Compare Looker, Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Looker Studio, and ThoughtSpot 
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Star Rating
Looker
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Looker Studio
ThoughtSpot
Market Segments
Looker
Mid-Market (62.7% of reviews)Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Mid-Market (40.8% of reviews)Looker Studio
Small-Business (48.6% of reviews)ThoughtSpot
Enterprise (47.0% of reviews)Entry-Level Pricing
Looker
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No pricing availableLooker Studio
No pricing availableThoughtSpot
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Looker
No pricing availableMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
No pricing availableLooker Studio
No pricing availableThoughtSpot
ThoughtSpot Analytics Pro
Starting at $2,500.00
- Unlimited users
- Billed annually
- Pay based on query usage
Free Trial
Looker
Free Trial is available
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
No trial information availableLooker Studio
No trial information availableThoughtSpot
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
909
9.0
78
8.5
330
8.3
237
Ease of Use
8.2
909
8.2
78
8.2
332
8.8
236
Ease of Setup
8.0
389
8.0
25
8.3
149
8.0
96
Ease of Admin
8.3
359
8.2
24
8.2
143
8.2
97
Quality of Support
8.8
761
8.5
71
7.3
259
8.7
211
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
337
8.3
24
8.2
127
8.9
95
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
842
8.4
78
8.7
313
9.1
233
Features by Category
Reports
8.6
503
|
Verified
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
256
8.6
135
|
Verified
8.2
466
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
7.8
220
8.6
129
|
Verified
8.2
507
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
8.7
259
8.5
141
|
Verified
8.2
380
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.4
212
8.1
113
|
Verified
8.7
506
|
Verified
9.3
58
|
Verified
8.9
251
8.8
138
|
Verified
Reports
8.6
503
|
Verified
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
256
8.6
135
|
Verified
8.2
466
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
7.8
220
8.6
129
|
Verified
8.2
507
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
8.7
259
8.5
141
|
Verified
8.2
380
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.4
212
8.1
113
|
Verified
8.7
506
|
Verified
9.3
58
|
Verified
8.9
251
8.8
138
|
Verified
Self Service
8.5
478
|
Verified
8.9
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
128
|
Verified
8.7
490
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
134
|
Verified
8.5
469
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
132
|
Verified
8.1
471
|
Verified
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.9
141
|
Verified
8.3
445
|
Verified
8.3
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
119
|
Verified
7.7
360
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
97
|
Verified
Self Service
8.5
478
|
Verified
8.9
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
128
|
Verified
8.7
490
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
134
|
Verified
8.5
469
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
132
|
Verified
8.1
471
|
Verified
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.9
141
|
Verified
8.3
445
|
Verified
8.3
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
119
|
Verified
7.7
360
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
97
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
7.6
291
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.9
98
8.4
488
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
137
|
Verified
8.1
374
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.1
108
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
7.6
291
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.9
98
8.4
488
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
137
|
Verified
8.1
374
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.1
108
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.3
261
|
Verified
8.8
43
Not enough data
7.5
81
|
Verified
8.5
270
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
83
|
Verified
8.1
237
|
Verified
8.4
40
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
71
|
Verified
8.2
212
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
65
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.3
261
|
Verified
8.8
43
Not enough data
7.5
81
|
Verified
8.5
270
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
83
|
Verified
8.1
237
|
Verified
8.4
40
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
71
|
Verified
8.2
212
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
65
|
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
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
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
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
503
|
Verified
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
256
8.6
135
|
Verified
8.2
466
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
7.8
220
8.6
129
|
Verified
8.2
507
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
8.7
259
8.5
141
|
Verified
8.2
380
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.4
212
8.1
113
|
Verified
8.7
506
|
Verified
9.3
58
|
Verified
8.9
251
8.8
138
|
Verified
Data Preparation
8.4
202
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
93
|
Verified
8.4
182
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.1
93
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
8.6
233
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
102
|
Verified
8.7
250
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
106
|
Verified
8.4
231
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
94
|
Verified
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Self Service
8.5
478
|
Verified
8.9
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
128
|
Verified
8.7
490
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
134
|
Verified
8.5
469
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
132
|
Verified
8.1
471
|
Verified
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.9
141
|
Verified
8.3
445
|
Verified
8.3
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
119
|
Verified
7.7
360
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
97
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
7.6
291
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.9
98
8.4
488
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
137
|
Verified
8.1
374
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.1
108
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.3
261
|
Verified
8.8
43
Not enough data
7.5
81
|
Verified
8.5
270
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
83
|
Verified
8.1
237
|
Verified
8.4
40
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
71
|
Verified
8.2
212
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
65
|
Verified
Reports
8.6
503
|
Verified
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
256
8.6
135
|
Verified
8.2
466
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
7.8
220
8.6
129
|
Verified
8.2
507
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
8.7
259
8.5
141
|
Verified
8.2
380
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.4
212
8.1
113
|
Verified
8.7
506
|
Verified
9.3
58
|
Verified
8.9
251
8.8
138
|
Verified
Reports
8.2
20
Not enough data
8.9
82
Not enough data
7.9
20
Not enough data
9.1
81
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
7.9
69
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.6
17
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
17
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Visualization
8.5
20
Not enough data
9.1
82
Not enough data
8.5
20
Not enough data
8.8
73
Not enough data
8.5
20
Not enough data
9.2
83
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.5
76
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.3
70
Not enough data
8.3
19
Not enough data
8.8
79
Not enough data
Collaboration
7.8
20
Not enough data
8.9
81
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
8.6
74
Not enough data
7.8
18
Not enough data
8.1
67
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.3
43
Not enough data
8.1
182
Not enough data
7.9
48
Not enough data
8.3
220
Not enough data
8.3
51
Not enough data
8.3
185
Not enough data
Reports
8.6
503
|
Verified
9.1
60
|
Verified
8.8
256
8.6
135
|
Verified
8.2
466
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
7.8
220
8.6
129
|
Verified
8.2
507
|
Verified
9.4
58
|
Verified
8.7
259
8.5
141
|
Verified
8.2
380
|
Verified
8.8
54
|
Verified
8.4
212
8.1
113
|
Verified
8.7
506
|
Verified
9.3
58
|
Verified
8.9
251
8.8
138
|
Verified
Self Service
8.5
478
|
Verified
8.9
58
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
