Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Looker
Score 8.4 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
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Qlik Sense® is a self-service BI platform for data discovery and visualization. It supports a full range of analytics use cases—data governance, pixel-perfect reporting, and collaboration. Its Associative Engine indexes and connects relationships between data points for creating actionable insights.
$200
per month
Visual Studio
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Visual Studio (now in the 2022 edition) is a 64-bit IDE that makes it easier to work with bigger projects and complex workloads, boasting a fluid and responsive experience for users. The IDE features IntelliCode, its automatic code completion tools that understand code context and that can complete up to a whole line at once to drive accurate and confident coding.
$45
per month
Pricing
LookerQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Microsoft Visual Studio
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$200
per month
Standard
$825
per month
Premium
$2750
per month
Qlik Sense (On-Premise)
Contact Sales
Professional
$45.00
per month
Enterprise
$250.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LookerQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Visual Studio
Free Trial
YesNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
LookerQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Microsoft Visual Studio
Considered Multiple Products
Looker
Chose Looker
The biggest advantage that Looker Studio has is that it's really easy to use and to distribute to other use. You can have a really complex report set up in a couple of minutes with an extract data source that enables Looker to update really fast.
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Qlik Sense cost of licensing is cheaper compared with other tools which always gives an upper edge in analytics industry with good functionality. More enhanced level of security with better user community group available to discuss about new updates. Understanding of Qlik Sense …
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
When it comes to working with large datasets out of the box, Qlik in my opinion is unrivaled amongst the competitor. However, the overall user experience and customization options available to developers require a lot of work. When compared to other options on the market, …
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
While the same can be said for many of the other tools we evaluated, Qlik's robust community and free training programs were a major benefit to driving the democratization of data at our company. Qlik also offered local in person events (pre-COVID) that provided free training …
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
We evaluated over a dozen vendors when we selected Qlik; among them I felt it had the best internal data model philosophy leading to much more powerful self-service analytics and apps which are easily extensible to include other visualizations. I think it was a reasonable …
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Pretty good in performance user-friendliness. When generating insights, Qlik Sense looks at the selections and analyzes the excluded values in the data model, which reduces manual work.
Also, it highlights data that may be of interest for further exploration. That data is …
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
At the time we did our evaluation, Qlik Sense beat out the other two products (Tableau and Power BI) for meeting the business requirements from our users. Qlik Sense's ease of use, extensive library of visualizations, strong community presence, and overall pricing made it our …
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Qlik Sense has its own data source, although it moved us away from maintaining RDBMS licenses.
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Both Tableau and Power Bi provide direct, guided tools for data access for analysts and others with some knowledge of database design and report definition. Their visualization capabilities, while sufficient for most day-to-day business needs, do not allow the same …
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
easier to use, easier to do analysis with that product. better data integration and coolest dashboards.
Chose Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
Qlik Sense provides complete sales analytics and transaction data that works more perfectly than any other related software.
Visual Studio

