GoodData vs. Looker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoodData
Score 8.5 out of 10
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GoodData is an analytics platform used by organizations to deliver real-time, governed insights, embedded into products, customized for users, and integrated into any data environment. At the heart of GoodData is a universal semantic layer: a shared, code-defined model that maps raw data into consistent business concepts, metrics, and logic. Metrics are authored once and reused across every dashboard, app, or API, to ensure accuracy, governance, and trust wherever analytics are…N/A
Looker
Score 8.6 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
Pricing
GoodDataLooker
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GoodDataLooker
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
GoodDataLooker
Features
GoodDataLooker
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.9
Ratings
12% above category average
Looker
8.5
Ratings
4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.90 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.70 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.7
Ratings
0% below category average
Looker
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.40 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.30 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.2
Ratings
4% below category average
Looker
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.60 Ratings4.60 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.0
Ratings
6% above category average
Looker
8.2
Ratings
3% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.30 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.1
Ratings
8% above category average
Looker
-
Ratings
REST API8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
-
Ratings
Looker
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
-
Ratings
Looker
6.1
Ratings
25% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
User Ratings
GoodDataLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
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8.7
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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9.5
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Usability
7.9
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8.8
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Availability
7.0
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10.0
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Performance
8.0
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6.0
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Support Rating
8.7
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8.8
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In-Person Training
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
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Online Training
8.0
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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10.0
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Configurability
-
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10.0
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Ease of integration
7.2
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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
GoodDataLooker
Likelihood to Recommend
If you have consistently formatted data, that you want regular reports on, plus flexibility to let end users build their own reports, GoodData is perfect. Especially if your end users are less technical. If you want to be able to embed your reporting into your app, GoodData excels, though the start up process can be involved. If your data structure varies, it could be more challenging to integrate. It may also not be worth the integration if you have people who can already run their own SQL queries.
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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
  • GoodData helps in simplifying complex data into easy-to-understand visuals. We can create personalized dashboards & tailor them as per requirements. This data can be used from an executive level employee to a team lead employee in the business
  • GoodData is a very user friendly platform. The collaborative features simplify sharing and discussing reports among team members which promotes a culture of data-driven decision-making.
  • GoodData connects with various data sources and consolidate information from multiple platforms. This flexibility proves invaluable for businesses dealing with data spread across different systems as they can access large amount of data on a single platform.
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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
  • would be nice to be able to add the same filter to a multi-tab dashboard once instead of having to do it for each tab; tedious and time consuming
  • Variable use is kind of clunky and would like to be able to hide/show easier
  • The newer insight based dashboard method does not have the flexibility classic does
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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
Each client I have worked with and spoken too has renewed their GoodData subscription. I know of not one to date that has cancelled. The GoodData platform has a very high rate of renewal from the discussions I have had with their internal teams as well
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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
GoodData provided us with strong overall usability and provided us a platform for various business analytics. Its user-friendly and insightful reports and also the dashboards. Me and my team really appreciate the platform's ability to streamline decision-making processes. However, there is a learning curve during initial setup as I mentioned before. Continuous improvements in the onboarding could further enhance GoodData's usability as well.
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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
We are approximately one month since go-live. There has been one short outage.
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No objections
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Performance
Performance on refreshing metrics works well.
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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
The fast and comprehensive responses we got from GoodData regarding the doubts we had experienced while starting to use the products and metrics were of great help in ensuring the metrics we were obtaining were accurate to what we wanted to know about our customers' experience and our product areas of opportunity.
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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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In-Person Training
Petr was a rock star - patient, knowledgeable, clear and easy to work with.
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Online Training
GoodData implementation team was professional and courteous
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Implementation Rating
Thorough, professional and on time.
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Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
GoodData comparing to other platform is very easy to use, customer support and on-boarding support. Set of features, speed of integration in our platform. Also great benefit for us was very competetive pricing.
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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
  • I personally pushed our management to get GoodData implemented, and there on we have been making much more profits than we ever did!
  • Last month we made a decision using the platform and withing a short span of time our ROI gets 7X.
  • We also made a marketing spend of $100,000 every quater using the insights and metrics, and we are really happy with the returs.
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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

GoodData Screenshots

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Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.