Amazon QuickSight vs Looker Studio comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 in BIT , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 7.3% mindshare in the category. Google is ranked #11 in RT , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 63% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Google users who would recommend it.

Amazon QuickSight

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63% willing to recommend

Looker Studio

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1,280 Comparison Views

85% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon QuickSight

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (3rd)

Looker Studio

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Reporting (11th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon QuickSight is designed for BI (Business Intelligence) Tools and holds a mindshare of 7.3%, down 11.5% compared to last year.
Looker Studio, on the other hand, focuses on Reporting, holds 2.5% mindshare, down 2.8% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Mohd Farhan

AWS Cloud Solution Developer | DevOps | SpringBoot | Android/iOS at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Has seamless data filtering and visualization for client satisfaction

One area for improvement is the cost, as it's a bit expensive. The caching mechanism also charges too much if I need to cache any data. Sometimes it takes time to display data, suggesting a need for enhancement in data visualization speed. Additionally, the role-level security is challenging to implement, and it could be improved to allow access control per department more easily.

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Srini-Dhanaraj

Founder & CEO at imfine.club

Available for free and can help businesses resolve their data migration problems

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. Google Data Studio is a cloud-based tool. With cloud-based tools, there can be two challenges, the first one being associated with the bandwidth of your data strength. If I run a report from my home because of the wi-fi connection, it may give an excellent response. When I run the reports, Google Data Studio develops reports from my home, and because of wi-fi, it works in an excellent manner. When I am on the road or at the wheel, if I use the internet data from my mobile to browse my reports, the performance may not be good, and this issue is not because of the product but because of the bandwidth. The second issue arises when you connect Google Data Studio to a source system to extract the data to do the visualization. If the source system is not responding as quickly as expected, it could be the reason why the report may be printed slowly. Considering the aforementioned aspects, the problem may not be because of Google Data Studio but because of the source system.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature I have found is the low-level securities are very easy to use."

"It has a lot of valuable features, but the most important aspect is the affordable cost. This solution costs much less in comparison to the competitors like Qlik Sense, Power BI, and Tableau."

"The product is easy to learn."

"From an analytics perspective, it's really good for self-service analytics."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon QuickSight is its connectivity with other Amazon services."

"It works well with the AWS ecosystem."

"QuickSight makes it easy to provision, create, and publish dashboards."

"The graph charts, pie charts, and box plots are valuable."

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"The ability to integrate with a great variety of data sources."

"I am impressed with the tool's scheduling mechanism, refresh mechanism, and different types of charts."

"The best thing about the tool is that it allows you to share information easily and dashboards with colleagues and teammates because it's all online. No matter where you are, as long as you have the Internet, you can connect and use these dashboards. Google made good documentation for this tool. There are many examples of how to use and create dashboards and videos on YouTube. So, I think it's easy to learn."

"Looker's ability to perform aggregation before visualization allows for effective data slicing and dicing."

"The company dashboard is useful because we could share it via a link as a reminder for everyone to check it weekly. We observed the progress of our portfolio from last week to the current week, allowing us to compare revenues."

"The product's initial setup phase is very simple."

"The solution is free so that is a good feature."

"Data Studio integrates seamlessly with other Google products, and we can use it with other APIs if we like."

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Cons

"You can't tell a data story as well in QuickSight as you can on others, especially in TIBCO Spotfire."

"Amazon QuickSight has minimal features. The feature set can be improved to allow you to create good production-ready dashboards. This does not happen with QuickSite, it needs to mature to be used in production."

"Compared to Power BI, I felt QuickSight lacks some features, like delayed drill-downs. Drill-downs were the main area where we found QuickSight lacking."

"Lacked connectivity with other third-party tools and data sources."

"It is a simple tool with limited features. Its visualization set is very limited, and it also has limited functionality. An intelligence tool should not be only for creating reports. Currently, we have to do all computational and mathematical operations outside. We should be able to do such operations in an intelligence tool like this. As an intelligence tool, it should support dynamic refresh. QuickSight currently supports the refresh at a minimum of one hour, and it is not suitable for dynamic dashboards that require frequent refreshes."

"The cost of queries is very high."

