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Looker vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

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Looker

426 Reviews and Ratings

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844 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

    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

    Score6.4 out of 10
    		N/AThe SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
    Pricing
    LookerSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    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
    LookerSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Considered Both Products
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    SAP
    Dharmesh Shah
    Associate Principal in Information Technology at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech (Banking, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    MicroStrategy Analytics and IBM Cognos Analytics is costlier compared to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform stacks. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform stacks is user friendly, easy to adapt, easy to train resources and get them …
    Incentivized
    Viktor Mulac
    Senior Consultant in Information Technology at A.T. Kearney (Management Consulting, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    On a different company level, we have been using the MS PowerBI platform, a package with a great usability - quickly deployable and easy to use from the beginning. Used the Azure cloud option (needless to say that in a paid version). The main difference would be a scale of …
    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
    LookerSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Looker
    8.9
    117 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    8.2
    51 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.196 Ratings8.646 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.0115 Ratings7.747 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.499 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Looker
    8.6
    116 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.2112 Ratings7.247 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.9114 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.947 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.3116 Ratings8.647 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Looker
    8.9
    112 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    48 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.594 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.1100 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.775 Ratings6.742 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.297 Ratings8.447 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.726 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.3
    43 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.2109 Ratings6.941 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.397 Ratings6.939 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Looker
    8.4
    112 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    9.2
    48 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7106 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.393 Ratings9.646 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings9.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.345 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    5.8
    34 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.781 Ratings6.733 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings3.828 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.675 Ratings3.830 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Looker and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings6.721 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings7.318 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.222 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.720 Ratings
    User Ratings
    LookerSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)