Dimensional Insight vs. Looker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dimensional Insight
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Dimensional Insight provides integrated business intelligence and performance management solutions globally.N/A
Looker
Score 8.5 out of 10
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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
Dimensional InsightLooker
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dimensional InsightLooker
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Dimensional InsightLooker
Features
Dimensional InsightLooker
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Dimensional Insight
8.3
Ratings
2% above category average
Looker
8.4
Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Dimensional Insight
8.0
Ratings
1% below category average
Looker
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
Drill-down analysis10.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Formatting capabilities5.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Dimensional Insight
10.0
Ratings
19% above category average
Looker
8.8
Ratings
6% above category average
Publish to Web10.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Report Versioning10.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling10.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Dimensional Insight
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Looker
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.00 Ratings4.60 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Dimensional Insight
10.0
Ratings
16% above category average
Looker
8.3
Ratings
2% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Dimensional Insight
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Looker
6.2
Ratings
23% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Dimensional InsightLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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8.7
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.5
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Usability
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8.8
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Availability
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10.0
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Performance
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6.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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8.8
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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10.0
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Configurability
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10.0
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Ease of integration
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10.0
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Product Scalability
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10.0
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Vendor post-sale
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10.0
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User Testimonials
Dimensional InsightLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited - as stated before - allows user to answer their own questions.
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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
  • The product is excellent!
  • Experienced DI Consultants with a broad knowledge in both, product and client data.
  • Customer service and technical support is always available; very professional and investigate reported issues until resolved.
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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
  • Some screens are not adjustable for sizing.
  • Better capability to import from a spreadsheet.
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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
Navigation thru the Diver portal is simple; some users have trouble but it also depends on how the analysts build models and present the reports with quickviews selections and report layouts. I am aware of DI capability to access reports thru mobile devices but I have not experience it first hand.
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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
Support is always quick to answer and good to deal with.
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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
I don't have direct experience with the first time DI was implemented but on subsequent upgrades there have been positive experiences with support and seamless transitions to avoid users discomfort.
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Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
Dimensional Insight is a lot easier to design and use. User interface is much more intuitive.
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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
  • Increased efficiency - very positive.
  • Sales Reporting is Interactive and Light Years ahead of previous solution.
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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.