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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

    Zendesk Explore

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AZendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
    Pricing
    LookerZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerZendesk Explore
    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
    LookerZendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups.
    You need to use another tool if you …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    60 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    LookerZendesk Explore
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.195 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.0115 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.499 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.2112 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.9114 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.947 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.2116 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Looker
    8.9
    112 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web8.494 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.1100 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.775 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.297 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.2109 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.297 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Looker
    8.4
    112 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.1
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7106 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.393 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.345 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.681 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.575 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Looker and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    5.9
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings5.93 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings5.53 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.63 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    LookerZendesk Explore
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Geckoboard
    Score6.2 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
    LookerZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 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)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 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
    LookerZendesk Explore
    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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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Explore is well suited for tracking ticket flow, agent performance, and customer satisfaction providing valuable insights into response and resolution time, workload and support quality. Particularly useful for monitoring ticket handling for different teams. Helps ensure accountability by tracking how long tickets remain assigned before being reassigned to another group. Drill down capability helps identify support bottlenecks. However, it is less appropriate for real time monitoring as it lacks real time data updates making it unsuitable for instant decision making.
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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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    Zendesk
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to use.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom metrics.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom attributes.
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to learn.
    • Compared to other analytics function of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is probably the best as of now.
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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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    Zendesk
    • Some aspects of Zendesk, in general, are not super intuitive. The same goes for Zendesk Explore. And, while you can google answers and hope you find something helpful, there isn't a great way to learn to get the full potential out of the product unless you want to pay for someone from your team to take a class (which costs several hundred dollars).
    • To piggyback off the last point, if you would prefer to get help from a Zendesk expert, you'll find that there is almost no customer support available to you. For a company that aims to help other companies help their customers, this has always struck me as odd. Again, Google is your friend and beyond that, you're mostly out of luck.
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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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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zendesk
    I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No objections
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    Zendesk
    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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    Zendesk
    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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    Zendesk
    Support for all of Zendesk has exceeding my expectations. This company will always get a 10 out of 10 in my book. Any question you have they make sure you have the answer plus a step-by-step guide on how to do each step so you are set up for success!
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    Zendesk
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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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    Zendesk
    I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups. You need to use another tool if you want to see long-term patterns (e.g. month over month volume trends) and you need another platform if you want your interaction metrics to interact with other important factors of the business
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    Zendesk
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    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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    Zendesk
    • Money saved due to proper staffing.
    • Happier Staff- proper staffing ensures no one is overworked.
    • Ability to quickly pinpoint where issues are and why.
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    Looker Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.