Amazon QuickSight vs Looker

What users are saying about

Score 7.9 out of 10

Based on 38 reviews and ratings

Score 8.1 out of 10

Based on 280 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 2 feature sets: BI Standard Reporting, Access Control and Security
Looker ranks higher in 4 feature sets: Ad-hoc Reporting, Report Output and Scheduling, Data Discovery and Visualization, Mobile Capabilities

BI Standard Reporting

8.0

Amazon QuickSight

80%

7.9

Looker

79%

Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 2/3 features

Pixel Perfect reports

8.0

80%

4 Ratings

7.6

76%

53 Ratings

Customizable dashboards

7.9

79%

5 Ratings

8.3

83%

62 Ratings

Report Formatting Templates

8.0

80%

5 Ratings

7.8

78%

50 Ratings

Ad-hoc Reporting

7.2

Amazon QuickSight

72%

7.7

Looker

77%

Looker ranks higher in 3/4 features

Drill-down analysis

8.0

80%

5 Ratings

7.9

79%

63 Ratings

Formatting capabilities

8.0

80%

5 Ratings

8.1

81%

62 Ratings

Integration with R or other statistical packages

6.0

60%

3 Ratings

7.1

71%

24 Ratings

Report sharing and collaboration

7.0

70%

5 Ratings

7.8

78%

64 Ratings

Report Output and Scheduling

6.9

Amazon QuickSight

69%

7.6

Looker

76%

Looker ranks higher in 4/5 features

Publish to Web

8.0

80%

3 Ratings

8.0

80%

50 Ratings

Publish to PDF

6.3

63%

2 Ratings

7.4

74%

52 Ratings

Report Versioning

6.0

60%

4 Ratings

7.8

78%

39 Ratings

Report Delivery Scheduling

7.0

70%

4 Ratings

7.4

74%

59 Ratings

Delivery to Remote Servers

7.0

70%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Data Discovery and Visualization

5.8

Amazon QuickSight

58%

6.7

Looker

67%

Looker ranks higher in 2/3 features

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

6.0

60%

5 Ratings

7.9

79%

60 Ratings

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

8.0

80%

4 Ratings

7.7

77%

52 Ratings

Predictive Analytics

3.5

35%

2 Ratings

4.6

46%

6 Ratings

Access Control and Security

8.0

Amazon QuickSight

80%

7.3

Looker

73%

Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 4/4 features

Multi-User Support (named login)

8.0

80%

5 Ratings

7.4

74%

60 Ratings

Role-Based Security Model

8.0

80%

5 Ratings

7.4

74%

57 Ratings

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

8.0

80%

5 Ratings

7.1

71%

57 Ratings

Single Sign-On (SSO)

8.0

80%

4 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Mobile Capabilities

3.9

Amazon QuickSight

39%

6.2

Looker

62%

Looker ranks higher in 3/3 features

Responsive Design for Web Access

4.0

40%

3 Ratings

7.2

72%

40 Ratings

Mobile Application

3.7

37%

3 Ratings

5.0

50%

2 Ratings

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

3.8

38%

4 Ratings

7.4

74%

37 Ratings

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

5.9

Amazon QuickSight

59%

Looker

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 6/6 features

REST API

6.1

61%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Javascript API

6.6

66%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

iFrames

7.0

70%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Java API

6.1

61%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Themeable User Interface (UI)

7.0

70%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

3.0

30%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Amazon QuickSight is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
Looker is rated higher in 1 area: Usability

Amazon QuickSight

90%

5 Ratings

8.1

Looker

81%

64 Ratings

Amazon QuickSight

N/A

0 Ratings

9.0

Looker

90%

4 Ratings

Amazon QuickSight

70%

1 Rating

8.1

Looker

81%

12 Ratings

Amazon QuickSight

90%

1 Rating

7.9

Looker

79%

16 Ratings

Pros

Easily to set up for data sources, already supports quite a few of AWS and non-AWS data sources
Cost friendly since users are charged only for basis of usage

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Director in Research & Development

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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It's on-demand and in the cloud, we don't have to mess with AMIs or scaling issues
Looker's data domain creating tool is better than anything we've seen
LookML, Looker's specialized language is incredibly extensible and allows us to connect and visualize almost any data type

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C-Level Executive in Corporate

Education Management Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 10,001+ employees

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Mobile viewing is HTML based, not always highly viewable.
Basic operations can be difficult to achieve. There is a function called table calculations which allows this.
Running on a single server, the entire instance can slow down if even one user schedules a large dashboard.

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Verified User

Director in Finance and Accounting

Internet Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

$5 per month

Amazon QuickSight Editions & Modules

Edition

Authors	$24.00¹
Readers	$5.00¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

—

Looker Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

Must contact sales team for pricing.

Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Looker 9.0

Based on 4 answers

We've been very happy with Looker so far, and all teams in the organization are starting to see its value, and use it on a frequent basis. It has quickly become our accessible "source of truth" for all data/metrics.

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Amazon QuickSight 7.0

Based on 1 answer

It is easy to use and set up no need to put in so much effort. Once build, the dashboard can be used with multiple clients with the same domain. It provides multiple connectivity options which makes it a versatile option for reporting.

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Lakhan Suri

Senior System Engineer

TietoEVRYInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Looker 8.1

Based on 12 answers

Nontechnical users can create reports easily. Can create customized reports individually or on the whole for the group. Slicing and dicing data through Looker fairly simple. Drill-downs are much better than anticipated. Especially heat map drill-downs, became most popular within the company, considering the company is a location analytics ad tech company.

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Anson Abraham

Data Lord

PlaceIQInternet, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Amazon QuickSight 9.0

Based on 1 answer

They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.

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Lakhan Suri

Senior System Engineer

TietoEVRYInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Looker 7.9

Based on 16 answers

Looker support specialists are heroes. They are knowledgeable, smart, and always vouch for your success. The availability is super quick, and even if there is no current solution for my problem, they will address it and voice it as feedback for a product.

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Jasmeet S Babra

Data Analyst

Snap Inc.Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

All of the other reporting platforms my organization has used previously were within our CRM and not a standalone program. In that we were very limited in being able to slice and dice the data the way that we wanted to

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Megan Sullivan

Marketing Director

LightRx Face & BodyConsumer Services, 201-500 employees

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Looker stacks up very well against the other tools we have evaluated and used. All the tools have their own pros and cons. Looker had a better edge in terms of visualizations when we chose to use it. After several updates, other tools began to have newer features. Looker still stands competitive.

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Purav Vaidya

Vice President, Mobile technology

Bank of America Merrill LynchFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Reduce lots of setup and maintenance cost.
Latest technology in market.
Full eco system provided under on roof.
Cost effective.

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Lakhan Suri

Senior System Engineer

TietoEVRYInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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The platform allows you to create visual representations of your data and store them in charts, graphs and maps.
Gives the business owner the flexibility to visualize their data in a real time manner, thereby enabling the business owner to be on top of their data and understand its dynamics.

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Greg Alder

Account Executive

GayTravelAirlines/Aviation, 11-50 employees

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Looker

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Looker

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Responsive Design for Web Access

Mobile Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Likelihood to Recommend

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Pros

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Cons

Amazon QuickSight

Looker

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Amazon QuickSight Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Looker Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Likelihood to Renew