Arcadia Data (discontinued) vs. Looker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Arcadia Data (discontinued)
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Arcadia Data, a provider of cloud-native AI-powered business intelligence and real-time analytics, was acquired by Cloudera in late 2019. The solution is no longer available for sale, and its capabilities now augment Cloudera's Data Warehouse.N/A
Looker
Score 8.6 out of 10
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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
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
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Features
Arcadia Data (discontinued)Looker
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Arcadia Data (discontinued)
9.2
Ratings
12% above category average
Looker
8.5
Ratings
4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.70 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Arcadia Data (discontinued)
9.2
Ratings
13% above category average
Looker
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Drill-down analysis9.30 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.70 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.30 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.30 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Arcadia Data (discontinued)
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Looker
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Publish to Web8.30 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.30 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Versioning9.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Arcadia Data (discontinued)
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Looker
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.30 Ratings4.60 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Arcadia Data (discontinued)
8.8
Ratings
4% above category average
Looker
8.2
Ratings
3% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.70 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Arcadia Data (discontinued)
9.0
Ratings
13% above category average
Looker
6.1
Ratings
25% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Mobile Application8.70 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.30 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Arcadia Data (discontinued)
9.2
Ratings
17% above category average
Looker
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Ratings
REST API9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
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8.7
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.5
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Usability
9.3
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8.8
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Availability
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10.0
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Performance
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6.0
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Support Rating
9.3
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8.8
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Implementation Rating
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10.0
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Configurability
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10.0
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Ease of integration
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10.0
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Product Scalability
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10.0
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Vendor post-sale
-
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10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
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10.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
It is suitable for companies without a proper data warehouse. He does very well in sales analysis and KPI management. It builds mini data warehouses, is good at data fusion, and interfaces well with other systems. Also, the export function and filter can greatly help you to get only the information you want in the format you want.
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When you need to create a centralised dashboard for multiple stakeholders that blends cross-channel reporting. As an SEO agency reporting for clients - Looker is a great solution. It's less appropriate depending on the intended users. For instance, in my experience Looker reports have been under-utilised because they're not accessed regularly, provide too much noise or often simple PDF reports are preferred
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Pros
  • Response times are good when analyzing the data.
  • Allows you to easily relate data from many data sources with little effort.
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  • It is very easy to start a new dashboard and configure what you want to display by just selecting/dragging from the list of available columns.
  • It is intuitive, mainly if you use other Google services like Google Sheets.
  • The look and feel is modern and nice.
  • It it very useful to have an immediate visual overview of the data in a spreadsheet.
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Cons
  • More suitable for image processing data and we can quickly simulate the neural network model.
  • We can see how epoch works.
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  • I wish I could get more granular in the Google ad data, such as down to the campaign type, instead of having to see only all campaigns.
  • The setup can be time-consuming if you're not using the product regularly.
  • Editing the dashboard requires a few logins; I wish it was more seamless.
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Likelihood to Renew
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We are very haooy with Looker, it provides us with all the funciomalities we need for both the day to day oerformance tracking and longer periods reporting. It is easy to use for account managers, configurable and customizable for soecialists and what is most imoortant, our clinets generally really love it
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Usability
The forecasts thrown allowed to formulate problems as solutions, it allows the distributed processing of the data as a whole, the real power of the Software is that it handles large amounts of data.
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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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Reliability and Availability
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No objections
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Performance
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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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Support Rating
Security rules can be very frustrating, and limited online resources make it a difficult job.
Download the report data only in Excel. Unable to download report formats such as colors, fonts, etc. This data analysis tool is a bit complex but complete for any industry that wants to follow its data.
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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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Implementation Rating
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Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
You can have a good reading of the data, you undoubtedly have cost savings and eliminate unnecessary and repetitive processes, we have unstructured data that, when structured, are elements of information that have become a competitive advantage for our organization, it is undoubtedly a strategic ally for the organization in the decision-making process
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In my opinion, Looker is no Power BI. It is good, but I think Power BI is amazing. That said, in my experience, Power BI is nowhere near as easy to setup and report on Google services as Looker is. We plan to continue using Power BI for c-suite and corporate reporting, especially for internal databases, but will gladly use Looker for our marketing information for AdWords, Analytics, Search Console, and YouTube.
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Return on Investment
  • If you are already at an intermediate level, you can use it as a rapid prototyping tool and focus on other aspects of your work.
  • I don't dislike anything about Matlab or don't have that amount of experience in detecting flaws. I love it and I'm used to it.
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  • Other than some people not liking the numbers, I don't see any negative impacts; we haven't experienced that.
  • The reports help us unravel the story of our users and how they are sifting through our pages.
  • Our clients enjoy seeing the numbers to understand better what stands out on their sites.
  • The reports have helped us see what campaigns are working and where we need to tweak things.
  • The reports have enabled us to have better conversations with stakeholders about how their web pages should be modified, edited, etc., to reflect the data.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.