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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    MS SharePoint / SQL

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMS SharePoint / SQL refers to Microsoft Sharepoint, a web-based collaborative platform, being used in tandem with Microsoft SQL Server to provide business intelligence analytics and reporting. They can provide BI content such as data connections, reports, scorecards, dashboards, and more.N/A
    Pricing
    LookerMS SharePoint / SQL
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerMS SharePoint / SQL
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    LookerMS SharePoint / SQL
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    60 Answers
    81%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    LookerMS SharePoint / SQL
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    4% above category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    7.6
    58 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.195 Ratings8.639 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.0115 Ratings7.055 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.499 Ratings7.348 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    5% above category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.1
    53 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.2112 Ratings7.742 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.9114 Ratings8.253 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.947 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.2116 Ratings8.550 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Looker
    8.9
    112 Ratings
    7% above category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.9
    58 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Publish to Web8.494 Ratings8.852 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.1100 Ratings9.449 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.775 Ratings8.348 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.297 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.032 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    13% below category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.6
    36 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.2109 Ratings8.834 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.297 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings9.330 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Looker
    8.3
    112 Ratings
    2% below category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7106 Ratings7.860 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.293 Ratings8.064 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings8.268 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.245 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.854 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    22% below category average
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    9.4
    59 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.681 Ratings9.457 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings9.436 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.575 Ratings8.739 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Looker and MS SharePoint / SQL
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.8
    38 Ratings
    12% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings9.229 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.228 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings9.025 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
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    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    LookerMS SharePoint / SQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    8.9
    (77 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    9.4
    (64 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LookerMS SharePoint / SQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Microsoft
    As I mentioned in my previous answers, MS SharePoint is very useful as a shared drive for the organization and is very easy to manage. It also helps us import data from SharePoint directly into PowerBI for creating reports. According to my understanding, only share link features should be improved.
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    Pros
    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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    Microsoft
    • Flexible - able to make any changes we would like vs traditional service desk system.
    • ROI - We were already using SharePoint for internal intranet, so we are simply getting more use out of licensing we had already committed to.
    • Easy to use for end users.
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    Cons
    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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    Microsoft
    • It is hard to setup and nightmare
    • It requires a of infrastructure, thus it could be costly because of requirement and licensing required for everything to run smoothly
    • If it is not setup and organized properly from the beginning it could be maintenance nightmare
    • It is hard to have "test" environment to do patches or similar
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Microsoft
    This was a long-term buy-in from a corporate perspective, to remain in the SharePoint space. Migration is certainly possible, which is good for planning and having options further out. At this point, the only planned migration is to eventually move the architecture up to SharePoint/SQL 2013. At that point, we will be able to leverage some greater efficiencies, some enhanced content design and management features, and some more current social features. It is well worth a full consideration in any shop looking at a new implementation of or migration to SharePoint (although you will probably be considering 2013 versions or beyond in those discussions), but the platform should be a strong competitor to any alternatives. Realizing the capability of a fully-branded and customized website was not part of the original choice for the architecture at Lincoln, but seeing it implemented and functioning now with this capacity far beyond original expectations has certainly cemented plans to continue using it.
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    Usability
    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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    Microsoft
    I gave this rating due to MS SharePoint being a big help with our userbase. We have a lot of users that are just old enough to not have much technical skills or they have been in this industry long enough to where they haven't really needed to utilize much technology. MS SharePoint helped us move beyond that barrier without too many bumps and bruises.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No objections
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Microsoft
    I've only had to call in to support on one occasion but they were able to work though our issue and find a solution that did fully resolve the issue in a timely manner. I can't always say the same about support from other companies so it was a refreshing change to have support that did help.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    Microsoft
    Not implemented in best practice way, there are many customizations
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Microsoft
    At the time of the two large projects, SharePoint was the enterprise solution so we were required to use that. We have since lobbied the enterprise teams to review and consider Atlassian Confluence and were successful. Confluence is cheaper than Sharepoint which is why we wanted to bring that in. The enterprise has now made Confluence an enterprise solution as an alternative to SharePoint. After using both I think SharePoint has many more add-ins than Confluence. It has much more customization ability than Confluence. SharePoint is not good for mobile readiness. Confluence is so there is a difference that might lead you to Confluence over SharePoint. I would also say that SharePoint is very document-centric and that Confluence has better KM than SharePoint does. even with the use of SQL Server. We were told that we could not use Google Drive even though it had features we liked.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Microsoft
    • ROI for ms SharePoint/SQL considering that is the best database engine with excellent features that help you to have all information in your hand.
    • Something negative could be license format.
    • These are the best relational databases in the market with powerful features that complement your system.
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    Looker Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.