Katana Cloud Inventory vs. Looker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Katana Cloud Inventory
Score 4.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Katana's Cloud Inventory Platform creates a centralized view of company inventory to maintain optimal stock levels across all of its locations and track products available for sale. Users can manage incoming orders from all sales channels and issue purchase orders directly from Katana to ensure restocking at the right time and in the right quantities. Katana can be integrated with e-commerce, accounting, and other business software to automate repetitive tasks and get real-time…
$179
per month
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
Katana Cloud InventoryLooker
Editions & Modules
Starter
$179
per month
Standard
$359
per month
Professional
$799
per month
Professional Plus
$799
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Katana Cloud InventoryLooker
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsAll plans come with monthly and annual pricing, and you can upgrade or downgrade anytime.Must contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
Katana Cloud InventoryLooker
Features
Katana Cloud InventoryLooker
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Katana Cloud Inventory
7.6
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Looker
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and analytics6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Bill of materials management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounting integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Katana Cloud Inventory
-
Ratings
Looker
7.5
133 Ratings
9% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.7109 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
Katana Cloud Inventory
-
Ratings
Looker
7.1
131 Ratings
12% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.7127 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.8129 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.055 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
Katana Cloud Inventory
-
Ratings
Looker
8.1
127 Ratings
1% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.8105 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
Katana Cloud Inventory
-
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
Katana Cloud Inventory
-
Ratings
Looker
7.5
127 Ratings
12% 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
Katana Cloud Inventory
-
Ratings
Looker
5.4
94 Ratings
36% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings5.590 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.084 Ratings
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User Ratings
Katana Cloud InventoryLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(132 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 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
Katana Cloud InventoryLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
Katana Cloud Inventory
Katana Cloud Inventory is great for shipping and receiving busiiness. Where things are very cut and dry as far as what comes in and what goes out, this program is excellent at keeping track of these things. We do a lot of custom build items and it is not the greatest for these. A lot of time it is difficult to both enter these items and keep track of these items.
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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
Katana Cloud Inventory
  • Tracks incoming and outgoing parts/items
  • Very easy to use and easy to learn.
  • Able to implement the program quickly and begin using because of ease of use
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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
Katana Cloud Inventory
  • Auto email generated with PO's cannot be permanently altered in my opinion.
  • Different pack sizes of same items do not automatically fill in inventory I've found. For example, we order an item in singles, 4-packs, and 32 packs. In my experience, If we order the 32 pack, it does not show inventory for the smaller unit sizes. Each pack size has a different item number I believe.
  • Fields on the PO are not adjustable in my experience. You must create a template and use the template. You cannot change the PO each time unless you have a template created in my experience.
  • When closing out a sales order, if you invoice from Katana Cloud Inventory and send to Quickbooks, it automatically enables the invoice to receive credit cards in Quickbooks. We use another credit card service (not Quickbooks) and do not want this feature turned on. There is no way to disable it at this time.
  • When being billed for a PO that has been received and that bill is sent over to Quickbooks, it does not show item counts in my expereince. It only translates as a total dollar amount for each line item.
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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
Katana Cloud Inventory
No answers on this topic
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
Katana Cloud Inventory
No answers on this topic
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
Katana Cloud Inventory
No answers on this topic
Google
No objections
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Performance
Katana Cloud Inventory
No answers on this topic
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
Katana Cloud Inventory
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
Katana Cloud Inventory
No answers on this topic
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
Katana Cloud Inventory
Our Quickbooks inventory was input incorrectly by a former employee and fixing it would have been more time consuming and less cost effective than to come up with an alternative solution. Katana Cloud Inventory was our alternative solution. Katana Cloud Inventory says that they are working on some of the integration problems with Quickbooks, and once they are fixed, will be a huge help!
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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
Katana Cloud Inventory
No answers on this topic
Google
Perfect price to performance
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Return on Investment
Katana Cloud Inventory
  • So far we are still in the process of counting all of our inventory. We use tens of thousands of parts
  • What we do have in inventory already is tracked very well.
  • Parts have been in stock as needed since we implemented Katana Cloud Inventory.
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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

Katana Cloud Inventory Screenshots

Screenshot of Manufacturing operations management with production schedulingScreenshot of Real-time inventory management insights to prevent stockoutsScreenshot of Purchase order management with reorder points and materialsScreenshot of Omnichannel sales management to optimize your order fulfillmentScreenshot of Financial visibility and cloud accounting with inventory syncScreenshot of Shop Floor mobile app

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.