Looker Studio vs Sisense vs Tableau Enterprise comparison

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We performed a comparison between Looker Studio, Sisense, and Tableau Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Looker Studio is 3.0%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sisense is 2.2%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tableau Enterprise is 20.6%, down from 24.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Tableau Enterprise	20.6%
Looker Studio	3.0%
Sisense	2.2%
Other	74.2%

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Featured Reviews

Vijay Subramanyam

Delivery Head at cblsolutions

The ability to perform aggregation before visualization allows for effective data slicing and dicing

Looker's ability to perform aggregation before visualization allows for effective data slicing and dicing. The seamless integration with Excel and Google Sheets and custom filter creation features facilitate detailed trend reports and analysis. Looker has significantly improved productivity by reducing the time spent on creating summary reports from weeks to a day.

Helps businesses save time and offers good integration features

Wiboon Thabsuwan

Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited

I would say that using Sisense on Linux's platform might not be advantageous for everyone. I am more familiar with Windows than Linux. With Windows, the system performs very fast. Even if your data size consists of like 10,00,00,000 loads or whatever, it works very fast. When using Sisense, it is better to have some people with a very good understanding of Linux. I need more technical people who understand about Linux OS. Only two people would be enough to operate the tool.

Ease of developing dashboards and receiving strong technical support have enabled efficient data visualization

Uzair Faruqi

Head Of Analytics at Mjunction Services

Introducing custom features, such as NLP-based reports, is not very good in Tableau. My MD has been asking us for a way to write in natural language to request reports that the system should generate, but that isn't very effective with Tableau. As a developer, I can develop an on-demand report in Python quite easily, but exposing a REST API on the Tableau platform is not a very easy task. AI enablement is an area for improvement for Tableau, and that is something they might have to work upon. I have heard that ThoughtSpot is quite better in this regard, but the cost of ThoughtSpot is much higher. ThoughtSpot has lots of natural language-based report generation features that Tableau lacks.

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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 solution is free so that is a good feature."

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

"I would rate this solution eight or nine out of ten."

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

"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, allowing us to compare revenues."

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

"The best thing about the tool is that it allows you to share information easily and dashboards with colleagues and teammates because it's all online. No matter where you are, as long as you have the Internet, you can connect and use these dashboards. Google made good documentation for this tool. There are many examples of how to use and create dashboards and videos on YouTube. So, I think it's easy to learn."

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

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"We like that this solution allows us to use data cubes to set up specific visualizations."

"Allows us to execute heavy, complex computations on the fly so customers can slice and dice the data based on their business needs."

"ElastiCube Manager is a very easy to use ETL tool, which includes the ability to easily transform raw data into reusable data."

"There are many built-in connectors, which allow us to easily add new sources of data, often in minutes."

"Allows users to build their own solutions without as much reliance on technology staff."

"Sisense can integrate with multiple sources at one time."

"Support is very responsive and clearly one of the strengths of Sisense. I have always received a fast response and the staff is very helpful."

"A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free."

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"Tableau is an advanced specialized tool. One of the best features I've seen is the lack of an intermediate semantic layer. I think that's an advantage compared to any other tool like BusinessObjects or Power BI, which are Tableau's biggest competitors."

"It has been the best tool to work with from a self-service point of view."

"Tableau Prep tool for data preparation is a most valuable tool."

"Good data flow and management."

"Analysis is now more visual than in the past."

"Tableau is very flexible and easy to learn. It has drag-and-drop function analytics, and its design is very good. It is a very good tool, and it basically brings life into data with good design. We have been creating a lot of interactive visualizations and dashboards. It has a public version. There are public communities from where you can get a lot of examples for practice."

"While using this solution I have found the valuable features to be ease of use and the visualization. It is a complete solution."

"When compared to Power BI, Tableau has more readily available resources."

Cons

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

"Other tools might be worth considering if you need more advanced features or support for a larger user base."

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

"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."

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

"The tool should improve on live data integration for quicker data reflection."