"QuickSight needs to add more visuals similar to what Power BI offers."

"One area where Amazon QuickSight could improve is its formatting features for dashboards."

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"The performance of Looker needs improvement, particularly the report loading time, which is critical for business users."

"Panels are not as easy to use as other data extraction UIs."

"When you physically install a product on one machine instead of the cloud, you have a better visibility, best icon quality, etc.. It's more of an issue with how we are adapting to the transition. We are still in the early moments of using this tool, and we need to go deeper to discover some improvements."

"Other tools might be worth considering if you need more advanced features or support for a larger user base."

"The challenges with Google Data Studio are associated with the security part, making it an area where improvements are required."

"Insisting on forums, blogs and community outreach in communications, and posting videos on an established calendar would be useful."

"There are issues with integration and I encountered limits and warnings, especially with my pivot table size."

"There is a significant degree of sophistication required to compete with Tableau or Cognos."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"A highly affordable cost structure with fixed membership and timeframe basis options."

"The solution is not affordable."

"The Amazon QuickSight licensing model my company's on is pay-as-you-go, but I wouldn't be able to give the figures because that's handled by the finance department."

"Amazon QuickSight you subscribe and you use the service."

"The pricing is cost-effective with a good plan."

"I'm using a paid version of Amazon QuickSight, paying about $22 monthly. As I have yet to learn about the pricing for other tools, such as Power BI, I won't be able to compare."

"The product pricing is better than other vendors."

"I rate the price of Amazon QuickSight a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

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"The product is available for free."

"I think the tool is cheap because you don't need to pay anything for using the tool. However, when connecting and analyzing other data sources, you should consider where to analyze this information because Google Data Studio doesn't handle much data well. You must also consider how you will connect this data to it. In this case, you might need to hire DevOps or a data team to help with these issues."

"The tool is free."

"The cost is quite affordable based on feature analysis."

"The solution is free but the Google Looker is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon QuickSight?

The integration is very seamless. We stored our result CSV files in S3 and connected directly from there.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon QuickSight?

Amazon QuickSight charges $250 per user, which becomes expensive when managing multiple departments. However, this cost is offset by the advantages it provides.

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What needs improvement with Amazon QuickSight?

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What do you like most about Google Data Studio?

The company dashboard is useful because we could share it via a link as a reminder for everyone to check it weekly. We observed the progress of our portfolio from last week to the current week, all...

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What needs improvement with Google Data Studio?

The tool should improve on live data integration for quicker data reflection. Currently, changes in Google Sheets take about three to five minutes to reflect in Looker Studio. Overall, the interfac...

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What is your primary use case for Google Data Studio?

I use Looker Studio primarily for dashboard creation and data analytics. I have integrated it with Google Sheets, and I use it for project plan maintenance and data tracking.

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Comparisons

Microsoft Power BI vs Amazon QuickSight

Compared 27% of the time

Tableau vs Amazon QuickSight

Compared 19% of the time

Qlik Sense vs Amazon QuickSight

Compared 7% of the time

Looker vs Amazon QuickSight

Compared 6% of the time

Databricks vs Amazon QuickSight

Compared 5% of the time

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Microsoft Power BI vs Looker Studio

Compared 23% of the time

Tableau vs Looker Studio

Compared 6% of the time

IBM Cognos vs Looker Studio

Compared 5% of the time

Databricks vs Looker Studio

Compared 3% of the time

Qlik Sense vs Looker Studio

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

QuickSight

Data Studio

Overview

Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy to build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from your data. Using our cloud-based service you can easily connect to your data, perform advanced analysis, and create stunning visualizations and rich dashboards that can be accessed from any browser or mobile device.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Google Looker Studio is a free tool designed to help users create visually appealing reports and dashboards, making data easier to understand. It allows you to connect to various data sources such as Google Analytics, Facebook Ads, and spreadsheets. With Looker Studio, you can create charts and graphs to showcase trends and comparisons, build comprehensive dashboards that provide an overview of your data, and customize reports to match your brand or preferences. Additionally, you can share your reports online or export them as PDFs for wider distribution.

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MLB Advanced Media, Infor, HotelBeds, Gemini, Jivochat, Edmunds.com

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