No answer on this topic

Features
LookerQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Microsoft Visual Studio
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
7.6
133 Ratings
7% below category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.9
315 Ratings
4% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
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Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports6.7109 Ratings8.3216 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.4132 Ratings8.0313 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.6114 Ratings7.4228 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
7.1
131 Ratings
12% below category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.0
326 Ratings
14% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
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Ratings
Drill-down analysis6.8127 Ratings8.0322 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.9129 Ratings6.0315 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.155 Ratings6.1154 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.8130 Ratings7.9299 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.1
127 Ratings
2% below category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.8
278 Ratings
5% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
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Ratings
Publish to Web7.8105 Ratings6.3210 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.2112 Ratings7.3257 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning7.983 Ratings8.0176 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.5109 Ratings8.9183 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.4108 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker
6.6
127 Ratings
19% below category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
6.7
314 Ratings
18% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
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Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7123 Ratings6.7307 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.5109 Ratings8.4283 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings6.1195 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings5.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker
7.5
127 Ratings
12% below category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.8
297 Ratings
8% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)7.9119 Ratings6.7276 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.4104 Ratings8.5272 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.4121 Ratings7.4275 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control7.459 Ratings7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.0218 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
5.4
94 Ratings
36% below category average
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
7.5
221 Ratings
3% below category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access5.690 Ratings8.0215 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings8.0133 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.184 Ratings9.0185 Ratings00 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
Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
8.4
145 Ratings
8% above category average
Microsoft Visual Studio
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Ratings
REST API00 Ratings8.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.594 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.094 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.571 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.597 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.084 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
LookerQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Microsoft Visual Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(132 ratings)
8.3
(331 ratings)
9.0
(105 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(8 ratings)
8.4
(7 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(12 ratings)
8.3
(14 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(14 ratings)
7.3
(9 ratings)
8.8
(15 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LookerQlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)Microsoft Visual Studio
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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Qlik
Qlik Sense is a program whose purpose is to greatly improve all your operations and use of all data in an organic way. The mission will always be to increase the economic and commercial processes of the company in a short time. I recommended it for its high technology, which was Created for this area, the results are successful. We have noticed how it has increased relationships with our clients thanks to the credibility and security that we provide.
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Microsoft
When working with base C# code for desktop and web projects, then Microsoft Visual Studio is ideal as it provides the libraries and interfaces needed to quickly create, test and deploy solutions. It is when slightly more complex scenarios are required that issues can arise. The built-in integration for things like PowerBI Paginated Reports and dashboards is far from ideal.
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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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Qlik
  • Flexibility in data recording, from the app, as well as in handling them. Allowing you to view reports quickly and effectively.
  • Easy to generate dynamic graphics according to our needs.
  • It is very easy to use, intuitive, so it does not generate costs in the learning process compared to the tool with collaborators
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Microsoft
  • I like how the tabs and panels are organized; everything is gathered together so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
  • If you can't find something, there's a thorough search engine that searches all of Visual Studio's features.
  • The Team Foundation Server feature is fantastic since it allows us to easily deploy and roll back changes on the server.
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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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Qlik
  • Scalability is RAM limited, all data is associative and in-memory so server's RAM is directly proportional to performance
  • Limitation on advanced analytics capabilities in the form of R integration to perform complex statistical and analytical calculations
  • Can have more intuitive interface
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Microsoft
  • Would be great if there was a better way to save and restore open tabs.
  • The built-in test runner can be improved, for example, by adding the ability to save a set of commonly run tests, etc.
  • Better integration for Microsoft SQL server would be great.
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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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Qlik
Qlik Sense is a constantly improving it's software and working with its' users to make it better. They are great at keeping their users informed of progress and care about delivering a quality product
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Microsoft
VS is the best and is required for building Microsoft applications. The quality and usefulness of the product far out-weight the licensing costs associated with 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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Qlik
Qlik Sense has a better and easy to learn user interface compared with other analytics tool which always help us to create regular and adhoc reports within the stipulated time frame and can be easily refreshed at a scheduled time and sent to multiple stakeholders for timely update regarding the Key metrics indicator.
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Microsoft
I love the overall usability of Microsoft Visual Studio. I’ve been using this IDE for more than 20 years, and I’ve seen it evolve by leaps and bounds. Today, with AI and code-suggestion/completion features, developers no longer need to remember countless libraries, methods, or language syntax, or invest a huge amount of programming effort to complete a project. It truly offers everything a developer needs to program, debug, test, and deploy in a single IDE.
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Reliability and Availability
Google
No objections
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Qlik
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
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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Qlik
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
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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Qlik
Qlik is great for companies with lots of business domains and departments because it scales well, especially if data that is reported is saved in SQL and similar structures. Its ease of use and good UI enables business units to create and manage their own reports. That removes a great burden of creating and managing/modifying these pages from the IT team. Overall, it's a win-win for both IT and business units.
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Microsoft
There are many resources available supporting Visual Studio IDE. Microsoft whitepapers, forum posts, and online Visual Studio documentation. There are countless demonstration videos available, as well. If users are having issues, they can call Microsoft Support, but depending on the company's agreement with Microsoft, the number of included support calls will vary from organization to organization. I've found that Microsoft support calls can be hit or miss depending on who you get, but they can usually get you with the right support person for your issue.
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In-Person Training
Google
No answers on this topic
Qlik
The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Microsoft
IT is very complicated to understand all the functions that the environment has if you are not familiar with this type of development environments. It is important to select a good in-person training to achieve to understand all the possibilities and the capacity of the application. In this case, you will be able to develop a lot type of different applications.
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Online Training
Google
No answers on this topic
Qlik
The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Microsoft
If you are not accustomed to develop in this type of development environments it would be complicated to follow all the parts of the course because if the course does not include a great tour with all the concepts to develop you will not have the option to understand all the functions.
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Implementation Rating
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Qlik
Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
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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Qlik
The customization of the platform opens up plenty of other options depending on the use cases. The API layer is incredibly rich and makes integration of Qlik based visualization into web pages a simple and effective pattern. It's been very easy to use with a great community made up of professionals. Qlik Sense has introduces artificial Intelligence into my data visualization and reporting activity.
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Microsoft
I personally feel Visual Studio IDE has [a] better interface and [is more] user friendly than other IDEs. It has better code maintainability and intellisense. Its inbuilt team foundation server help coders to check on their code then and go. Better nugget package management, quality testing and gives features to extract TRX file as result of testing which includes all the summary of each test case.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
Perfect price to performance
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Qlik
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
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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Qlik
  • Once an app is published and running good, we can quickly see the time we save to analyze data.
  • It's hard sometimes to realize the money we save by using this system.
  • People start understanding the power of data and asking more questions.
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Microsoft
  • Using the integration between Visual Studio and our source control service, the cost of re-work and losing code is drastically reduced.
  • Paid versions of Visual Studio enable developers to be so much more productive than hacked-together open source solutions that it's hard to imagine developing in Windows without it.
  • When combined with support subscriptions and the vast array of free online help options available, Visual Studio saves our developers time by keeping them coding and testing, not wasting their time trying to guess their way out of problems or spend endless hours online hoping to find answers.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.

Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) Screenshots

Screenshot of Qlik Sense Cash Flow DashboardScreenshot of Qlik Sense Global Smart SearchScreenshot of Qlik Sense Smart Data Compression - Get immediate insight on large dataScreenshot of Extend, mix and mash-up with our APIsScreenshot of Add "External data" with Qlik DataMarket - Data as a ServiceScreenshot of Visualization Bundle