Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Looker
Score 8.2 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
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
LookerMode Analytics
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LookerMode
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
LookerMode Analytics
Considered Both Products
Looker

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Mode
Chose Mode Analytics
  • Tableau is a huge pain to edit or create dashboards, by comparison. It can make better looking visualizations, but in practice, letting users drill down and change dimensions slows the end user experience so much that it's often not worth it.
  • Looker is amazing for data modeling, …
Chose Mode Analytics
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.
Chose Mode Analytics
Mode Analytics is better for us than most -- because of its white-label feature, its security-first posture, and the fact that you can go directly to SQL.
Chose Mode Analytics
In my opinion Mode Analytics has an edge on much of the competition due to the intuitive and powerful custom dashboard creation interface. I can create dashboards for stakeholders that are self explanatory and easy to make conclusions from. In other respects, it's very much at …
Chose Mode Analytics
Mode is the best for the advanced user with advanced use cases. Even creating a simple report will require an SQL query. No drag-and-drop interface for querying data. But it is best for the advanced user already familiar with Python or R and SQL. The other products are more …
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Features
LookerMode Analytics
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.0
114 Ratings
2% below category average
Mode Analytics
8.5
9 Ratings
4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.493 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.7113 Ratings8.49 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.997 Ratings7.86 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.0
114 Ratings
1% below category average
Mode Analytics
7.5
9 Ratings
7% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.1110 Ratings7.18 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.4112 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.947 Ratings7.39 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.7114 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.5
110 Ratings
2% above category average
Mode Analytics
7.9
8 Ratings
5% below category average
Publish to Web8.292 Ratings8.15 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.798 Ratings5.88 Ratings
Report Versioning8.173 Ratings7.74 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.895 Ratings9.58 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker
6.7
111 Ratings
17% below category average
Mode Analytics
6.5
9 Ratings
20% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.9107 Ratings7.79 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.596 Ratings5.56 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.2
110 Ratings
4% below category average
Mode Analytics
9.4
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.8104 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.992 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2104 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.043 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
5.7
83 Ratings
33% below category average
Mode Analytics
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Responsive Design for Web Access6.680 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.374 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
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Looker
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Ratings
Mode Analytics
9.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
REST API00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
LookerMode Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(115 ratings)
8.1
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(6 ratings)
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Usability
8.8
(12 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(14 ratings)
7.4
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
10.0
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User Testimonials
LookerMode Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
It's great for clients who don't have a huge reporting budget and/or want to add voiceover insight and analysis to the report. I love Looker for weekly updates. The client gets a general overview and can compare data against any time period that works for them. Plus, it's a free tool - who doesn't love that?
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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
  • 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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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
  • I’d like a bit more personalization, particularly in the “Style” section (e.g., fonts, paragraph settings, the ability to map the axis labels to shorter names…).
  • Performance can be quite slow when there are many graphs on one page, even making the page unresponsive sometimes.
  • I’d love to be able to easily embed a dashboard in the Google Sheets it comes from (without injecting code to embed the HTML).
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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
We are very haooy with Looker, it provides us with all the funciomalities we need for both the day to day oerformance tracking and longer periods reporting. It is easy to use for account managers, configurable and customizable for soecialists and what is most imoortant, our clinets generally really love it
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ThoughtSpot
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Usability
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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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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Reliability and Availability
Google
No objections
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ThoughtSpot
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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ThoughtSpot
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Support Rating
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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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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Implementation Rating
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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ThoughtSpot
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Alternatives Considered
Google
Looker gives you options to integrate external APIs with great ease. Our data analytics team is able to easily use multiple data sources as input to the Looker dashboard, and everything is consolidated in one single Dashboard. You also have an option for Shared folders to be accessed by multiple people. The reporting system is perfect and has a wide range of options/reporting options that can be implemented.
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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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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
Perfect price to performance
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ThoughtSpot
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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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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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.