Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Looker
Score 8.1 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 Sense
Score 8.1 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.
$20
per month per user (10 user minimum)
Pricing
LookerQlik Sense
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard
$20
per month per user (10 user minimum)
Premium
$2700
per month unlimited basic users & purchased full users
Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LookerQlik Sense
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
LookerQlik Sense
Considered Both Products
Looker
Chose Looker
Looker is more advanced than any other tools which our organization used so far for analytical & translational databases. Looker database points out more detailed information & can be managed & automated by adding some codes & queries. it is much way better to manage all cloud …
Qlik Sense
Chose 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 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 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 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 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 Sense
Qlik Sense provides complete sales analytics and transaction data that works more perfectly than any other related software.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
LookerQlik Sense
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.1
95 Ratings
1% below category average
Qlik Sense
8.4
312 Ratings
2% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.680 Ratings8.3213 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.794 Ratings8.9310 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.979 Ratings8.1225 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.0
96 Ratings
1% below category average
Qlik Sense
8.6
323 Ratings
6% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.293 Ratings8.8319 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.494 Ratings8.2312 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.038 Ratings8.3152 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.596 Ratings8.9296 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.4
92 Ratings
1% above category average
Qlik Sense
8.7
275 Ratings
4% above category average
Publish to Web8.376 Ratings8.7207 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.682 Ratings8.7254 Ratings
Report Versioning8.162 Ratings8.6174 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.782 Ratings8.7180 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.7106 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker
6.7
93 Ratings
19% below category average
Qlik Sense
8.5
311 Ratings
5% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.091 Ratings8.4304 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.679 Ratings8.7281 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings8.5193 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.5
92 Ratings
1% below category average
Qlik Sense
8.9
294 Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.887 Ratings9.2273 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.280 Ratings9.0270 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.587 Ratings8.7272 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.427 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.9216 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
5.8
67 Ratings
32% below category average
Qlik Sense
7.5
220 Ratings
6% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.764 Ratings8.5214 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.559 Ratings8.3184 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 Sense
8.5
143 Ratings
7% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.392 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.592 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.569 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.695 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.482 Ratings
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User Ratings
LookerQlik Sense
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(96 ratings)
8.4
(327 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(4 ratings)
8.4
(7 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(12 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(14 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
LookerQlik Sense
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Quick dashboards from Google Sheets - Easier to do the graphs than in Google Sheets - Operational dashboards to be used in the day-to-day work - It is good both for retrospective data and to do a pulse check of the current status - Better for not giant amounts of data and not multiple data sources. - If you need a lot of graphs to be displayed on the same page, it can be a bit glitchy during configuration (then the use works fine).
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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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Pros
Google
  • Filtering - you can filter across different dimensions and metrics to get a more specific "cut" of data
  • Refreshing - data automatically ingests into Looker which allows reports to be updated and backfilled in real time
  • Conditional Reporting - you can leverage Looker's reporting features to flag when a given metric or KPI falls below or above a specified threshold. For example, if you had a daily sales benchmark in a SAAS organization, you could use Looker to flag whenever daily sales falls above or below the benchmark
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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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Cons
Google
  • Looker is less graphical or pictorial which makes it less attractive
  • Consumes a lot of memory when there are multiple rows and columns, impacts performance too
  • At times when we download huge chunks of raw data from Looker dashbords, the time taken to prepare the file is enormous - The user fails to understand if Looker has frozen or if the data is getting prepared in the background for downloading. In turn, user ends up triggering multiple downloads
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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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Likelihood to Renew
Google
We've been very happy with Looker so far, and all teams in the organization are starting to see its value, and use it on a frequent basis. It has quickly become our accessible "source of truth" for all data/metrics.
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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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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
Standard user interface and powerful analytic functions is GREAT. As technical person working in the background there are more things to do to make this a completely great tool. Some functions that should be standard requires consult scripting and hours. Now we are using it quite advanced and with many servers and in combination with QlikView. So overall I love the tool. But it could be better and user friendly and powerful in the background
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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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Qlik
Not only can you ask the support team for help, but you can also ask the community. Also with the community there is a vast amount of problems that have already been solved. The problem you are encountering has a likely chance of already being discussed and even solved in the community section saving you time from reaching out.
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In-Person Training
Google
No answers on this topic
Qlik
The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Online Training
Google
No answers on this topic
Qlik
The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Implementation Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
Qlik
Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
Looker is an off-the-shelf, free tool for Google business users. Other than the internal cost of time to build, we had no costs to set up what we needed to do. Knowledge sharing internally and using templates greatly reduced this cost, making the overall cost very low.
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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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Return on Investment
Google
  • Allowing others to self-serve their own analytics and connect it to Looker simply and easily has helped unblock the central data team so they can instead focus on validated dashboards whilst stakeholders manage their day-to-day analysis themselves. Countless engineering hours have been freed up by not having to manage every user permission for each BI tool; we have a BYOBI approach; Bring Your Own BI
  • Creation and management of a semantic layer (LookML =Looker Modeling Language ) allows peoples sandboxes and production databases to become clutter free. Minor adjustments, conditional fields, and even some modelling can all be done in LookML which doesn't need oversight or governance from the central data team.
  • LookML, specifying drilldown fields and their sub-queries, as well as generally creating dynamic parameters with Liquid are all great features, but can have a steep learning curve. it may take some time to understand how to create this middle layer correctly, or even pose a risk of inheriting complex code from another source which can be unmaintainable if it becomes too big. Some level of governance is recommended if Looker is used by a large number of editors.
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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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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.

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