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Looker vs. Tableau Server

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Looker

426 Reviews and Ratings

Tableau Server

878 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

    Tableau Server

    Score7.6 out of 10
    		N/ATableau Server allows Tableau Desktop users to publish dashboards to a central server to be shared across their organizations. The product is designed to facilitate collaboration across the organization. It can be deployed on a server in the data center, or it can be deployed on a public cloud.

    $12

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    LookerTableau Server
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Viewer
    $12.00
    Per User Per Month
    Explorer
    $35.00
    Per User Per Month
    Creator
    $70.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerTableau Server
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    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
    LookerTableau Server
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Verified User
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Jacob Rasmussen
    Software Engineer - Internal Systems in Engineering at Route (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Looker
    Looker was not as flexible as Tableau, but it provides more customization through code and it provides a consistent data model which can be nice.
    Incentivized
    Jennifer Lamas
    Analista in Information Technology at FONDO DE COMPENSACIÓN INTERTERRITORIAL (Financial Services, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Looker
    Looker is easier to use, faster helps save time at work, Robust data connections with R Studio are very important because we use this application in the company and other applications do not allow it, it has a scalable machine learning with integration of Google TensorFlow, …
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    Looker and Tableau are quite similar products. I think Tableau's ability to view data visually is more comprehensive. The different breakdowns in UTM level versus first touch and last touch are shown in a visual format, making it much easier to view and interpret the results. …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    The choice to use Tableau Server is really made for you if you already have adopted Tableau Desktop. If you're focused on an on-premise solution, Tableau is probably the way that you'll have to go. Looker and Mode are cloud-based (so is Tableau Online) and offer a true …
    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
    LookerTableau Server
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Looker
    8.8
    117 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.5
    94 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.096 Ratings9.129 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.0115 Ratings9.793 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.499 Ratings9.780 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Looker
    8.6
    116 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.1
    94 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.2112 Ratings8.994 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.9114 Ratings8.892 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.947 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.2116 Ratings9.888 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Looker
    8.9
    112 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    90 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.494 Ratings9.884 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.1100 Ratings9.783 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.775 Ratings9.169 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.297 Ratings8.376 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.7
    89 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.2109 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.297 Ratings8.984 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings8.563 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Looker
    8.4
    112 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.3
    94 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7106 Ratings8.392 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.393 Ratings8.389 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings8.391 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.345 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.781 Ratings8.276 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings8.160 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.675 Ratings9.067 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Looker and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Looker
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    7.2
    45 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.036 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.57 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.19 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings4.67 Ratings
    User Ratings
    LookerTableau Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    8.1
    (110 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    5.2
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    6.6
    (82 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)