Compare Looker, Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Qlik Sense, and Chartio

At a Glance
Pricing
Ratings
Features
Reviews
Alternatives
Discussions

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

(101)

4.4 out of 5

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

At a Glance

Looker

1,392 reviews

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

101 reviews

Qlik Sense

913 reviews

Chartio

286 reviews

Looker

Mid-Market (62.7% of reviews)

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Mid-Market (40.8% of reviews)

Qlik Sense

Enterprise (44.0% of reviews)

Chartio

Mid-Market (61.0% of reviews)

Looker

No pricing available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No pricing available

Qlik Sense

$30 USD/user/month. Billed Annually.

Chartio

$40 per user/month

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Pricing

Looker

No pricing available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No pricing available

Qlik Sense

Qlik Sense® Business

$30

USD/user/month. Billed Annually.

SaaS solution to operationalize analytics across groups and teams.

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Chartio

Startup

$40

per user/month

Billed annually | Minimum 5 users

Unlimited charts and dashboards
Scheduled email reports
Data Stores

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Looker

Free Trial is available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No trial information available

Qlik Sense

Free Trial is available

Chartio

Free Trial is available

Ratings

8.7

909

9.0

8.5

592

8.7

259

8.2

909

8.2

8.4

601

8.8

262

8.0

389

8.0

8.1

324

8.9

125

8.3

359

8.2

7.9

327

8.6

128

8.8

761

8.5

8.0

540

8.9

218

8.9

337

8.3

8.5

323

9.1

120

8.7

842

8.4

8.3

572

8.6

255

Categories

Looker

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Qlik Sense

Chartio

Looker, Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Qlik Sense, and Chartio share no 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

Qlik Sense is categorized as Location Intelligence, Chatbots, Productivity Bots, Embedded Business Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, and Data Warehouse Automation

Chartio is categorized as Analytics Platforms

Reviews

Reviewers' Company Size

Looker

16.7%

62.7%

20.6%

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

22.4%

40.8%

36.7%

Qlik Sense

14.3%

41.7%

44.0%

Chartio

33.9%

61.0%

5.1%

16.7%

22.4%

14.3%

33.9%

62.7%

40.8%

41.7%

61.0%

20.6%

36.7%

44.0%

5.1%

Reviewers' Industry

Looker

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%

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

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%

Qlik Sense

Information Technology and Services

10.9%

Computer Software

6.6%

Financial Services

5.8%

Hospital & Health Care

5.5%

Retail

5.2%

Other

66.0%

Chartio

Internet

13.7%

Computer Software

13.0%

Information Technology and Services

11.6%

Marketing and Advertising

6.1%

Financial Services

5.8%

Other

49.8%

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

Qlik Sense

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Verified User in Computer Software

As an end user: - Filter once and have it apply to all of the visuals - Graphs and tables render quickly (I had a table that took about 10 minutes to refresh in an excel pivot table, and it only took about 2 seconds in QV) - Good looking UI - Emailed...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

-It takes considerable effort to create a simple, good looking visualisation as there are a vast amount of options -Often, there is a requirement to work with the keyboard and code, which moves development of analysis to the IT side of the business -No...

Chartio

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Asa P.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals

The speed at which I can access our data through Chartio has changed how I go about analytics. We were using an older version of Crystal for all our reporting needs, and we were just hand cuffed as it relates to our ability to access data. As the Director...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Verified User in Computer Software

- unable to easily view the underlying data behind a dashboard card. I use this more than just a visual for our data but also use it to analyze the data. I always need to add another table card to the graph cards because I need to (and management) see...

Alan C.

Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting

Sai Prasanna M.

Verified User in Publishing

Verified User in Computer Software

Asa P.

Verified User in Pharmaceuticals

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

The tool has limitations since it is mainly core functions, nothing super specific

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Verified User in Computer Software

Alternatives

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Discussions

Looker Discussions

Best way to start on visualizations?

2 comments

Looker has a built-in set of visualizations that you can automatically apply to any dataset that they work with. Once you setup your initial connection to a...Read more

Is looker an ETL tool?

2 comments

No, Looker is not an ELT tool. It’s a business intelligence and data visualization platform. ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) tools are used to move and...Read more

Which databases does Looker work with?

1 comment

Official Response from Looker

Looker works with any SQL readable data store, including Hadoop. Looker sits in-database allowing you to access all of your row level data and leverage the...Read more

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Microsoft Power BI Embedded Discussions

What is the difference between Power BI and Power BI embedded?

1 comment

Power BI is for folks who want to create and analyze reports directly in the Power BI service. It's user-friendly and great for in-house data visualization....Read more

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Qlik Sense Discussions

Do you recommend switching to Qliksense?

3 comments

Qliksense is pretty decent tool when it comes to Data Visualization and its script editor feature gives the developer the liberty on data manipulation.Read more

Why there is no enough documentation for implementing connectors to other data sources?

1 comment

Hello, please leverage Qlik Community on product-related questions. https://community.qlik.com/t5/Support-Knowledge-Base/tkb-p/qlik-support-knowledge-base....Read more

Comparing the on-premises and SaaS solutions of Qlik Sense, which one would your recommend?

1 comment

But i never believed that trading can be this profitable because i have traded on live account and i always run out of luck and i traded again and also ran...Read more

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Chartio Discussions

How can I export my data?

1 comment

All dashboards and reports have a download feature.Read more

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