Looker comparisons
Looker is compared head-to-head with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau and Zoho Analytics and more: 7 head-to-heads in Business Intelligence Tools, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Looker head-to-head
- Looker vs Microsoft Power BI
- Looker vs Tableau
- Looker vs Zoho Analytics
- Looker vs SAP Analytics Cloud
- Looker vs Sisense
- Looker vs Qlik Sense
- Looker vs Data Studio
Looker vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment | Refresh frequency | Row-level security | Scheduled reports | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Looker | No | Hybrid | Hourly | Yes | Yes | 9.0 | |
| 1 | Microsoft Power BI | Yes | $14/user/mo | Hybrid | Hourly | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | Tableau | Yes | $15/user/mo | Hybrid | Real-time | Yes | Yes | 9.3 |
| 3 | Zoho Analytics | Yes | $24/mo | Hybrid | Hourly | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 4 | SAP Analytics Cloud | No | Hybrid | Real-time | Yes | Yes | 9.1 | |
| 6 | Sisense | No | Hybrid | Real-time | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 7 | Qlik Sense | No | $300/mo | Hybrid | Hourly | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 8 | Data Studio | Yes | Cloud | Hourly | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
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