Slingshot vs. Looker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Slingshot
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Slingshot, from Infragistics, helps users manage work from a single app. The solution brings all the apps that a team already uses into the Slingshot workflow.
$12
per year 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
SlingshotLooker
Editions & Modules
Slingshot
$12
per year per user
Slingshot Enterprise
$20
per year per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SlingshotLooker
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
SlingshotLooker
Features
SlingshotLooker
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
11% above category average
Looker
8.4
Ratings
3% above category average
Customizable dashboards9.10 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.10 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
12% above category average
Looker
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Formatting capabilities9.10 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.10 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
9% above category average
Looker
8.8
Ratings
6% above category average
Publish to PDF9.10 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
13% above category average
Looker
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.10 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.10 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.10 Ratings4.60 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
7% above category average
Looker
8.2
Ratings
3% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.10 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.10 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.10 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
15% above category average
Looker
6.2
Ratings
23% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.10 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Mobile Application9.10 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.10 Ratings7.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
SlingshotLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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8.7
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SlingshotLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
- You can easily connect to your providers like Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint and Dropbox and more, and pin files from your cloud provider without the need to save them and uploading them again
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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
  • Slingshot has a very friendly and easy-to-use interface while at the same time being packed with useful features. I am able to collaborate fast and in context of projects and tasks, as well as find any file easily. Files and documents are pinned directly in the collaboration app, no matter the size, so everyone involved has visibility and the most recent update. The Inbox feature keeps me in the loop with everything I am involved in – my mentions, my messages, my organization updates.
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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
  • Slingshot could add more options for task views and a calendar where all tasks and projects are in one place.
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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
No answers on this topic
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
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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
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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
There really is no comparison between Excel and Slingshot. Excel is very clunky and can't produce the level of visualizations I need.
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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
  • Slingshot has been a game-changer for task management, resulting in improved productivity.
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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

Slingshot Screenshots

Screenshot of a team’s work broken down into tasks with due dates, dependencies and blockers, to make work understandable.Screenshot of the consolidated workspace where users can manage, share and access files and documents in the same place collaboration happens.Screenshot of Slingshot’s dashboard templates that have the essential KPIs for each use case, Interactives and features such as drill-down, and exporting to Excel or PowerPoint built right in.Screenshot of where chats and discussions from tasks, dashboards, and pinned content can be created. This allows team to move straight into collaborating with one click and stay informed.Screenshot of Slingshot's range of workspace and project templates, designed for simplicity, that enable users to handle, distribute, and retrieve files and documents while collaborating with a team.

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.