Compare Looker, Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Tableau, and Logi Symphony

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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

Tableau

2,143 reviews

Logi Symphony

421 reviews

Looker

Mid-Market (62.7% of reviews)

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Mid-Market (40.8% of reviews)

Tableau

Enterprise (44.5% of reviews)

Logi Symphony

Mid-Market (47.6% of reviews)

Looker

No pricing available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No pricing available

Tableau

$70.00 1 User Per Month

Logi Symphony

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Pricing

Looker

No pricing available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No pricing available

Tableau

Creator

$70.00

1 User Per Month

Includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and one Creator license on Tableau Cloud (SaaS) or Tableau Server (self-hosted).

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Logi Symphony

The Logi Analytics Platform

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Looker

Free Trial is available

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

No trial information available

Tableau

Free Trial is available

Logi Symphony

Free Trial is available

Ratings

8.7

909

9.0

8.8

1,703

8.5

379

8.2

909

8.2

8.3

1,717

7.9

379

8.0

389

8.0

8.3

601

8.0

283

8.3

359

8.2

8.1

510

8.1

278

8.8

761

8.5

8.4

1,419

8.7

374

8.9

337

8.3

8.6

491

9.0

280

8.7

842

8.4

8.8

1,677

8.4

376

Categories

Looker

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Tableau

Logi Symphony

Looker, Microsoft Power BI Embedded, Tableau, and Logi Symphony are categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence

Looker is categorized as Sales Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Platforms, Digital Analytics, and Data Visualization

Microsoft Power BI Embedded has no unique categories

Tableau is categorized as Insurance Analytics, Location Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, and Data Preparation

Logi Symphony has no unique categories

Reviews

Reviewers' Company Size

Looker

16.7%

62.7%

20.6%

Microsoft Power BI Embedded

22.4%

40.8%

36.7%

Tableau

21.7%

33.8%

44.5%

Logi Symphony

28.6%

47.6%

23.8%

16.7%

22.4%

21.7%

28.6%

62.7%

40.8%

33.8%

47.6%

20.6%

36.7%

44.5%

23.8%

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%

Tableau

Information Technology and Services

11.0%

Computer Software

6.6%

Financial Services

5.7%

Marketing and Advertising

5.2%

Higher Education

5.1%

Other

66.4%

Logi Symphony

Computer Software

22.7%

Information Technology and Services

19.9%

Hospital & Health Care

7.8%

Financial Services

4.8%

Insurance

3.0%

Other

41.7%

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

Tableau

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Jeff B.

Verified User in Retail

Tableau enables users the ability build data visualizations in the matter of minutes without requiring technical report development knowledge. In my opinion, the top 5 best qualities: 1. Drag and drop functionality is easy for any user to...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Kimiko T.

Verified User in Real Estate

Needs an updated UI and better data connection process

Logi Symphony

Most Helpful Favorable Review

Kris B.

Verified User in Computer Software

The entire system is massive - can connect to anything, customize most everything (or not), report on any kind of data. If you can dream it, you can build it. But what I like best is the support team - want an answer? Just shoot them an email and you'll...

Most Helpful Critical Review

Tim H.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Some of the integration could use significant improvement. We've needed to customize several things and each time that effort has been non-trivial. I'm not a fan of the xml-based report configurations. I would prefer a more programmatic interface over...

Alan C.

Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting

Sai Prasanna M.

Verified User in Publishing

Jeff B.

Verified User in Retail

Kris B.

Verified User in Computer Software

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

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

Kimiko T.

Verified User in Real Estate

Needs an updated UI and better data connection process

Tim H.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

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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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Tableau Discussions

why did saleforce by tableau? IS SFDC reporting going to change now?

2 comments

Buying tableau was a strategic decision for Salesforce primarily because their products lacked the analytics edge at a sales point of view and now they have...Read more

What does Tableau Desktop do?

2 comments

Tableau Desktop help create interactive Dashboards offline and publish it to the wider audience through Tableau public. Tableau Desktop is one of the version...Read more

Do I need Tableau Desktop if I have Tableau Server?

2 comments

Anyway, whether you need Tableau Desktop depends on your specific use case and requirements. If you're unsure, you can consider the following Evaluate...Read more

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Logi Symphony Discussions

How does Exago scale? Can it be deployed in a cloud environment?

1 comment

Official Response from Logi Symphony

Yes. Exago can be deployed in cloud and/or web farm environments. For scaling, report executions can be scaled horizontally by using our Remote Execution...Read more

Will the cost of Exago increase as we gain new clients?

1 comment

Official Response from Logi Symphony

No. One all-inclusive annual subscription fee covers unlimited servers, unlimited clients and unlimited users so you can scale your deployment without...Read more

How do I group information on my report?

1 comment

Official Response from Logi Symphony

You can group information in your report by using Sections which dictate how the data appears in a report. There are five types of sections: page, report,...Read more

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