We performed a comparison between Looker and Zoho Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Embedded BI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The stability of Looker has been good since I have been using it. However, it depends on what components are being used."
"Looker allows you to generate the most optimal SQL queries in a DC through UI actions. We had signed a contract with Google Cloud to use BigQuery. That was the primary reason we adopted Looker. It works better with BigQuery than any other BI platform. We also like how this tool was developed. It was designed with an eye toward microservices architecture."
"The product is easy to use."
"We can centralize all our data models."
"With Looker, I have experienced benefits in terms of usability and shareability."
"It's quite effortless to navigate through various applications and review their updated data in real-time."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. I didn't face any issues with stability."
"From a developer's perspective, the way the functionality's being handled is great."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"We use the solution for financial and sales analytics. It brings data from our IT incident management tool. Hence, we have three business use cases for IT support, sales and financials."
"I like the way I can share dashboards and embed dashboards. I normally use embedding. So, I create a dashboard, and I embed it into specific websites. Sharing of the dashboard is seamless, and it is easier than any other visualization platform, even Tableau."
"The data source is the most valuable feature as it can perform any function."
"Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform."
"We moved the data from Zoho Creator to Zoho Analytics and created reports."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its dashboard."
"We can create advanced-level reports with the tool. We can get data from different Zoho applications and also from other third-party applications. We can create schedules for syncing data from third parties to Zoho Analytics. We can also use table queries for getting data from more than one table."
"Looker doesn't connect to Excel, which is a huge disappointment because a lot of data is presented in Excel. Also, it can't consume data directly from REST APIs, which is necessary. Looker needs to expand its horizons when it comes to data sources. The inability to connect to different data sources is hampering our use cases. Currently, it only has an ODBC connection that connects to a database. It needs to connect to other data sources, such as Excel, APIs, and different platforms."
"The main area of concern in Looker is probably related to blending the data from the different sources, including the data present internally in the company and on the cloud."
"The product does not have documented material."
"Integrations with other BI tools could be better."
"It needs to be more user-friendly."
"The visualization capability of the product is limited."
"The integration with different databases must be improved."
"Stability needs improvement."
"The tool needs to improve analysis and add more features."
"There should be more types of graphics available for use in the reports."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option. I know they have a white labeling feature in which I can white label Zoho Analytics with my company theme, logo, and URL, but it seems a little expensive. If they can make it cheaper, it would be great. The same is applicable to Tableau."
"This solution does not support manufacturing facilities."
"The support for Zoho Analytics is pathetic."
"The hourly pricing needs improvement."
"There is a limitation that we cannot create more than 300 columns in a worksheet on Zoho Analytics."
Looker is ranked 5th in Embedded BI with 19 reviews while Zoho Analytics is ranked 8th in Embedded BI with 24 reviews. Looker is rated 8.0, while Zoho Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Looker writes "The APIs are exposed at every level, so it's highly modular". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zoho Analytics writes "An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards". Looker is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Google Data Studio, Databricks and SAS Visual Analytics, whereas Zoho Analytics is most compared with Apache Superset, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight. See our Looker vs. Zoho Analytics report.
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