Looker vs. Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Score 6.7 out of 10
N/A
Oracle's Business Intelligence Discoverer is an ad- hoc query and analysis reporting tool oriented for end users to have easy access to relational and multi-dimensional data. The product is now end of life. The vendor has stated that Discoverer 11g release 11.1.1.7.0 is the terminal release of Discoverer.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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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
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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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 Discoverer (discontinued)
7.9
20 Ratings
3% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.493 Ratings8.017 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.7113 Ratings7.717 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.997 Ratings8.020 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.1
114 Ratings
1% above category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
7.9
22 Ratings
2% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.1110 Ratings7.021 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.4112 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.147 Ratings7.514 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.7114 Ratings9.020 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 Discoverer (discontinued)
8.3
22 Ratings
0% above category average
Publish to Web8.292 Ratings8.021 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.898 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Report Versioning8.273 Ratings9.018 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.995 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.716 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 Discoverer (discontinued)
8.0
16 Ratings
1% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.9107 Ratings8.416 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.596 Ratings7.815 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings7.815 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.3
110 Ratings
2% below category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
9.7
22 Ratings
13% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.8104 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.092 Ratings10.020 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2104 Ratings9.021 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.143 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
5.8
83 Ratings
30% below category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
8.0
16 Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.780 Ratings7.915 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings7.811 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.574 Ratings7.811 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Looker
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Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
7.5
9 Ratings
4% below category average
REST API00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(115 ratings)
8.0
(22 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)
-
(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)
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)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Google
As a Sales, it suited me to use such well-developed software with a nice dashboard that could navigate between my prospects, visualize the numbers of clients, and check my achievements for each quarter. That would help me understand my performance and record the data I needed for myself as a salesperson.
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Discoverer is well suited as a reporting tool where data integration doesn't play a major role. Discoverer suits very well situations where a user has to run a query every day. Discoverer reports can be scheduled and the user can just view the data instead of running the query manually. Also, Discoverer takes away the pain of managing the database credentials. Discoverer is not well suited to situations where the whole enterprise wants to view the same dashboard. Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. Discoverer doesn't offer many options to integrate data unless one has to create and handle integration using PL/SQL.
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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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  • SQL friendly which allows for fast adoption for those users who know how to write in SQL. This makes integration with other programs much easier.
  • Accessing data is very fast even with larger data sets.
  • The layout is clean and organized similar to a spreadsheet which allows for easier viewing and analyzing of the data.
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Cons
Google
  • I wish I could get more granular in the Google ad data, such as down to the campaign type, instead of having to see only all campaigns.
  • The setup can be time-consuming if you're not using the product regularly.
  • Editing the dashboard requires a few logins; I wish it was more seamless.
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  • There is always room for more scalability and optimization of performance.
  • Oracle BI changes a lot from version to version. A smoother transition into a new version would be very helpful.
  • Oracle BI's reporting tool is a little hard to use at first. The UI/UX of the tool can use improvement.
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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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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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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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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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Implementation Rating
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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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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Discontinued Products
Discoverer was already in place when I joined the company so I was not involved in the selection process. However, I have been involved in the review of Discoverer as compared to alternatives including Business Objects, OBIEE, and SSRS. On a cost benefit analysis Discoverer always came out on top. Changing to another tool never provided enough additional functionality to overcome the cost of conversion and ongoing maintenance.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
Perfect price to performance
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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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  • We have used Discoverer to respond to state sales and use tax audits and saved the company more than the cost of the product. Discoverer has thus assisted in our objective of managing costs.
  • Discoverer is used to provide reports for EEOC reporting assisting our goal of complying with all government requirements.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.