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Looker vs. Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)

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Looker

426 Reviews and Ratings

Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)

9 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Looker

    Score8.8 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

    Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)

    Score8.2 out of 10
    		N/APrism was a business intelligence software offering from Prism Skylabs. It is a discontinued product.N/A
    Pricing
    LookerPrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerPrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    LookerPrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Verified User
    Chose Looker
    It was cheaper and less complicated. We were not ready to just into something as big as Sisense and quite frankly didn't need that level of product at the time. We also considered building our own tool but eventually realized that would be way more time and effort consuming so …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Looker
    Most of the other BI tools are fairly similar in terms of charting capabilities and performance. Looker stands out with its modeling layer and SQL free end-user interface. It also has a feature-rich API enabling you to embed Looker into your own web app to customize it further …
    Incentivized
    Purav Vaidya
    Vice President, Mobile technology in Information Technology at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Looker
    Looker stacks up very well against the other tools we have evaluated and used. All the tools have their own pros and cons. Looker had a better edge in terms of visualizations when we chose to use it. After several updates, other tools began to have newer features. Looker still …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Looker
    Unfortunately, I was not in charge of the decision to select Looker as it was before my time. I can see why the decision was made as I do see the potential. We have felt the need to supplement Looker with another free tool and, if our integrations weren't so deep and our …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Looker
    Sisense aims to do too many things, such as ETL, at the cost of not excelling at any one thing. Looker excels by keeping the focus on data exploration and doing it extremely well.
    Incentivized
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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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
    LookerPrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Feature
    Looker
    8.8
    117 Ratings
    Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.996 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.0115 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.499 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Feature
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    5.7
    1 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.2112 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.9114 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.947 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.2116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Feature
    Looker
    8.8
    112 Ratings
    Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.494 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.1100 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.775 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.297 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Feature
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.2109 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.297 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Feature
    Looker
    8.3
    112 Ratings
    Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.245 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Feature
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.681 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.575 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    LookerPrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (7 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)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 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)