Looker vs. Redash

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Redash
Score 7.3 out of 10
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Redash is a data visualization tool designed to allow users to connect and query any data sources, build dashboards to visualize data and share them with a company. Databricks acquired Redash in June 2020.N/A
Pricing
LookerRedash
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LookerRedash
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
LookerRedash
Features
LookerRedash
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.3
Ratings
2% above category average
Redash
6.9
Ratings
20% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.90 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.90 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.30 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Redash
6.1
Ratings
27% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.10 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.80 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.70 Ratings2.70 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Redash
5.4
Ratings
44% below category average
Publish to Web8.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.50 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.10 Ratings2.60 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings3.90 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
Redash
6.4
Ratings
24% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.60 Ratings4.20 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.2
Ratings
3% below category average
Redash
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
6.1
Ratings
25% below category average
Redash
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
LookerRedash
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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Likelihood to Renew
9.5
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Usability
8.8
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Availability
10.0
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Performance
6.0
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Support Rating
8.8
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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Configurability
10.0
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Ease of integration
10.0
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Product Scalability
10.0
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Vendor post-sale
10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
10.0
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User Testimonials
LookerRedash
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Redash is good in following conditions: Amazing query editor with lots of auto-complete feature for SQLDoes not require hassle and provide an easy interface to connect to various DB Good integration points with various DB's Easy and Simple Dashboarding functionality It lacks in following areas: Dashboarding and Reporting feature is not that extensive [fewer] filters for Periodic filters as well scheduled reports
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Pros
  • 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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  • Detailed Reporting.
  • Real-time data.
  • Vast array of reporting.
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Cons
  • 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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  • At times, the response time for the query takes more than a minute
  • Dashboard refreshes used to take time
  • Auto indentation was not there
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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
No objections
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Performance
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
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
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
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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Redash has easy query access compared to Tableau, athena or google cloud services
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • So as far as investment its just the time you need to give and done.
  • You can host Redash on your server and just pay as you go.
  • There isn't much investment but a lot of things will be solved around reporting and charting.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.