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
Plotly Dash
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Plotly headquartered in Montreal creates data visualization and UI tools for ML, data science, engineering, and the sciences with language support for Python, R, Julia, and JS. Plotly's Dash aims to empower teams to build data science and ML apps that put Python, R, and Julia in the hands of business users. The vendor states that full stack apps that would typically require a front-end, backend, and dev ops team can be built and deployed in hours by data scientists with Dash.N/A
Pricing
LookerPlotly Dash
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LookerPlotly Dash
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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Features
LookerPlotly Dash
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
7.9
113 Ratings
3% below category average
Plotly Dash
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Pixel Perfect reports7.392 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.7112 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.896 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.0
113 Ratings
1% below category average
Plotly Dash
-
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Drill-down analysis8.0109 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.4111 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.946 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.7113 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.4
109 Ratings
1% above category average
Plotly Dash
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Publish to Web8.191 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.797 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.072 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.894 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker
6.6
110 Ratings
19% below category average
Plotly Dash
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Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.8106 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.395 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.2
109 Ratings
3% below category average
Plotly Dash
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Multi-User Support (named login)8.8103 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.991 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2103 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.042 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
5.7
82 Ratings
32% below category average
Plotly Dash
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Responsive Design for Web Access6.579 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.273 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
Looker
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
8.9
3 Ratings
6% above category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
MDM Integration00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Looker
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
9.0
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Visualization00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
Looker
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
6.2
2 Ratings
27% below category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings4.42 Ratings
Data Transformations00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Data Encryption00 Ratings3.92 Ratings
Built-in Processors00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Looker
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
8.4
2 Ratings
0% below category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Looker
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
9.7
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
LookerPlotly Dash
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(114 ratings)
8.0
(4 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)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LookerPlotly Dash
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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Plotly
Applicable for data visualization across disciplines. I have used it for data from buildings, building occupancy, public health, and statistics. It is a useful tool to use for big data. It has nice templates and a number of interesting visualization types. If you are familiar with R and python it is easy to use.
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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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Plotly
  • Powerful visualization options.
  • Ability to create in-browser interactive visualization apps.
  • Ability to create hosted apps.
  • Allows you to develop web-based reporting applications without requiring web application development expertise.
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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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Plotly
  • Would be good if Dashboard Engine was included in the Enterprise VPC plan
  • Would love to see ready made fintech apps
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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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Plotly
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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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Plotly
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Reliability and Availability
Google
No objections
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Plotly
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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Plotly
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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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Plotly
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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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Plotly
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
Perfect price to performance
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Plotly
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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Plotly
  • A no-cost option as it is open sourced.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.