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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Looker

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ALooker 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

    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AThe OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting (formerly OpenText Information Hub (iHub)) component of OpenText™ Magellan™ Analytics Suite is a scalable analytics and data visualization platform that enables IT leaders and their teams to design, deploy, and manage secure, interactive web applications, reports, and dashboards fed by multiple data sources. Magellan BI & Reporting supports high volumes of users, and its integration APIs enable embedded analytic content in any app, displayed on any…N/A
    Pricing
    LookerOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
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    Pricing Offerings
    LookerOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    LookerOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    OpenText
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    87 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    55 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
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    Features
    LookerOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Looker
    7.4
    134 Ratings
    10% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports6.5110 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.2133 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.5115 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Looker
    6.8
    132 Ratings
    16% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Drill-down analysis6.3128 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.6130 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages5.655 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.8131 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Looker
    7.9
    128 Ratings
    4% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
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    Ratings
    Publish to Web7.7105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.8113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.984 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.3110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Looker
    6.6
    128 Ratings
    19% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7124 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.5110 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Looker
    7.3
    128 Ratings
    15% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.6120 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.2105 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.2122 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.360 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Looker
    5.2
    95 Ratings
    39% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
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    Responsive Design for Web Access4.991 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.885 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Looker and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LookerOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (134 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    LookerOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    OpenText
    iHub is a decent enough environment that it serves our needs. We can have unlimited users and it can tie into AD although we do not use that feature currently. It is a decent place to store all of the reports in one location, even though for us it is not visually appealing to the end users. iHub is not a place where you want to create robust/interactive dashboards for end users to drill through and follow a "story".
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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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    OpenText
    • It is fairly easy to set the sharing rules for a report/dashboard.
    • They have a decent amount of time frame options for setting a schedule to generate a report.
    • The support is mostly helpful and timely if you have an issue.
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    Cons
    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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    OpenText
    • Setting up a "dashboard" is extremely lacking in functionality. The different chart widgets you place on the page do not interact with each other. When you select an item from one do not expect it to highlight or filter another.
    • The speed and stability are not great, but maybe that is just our environment not being up to snuff...even though we are above the "recommended" settings.
    • The main GUI for a user is TERRIBLE. You log into a File Tree format where you have to navigate folders to reach the correct dashboard. There are ways around this, but it would either require an expensive payment to the Professional Services team to revamp to UI or another option they gave us was to create the "Default Dashboard" and provide that link to users and in that Dashboard, you use a new tab to include the navigation back to the main screen so that at least on the initial load the user is taken to a friendly looking dashboard instead of a file tree.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    OpenText
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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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    OpenText
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No objections
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    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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    OpenText
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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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    OpenText
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    OpenText
    Our instance of iHub does not stack up against the other larger BI tools out today. It is a good place to store reports in a central location that allows users to run very specific reports on demand, but it is not a place I would want to store all of my "dashboards". As far as holding individual reports that are specific to an individual need, it is a great tool. If you want to create a report that will be used as a Template for a Form or a Label, iHub is a good choice to store and schedule the report or call it via API to generate it and return it to your calling app.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    OpenText
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    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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    OpenText
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    ScreenShots

    Looker Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.

    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting Screenshots

    Screenshot of A Magellan dashboard that an individual can interact with and personalize to their needs, such as changing chart types or computations.Screenshot of An ad-hoc report being created through the Magellan Analytics Studio, a component of Magellan BI & Reporting.