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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (60.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (57.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Looker
Star Rating
(1,556)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (60.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about LookerSisense
Star Rating
(1,033)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (57.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about SisenseSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Sisense excels in its Data Preparation capabilities, particularly with its Connectors feature, which received a score of 7.8. In contrast, Looker shines with a higher score of 8.4, indicating a more robust integration with various data sources.
- Reviewers mention that Sisense's Ease of Setup is rated at 7.7, which some users find challenging compared to Looker's score of 8.0. This suggests that Looker may offer a more user-friendly onboarding experience.
- G2 users highlight that Looker has a superior Quality of Support with a score of 8.7, while Sisense trails slightly at 8.3. This difference indicates that Looker may provide more effective customer service and support resources.
- Users on G2 report that Sisense's Graphs and Charts feature is rated at 8.4, which is slightly higher than Looker's score of 8.2. This suggests that Sisense may offer more visually appealing or functional data visualization options.
- Reviewers say that Looker’s Collaboration / Workflow features, with a score of 8.3, are more advanced compared to Sisense's score of 7.5. This indicates that Looker may facilitate better teamwork and project management within its platform.
- Users report that Sisense's Custom Reports and Dashboards feature is highly rated at 9.0, showcasing its flexibility and user satisfaction, while Looker also performs well but does not reach the same level of acclaim in this area.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Looker
No pricing availableSisense
No pricing availableFree Trial
Looker
Free Trial is available
Sisense
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
1,066
8.2
813
Ease of Use
8.2
1,070
8.3
824
Ease of Setup
8.2
550
7.7
513
Ease of Admin
8.3
423
8.0
520
Quality of Support
8.6
906
8.3
768
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
401
8.7
509
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
998
8.0
792
Features by Category
Reports
8.6
641
|
Verified
8.3
543
|
Verified
8.2
600
|
Verified
7.7
501
|
Verified
8.2
639
|
Verified
8.4
555
|
Verified
8.2
512
|
Verified
8.0
452
|
Verified
8.7
639
|
Verified
8.7
551
|
Verified
Self Service
8.4
608
|
Verified
8.0
539
|
Verified
8.6
622
|
Verified
8.2
540
|
Verified
8.4
597
|
Verified
7.9
518
|
Verified
8.1
603
|
Verified
7.7
489
|
Verified
8.3
574
|
Verified
7.5
475
|
Verified
7.7
488
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Advanced Analytics
7.5
417
|
Verified
6.9
283
|
Verified
8.4
615
|
Verified
8.5
528
|
Verified
8.0
499
|
Verified
7.6
413
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.3
378
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
386
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.0
348
|
Verified
7.9
354
|
Verified
8.1
322
|
Verified
7.7
340
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
8.6
641
|
Verified
8.3
543
|
Verified
8.2
600
|
Verified
7.7
501
|
Verified
8.2
639
|
Verified
8.4
555
|
Verified
8.2
512
|
Verified
8.0
452
|
Verified
8.7
639
|
Verified
8.7
551
|
Verified
Reports
8.5
105
7.9
11
8.5
104
7.1
11
8.0
99
7.0
11
Generative AI
6.9
98
5.7
9
7.1
98
5.2
8
Visualization
8.5
108
7.9
13
8.4
107
7.8
12
8.6
108
8.5
13
8.3
107
8.1
12
Data Updates
8.1
105
7.3
11
8.3
103
8.1
13
Collaboration
8.4
104
7.3
13
8.0
104
6.9
13
8.0
100
6.8
13
Data Updates
7.8
134
6.7
15
8.0
137
8.0
17
8.4
140
7.2
17
Reports
8.6
641
|
Verified
8.3
543
|
Verified
8.2
600
|
Verified
7.7
501
|
Verified
8.2
639
|
Verified
8.4
555
|
Verified
8.2
512
|
Verified
8.0
452
|
Verified
8.7
639
|
Verified
8.7
551
|
Verified
Data Preparation
8.3
271
|
Verified
7.8
323
|
Verified
8.2
250
|
Verified
7.5
300
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
8.4
300
|
Verified
7.9
341
|
Verified
8.6
316
|
Verified
8.1
347
|
Verified
8.3
298
|
Verified
7.8
333
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.9
80
6.1
143
7.0
78
6.2
143
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
6.8
31
Not enough data
6.9
30
Not enough data
6.8
30
Not enough data
6.6
31
Not enough data
6.8
31
Not enough data
6.9
30
Not enough data
7.3
30
Not enough data
Self Service
8.4
608
|
Verified
8.0
539
|
Verified
8.6
622
|
Verified
8.2
540
|
Verified
8.4
597
|
Verified
7.9
518
|
Verified
8.1
603
|
Verified
7.7
489
|
Verified
8.3
574
|
Verified
7.5
475
|
Verified
7.7
488
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
7.7
27
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
8.1
27
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
7.5
417
|
Verified
6.9
283
|
Verified
8.4
615
|
Verified
8.5
528
|
Verified
8.0
499
|
Verified
7.6
413
|
Verified
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
7.9
27
Not enough data
7.6
27
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
7.5
27
Not enough data
6.7
27
Not enough data
7.0
27
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
6.7
27
Not enough data
7.0
27
Not enough data
7.3
27
Not enough data
7.1
27
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
7.4
27
Not enough data
6.8
28
Not enough data
7.2
27
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.3
378
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
386
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.0
348
|
Verified
7.9
354
|
Verified
8.1
322
|
Verified
7.7
340
|
Verified
Reports
8.6
641
|
Verified
8.3
543
|
Verified
8.2
600
|
Verified
7.7
501
|
Verified
8.2
639
|
Verified
8.4
555
|
Verified
8.2
512
|
Verified
8.0
452
|
Verified
8.7
639
|
Verified
8.7
551
|
Verified
Self Service
8.4
608
|
Verified
8.0
539
|
Verified
8.6
622
|
Verified
8.2
540
|
Verified
8.4
597
|
Verified
7.9
518
|
Verified
8.1
603
|
Verified
7.7
489
|
Verified
8.3
574
|
Verified
7.5
475
|
Verified
7.7
488
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Building Reports
8.3
378
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
386
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.0
348
|
Verified
7.9
354
|
Verified
8.1
322
|
Verified
7.7
340
|
Verified
Metrics
