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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

    SAP HANA Cloud

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASAP HANA is an application that uses in-memory database technology to process very large amounts of real-time data from relational databases, both SAP and non-SAP, in a very short time. The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data stored in RAM as opposed to reading it from a disk which means that the data can be accessed in real time by the applications using HANA. The product is sold both as an appliance and as a cloud-based software solution.

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    LookerSAP HANA Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerSAP HANA Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.Includes a one year free trial.
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    Community Pulse
    LookerSAP HANA Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Looker
    Looker is a great fit for our company because we have collaborative analytics workflows and complicated data ecosystems and because of its strengths in data modeling, integration, and collaboration.
    Brand name and peer recommendations also helps us to select Looker against …
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    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    271 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    87 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    319 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    55 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    264 Answers
    Features
    LookerSAP HANA Cloud
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Looker
    7.4
    134 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.5110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.2133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.5115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Looker
    6.8
    132 Ratings
    16% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis6.3128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.6130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages5.655 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.8131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Looker
    7.9
    128 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
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    Ratings
    Publish to Web7.7105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.8113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.984 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.2110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Looker
    6.6
    128 Ratings
    19% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.5110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Looker
    7.3
    128 Ratings
    15% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.5120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.2105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.2122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.360 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Looker
    5.2
    95 Ratings
    39% below category average
    SAP HANA Cloud
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    Responsive Design for Web Access4.991 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.885 Ratings00 Ratings
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Looker and SAP HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    SAP HANA Cloud
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    11% above category average
    ACID compliance00 Ratings9.437 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Database locking00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Disaster recovery00 Ratings8.842 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.944 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes00 Ratings8.845 Ratings
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    LookerSAP HANA Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Amazon RDS
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    SingleStore
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    SAP IQ
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LookerSAP HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (134 ratings)
    9.4
    (362 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    9.5
    (81 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    8.5
    (253 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 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)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LookerSAP HANA Cloud
    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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    SAP
    I think if you have a large organization, it's probably the product and the marketplace to go to. We're a large management consulting firm operating in four to seven countries. And generally speaking, I think that's the size and the scope where it scales best. I can't speak to smaller companies, but I can't see smaller companies leveraging the benefits as much as a larger organization can.
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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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    SAP
    • Real-time reporting and analytics on data: because of its in-memory architecture, it is perfect for businesses that need to make quick decisions based on current information.
    • Managing workload with complex data: it can handle a vast range of data types, including relational, documental, geospatial, graph, vector, and time series data.
    • Developing and deploying intelligent data applications: it provides various tools for such applications and can be used for machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate tasks, gain insights from data, and make predictions.
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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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    SAP
    • Requires higher processing power, otherwise it won't fly. How ever computing costs are lower. Incase you are migrating to cloud please do not select the highest config available in that series . Upgrading it later against a reserved instance can cost you dearly with a series change
    • Lack of clarity on licensing is one major challenge
    • Unless S/4 with additional features are enabled mere migration HANA DB is not a rewarding journey. Power is in S/4
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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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    SAP
    We would rate our likelihood of renewing at 9/10. SAP HANA Cloud has proven to be a highly reliable and scalable data platform that consistently delivers strong performance. Its seamless integration with our overall SAP landscape, combined with improved analytics and real-time data capabilities, makes it a core part of our long-term technology strategy.
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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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    SAP
    It is very useful solution which provides you speedier data processing, real-time analytics. It helps you manage diverse data types. It also offers you excellent disaster management. It has user friendly interface which helps you navigate system and transactions easily and perform task smoothly.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No objections
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    SAP
    so far, we didn't get any outage
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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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    SAP
    so far good
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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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    SAP
    However, I am not the right person to answer this as we have another department to handle support and contact the service provider for any support required. Although i will say that they are the quick respondent and knows how to handle querry of the customers and provide quick and better support.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    SAP
    Professional GIS people are some of the most risk-averse there are, and it's difficult to get them to move to HANA in one step. Start with small projects building to 80% use of HANA spatial over time.
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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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    SAP
    I have deep knowledge of other disk based DBMSs. They are venerable technology, but the attempts to extend them to current architectures belie the fact they are built on 40 year old technology. There are some good columnar in-memory databases but they lack the completeness of capability present in the HANA platform.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    SAP
    I don't have visibility in licensing
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    Scalability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Limitation of training deliverable by organization
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    Professional Services
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We are still in process for the first applciaiton
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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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    SAP
    • ROI has always been high in terms of the functionality that it offers and the security features it comes with.
    • Managing large volumes of data in real-time is not an easy task, but it does it pretty well with faster data processing.
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    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.