Looker vs. Workday Prism Analytics

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
Workday Prism Analytics
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Workday Prism Analytics is a scalable data hub that enables Finance and HR to securely ingest, blend, and transform high volumes of data from any source—integrated with Workday’s people and financial data. Prism Analytics powers deeper insights across Workday HCM, Financials, and Adaptive Planning, helping teams make smarter decisions without heavy IT reliance. Built on a high-performance Spark engine with machine learning-based resource management, multi-cloud support, and a tables-based…N/A
Pricing
LookerWorkday Prism Analytics
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LookerWorkday Prism Analytics
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
LookerWorkday Prism Analytics
Features
LookerWorkday Prism Analytics
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
7.6
133 Ratings
8% below category average
Workday Prism Analytics
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports6.7109 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.4132 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.6114 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
7.2
131 Ratings
11% below category average
Workday Prism Analytics
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis6.8127 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.9129 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.255 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.8130 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
Workday Prism Analytics
-
Ratings
Publish to Web7.8105 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.2112 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning7.983 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.5109 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
Workday Prism Analytics
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7123 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.5109 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
7.5
127 Ratings
13% below category average
Workday Prism Analytics
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)7.9119 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.4104 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.4121 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control7.559 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
5.4
94 Ratings
36% below category average
Workday Prism Analytics
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access5.690 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.184 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Analytics
Comparison of Workforce Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Looker
-
Ratings
Workday Prism Analytics
8.9
11 Ratings
5% above category average
Data integration00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
Data management00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Best Alternatives
LookerWorkday Prism Analytics
Small Businesses
Yellowfin
Yellowfin
Score 8.7 out of 10
Rippling
Rippling
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Reveal
Reveal
Score 10.0 out of 10
Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment
Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Kyvos Semantic Layer
Kyvos Semantic Layer
Score 9.5 out of 10
Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment
Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment
Score 9.5 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
LookerWorkday Prism Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(132 ratings)
8.6
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(8 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)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LookerWorkday Prism Analytics
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.
Read full review
Workday
In my organization, we mainly use Workday Prism Analytics in HR and Finance departments. It not only enables us to make data-centric decisions but also helps reduce the need for data experts since we are able to visualize data on our own through self-service analytics.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Workday
  • It's web based. No need to install any desktop clients on your machine to use platfora.
  • It's best suited for a big data Hadoop environment. I can rate it as the #1 BI tool for a big data hadoop environment.
  • Platfora follows kind of the same architecture as Hadoop architecture like Master and Slave architecture. It scales with the data volumes.
  • Querying data is very good and very fast. (Platfora Lens)
  • Client presentation wise it's good. You can get different kinds of graphs.
  • Platfora almost supports everything on Big Data technologies including file formats, compression etc.
  • Security is not compromised and it can deal in parallel with any Hadoop distributor security implementations. Just take an example of Knox on Hortonworks, so it will deal with that and cloudera , MapR
  • Its very easily understandable and for the new people who wants to try platfora, learning curve is low
  • You can create your own datasets in platfora. You can store your results as a dataset in platfora and can share across
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Workday
  • Data Movement - Data needs to be moved from Hadoop to Platfora to create Platfora Lens and to do analytics.
  • To support Data movement, infrastructure cost is high.
  • To support data movement, network bandwidth consumption is high.
  • No trial versions for companies to evaluate.
Read full review
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).
Read full review
Workday
No answers on this topic
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.
Read full review
Workday
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Google
No objections
Read full review
Workday
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
Read full review
Workday
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.
Read full review
Workday
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
Read full review
Workday
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.
Read full review
Workday
Both are great products. The advantage of SAP Workforce Analytics is that it's widely interoperable between different APIs and databases. Having said that, Workday Prism Analytics scores much better in user-friendliness and the learning curve for the teams to start using it is very low. If Workday enhances its APIs functionality, it can compete easily with SAP Workforce Analytics.
Read full review
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
Perfect price to performance
Read full review
Workday
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.
Read full review
Workday
  • Improved ROI by decreasing the necessary time investment that managers must make to upkeep employee data sectors.
  • Improved ease of access for employees, reducing unnecessary communication between employees and management.
  • Has led to fewer accounting errors overall.
Read full review
ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.

Workday Prism Analytics Screenshots

Screenshot of Workday Prism Analytics Data LineageScreenshot of Workday Prism Analytics Total Cost of LaborScreenshot of Workday Prism Analytics Sales Performance Analytics