8.8
235
Not enough data
8.7
235
Not enough data
8.4
221
Not enough data
8.3
223
Not enough data
8.4
212
Not enough data
8.3
222
Not enough data
8.4
216
Not enough data
8.5
227
Not enough data
8.3
219
Not enough data
Reporting
8.4
238
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
239
Not enough data
8.5
242
Not enough data
8.1
196
Not enough data
8.4
202
Not enough data
9.0
251
Not enough data
Other
8.7
223
Not enough data
8.6
206
Not enough data
8.4
198
Not enough data
8.7
212
Not enough data
8.7
204
Not enough data
8.2
176
Not enough data
8.3
188
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics
7.6
15
Not enough data
7.7
14
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
214
Not enough data
8.3
191
Not enough data
8.5
243
Not enough data
8.6
237
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Sales Analytics
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
6.7
10
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
Data Sourcing
8.8
200
Not enough data
8.8
218
Not enough data
8.6
186
Not enough data
8.8
222
Not enough data
8.7
207
Not enough data
Predictive Analytics
8.3
151
Not enough data
8.2
147
Not enough data
8.2
145
Not enough data
8.0
163
Not enough data
Sales Management
8.4
160
Not enough data
8.2
139
Not enough data
8.6
169
Not enough data
8.7
167
Not enough data
Marketing Operations
8.6
221
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
240
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
227
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
244
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
129
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Campaign Activity
8.6
230
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
260
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
212
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
213
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
199
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics
6.8
14
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
7.4
15
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Looker and Sisense are categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, and Data Visualization
Unique Categories
Sisense has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Looker
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Sisense
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
11.5%
Information Technology and Services
10.9%
Marketing and Advertising
8.2%
Financial Services
7.7%
Internet
6.2%
Other
55.5%
Information Technology and Services
12.8%
Computer Software
11.8%
Financial Services
8.5%
Marketing and Advertising
6.4%
Hospital & Health Care
4.4%
Other
56.1%
Most Helpful Reviews
Looker
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Alan C.
Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting
So many things are done right: - The simplicity of creating a meta schema using lookml, the learning curve is lightning fast - The flexibility of the system, making data available to inter customer has never been so easy - The support team is really...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Consumer Goods
Looker forces a company into two streams of thought: an analyst first culture and essentially married to Looker. Looker really thrives at young or small companies with no centralized reporting or analytics/data science teams. For the few people who know...
Sisense
Most Helpful Favorable Review
James M L.
Verified User in Computer Software
Sisense has given us the ability to grow and scale our business 10x without the need for additional license add-ons or costs. We have successfully merged 17 different data sources into a single source of truth that provides unparalleled insights into our...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Alan V.
Verified User in Events Services
While Sisense offers some useful features, it falls short when compared to other market solutions. In terms of user-friendliness, Sisense's interface lacks the intuitive design and ease of use that is found in several other competing solutions. This has...
Alan C.
Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting
So many things are done right: - The simplicity of creating a meta schema using lookml, the learning curve is lightning fast - The flexibility of the system, making data available to inter customer has never been so easy - The support team is really...
James M L.
Verified User in Computer Software
Sisense has given us the ability to grow and scale our business 10x without the need for additional license add-ons or costs. We have successfully merged 17 different data sources into a single source of truth that provides unparalleled insights into our...
Verified User in Consumer Goods
Looker forces a company into two streams of thought: an analyst first culture and essentially married to Looker. Looker really thrives at young or small companies with no centralized reporting or analytics/data science teams. For the few people who know...
Alan V.
Verified User in Events Services
While Sisense offers some useful features, it falls short when compared to other market solutions. In terms of user-friendliness, Sisense's interface lacks the intuitive design and ease of use that is found in several other competing solutions. This has...
Discussions
Is looker an ETL tool?
3 Comments
AP
No, Looker is not an ETL tool. It is a Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Analytics platform that helps users visualize, explore and analyze data.Read more
Best way to start on visualizations?
2 Comments
AG
Looker has a built-in set of visualizations that you can automatically apply to any dataset that they work with. Once you setup your initial connection to a...Read more
Which databases does Looker work with?
1 Comment
Official Response from Looker
Looker works with any SQL readable data store, including Hadoop. Looker sits in-database allowing you to access all of your row level data and leverage the...Read more
Can i use for fashion designing
3 Comments
LB
You got me interested. I'm just looking for information that would help me in preparing the presentation of my fashion project. A cool fashion designer...Read more
Is it possible to let more than one user manage an individual report?
2 Comments
US
You can have a second Admin account to manage reports but you have to transfer ownership of the dashboard. Read more
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