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Grafana vs. Looker

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Grafana

117 Reviews and Ratings

Looker

426 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Grafana

    Score8.7 out of 10
    		N/AGrafana is a data visualization tool developed by Grafana Labs in New York. It is available open source, managed (Grafana Cloud), or via an enterprise edition with enhanced features. Grafana has pluggable data source model and comes bundled with support for popular time series databases like Graphite. It also has built-in support for cloud monitoring vendors like Amazon Cloudwatch, Microsoft Azure and SQL databases like MySQL. Grafana can combine data from many places into a single dashboard.

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    Looker

    Score8.7 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
    Pricing
    GrafanaLooker
    Editions & Modules
    Grafana Cloud - Pro
    $8
    per month up to 1 active user
    Grafana Cloud - Free
    Free
    10k metrics + 50GB logs + 50GB traces up to 3 active users
    Grafana Cloud - Advanced
    Volume Discounts
    custom data usage custom active users
    Grafana - Enterprise Stack
    Custom Pricing
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GrafanaLooker
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Must contact sales team for pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    GrafanaLooker
    Considered Both Products
    Grafana Labs
    No answer on this topic
    Google
    Verified User
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Tanicia Joseph
    Operations Quality analysist and trainer in Quality Assurance at Yellow Social Interactive (Computer Games, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Looker
    Looker's user-friendly interface and pre-built visualizations resonated with us. While other tools offered similar features, Looker felt smoother and more intuitive, especially for non-technical users. This was crucial for our goal of empowering widespread data exploration …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    GrafanaLooker
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Grafana and Looker
    Feature
    Grafana
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    Looker
    8.7
    117 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.05 Ratings8.896 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings9.0115 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.05 Ratings8.499 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Grafana and Looker
    Feature
    Grafana
    6.8
    4 Ratings
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis6.04 Ratings8.2112 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.04 Ratings7.8114 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages5.04 Ratings8.847 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.04 Ratings9.2116 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Grafana and Looker
    Feature
    Grafana
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    Looker
    8.8
    112 Ratings
    Publish to Web7.04 Ratings8.494 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.04 Ratings9.1100 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.04 Ratings8.775 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.04 Ratings9.297 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Grafana and Looker
    Feature
    Grafana
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.04 Ratings8.1109 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.04 Ratings8.297 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.04 Ratings4.66 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Grafana and Looker
    Feature
    Grafana
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    8.3
    112 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.7106 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.293 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.1106 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.245 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Grafana and Looker
    Feature
    Grafana
    -
    Ratings
    Looker
    6.2
    84 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.681 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.475 Ratings
    User Ratings
    GrafanaLooker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)