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."I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. I didn't face any issues with stability."
"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."
"It's quite effortless to navigate through various applications and review their updated data in real-time."
"With Looker, I have experienced benefits in terms of usability and shareability."
"The product is easy to use."
"We can centralize all our data models."
"From a developer's perspective, the way the functionality's being handled is great."
"The stability of Looker has been good since I have been using it. However, it depends on what components are being used."
"The front end of this solution including the graph generation using SQL has been most useful."
"Zoho Analytics is the best software for giving reports to customers and we can create any report that is required."
"It provides insights into leads, information about the team and about various sales activities. The graphical representations in the form of charts is excellent."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its dashboard."
"The data source is the most valuable feature as it can perform any function."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"We really like that it's user friendly and has a lot of combinations and charts. They're good compared to other tools. We used a free Elastic product, comparatively, this solution is good because of their support, UI, and connecting to databases is very easy."
"The integration interface is very easy to use and allows you to directly connect to a variety of APIs."
"The product does not have documented material."
"The integration with different databases must be improved."
"The visualization capability of the product is limited."
"It needs to be more user-friendly."
"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."
"Integrations with other BI tools could be better."
"Stability needs improvement."
"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 improvement needed is regarding the number of API calls. Currently, Zoho Analytics only allows us to update data hourly. It would be much better to have updates more frequently every half an hour."
"This solution does not support manufacturing facilities."
"In terms of improvement, they have a limited number of graphs available in their store. They should come up with more graph style forms. They should have more charts and at the same time, you can't create panels like with Microsoft BA."
"I like the solution's Query Table feature which helps me write SQL queries. We can get data from different tables and then use it to create reports."
"There is a limitation that we cannot create more than 300 columns in a worksheet on Zoho Analytics."
"There should be more types of graphics available for use in the reports."
"The solution does not provide call center facilities for customer support."
"The customer service and support for this solution could be improved by faster response times."
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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