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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

    Prophix

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Prophix One, a Financial Performance Platform, is used to improve the speed and accuracy of decision-making within a harmonized user experience. To reduce complexity and uncertainty, the software offers automated insights and planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and consolidation functionalities.N/A
    Pricing
    LookerProphix
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerProphix
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Features
    LookerProphix
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    7.4
    134 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Prophix
    8.4
    66 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports6.5110 Ratings8.628 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.2133 Ratings8.359 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.5115 Ratings8.362 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    6.8
    132 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Prophix
    8.4
    183 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Drill-down analysis6.3128 Ratings8.8180 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.6130 Ratings7.6174 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages5.655 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.8131 Ratings8.8166 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    7.9
    128 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Prophix
    8.6
    162 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Publish to Web7.7105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.8113 Ratings8.8153 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.984 Ratings8.4122 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.2110 Ratings8.6139 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    6.6
    128 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Prophix
    8.3
    72 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.5110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings8.372 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    7.3
    128 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Prophix
    8.8
    172 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.5120 Ratings8.7163 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.2105 Ratings8.6164 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.2122 Ratings8.8169 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.360 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    5.2
    95 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Prophix
    9.1
    84 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access4.991 Ratings9.184 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.885 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Prophix
    8.4
    298 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.5249 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.7284 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.3266 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.0220 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings8.3277 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Prophix
    8.7
    224 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.8184 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings8.7119 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings8.894 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings8.5113 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings8.650 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings9.1155 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.5142 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Prophix
    9.0
    270 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings9.0251 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings9.1259 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings8.7233 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.6207 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings9.524 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Prophix
    8.3
    244 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.2228 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.5162 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.0178 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.3172 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.5147 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings8.4106 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Looker and Prophix
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Prophix
    8.5
    263 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings8.6212 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings8.5228 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.4202 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LookerProphix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (134 ratings)
    8.5
    (321 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    8.3
    (140 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (31 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (30 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    8.0
    (123 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (20 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (31 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (28 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (25 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (22 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LookerProphix
    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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    Prophix Software
    Prophix is best suited if you have a very extensive budgeting process that currently relies on multiple Excel spreadsheets. It is also great if you have on-prem tools that may no longer be supported for reporting. It may not be appropriate if you require an unlimited number of mid-tier users, as it can be very expensive annually. It's definitely not a cheap tool, but the cost can at least be optimized based on users' use cases. In both organizations I've worked for that use it, cost has been mentioned.
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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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    Prophix Software
    • Reporting - single report that can be opened by multiple users, each will see only aspect specific to them based on their security access.
    • Budgeting - workflow driven budget data collection, visibility of its current status, ability to take action to ensure timely completion. Ability to snapshot budget data at a point in time. Ability to perform what-if scenarios.
    • Forecasting - as above with added benefit of either reusing budget level of grain or forecasting at high level.
    • Granular planning - ability to create unlimited number of subsidiary models to assist with the planning process. Non-financial data collected during budget/forecast process help with operation planning and variance analysis.
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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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    Prophix Software
    • Ability to filter report views for report binder without creating duplicate reports.
    • More extensive documentation and examples in the ProCalc library.
    • More ProCalc functions that deal with the time dimension and allow functions that can utilize the system date. So if it is day 8 of the month.
    • Ability to save company color scheme for use in reporting.
    • Would like to create a link between the account dimension and another dimension so I can easily report on account properties. For example, an account property could be columns in a report.
    • Would like to see the ability to have a report view on a dashboard. The tables are poorly formatted, and I’d like more formatting ability.
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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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    Prophix Software
    The system works well for us, and meets all of our needs. All of our future plans can and will be achieved within Prophix, so there is no need to pursue another product. Prophix has continuously proven to improve their product over the years, which provides an even higher level of confidence in this tool, and future developments
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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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    Prophix Software
    I don't rate anybody a 10 because I believe there's always room for improvement, so I'll go with an 8. And I'm giving 8 because it has helped us do more than we were doing before, and I believe there's still room for improvement.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No objections
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    Prophix Software
    There have been very few times that Prophix has not been available and we have been informed ahead of time. The only issue that we have is when we update cubes or import information and run processes during working hours which stops access for a short period of time but this is more about our processes than Prophix.
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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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    Prophix Software
    Prophix has always performed consistently. We are using on-premise so many factors can contribute to slower than desired performance, most having nothing to do with Prophix itself. If we move to the web-client cloud based solution I believe performance will even be better.
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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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    Prophix Software
    We’ve gotten moved around a lot and so we don’t always know our pod people. Also when we book sessions with a random person it seems like we have to take the first 15-20 minutes explaining our system and process.
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    In-Person Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Prophix Software
    Training is essential for this software to be successful for any company. We unfortunately had a bad implementation and training manager so I can say with confidence that if we had the CSM we have now - we would be light years ahead of our knowledge of the system. I highly suggest taking all training opportunities and not rushing the implementation training
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Prophix Software
    We used our system and created a test cube to work with our own data. We ran through the different functions of Prophix and covered alot of material. We did two sessions a week, with homework tasks assigned. We were able to ask questions and cover any questions during the followup sessions.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    Prophix Software
    Prophix Consulting should bring, in house, chargeable expertise in Oracle EBS table access for Drill Across and provide reasonable limits on dimension member combinations so there are no unreasonable expectations about the application of multi dimensional cubes to detail, such as revenue by product and customer.
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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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    Prophix Software
    Prophix is so much easier to use that other platforms or products. It can be customized so much easier than other larger, more expensive products. I work for a small university where we have a small finance team and Prophix allows us to tailor reporting to emerging needs in real time without having to reconfigure clunky systems with expensive modifications
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    Scalability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is a capable tool of growing with an organization and the uses for different items in the software. Our organization was able to scale the product to lots of different end users and the needs of the departments. There are plenty of updates and features to grow and bring in new data.
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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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    Prophix Software
    • Prophix has made it possible to move away from some Excel reporting we were doing, which allows for 50% quicker reporting on a monthly basis.
    • Although it has saved us time, an improved PowerPoint feature that automatically updates our decks would save an additional 75% on top of what we already do.
    • Our Board Reporting has improved by 10 hours by moving our reports fully into Prophix.
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    ScreenShots

    Looker Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.

    Prophix Screenshots

    Screenshot of Prophix One Portal: One single point of entry into Prophix One through its portal simplifies access and authentication but also allows seamless movement between applications.Screenshot of Chart Insights, one of the AI Insights capabilities that utilizes Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to provide enhanced business awareness.  Chart Insights extends the important details contained within dashboards, and analyzes the complete dataset behind the dashboard, automatically surfacing the data relationships not obvious in dashboard visualizations alone. It then provides a summary of key performance metrics found buried within Prophix charts.  It also summarizes the important insights in plain English.Screenshot of Prophix One Financial Planning & Analysis: Prophix's self-serve dashboards and visualizations are directly integrated with data, workflow tasks, announcements, and external URLs and databases. Dashboard Studio helps users to be informed and make better business decisions.Screenshot of Detailed interactive charts and graphs that Prophix offers to uncover insights. Prophix’s visual analytics are linked directly to data with transaction details.  There is no need to input the numbers.  Prophix does this tedious work, automatically.Screenshot of Prophix’s Workflow Manager, used to assign tasks to users and facilitate approvals across the business.  Stakeholder input can be captured directly with the ability to add comments and notes in a single unified database.Screenshot of Cell Comments, that allow users to add supporting details like notes and attachments to data.  Since comments are stored with the data, they can be viewed in any template along with their trailing history. Cell Comment Reports can also be generated to show all comments from any data view in one convenient report.