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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

    Qlik Sense

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AQlik Sense® is a self-service BI platform for data discovery and visualization. It supports a full range of analytics use cases—data governance, pixel-perfect reporting, and collaboration. Its Associative Engine indexes and connects relationships between data points for creating actionable insights.

    $200

    per month

    Pricing
    LookerQlik Sense
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2,750
    per month
    Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
    Contact Sales
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerQlik Sense
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    LookerQlik Sense
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Qlik
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Qlik Sense cost of licensing is cheaper compared with other tools which always gives an upper edge in analytics industry with good functionality. More enhanced level of security with better user community group available to discuss about new updates. Understanding of Qlik Sense …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    When it comes to working with large datasets out of the box, Qlik in my opinion is unrivaled amongst the competitor. However, the overall user experience and customization options available to developers require a lot of work. When compared to other options on the market, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    While the same can be said for many of the other tools we evaluated, Qlik's robust community and free training programs were a major benefit to driving the democratization of data at our company. Qlik also offered local in person events (pre-COVID) that provided free training …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    We evaluated over a dozen vendors when we selected Qlik; among them I felt it had the best internal data model philosophy leading to much more powerful self-service analytics and apps which are easily extensible to include other visualizations. I think it was a reasonable …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Pretty good in performance user-friendliness. When generating insights, Qlik Sense looks at the selections and analyzes the excluded values in the data model, which reduces manual work.
    Also, it highlights data that may be of interest for further exploration. That data is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Both Tableau and Power Bi provide direct, guided tools for data access for analysts and others with some knowledge of database design and report definition. Their visualization capabilities, while sufficient for most day-to-day business needs, do not allow the same …
    Incentivized
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Qlik Sense provides complete sales analytics and transaction data that works more perfectly than any other related software.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    60 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    69 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    70 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    44 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    Features
    LookerQlik Sense
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Qlik Sense
    8.5
    312 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.195 Ratings8.3213 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.0115 Ratings8.9310 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.499 Ratings8.2225 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    8.6
    116 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Qlik Sense
    8.6
    323 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.2112 Ratings8.9319 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.9114 Ratings8.2312 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.947 Ratings8.4152 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.2116 Ratings9.0296 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    8.9
    112 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Qlik Sense
    8.8
    275 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web8.494 Ratings8.8207 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.1100 Ratings8.8254 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.775 Ratings8.8174 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.297 Ratings8.8180 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.8106 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Qlik Sense
    8.7
    311 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.2109 Ratings8.5304 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.297 Ratings8.8281 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings8.7193 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    8.4
    112 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Qlik Sense
    9.0
    294 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7106 Ratings9.2273 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.393 Ratings9.0270 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings8.8272 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.345 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.9216 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Qlik Sense
    7.4
    220 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.781 Ratings8.3214 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.675 Ratings8.2184 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Sense
    8.6
    143 Ratings
    10% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.8123 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.492 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.592 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.669 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.695 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.482 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LookerQlik Sense
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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
    LookerQlik Sense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    8.5
    (327 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 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)
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    7.5
    (37 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)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LookerQlik Sense
    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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    Qlik
    Qlik Sense is a program whose purpose is to greatly improve all your operations and use of all data in an organic way. The mission will always be to increase the economic and commercial processes of the company in a short time. I recommended it for its high technology, which was Created for this area, the results are successful. We have noticed how it has increased relationships with our clients thanks to the credibility and security that we provide.
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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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    Qlik
    • Flexibility in data recording, from the app, as well as in handling them. Allowing you to view reports quickly and effectively.
    • Easy to generate dynamic graphics according to our needs.
    • It is very easy to use, intuitive, so it does not generate costs in the learning process compared to the tool with collaborators
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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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    Qlik
    • Scalability is RAM limited, all data is associative and in-memory so server's RAM is directly proportional to performance
    • Limitation on advanced analytics capabilities in the form of R integration to perform complex statistical and analytical calculations
    • Can have more intuitive interface
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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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    Qlik
    Qlik Sense is a constantly improving it's software and working with its' users to make it better. They are great at keeping their users informed of progress and care about delivering a quality product
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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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    Qlik
    Qlik Sense has a better and easy to learn user interface compared with other analytics tool which always help us to create regular and adhoc reports within the stipulated time frame and can be easily refreshed at a scheduled time and sent to multiple stakeholders for timely update regarding the Key metrics indicator.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No objections
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    Qlik
    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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    Qlik
    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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    Qlik
    Not only can you ask the support team for help, but you can also ask the community. Also with the community there is a vast amount of problems that have already been solved. The problem you are encountering has a likely chance of already being discussed and even solved in the community section saving you time from reaching out.
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    In-Person Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    Qlik
    Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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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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    Qlik
    The customization of the platform opens up plenty of other options depending on the use cases. The API layer is incredibly rich and makes integration of Qlik based visualization into web pages a simple and effective pattern. It's been very easy to use with a great community made up of professionals. Qlik Sense has introduces artificial Intelligence into my data visualization and reporting activity.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    Qlik
    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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    Qlik
    • Once an app is published and running good, we can quickly see the time we save to analyze data.
    • It's hard sometimes to realize the money we save by using this system.
    • People start understanding the power of data and asking more questions.
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    ScreenShots

    Looker Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.

    Qlik Sense Screenshots

    Screenshot of Qlik Sense Cash Flow DashboardScreenshot of Qlik Sense Global Smart SearchScreenshot of Qlik Sense Smart Data Compression - Get immediate insight on large dataScreenshot of Extend, mix and mash-up with our APIsScreenshot of Add "External data" with Qlik DataMarket - Data as a ServiceScreenshot of Visualization Bundle