GoodData vs. Looker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoodData
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
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 8.7 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
Considered Both Products
GoodData
Chose GoodData
GoodData is much more customisable in our case so we choose this. Also when it comes to pricing part GoodData is the best economically as well and in terms of features and functionalities. As compared to others similar products I believe that GoodData is much more reliable with …
Chose GoodData
GoodData is much more focused on our use case of embedding into an existing web product, and their licensing was far more suitable for this.
Chose GoodData
GoodData has been proven best for us as it has given the most accurate analytical insights on our data. I've used other tools too but no one has been this good in terms of reporting, handling data, decision making.
Using GoodData for almost every organisational decision and …
Chose GoodData
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.
Chose GoodData
All of the tools have their plusses and minuses. The one thing that stands out with Qlik is that it allows for two-way API integrations with Salesforce. This means that analytics reporting results can interact with the Salesforce application.
Chose GoodData
The primary reasons GoodData was selected was data modeling capability, ability to standardize complex metrics, quality of viaualization and multi-tenancy
Chose GoodData
GoodData has been cost effective and flexible.
Chose GoodData
The hosted GoodData platform is simple to set up and provides a clean dashboarding experience that can be shared with users easily. Other products can often try to fill the self-service and dashboard roles in one interface which can be a bit full on.
Chose GoodData
GoodData provides the largest amount of OOB features that meet our end-user needs. It means a lot that we don't need to perform development on our own. At some point, it may make sense to take items in house, but its hte best current fit.
Chose GoodData
N\A, I wasn't the one comparing the possibilities between the different products.
Chose GoodData
Microsoft Power BI, Tableau Cloud and Looker
Chose GoodData
I have used all softwares in my past 10 years of experience. GoodData stands out with its seamless data integration, advanced predictive analytics, and collaborative features. Unlike Tableau and Power BI, GoodData offers scalable solutions with a user-friendly interface for …
Chose GoodData
Choosing between GoodData and other platforms was clear for me as the superiority of GoodData over others due to our needs. GoodData stands out for its awesome dashboards, robust predictive analytics, reports, and analysis. Data integration helps us for business intelligence …
Chose GoodData
Tableau is fantastic for visuals, and Zoho Analytics is user-friendly, but GoodData takes the cake with its seamless integration and powerful analytics. It stacks up well because it's not just about pretty graphs but it's about making data work for you. It's the perfect fit for …
Chose GoodData
GoodData is best among every other platform I used because it's a cloud based platform and way to easy to use. Its robust predictive analytics and unified data view set it way apart. While Power BI and Tableau excel in visualization, GoodData's focus on comprehensive business …
Chose GoodData
GoodData was more cost effective and did not necessitate additional spend on internal resources. The end user interface was easy to use and did not require additional set up or customization. The clients required little support from the Prometric staff to use the product.
Chose GoodData
I was involved in the decision making but not final decision maker. Ease of implementation for GoodData vs Cognos (used for 15 years in multiple companies). I think Tableau's visualizations are better, but there is much that just can't be done in Tableau that GoodData handles …
Chose GoodData
Klipfolio is excellent for non-embedded, non-distributed use cases, where GoodData covers those use cases.
Chose GoodData
GoodData's advantage in real-time data processing compared to Power BI can be attributed to several factors:
  • Immediate Data Insights
  • Better Handling of High-Velocity Data:
Chose GoodData
I was only involved with the final selection and did not actually go into detail on other platforms, I did confirm the findings of my colleague, but I did have a hand in the final decision.
Chose GoodData
The developer who chose GoodData really liked the visualizations that were included and the metrics that we could edit and change.
