We performed a comparison between Alteryx and Looker based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Alteryx, SAP, RapidMiner and others in Predictive Analytics."The most valuable feature of this solution is data preparation."
"The most valuable feature of Alteryx is its stand-alone version that we do not have to download dependencies for loads. Additionally, the scan is useful for beginners."
"One-stop shop for data preparation, blending, prediction, and optimization in a single workflow."
"Alteryx is a simple and easy-to-use solution."
"Alteryx's connectivity is essential. We like the ability to connect the solution to multiple sources. It's easier than other data modeling and extraction solutions. It's built on a self-service concept, so it's easy for anyone to open the tool and directly import or export data from it."
"The philosophy of the citizen data scientist is the key piece, which means the no-code analytics capability. This is the feature that attracted us the most."
"The most valuable feature of Alteryx is its performance. It is a powerful solution."
"The solution has excellent drag and drop functionality. There's no need for coding."
"We can centralize all our data models."
"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."
"With Looker, I have experienced benefits in terms of usability and shareability."
"The stability of Looker has been good since I have been using it. However, it depends on what components are being used."
"The product is easy to use."
"It is a pretty stable solution because it is a cloud-based product."
"From a developer's perspective, the way the functionality's being handled is great."
"Alteryx can improve the model management and deployment processing of large workloads."
"When a process completes there is a notification, but the notification does not include the process's name."
"We can't browse multiple files. When we deploy a solution on a gallery, let's say I have ten different files, and I have to upload them all at once. This is something that's difficult in the gallery. So case by case, I see some downsides, but often we do something alternative."
"Mastering Alteryx, a comprehensive solution, takes time. However, once you have gained proficiency with its layout and how to drag, drop, and connect components, it becomes remarkably easy, yet still thorough."
"A feature which allows the user to be able to click on an output (in a file browser) and see the creation of the module would be fantastic."
"Alteryx's predictive data models are pretty average and can be improved."
"Deep learning models are not currently supported."
"There have been some issues with licensing, particularly with the increased prices. This has led some companies, including ours, to consider reducing the number of licenses or potentially discontinuing their use of Alteryx."
"It needs to be more user-friendly."
"Integrations with other BI tools could be better."
"The product does not have documented material."
"Stability needs improvement."
"The integration with different databases must be improved."
"The visualization capability of the product is limited."
"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."
Alteryx is ranked 1st in Predictive Analytics with 74 reviews while Looker is ranked 5th in Embedded BI with 19 reviews. Alteryx is rated 8.4, while Looker is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Alteryx writes "Feature-rich ETL that condenses a number of functions into one tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Looker writes "The APIs are exposed at every level, so it's highly modular". Alteryx is most compared with KNIME, Dataiku, Databricks, RapidMiner and Tableau, whereas Looker is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Google Data Studio, Databricks and Zoho Analytics.
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