Looker vs. Oracle Analytics Cloud

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
Oracle Analytics Cloud
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
The Oracle Analytics Cloud service is a public cloud service that provides a full set of capabilities to explore and perform collaborative analytics.
$16
per month per user
Pricing
LookerOracle Analytics Cloud
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Professional - BYOL
$0.3226
OCPU per hour
Enterprise - BYOL
$0.3226
OCPU per hour
Oracle Analytics Server for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
$1.75
OCPU per hour
Professional
$16.00
per month per user
Enterprise
$80.00
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LookerOracle Analytics Cloud
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.OCPUs represent physical CPU cores. Most CPU architectures, including x86, execute two threads per physical core, so 1 OCPU is the equivalent of 2 vCPUs for x86-based compute. The per-hour OCPU rate customers are billed at is therefore twice the vCPU price since they receive two vCPUs of compute power for each OCPU.
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Community Pulse
LookerOracle Analytics Cloud
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
LookerOracle Analytics Cloud
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.0
114 Ratings
2% below category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
8.4
25 Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.493 Ratings8.123 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.7113 Ratings8.825 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.997 Ratings8.425 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
Oracle Analytics Cloud
8.3
29 Ratings
3% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.1110 Ratings9.128 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.4112 Ratings8.228 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.947 Ratings7.822 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.7114 Ratings8.325 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
Oracle Analytics Cloud
8.5
26 Ratings
2% above category average
Publish to Web8.292 Ratings8.124 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.798 Ratings9.125 Ratings
Report Versioning8.173 Ratings8.224 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.895 Ratings8.723 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.519 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
Oracle Analytics Cloud
8.5
25 Ratings
6% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.9107 Ratings8.625 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.596 Ratings8.521 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings8.320 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
Oracle Analytics Cloud
9.7
22 Ratings
13% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.8104 Ratings9.921 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.992 Ratings9.021 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2104 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.043 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
5.7
83 Ratings
33% below category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
9.7
18 Ratings
20% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.680 Ratings10.016 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.374 Ratings9.917 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Looker
-
Ratings
Oracle Analytics Cloud
9.6
17 Ratings
20% above category average
REST API00 Ratings9.914 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.98 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
LookerOracle Analytics Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(115 ratings)
8.7
(33 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(6 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)
10.0
(1 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)
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)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LookerOracle Analytics Cloud
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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Oracle
Oracle Data Visualization is very effective if used in an enterprise context with huge volumes of data coming from different systems. It supports dashboard and reporting capabilities and is easy to scale. It also allows you to leverage machine learning capabilities to extract hidden data trends. Visualization capabilities are powerful but not so various if compared to other solutions on the market. If you want to present a dashboard to an executive audience and you want to make your dashboards beautiful you must adapt them through PowerPoint.
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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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Oracle
  • Available without of the box connectors for Salesforce and oracle Saas Cloud. This is a huge plus for our business since we don't need another middleware solution just for this sake.
  • We are able to connect to our on-prem SQL Server database where we have our RMA database and other applications seamlessly without writing custom APIs.
  • OAC writes directly into ADW which is another advantage for loading Excel files into ADW after dataflow transformations.
  • OAC allows replication of the database from fusion ERP and lets us create subject areas using the data modeler.
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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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Oracle
  • Reports that output data to portable and mobile devices should be in a better and more appropriate form and improved.
  • In the beginning, the initial settings take some time, which I think requires a smart wizard to set up and get started.
  • Must add mores diagrams and graphs
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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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Oracle
No answers on this topic
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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Oracle
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Google
No objections
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Oracle
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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Oracle
No answers on this topic
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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Oracle
Oracle Analytics Support team is very proactive and I have never had a situation where I had to wait for more than a day or two to get my issues resolved. This is a very big help for us and we appreciate Oracle and its team for guaranteeing that experience.
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Implementation Rating
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Oracle
No answers on this topic
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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Oracle
Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (OBICS) does well in terms of handling data, creating joins, managing database relationships, and data integration from multiple sources. However, the visualisation features on Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (OBICS) are limited when compared to other business intelligence tools like Looker or Tableau. Again, the choice of tool depends on your specific requirements. Both provide different features and both are good at what they offer.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
Perfect price to performance
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Oracle
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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Oracle
  • ROI is better than average; the product pays for itself in the long run
  • Ease of use, which is very important in today's busy environments.
  • Can be costly based on the amount of user licensing, which is a flat cost per user.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.