Amazon QuickSight vs. Looker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon QuickSight
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$3
per month per user
Looker
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Looker is a BI application with an analytics-oriented application server that sits on top of relational data stores. It includes an end-user interface for exploring data, a reusable development paradigm for data discovery, and an API for supporting data in other systems.N/A
Pricing
Amazon QuickSightLooker
Editions & Modules
Reader
$3
per month per user
Author
$24
per month per user
Reader Pro
$24
per month per user
Author Pro
$50
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon QuickSightLooker
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsProspective buyers can also purchase a set number of sessions or questions in lieu of a monthly subscription.Must contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
Amazon QuickSightLooker
Features
Amazon QuickSightLooker
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
8.0
Ratings
2% below category average
Looker
8.4
Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
7.2
Ratings
11% below category average
Looker
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
6.9
Ratings
19% below category average
Looker
8.8
Ratings
6% above category average
Publish to Web8.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Publish to PDF6.30 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Report Versioning6.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
5.8
Ratings
32% below category average
Looker
7.0
Ratings
13% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Predictive Analytics3.50 Ratings4.60 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
8.0
Ratings
6% below category average
Looker
8.3
Ratings
2% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
3.9
Ratings
67% below category average
Looker
6.2
Ratings
24% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access4.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Mobile Application3.50 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.80 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
6.0
Ratings
26% below category average
Looker
-
Ratings
REST API6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API6.60 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon QuickSightLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.7
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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9.5
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Usability
7.0
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8.8
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Availability
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
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10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon QuickSightLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
I'm likely to recommend it because it would become so native if other cloud services are based on AWS infrastructure, like our current setup. It is very seamlessly integrated with other services to feed in data for the visualization. In addition, supporting a reasonably large number of users concurrently is not an issue and should be able to scale horizontally as needed.
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When you need to create a centralised dashboard for multiple stakeholders that blends cross-channel reporting. As an SEO agency reporting for clients - Looker is a great solution. It's less appropriate depending on the intended users. For instance, in my experience Looker reports have been under-utilised because they're not accessed regularly, provide too much noise or often simple PDF reports are preferred
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Pros
  • Lightweight and serverless BI tool that can be used for niche dashboards.
  • Its integration into other AWS Services is one of its most appealing features.
  • The low monthly cost is another benefit.
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  • It is very easy to start a new dashboard and configure what you want to display by just selecting/dragging from the list of available columns.
  • It is intuitive, mainly if you use other Google services like Google Sheets.
  • The look and feel is modern and nice.
  • It it very useful to have an immediate visual overview of the data in a spreadsheet.
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Cons
  • One of the primary challenges I've had with Amazon QuickSight so far is that some of the reports I want to build use data from different data sets. Instead of being able to put all of the information I want to see into one report.
  • Some of our Amazon QuickSight reports only update every 24 hours. It would be great to see that data in real-time.
  • I would remove the various time zones from Amazon QuickSight and only use the time zone we are in.
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  • I wish I could get more granular in the Google ad data, such as down to the campaign type, instead of having to see only all campaigns.
  • The setup can be time-consuming if you're not using the product regularly.
  • Editing the dashboard requires a few logins; I wish it was more seamless.
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Likelihood to Renew
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We are very haooy with Looker, it provides us with all the funciomalities we need for both the day to day oerformance tracking and longer periods reporting. It is easy to use for account managers, configurable and customizable for soecialists and what is most imoortant, our clinets generally really love it
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Usability
It is easy to use and set up no need to put in so much effort. Once build, the dashboard can be used with multiple clients with the same domain. It provides multiple connectivity options which makes it a versatile option for reporting.
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Looker is relatively easy to use, even as it is set up. The customers for the front-end only have issues with the initial setup for looker ml creations. Other "looks" are relatively easy to set up, depending on the ETL and the data which is coming into Looker on a regular basis.
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Reliability and Availability
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No objections
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Performance
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Somehow resources heavy, both on server and client. I recommned at least 50Mbs data rate and high performance desktop comouter to be abke to run comolex tasks and configure larger amount of data. On the other hand, the client does not need to worry when viewing, the performance is usually ok
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Support Rating
They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.
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Never had to work with support for issues. Any questions we had, they would respond promptly and clearly. The one-time setup was easy, by reading documentation. If the feature is not supported, they will add a feature request. In this case, LDAP support was requested over OKTA. They are looking into it.
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Implementation Rating
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Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
As per our requirement, the Amazon Eco System leads us to use the Amazon Quick Sight platform. It works well with Redshift datasources.
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In my opinion, Looker is no Power BI. It is good, but I think Power BI is amazing. That said, in my experience, Power BI is nowhere near as easy to setup and report on Google services as Looker is. We plan to continue using Power BI for c-suite and corporate reporting, especially for internal databases, but will gladly use Looker for our marketing information for AdWords, Analytics, Search Console, and YouTube.
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Return on Investment
  • Cost Effective
  • Easy setup and maintenance
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  • Other than some people not liking the numbers, I don't see any negative impacts; we haven't experienced that.
  • The reports help us unravel the story of our users and how they are sifting through our pages.
  • Our clients enjoy seeing the numbers to understand better what stands out on their sites.
  • The reports have helped us see what campaigns are working and where we need to tweak things.
  • The reports have enabled us to have better conversations with stakeholders about how their web pages should be modified, edited, etc., to reflect the data.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.