"From the perspective of infrastructure, I cannot provide a valuable opinion on the ease of use and customization options of Looker Studio."

"There is a significant degree of sophistication required to compete with Tableau or Cognos."

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"I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster."

"The solution's setup process could be easier."

"At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed."

"I would also like to be able to run a bursts of reports based on different field values with PDF output right in the tool, rather than filtering on each field value and generating each PDF manually."

"I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes."

"I would say that using Sisense on Linux's platform might not be advantageous for everyone."

"I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums."

"Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T"

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"The interface needs improvement as sometimes it is locked, and it takes some time for the visualization and dashboards to load."

"At the organizational level, increasing the servers' capabilities to support us as an enterprise tool."

"Maybe the price could be a bit cheaper, especially if you're a personal developer that uses Tableau just to explore smaller data sets and you're not a company or something like that."

"It should offer better features for customization."

"The forecasting feature in Tableau in my view is too limited because it must have dates but I should be able to predict the outcome of an event without having a date as part of the input."

"If I have to develop any, for example, pie charts, I can develop them just fine. However, if I have to develop a donut chart, that I cannot do it in a simple way. There are tricks that I need to use if I have to design a donut chart. It should be more flexible and provide more visualization options."

"I would like to be able to set the parameters in a more specific manner."

"If you mainly need a tool for BI reporting, it's not the best option. Tableau needs better abilities to generate simple reports, integrate, create databases, and work with data lakes."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is available for free."

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

"The tool is free."

"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 cost is quite affordable based on feature analysis."

"This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."

"Compared to Power BI or Tableau, Sisense is much more expensive."

"Tableau's licensing is pretty straightforward and simple."

"In general, if someone is new and wants to learn Tableau, it's around $70 per month."

"For our organization, the cost hasn't been an issue."

"There is a license for this solution and we pay on an annual basis."

"We are paying an annual licensing fee."

"The solution is expensive but it depends on the customer's needs which will determine the cost of the licensing."

"Tableau is free."

"Paying for users you never setup or buying expensive desktop licenses for users who can solve their users with web editing on the server are the two biggest expenses."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

University

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

University

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	117
Midsize Enterprise	66
Large Enterprise	182

Questions from the Community

The company dashboard is useful because we could share it via a link as a reminder for everyone to check it weekly. W...

What needs improvement with Google Data Studio?

We are aware that there are areas in Looker Studio that could be improved. Out of the box, if you don't utilize a tem...

What is your primary use case for Google Data Studio?

Regarding the product, I was doing research for a client in the LMS industry. I was seeing what else was out there an...

What needs improvement with Sisense?

I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster. Additionally,...

What is your primary use case for Sisense?

I was looking into some of our business operations with tow truck companies. I focused on evaluating turnaround times...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sisense?

There was no significant difference in pricing between Sisense and ThoughtSpot. They were practically dead even from ...

Seeking lightweight open source BI software

It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik ...

Tableau vs. Business Objects - Which is a better solution for visualization and analysis?

Both tools have their positives and negatives. First, I should mention that I am relatively new to Tableau. I have be...

Which would you choose - Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud?

Tableau is easy to set up and maintain. In about a day it is possible for the entire platform to be deployed for use....

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Comparisons

Compared 43% of the time

Microsoft Power BI vs Looker Studio

Compared 16% of the time

Qlik Sense vs Looker Studio

Compared 4% of the time

IBM Cognos vs Looker Studio

Compared 4% of the time

Databricks vs Looker Studio

Compared 3% of the time

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Microsoft Power BI vs Sisense

Compared 25% of the time

Apache Superset vs Sisense

Compared 12% of the time

Qlik Sense vs Sisense

Compared 8% of the time

Amazon QuickSight vs Sisense

Compared 7% of the time

Databricks vs Sisense

Compared 5% of the time

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Microsoft Power BI vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 19% of the time

Domo vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 10% of the time

Amazon QuickSight vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 6% of the time

Databricks vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 5% of the time

SAP Analytics Cloud vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 4% of the time

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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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Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities.