Looker Studio vs. Mode Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Looker Studio
Score 8.4 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
Mode
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Mode, or Mode Analytics, from ThoughtSpot since the June 2023 acquisition, is a business intelligence platform that unifies company analytics by bringing data teams and business teams together, so analysts can provide rapid answers to strategic, ad hoc questions. And, business stakeholder can access relevant data to answer their own questions which can often detract more impactful work.N/A
Pricing
Looker StudioMode Analytics
Editions & Modules
Looker Studio Pro
$9
per month per user per project
Looker Studio
No charge
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Looker StudioMode
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Looker StudioMode Analytics
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Looker StudioMode Analytics
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
7.8
53 Ratings
7% below category average
Mode Analytics
8.5
9 Ratings
4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.337 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.952 Ratings8.49 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.151 Ratings7.86 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
7.1
52 Ratings
12% below category average
Mode Analytics
7.4
9 Ratings
8% below category average
Drill-down analysis9.544 Ratings7.18 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.248 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages3.224 Ratings7.39 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.451 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
8.0
52 Ratings
5% below category average
Mode Analytics
7.9
8 Ratings
5% below category average
Publish to Web8.146 Ratings8.15 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.645 Ratings5.88 Ratings
Report Versioning8.033 Ratings7.74 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling6.436 Ratings9.68 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.818 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
7.2
51 Ratings
12% below category average
Mode Analytics
6.5
9 Ratings
20% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.651 Ratings7.79 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.248 Ratings5.56 Ratings
Predictive Analytics5.026 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
-
Ratings
Mode Analytics
9.4
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
-
Ratings
Mode Analytics
9.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
REST API00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Looker StudioMode Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(54 ratings)
8.1
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(5 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
6.7
(10 ratings)
7.4
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Looker StudioMode Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Looker Studio is well-suited for those wanting to analyze web/site data and performance quickly. It is simple enough to learn/use for quick report-building or drilling into data. Looker Studio is easier to use/understand than the GA4 console and thus has a better UI/UX. It is an efficient tool for fast, simple data needs—especially for team members with limited analytical capabilities and knowledge.
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ThoughtSpot
Mode is a clear category winner for how it easy it is to go from interactive analysis to professional quality reporting. You can easily do all your SQL and quite a bit of R/Python. If you want to quickly go from your database to simple charts, this is your pick. If you need to do heavier data modeling, scheduling jobs, or ML, you'll need something else, like Databricks. In my opinion, the quality of visualizations and some developer/analyst features make Databricks an unacceptable substitute.
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Pros
Google
  • Self-service
  • Easy to use, point and click
  • Little to no training required
  • Easy to share internally and externally
  • Rich visualizations
  • Canned reports
  • Easy to copy/paste/dupe existing reports
  • Ability to join data sets
  • Easy integration with various data sources
  • Flexible data integrations, including lowest common denominator (CSV, XLS, G-Sheets)
  • Wide range of APIs
  • Secure / authentication via Google SSO
  • Easy to share / re-assign ownership of reports and data sources
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ThoughtSpot
  • It allows me to undertake data visualization tasks by creating really insightful charts and dashboards
  • It allows for easy sharing and work collaboration on data analysis tasks
  • Mode has an easier to use SQL editor as well
  • I love how it organizes all our SQL data tables into easy-to-view data we can draw insights on
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Cons
Google
  • Few functionalities are very exclusive only for data studio.
  • It's time taking to load data and at the same time only single Data source can be connected.
  • When editing the reports you have to switch between Edit and View mode to see how does the change looks like.
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ThoughtSpot
  • Date ranges aren't always the most intuitive to set, strangely
  • Faster refresh rates would be ideal
  • Would love more dynamic mobile device integration (alerts, etc)
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Likelihood to Renew
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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ThoughtSpot
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Usability
Google
Google Data Studio has a clean interface that follows a lot of UX best practices. It is fairly easy to pick up the first time you use it, and there is a lot of documentation on line to help troubleshoot, if needed
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ThoughtSpot
For the advanced user already familiar with Python. It is just the same tool, already managed and connected to the data.
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Support Rating
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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ThoughtSpot
Mode has dedicated agents who are online in a chatroom, ready to take on any questions and provide helpful feedback.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
The free version of Looker Studio is still better than the leading enterprise-embedded BI tools, despite its weaknesses. The leading embedded BI platforms have terrible visualizations that can be spotted a mile away. They are also primarily locked to a grid, making it very hard to fully customize. The price point is also a major deterrent, since users end up paying for lots of features they might never use. Looker Studio has weaknesses on the blending and modeling side, but we've been able to get by via connection to GBQ and transformation done in dbt.
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ThoughtSpot
We used both Qlik and Mode at our organization. The mode was used a quick analysis SQL tool while Qlik was our enterprise BI solution.
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Return on Investment
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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ThoughtSpot
  • Extremely positive. It's a key feature in our application.
  • Were it not for the account management bit, Mode would be hands-down our recommendation for anyone looking for cloud BI.
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