it out

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Saurabh A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jun 2024

User-friendly, powerful analytics tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

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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Awards & Recognition

Looker Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

3 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

4 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 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

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

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

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

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.

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

Dashboard Includes alerts and notifications, KPIs, visual analytics, and interactive features.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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Business Intelligence & Analytics - Midmarket

Customer Intelligence

Sales Analytics

Looker Reviews

Kirk V.

Google Looker checks all of the boxes

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Fabricio V.

Plug and Play Solution for Reporting

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Saurabh A.

User-friendly, powerful analytics tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

3
Since last award

4
Since last award

2
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Data Exploration and Visualization

BI Security

Real-Time Visualization

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Collaboration

Dashboard

Spatial Analysis

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Mobile

BI Platform Administration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training