128
|
Verified
8.7
490
|
Verified
8.7
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
134
|
Verified
8.5
469
|
Verified
8.7
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
132
|
Verified
8.1
471
|
Verified
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.9
141
|
Verified
8.3
445
|
Verified
8.3
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
119
|
Verified
7.7
360
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
97
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.3
261
|
Verified
8.8
43
Not enough data
7.5
81
|
Verified
8.5
270
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
83
|
Verified
8.1
237
|
Verified
8.4
40
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
71
|
Verified
8.2
212
|
Verified
8.5
41
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
65
|
Verified
Metrics
8.9
183
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
49
8.6
186
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
52
8.4
172
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
51
8.3
175
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
45
8.4
163
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
43
8.3
174
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
43
8.5
168
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
44
8.6
178
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
45
8.4
172
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
47
Reporting
8.4
191
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
57
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.9
53
8.7
191
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
55
8.6
193
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
53
8.2
150
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
46
8.6
156
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
45
9.0
204
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.1
59
Other
8.7
176
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
52
8.7
161
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
47
8.5
152
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
45
8.8
164
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
46
8.8
158
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
42
8.4
130
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
44
8.4
142
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
46
Administration
8.6
170
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.4
49
8.6
149
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
51
8.6
197
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.9
58
8.7
192
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.8
59
Sales AnalyticsHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.0
1,906
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sourcing
8.8
172
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.8
188
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
156
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.8
193
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
177
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Predictive Analytics
8.4
121
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
118
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
117
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
135
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Sales Management
8.4
132
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
111
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.8
144
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
142
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Marketing AnalyticsHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.0
1,860
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Marketing Operations
8.6
181
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
201
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
186
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
204
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
90
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Campaign Activity
8.7
189
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.9
219
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
172
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
174
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.5
161
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.9
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Looker, Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Looker Studio, and ThoughtSpot share no categories
Unique Categories
Looker is categorized as Sales Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Embedded Business Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Digital Analytics, and Data Visualization
Microsoft Power BI Embedded is categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence
Looker Studio is categorized as Data Visualization
ThoughtSpot is categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, and Digital Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Looker
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Looker Studio
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
ThoughtSpot
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
11.8%
Information Technology and Services
10.6%
Marketing and Advertising
7.8%
Financial Services
7.7%
Internet
6.9%
Other
55.2%
Information Technology and Services
16.3%
Education Management
6.1%
Computer Software
6.1%
Hospital & Health Care
5.1%
Banking
4.1%
Other
62.2%
Marketing and Advertising
23.3%
Information Technology and Services
7.7%
Computer Software
7.4%
Internet
5.2%
Financial Services
3.5%
Other
53.0%
Information Technology and Services
12.0%
Financial Services
9.2%
Computer Software
8.5%
Telecommunications
5.3%
Retail
5.3%
Other
59.9%
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...
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Sai Prasanna M.
Verified User in Publishing
The best thing about Power Bi is it is simple to use and it helps to extract data in a simple and beautiful way so that anyone can understand the data metrics in it. Data that contain many parameters can be simplified using PowerBi so that management can...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
The tool has limitations since it is mainly core functions, nothing super specific
Looker Studio
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Financial Services
The best part is that you can bring whichever data source you want, if some data source is not available there is always option of Google Sheets. Pro users can even connect SQL databases
Most Helpful Critical Review
Pete G.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Unfortunately, connectors break quite regularly and reports containing a lot of data can take a lengthy time to load
ThoughtSpot
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Samantha E.
Verified User
I like how ad hoc it can be. While it is possible to pull the same reports over and over again, the strength is how flexible it can be. This lets me use ThoughtSpot to pull the most pertinent information every time.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
ThoughtSpot is very slow loading which is the biggest callout. The DMV Sloth meme comes to mind. Also when building multiple Answers the data often "breaks" and needs to be reloaded.
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...
Sai Prasanna M.
Verified User in Publishing
The best thing about Power Bi is it is simple to use and it helps to extract data in a simple and beautiful way so that anyone can understand the data metrics in it. Data that contain many parameters can be simplified using PowerBi so that management can...
Verified User in Financial Services
The best part is that you can bring whichever data source you want, if some data source is not available there is always option of Google Sheets. Pro users can even connect SQL databases
Samantha E.
Verified User
I like how ad hoc it can be. While it is possible to pull the same reports over and over again, the strength is how flexible it can be. This lets me use ThoughtSpot to pull the most pertinent information every time.
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...
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
The tool has limitations since it is mainly core functions, nothing super specific
Pete G.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Unfortunately, connectors break quite regularly and reports containing a lot of data can take a lengthy time to load
Verified User in Computer Software
ThoughtSpot is very slow loading which is the biggest callout. The DMV Sloth meme comes to mind. Also when building multiple Answers the data often "breaks" and needs to be reloaded.
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