Amazon QuickSight vs. Looker Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon QuickSight
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$24
per month per user
Looker Studio
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Looker Studio is a data visualization platform that transforms data into meaningful presentations and dashboards with customized reporting tools.
$9
per month per user per project
Pricing
Amazon QuickSightLooker Studio
Editions & Modules
Reader
$3
per month per user
Author
$24
per month per user
Reader Pro
$24
per month per user
Author Pro
$50
per month per user
Looker Studio Pro
$9
per month per user per project
Looker Studio
No charge
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon QuickSightLooker Studio
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsProspective buyers can also purchase a set number of sessions or questions in lieu of a monthly subscription.
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Community Pulse
Amazon QuickSightLooker Studio
Features
Amazon QuickSightLooker Studio
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
20% above category average
Looker Studio
7.2
61 Ratings
11% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports10.05 Ratings6.743 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.06 Ratings7.560 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.06 Ratings7.359 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
22% above category average
Looker Studio
7.9
60 Ratings
1% above category average
Drill-down analysis10.06 Ratings7.351 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.06 Ratings7.756 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages10.04 Ratings6.829 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.06 Ratings9.759 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
8.4
6 Ratings
2% above category average
Looker Studio
8.2
60 Ratings
0% above category average
Publish to Web8.03 Ratings8.353 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.03 Ratings8.853 Ratings
Report Versioning10.05 Ratings8.139 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.04 Ratings7.942 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings7.724 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
22% above category average
Looker Studio
6.7
59 Ratings
15% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.06 Ratings7.759 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings7.856 Ratings
Predictive Analytics10.03 Ratings5.230 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings6.06 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
16% above category average
Looker Studio
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
3.9
4 Ratings
66% below category average
Looker Studio
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application3.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
6.0
3 Ratings
25% below category average
Looker Studio
-
Ratings
REST API6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon QuickSightLooker Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
8.7
(56 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.5
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.7
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon QuickSightLooker Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
Amazon Quicksight is a truly cloud-based solution so it works perfectly fine and saves a lot of expense in terms of hardware and maintenance. We can maintain it by ourselves by giving commands on UI. If you have connectivity issues then it can cause headaches because it's a cloud platform and it's a bit costly as compared to other services
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Google
Visualizing cross-channel campaign performance can blend data from a few different sources to compare performance metrics like spend, clicks, and conversions side-by-side in a single view, which helps in quick budget reallocation decisions. When dealing with massive volumes of data (millions of rows) or highly complex queries, Looker Studio dashboards can become slow, laggy, or even crash. Performance issues are a frequent complaint when working with large datasets, making it unsuitable for enterprise-level companies
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • 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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Google
  • Breath of data - the number of ways to interrogate the data is endless, and the options to view metrics alongside each other make for comprehensive datasets.
  • Data visualisation and customisation - the options for presenting data and separating out across pages allow for clean visuals and segmented information.
  • Easy shareability/usability - a quick and simple tool to introduce colleagues to, and easy to grant access for them to be able to view the data, without having to understand the setup itself.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • 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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Google
  • It needs better handling of complex logic. We often need workarounds to perform complex custom calculations, and it can be really unpleasant at times.
  • Felt it got slow with a larger data set, and in one minor report, we had to set up time filters so that calculations during spikes could be traced more quickly.
  • Compare to competition they need to improve with notification things.
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Google
It is the simplest and least expensive way for us to automate our reporting at this time. I like the ability to customize literally everything about each report, and the ability to send out reports automatically in emails. The only issue we have been having recently is a technical glitch in the automatic email report. Sadly, there is almost no support for this tool from Google, but is also free, so that is important to take into consideration
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Usability
Amazon AWS
It was helping us a lot as per our business needs. Reporting is way easy with QuickSight that helps us to understand the performance of campaigns effectively and so does the performance of sales individual. We can analyze the data and create a new strategies effectively. Setup and maintenance was way easy
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Google
Looker Studio is easy to use, and it offers a sufficient variety of predefined visualizations to choose from. It's easy for us, and anyone can set up basic reporting without extensive data visualization skills. The interface layout is easy to understand, and it doesn't take long to get used to.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
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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Google
I give it a lower support rating because it seems like our Dev team hasn't gotten the support they need to set up our database to connect. Seems like we hit a roadblock and the project got put on pause for dev. That sucks for me because it is harder to get the dev team to focus on it if they don't get the help they need to set it up.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
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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Google
Looker Studio is far easier to implement, stand up, and learn. The interface is simpler and user-friendly for various levels of data visualization/analysis knowledge and experience. The biggest benefit of Looker Studio, however, is its ease of connection to GA data and speed. Furthermore, since it is an online program/tool, it requires less CPU/battery/storage on the user's device.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Cost Effective
  • Easy setup and maintenance
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Google
  • Free, so the only investment is time
  • Because it doesn't have native support of non-Google sources, it can cost more money than Tableau
  • The time spent formatting the templates or building connectors can have a negative impact on ROI
  • As a agency, charging for the reporting service is profitable after the first month or two after building the dashboard.
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