Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon QuickSight
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$24
per month per user
Looker
Score 8.4 out of 10
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
Plotly Chart Studio
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Plotly headquartered in Montreal offers Chart Studio, a data visualization tool with an open source and free cloud editions, as well as enterprise editions deployable on-cloud or on-premise. The vendor describes Chart Studio as a sophisticated editor for creating D3.js and WebGL charts.
$99
per month
Pricing
Amazon QuickSightLookerPlotly Chart 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
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Private Hosting
$99.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon QuickSightLookerPlotly Chart Studio
Free Trial
YesYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsProspective buyers can also purchase a set number of sessions or questions in lieu of a monthly subscription.Must contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
Amazon QuickSightLookerPlotly Chart Studio
Considered Multiple Products
Amazon QuickSight

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Looker
Chose Looker
Looker is more mailable; it allows more dynamic visualisations, filters, drilldowns etc. It's sharing capabilities are also more streamlined than AWS Quicksight. However in contrast to this AWS Quicksight can leverage AWS IAM roles and policies which can be quite scalable. …
Chose Looker
Looker provides really excellent customer service in comparison to other similar products. The sharing aspect of Looker is also a big plus, which allows multiple users to access the data at the same time. We have also found it to stand out among competitors with its dashboard …
Plotly Chart Studio

No answer on this topic

Features
Amazon QuickSightLookerPlotly Chart 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
7.6
132 Ratings
7% below category average
Plotly Chart Studio
8.0
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports10.05 Ratings6.8108 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.06 Ratings8.4131 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.06 Ratings7.5113 Ratings00 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
7.2
130 Ratings
11% below category average
Plotly Chart Studio
9.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Drill-down analysis10.06 Ratings7.0126 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.06 Ratings6.9128 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages10.04 Ratings6.154 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.06 Ratings8.7129 Ratings00 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
8.1
126 Ratings
1% below category average
Plotly Chart Studio
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Publish to Web8.03 Ratings7.7104 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.03 Ratings8.3112 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning10.05 Ratings7.882 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.04 Ratings8.5108 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
23% above category average
Looker
6.5
126 Ratings
20% below category average
Plotly Chart Studio
8.5
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.06 Ratings7.6122 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings7.3108 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Predictive Analytics10.03 Ratings4.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 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
7.5
126 Ratings
12% below category average
Plotly Chart Studio
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)10.06 Ratings8.0118 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.06 Ratings7.3103 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.06 Ratings7.4120 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings7.458 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.05 Ratings00 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
5.5
94 Ratings
34% below category average
Plotly Chart Studio
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access4.03 Ratings5.990 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application3.52 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.84 Ratings6.184 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
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Ratings
Plotly Chart Studio
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Ratings
REST API6.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API6.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames7.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API6.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon QuickSightLookerPlotly Chart Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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8.3
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8.0
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9.3
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Usability
10.0
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Performance
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Implementation Rating
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10.0
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Configurability
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10.0
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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10.0
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Ease of integration
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10.0
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Product Scalability
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10.0
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Professional Services
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10.0
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Vendor post-sale
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10.0
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10.0
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User Testimonials
Amazon QuickSightLookerPlotly Chart 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
When data drives potential for new orders, Looker earns its place in our tech stack. If, on the other hand, we are hoping for pipeline generation, Looker is useful if you are willing to repeatedly go check customer utilizations .... it is not appropriate if you are hoping to automate data analysis for this purpose.
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Plotly
[Plotly Chart Studio is] a great tool to make visualizations on a web based portal. For python developers, it can ease of some burden of writing code again and again for the same thing and also refreshing visualizations on old scripts when data changes. All in all, a simple yet effective tool for your report generation and visualization needs[.]
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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
  • 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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Plotly
  • Connects to almost every kind of data source like SQL, Excel, MS Access, flat files and more.
  • Charts get saved to the repository and are re-used by multiple users.
  • No need of manual intervention in order to refresh the charts every time the data gets changed.
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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
  • Documentation is scarce, and very difficult to find when you need it.
  • Pricing is unclear, particularly as you look to scale your reports across the business.
  • Data from other sources is not represented in the system as well as first party Google services.
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Plotly
  • Lack of customer support
  • Sometimes fails to visualize extremely large datasets ( probably also due to computer resource constraints)
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
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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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Plotly
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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 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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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Amazon AWS
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Google
No objections
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Plotly
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Performance
Amazon AWS
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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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Plotly
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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
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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Plotly
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Implementation Rating
Amazon AWS
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Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Plotly
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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, 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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Plotly
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Google
Perfect price to performance
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Plotly
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Cost Effective
  • Easy setup and maintenance
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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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Plotly
  • Improvement in productivity as charts can be shared with teams and feedback can be collected, consolidated and incorporated in the design and charts.
  • Charts are aligned with the organization theme and colors and one doesn't need to put in effort every time to do that.
  • No upfront capital expenditure and minimum user criteria helps the organization to keep the costs down.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.