Chose GoodData
Looker and GoodData are both powerful BI platforms, but they have distinct strengths. Looker offers seamless integration with Google Sheets, enabling easy data import and analysis. On the other hand, GoodData excels in data modeling, providing a user-friendly interface for …
Looker
Chose Looker
Better in terms of data configuration with slight harder learning curve, available help material is not that much and we usually have to connect with Looker Help with chat for our data and analysis questions. While Looker offers a wide range of visualization options, there were …
Chose Looker
It takes forever sometimes to have data ready in tableau dashboard, and also it takes effort to maintain each dashboards. We do not have so many efforts to maintain all. Also, we need to be able to see data faster and therefore take actions and work faster. With Looker we might …
Chose Looker
Looker Studio is not as robust as Tableau or Microsoft BI. So it does not provide quite as much insight or depth and it has more limitations overall then the other major reporting products. However, it is also free and connects perfectly with other Google products. Plus, all of …
Chose Looker
Technically, Power BI is much more complete and powerful, but it's like an ocean liner. I didn't need all that equipment. In my case, I needed to move more quickly, like on a speedboat, to build a page with several data sources in a single source of truth that could be easily …
Chose Looker
Looker is a free tool to use on the basic level, which can't really compare apples to apples since all of the other services are paid services. Looker already has a leg up because of that. The other platforms definitely have more features and capabilities off the bat because it …
Chose Looker
The learning curve for Tableau Cloud was too steep for our team. After watching a couple of YouTube videos, anyone can begin connecting data sources and creating reports with Looker. Looker is also free with Google Workspace, making the decision between Looker and Tableau a …
Chose Looker
Tableau did not have the customization that we were told it had, and it was expensive. Domo looks promising, but is also expensive so we haven't purchased it (we may in the future). Google Sheets was very basic and did fine for what it was, but we needed something a bit more …
Chose Looker
Looker seems to be all inclusive in data analysis and reporting. Along with the ability to forecast and add specific metrics to data sets. The automatic reporting sending them on scheduled days is great as well. The only concern is the ease of use as it requires high level …
Chose Looker
I don't remember much about Tableau, but it was chaotic and poorly set up for our company.
Chose Looker
I have not used any other products like Looker before and the company has been using Looker since I've joined. We've talked about replacing other software vendors in the past but never discussed replacing Looker because of how vital it is to our organization.
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 …
Chose Looker
Our organization is going all in on Google products so switching out of the Microsoft suite of tools is a no brainer. All the Google tools work incredibly well together and once you transition it’s incredibly hard to be half in half out between Google and Microsoft. If you’re a …
Chose Looker
Looker is more mailable; it allows more dynamic visualisations, filters, drilldowns etc. It's sharing capabilities are also more streamlined than AWS Quicksight. However in contrast to this AWS Quicksight can leverage AWS IAM roles and policies which can be quite scalable. …
Chose Looker
Looker is free, so it's certainly better bang for your buck. It's a good platform for someone who just needs a quick way to look at the data they have. It doesn't have some of the advanced functionality that Tableau has, but it integrates well with the Google ecosystem, so it's …
Chose Looker
In terms of reporting specifically Looker Studio allows to integrate way more sources into a single report. If needed sources can be blended and parameters can be created with calculations etc
Chose Looker
We haven't had a proper benchmarking done. We might consider looking at other options, but this thing is deeply integrated into our platform, so not anytime soon.
Chose Looker
I choose Looker when I need quick charts. It is easier to start and configure, browser-based, and easy to connect with Google Sheets. This gives it a good competitive advantage when comparing pricing—other similar tools have expensive licenses. In a corporate Google …
Chose Looker
Looker and Tableau are similar products with benefits and drawbacks according to which software you choose to employ. Looker is a Google product whereas Tableau is a Salesforce product. Depending on your existing tech stack it is recommended to leverage the integrated, native …
Chose Looker
Looker is web based app and much easier to use.¨ON the othe hand Power BI offers robust integration with Microsoft products (like Azure, SQL Server, and Excel) and a wide range of other data sources. Power BI's ability to seamlessly connect and import data from these sources is …
Chose Looker
We use both Looker and Tableau. It depends on the specific team. However, there is a clear correlation that we use Tableau more often when there are more data sources, including financial data.
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
8.7
Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.90 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.70 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.00 Ratings8.30 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
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.40 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.30 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.80 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 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.90 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.60 Ratings4.60 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.10 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
8.3
Ratings
2% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.30 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.90 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.20 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
8.8
Ratings
6% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
-
Ratings
Looker
6.2
Ratings
23% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
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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
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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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Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.