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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ayasdi Core

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAyasdi Core is a business intelligence software offering from Ayasdi.N/A

    Looker

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALooker 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
    Ayasdi CoreLooker
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ayasdi CoreLooker
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Ayasdi CoreLooker
    Considered Both Products
    Ayasdi
    No answer on this topic
    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    60 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    Features
    Ayasdi CoreLooker
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Ayasdi Core and Looker
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.01 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.01 Ratings9.0115 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.01 Ratings8.499 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Ayasdi Core and Looker
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.01 Ratings8.2112 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.01 Ratings7.8114 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings8.847 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.01 Ratings9.2116 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Ayasdi Core and Looker
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Looker
    8.8
    112 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web9.01 Ratings8.494 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.01 Ratings9.1100 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.01 Ratings8.775 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.01 Ratings9.297 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Ayasdi Core and Looker
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings8.2109 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.01 Ratings8.297 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics5.01 Ratings4.66 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Ayasdi Core and Looker
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Looker
    8.3
    112 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.01 Ratings8.7106 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.01 Ratings8.293 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.01 Ratings8.2106 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.245 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Ayasdi Core and Looker
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.681 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.575 Ratings
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    Ayasdi CoreLooker
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    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Ayasdi CoreLooker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ayasdi CoreLooker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ayasdi
    Well suited: 1. If data set is not yet well organized. 2. Hypothesis is not yet established. 3. Need to visually explore to find patterns of data (often when analysts have no good understanding of data) 4. When [you need] to analyze events with a timeframe (specifically a sequence of events as a transaction) Less appropriate 1. If a data set is very large, such as Hadoop data, it becomes hard to manage data pipeline and process to feed the data into Ayasdi. To be feed into Ayasdi, data should be aggregated or organized to some level.
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    Google
    Looker is ideal if you are heavily invested in Google Services, particularly marketing related services, and you with to quickly create reporting dashboards for that data. It gets more difficult when you try to tie in data from other services, and I would not use this were I already using BI package - it is not anywhere near as well supported or as widely known as some of its major competitors, but what it does do, it does do well.
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    Pros
    Ayasdi
    • Ayasdi Core provides an easy way to get some insight on data. Typically analytics may require having a model or hypothesis before starting to look into the data, but Ayasdi lets you just feed the data first then start seeing what the data looks like.
    • Ayasdi Core's topological network visualization is quite unique. It allows you to explore patterns and potential relations between multiple data elements. A user can also dynamically navigate data with different aspects on the web.
    • The Web version of Ayasdi is easy to use, stable, and fast. It hasn't crashed even when we feed it a lot of data sets, although it took time.
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    Google
    • Show visited pages - sessions, pageviews - which programs are viewed the most.
    • Displays session source/medium views to see where users are coming from.
    • It shows the video titles, URLs, and event counts so we can monitor the performance of our videos.
    • It gives a graphic face to the numbers, such as using bar charts, pie graphs, and other charts to show user trends or which channels are driving engagement.
    • Our clients like to see the top pages visited for a month.
    • I like the drop-and-drag approach, and building charts is a little easier than it was before.
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    Cons
    Ayasdi
    • Use of Python SDK is required to feed data into Ayasdi, but it lacks training materials or sample codes for a novice to get started.
    • Although Web UI of Ayasdi is looking good, often it freezes when the user runs an analysis. It doesn't crash but the web page needs to be refreshed to see the progress of analysis.
    • Algorithms provided by Ayasdi, such as metrics types, lens types need to be explained (what they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are). We had to Google or do research on our own to understand what they are.
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    Google
    • 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
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I give it this rating because it deems as effective, I am able to complete majority of my tasks using this app. It is very helpful when analyzing the data provided and shown in the app and it's just overall a great app for Operational use, despite the small hiccups it has (live data).
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    Usability
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    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
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    No objections
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    Performance
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    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
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    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
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ayasdi
    We had a working group that has been using R studio for the general purpose of statistical analysis in our organization. Although it is a great tool that provides enriched function sets, it is time-consuming for our clinical analysts to learn the tool to see the first result. R is somewhat of a developer-oriented/friendly tool. Ayasdi is friendly to a domain analyst or end users. Plus, support and consulting from Ayasdi were excellent so that we could get knowledge from them immediately whenever we needed.
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    Google
    Looker Studio, you can easily report on data from various sources without programming. Looker Studio is available at no charge for creators and report viewers. Enterprise customers who upgrade to Looker Studio Pro will receive support and expanded administrative features, including team content management. So it's good.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    Return on Investment
    Ayasdi
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    Google
    • Looker has a poignant impact on our business's ROI objectives. As an advertising exchange we have specific goals for daily requests and fill, and having premade Looks to monitor this is an integral piece of our operational capability
    • To facilitate an efficient monthly billing cycle in our organization, Looker is essential to track estimated revenue and impression delivery by publisher. Without the Looks we have set up, we would spend considerably more time and effort segmenting revenue by vertical.
    • Looker's unique value proposition is making analytical tools more digestible to people without conventional analytical experience. Other competing tools like Tableau require considerably more training and context to successfully use, and the ability to easily plot different visualizations is one of its greatest selling points.
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    ScreenShots

    Looker Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.