Altair SLC vs. Looker
Altair SLC vs. Looker
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Altair SLC | N/A | Altair SLC (formerly the WPS industrial analytics platform, acquired by Altair in late 2021) is designed for data science and heavyweight data processing with the languages of SAS and R. Best known for its SAS language compiler, the software includes advanced graphical user interfaces, robust, high-performance data processing and production-ready application frameworks. | N/A | |
Looker | 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 |
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| Small Businesses | Supermetrics Score 9.8 out of 10 | Yellowfin Score 8.7 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Supermetrics Score 9.8 out of 10 | Reveal Score 10.0 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | IBM Analytics Engine Score 7.2 out of 10 | Kyvos Semantic Layer Score 9.5 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.2 (4 ratings) | 8.3 (132 ratings) |
| Likelihood to Renew | - (0 ratings) | 9.3 (8 ratings) |
| Usability | - (0 ratings) | 8.8 (12 ratings) |
| Availability | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Performance | - (0 ratings) | 6.0 (1 ratings) |
| Support Rating | - (0 ratings) | 8.8 (14 ratings) |
| Implementation Rating | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Configurability | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Ease of integration | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Product Scalability | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Professional Services | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Vendor post-sale | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
| Vendor pre-sale | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc.
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| Likelihood to Renew | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc. No answers on this topic | ![]() Google
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| Usability | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc. No answers on this topic | ![]() Google
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| Reliability and Availability | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc. No answers on this topic | ![]() Google
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| Performance | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc. No answers on this topic | ![]() Google
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| Support Rating | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc. No answers on this topic | ![]() Google
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| Implementation Rating | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc. No answers on this topic | ![]() Google
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| Alternatives Considered | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc.
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| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc. No answers on this topic | ![]() Google
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| Return on Investment | ![]() Altair Engineering, Inc.
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