Looker Studio vs Salesforce Einstein Analytics comparison

The compared Google and Salesforce solutions aren't in the same category. Google is ranked #11 in RT , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 2.7% mindshare in the category. Salesforce is ranked #11 in BIT , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Salesforce users who would recommend it.

Looker Studio

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85% willing to recommend

Salesforce Einstein Analytics

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86% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Looker Studio

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Reporting (11th)

Salesforce Einstein Analytics

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (11th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Looker Studio is designed for Reporting and holds a mindshare of 2.7%, up 2.6% compared to last year.
Salesforce Einstein Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 1.2% mindshare, down 1.8% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

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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Parker Goodson

Enterprise Account Executive at T-Mobile

Helpful consistent measurements, high availability, and scales well

When it comes to generating reports, it appears that many users rely on experts to handle technical aspects. For instance, if you require a weekly report displaying accounts transitioning in and out of your modules, it seems challenging to accomplish without consulting experts for assistance. Such tasks should be user-friendly and easily achievable without external assistance. It would be beneficial to have visibility into any changes made to your account by individuals other than yourself or your team. It is also important to clearly track the history of these modifications and identify the responsible parties.

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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 ability to design complex data models and equations."

"Valuable features include advanced integrated analysis and easy implementation."

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

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

"This has improved our organization by allowing people to see their data and develop visualizations themselves."

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

"I find it favorable regarding speed of development, ease of building, and flexibility."

"The integration with Excel and Google Sheets is a valuable feature, making it easy to access and visualize data."

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"The most valuable feature of Salesforce Einstein Analytics is the reporting tools."

"I find Salesforce Einstein Analytics valuable because it is easier to use within Salesforce."

"The tool is a cloud-based solution capable of integrating any kind of data in the world."

"The solution scales extremely well."

"It's scalable."

"he most valuable feature of the solution is its ease of use."

"It is a comprehensive solution. It has everything in it. I can easily find what I need."

"We have found the scalability to be very good."

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Cons

"The tool has a lot of room for improvement. It's not very professional and allows for only simple tasks like indicating KPIs or quick calculations. It lacks a good calculation-based language like Power BI's DAX, making it less suitable for professional use. Additionally, the variety of visualization tools is limited, and customization options are restricted."

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

"Stability and scalability an be improved for a full ten."

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

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

"The tool should come up with data modeling layer features that are present in other products like Power BI."

"It's not yet a replacement for a complete BI tool."

"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."

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"There are some offerings like Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud that have very useful online learning options. There need to be more avenues for self-learning with this particular solution. That would be useful."

"Improvement-wise, I feel the solution must be more robust since it is not exactly ready to handle large data."

"The product is natively integrated into the Salesforce ecosystem. You also need a CRM license. It should be more flexible with other platforms."

"Einstein Analytics could incorporate something like SFIA 8 to help users understand the underlying skill sets."

"There is a learning curve associated with Salesforce Einstein Analytics, particularly since users need to learn a new language."

"Better pricing would make it available to more users and we would likely use it more broadly within the organization."

"I would advise others not to customize because they rolled out the newer versions, which are every six months. There had to be some significant testing and verification that happened. It is important to have a strong third-party provider that is very experienced. We used Deloitte, but we evaluated Accenture, KPMG, and IBM, but we decided on Deloitte and that was a good decision for us. Having a partner who has a center of excellence or experts that could give you a lot of the tips that they've learned could jumpstart your deployment and stick to the standards."

"They can provide more end-user customizations. There should be the possibility for the end-users to change some elements in the interface. I have a way of doing my job. My colleague may have his own way of doing his job. If I ask for a change, it'll change for everyone. It'll be good to have some end-user personalizations. I can't see many in Salesforce right now."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The product is available for free."

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

"The tool is free."

"Price-wise, Salesforce Einstein Analytics is an expensive tool."

"The biggest challenge we had was the cost and the licensing. We ended up getting an enterprise licensing agreement(ELA). That took a lot of negotiations and a lot of pressure. We were able to receive a good price for the community licensing they bundled Salesforce Einstein Analytics. They bundled a lot of capabilities with us with the ELA."

"I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

"Salesforce Einstein Analytics can be considered somewhat expensive, depending on the company's needs. If they want the complete package with all the features, it's pricier. It all comes down to what the company requires from the platform."

"Salesforce has a subscription-based licensing structure, where it's between $20 to $75 per month, per user."

"The solution is expensive."

"Although it was deemed slightly expensive and failed the cost analysis we conducted in our company, we proceeded with the purchase because we desired to have a leading CRM system in the industry."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

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By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about Salesforce Einstein Analytics?

The tool is valuable. It's one of the greatest programs I'm currently working with, and I believe it will continue to be crucial in the next four to five years. It's the future of our operations. I...

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What needs improvement with Salesforce Einstein Analytics?

Salesforce is working very rigorously on improvements with each release.

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What is your primary use case for Salesforce Einstein Analytics?

I am a Salesforce CPQ developer. I have also worked on Einstein Analytics for reporting purposes.

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Also Known As

Data Studio

Einstein Analytics, Salesforce Wave Analytics

Overview

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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Salesforce Einstein Analytics is a customer and business analytics platform that’s optimized for mobile use and brings flexible customer analytics to everyone in the company. It works with many types of data, from many data sources, and it can change the way your company answers critical questions. Einstein Analytics allows you to:

Connect directly to your CRM data and execute on insights directly in Chatter.
Automatically analyze millions of rows of data and get predictive analytics with Einstein Discovery.
Explore data quickly and automate actions with prebuilt apps.
Use mobile to act, whether you're on Android or iOS.

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Sample Customers

Genesys, Shueisha

ADS Securities, Alstom Grid, American Express, Barclays Bank, Coca-Cola, CoderDojo, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, Financial Conduct Authority

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