Astera ReportMiner vs. Looker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Astera ReportMiner
Score 8.3 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Astera ReportMiner automates data extraction from unstructured documents with a drag-and-drop UI. It is used to create reusable, pattern-based templates. Combining AI and template-based extraction, ReportMiner allows for auto-generating and fine-tuning templates.N/A
Looker
Score 8.3 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
Pricing
Astera ReportMinerLooker
Editions & Modules
ReportMiner Enterprise
Contact sales
per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Astera ReportMinerLooker
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsDiscounts are provided for 10 pack, 20 pack, 50 pack, and enterprise-wide ReportMiner Professional licenses.Must contact sales team for pricing.
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Features
Astera ReportMinerLooker
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Astera ReportMiner
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Ratings
Looker
7.5
133 Ratings
9% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.6109 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.4132 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.6114 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Astera ReportMiner
-
Ratings
Looker
7.1
131 Ratings
12% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.6127 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.8129 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings5.955 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.8130 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Astera ReportMiner
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Ratings
Looker
8.0
127 Ratings
3% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.7105 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.1112 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.983 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.5109 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Astera ReportMiner
-
Ratings
Looker
6.6
127 Ratings
19% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.7123 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.5109 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings4.66 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Astera ReportMiner
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Ratings
Looker
7.4
127 Ratings
14% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.8119 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.3104 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.3121 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.459 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Astera ReportMiner
-
Ratings
Looker
5.3
94 Ratings
38% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings5.490 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.084 Ratings
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User Ratings
Astera ReportMinerLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(7 ratings)
8.2
(132 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.2
(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)
User Testimonials
Astera ReportMinerLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
Astera Software
Astera ReportMiner is well suited for those who work with EMR Data or business operations data where different platforms may report on similar data but not everything is the same between the different systems and how they export their data. It works especially well when systems can't edit their exports so you need to clean up data a lot before they are combined into a single file. It is less appropriate a solution when you are trying to combine large data, let's say thousands of files and need some sort of platform to deduce analytic patterns out of it. This is more used for data preparedness rather than big data analysis. This may have changed with recent updates, however they do not do a good job of updating customers on new releases so keeping track of their developments is something worth doing if data management is an important part of your/your company's role.
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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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Pros
Astera Software
  • ReportMiner's OCR accuracy is flawless to my experience. I use the program to pull values from check details, and have yet to find an error.
  • ReportMiner's interface is easy to learn. I never even got formal training on the program. I watched some YouTube videos and learned as I went.
  • ReportMiner training personnel is very knowledgeable and quick to respond. Anytime I ran into a problem I could not figure out on my own, they would get back with me within a half a day.
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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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Cons
Astera Software
  • Could provide some features to help with advanced analytics for big data. (i.e. larger data sets)
  • Too much clutter on their Youtube page, they should highlight the tutorials so they are easier to find for new users. Get rid of old tutorial video playlists so the organization is clean and up to date.
  • Have sales rep follow up with customers to offer product updates, new product releases, and do check ins to see if customers have suggestions for feature improvement.
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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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Likelihood to Renew
Astera Software
It is the best way to get a multi line record from pdf to Excel in one row.
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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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Usability
Astera Software
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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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Reliability and Availability
Astera Software
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Google
No objections
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Performance
Astera Software
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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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Support Rating
Astera Software
No answers on this topic
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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Implementation Rating
Astera Software
No answers on this topic
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
Astera Software
I have never actually used another program like ReportMiner. Before I was just using PDF viewers such as Adobe that had OCR capabilities. I would have to select a range of numbers and copy and paste to Excel. It was tedious, slow, and sometimes error prone. I chose to learn ReportMiner because it saves me at least 4 times the amount of time I would have to use by copy and pasting.
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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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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Astera Software
No answers on this topic
Google
Perfect price to performance
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Return on Investment
Astera Software
  • Efficient and automated data extraction. Saves time and resources.
  • User-friendly interface and good documentation. It is therefore easiest to learn and apply in a short time.
  • Documents, which have various formats of data tables or arrangement, needed a lot of manual fixing. So it required a lot of time for validation and quality control.
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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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ScreenShots

Astera ReportMiner Screenshots

Screenshot of the AI-powered data extraction in Astera Report Miner that allows users to extract information from unstructured data sources automatically without creating templates.Screenshot of the automated report mining that generates report models for each file in the folder and successfully generated files to the AI Generated Report Models folder.Screenshot of the standalone report models that automatically uses the Auto create layout model in the tool.Screenshot of where Astera ReportMiner provides an option to extract data from PDF files that have images or scanned documents that are saved as PDFs with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature. Users can also select the suitable resolution to apply OCR.Screenshot of the drop-down menu where users can choose purchase orders or invoices. Users can provide the layout of the data that they want to extract from these source files either via importing a layout defined object from a dataflow or importing a layout from a JSON.

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.