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Looker vs. Qlik Sense

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Looker

426 Reviews and Ratings

Qlik Sense

1,000 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

    Qlik Sense

    Score7.4 out of 10
    		N/AQlik Sense® is a self-service BI platform for data discovery and visualization. It supports a full range of analytics use cases—data governance, pixel-perfect reporting, and collaboration. Its Associative Engine indexes and connects relationships between data points for creating actionable insights.

    $200

    per month

    Pricing
    LookerQlik Sense
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $200
    per month
    Standard
    $825
    per month
    Premium
    $2,750
    per month
    Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
    Contact Sales
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerQlik Sense
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    LookerQlik Sense
    Considered Both Products
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    Qlik
    Manjul Malhotra
    Product Consultant in Product Management at Flipkart (Consumer Goods, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Qlik Sense cost of licensing is cheaper compared with other tools which always gives an upper edge in analytics industry with good functionality. More enhanced level of security with better user community group available to discuss about new updates. Understanding of Qlik Sense …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Qlik Sense
    When it comes to working with large datasets out of the box, Qlik in my opinion is unrivaled amongst the competitor. However, the overall user experience and customization options available to developers require a lot of work. When compared to other options on the market, …
    Incentivized
    John Delligatti
    Director of Digital Transformation Strategy in Information Technology at SDI (Logistics & Supply Chain, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Qlik Sense
    While the same can be said for many of the other tools we evaluated, Qlik's robust community and free training programs were a major benefit to driving the democratization of data at our company. Qlik also offered local in person events (pre-COVID) that provided free training …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Qlik Sense
    We evaluated over a dozen vendors when we selected Qlik; among them I felt it had the best internal data model philosophy leading to much more powerful self-service analytics and apps which are easily extensible to include other visualizations. I think it was a reasonable …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Pretty good in performance user-friendliness. When generating insights, Qlik Sense looks at the selections and analyzes the excluded values in the data model, which reduces manual work.
    Also, it highlights data that may be of interest for further exploration. That data is …
    Incentivized
    Greg Anderson
    Senior Technical Architect in Information Technology at PayPal (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Both Tableau and Power Bi provide direct, guided tools for data access for analysts and others with some knowledge of database design and report definition. Their visualization capabilities, while sufficient for most day-to-day business needs, do not allow the same …
    Incentivized
    Mohammed Anzil
    Founder and Chief Editor in Social Media at Social Positives (Internet, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Qlik Sense
    Qlik Sense provides complete sales analytics and transaction data that works more perfectly than any other related software.
    Incentivized
    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
    LookerQlik Sense
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    8.7
    117 Ratings
    Qlik Sense
    8.5
    312 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.996 Ratings8.3213 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.0115 Ratings8.9310 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.499 Ratings8.2225 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    Qlik Sense
    8.6
    323 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.2112 Ratings8.9319 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.8114 Ratings8.2312 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.847 Ratings8.4152 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.2116 Ratings9.0296 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    8.8
    112 Ratings
    Qlik Sense
    8.8
    275 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.494 Ratings8.8207 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.1100 Ratings8.8254 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.775 Ratings8.8174 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.297 Ratings8.8180 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.8106 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    Qlik Sense
    8.7
    311 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.2109 Ratings8.5304 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.297 Ratings8.8281 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings8.7193 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    8.3
    112 Ratings
    Qlik Sense
    9.0
    294 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7106 Ratings9.2273 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.293 Ratings9.0270 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings8.8272 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.245 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.9216 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    Qlik Sense
    7.4
    220 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.681 Ratings8.3214 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.475 Ratings8.2184 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Looker and Qlik Sense
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Qlik Sense
    8.6
    143 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings8.8123 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.492 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.592 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.669 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.695 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.482 Ratings
    User Ratings
    LookerQlik Sense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    8.5
    (327 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 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)
    3.4
    (36 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    7.5
    (37 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)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)