Looker vs Tableau: Which is a better fit?

I love the ability to visualize all of the data in one space. Dashboard creation is easy and so useful.

Can get a bit confusing and confining with more complex queries/analysis. Machine written sql can be annoying.

We use ours with Redshift and Aurora and they take most advantage of both systems. Their super awesome customer support - always available chat who are really good at what they are doing.

To be fair, if you have a terrible underlying data warehouse, then all Looker will do is expose that.

It’s a good option if you want to do dashboards connected to google sheets. Also a good alternative to PowerBi.

Unfortunately, their documentation could use some improving as often I find myself confused and unsure what to do with their docs.

Looker has been a great and useful tool for out business. Where we've found challenges is in the specific data dictionary and set-up, which internally was not well prepared prior to implementation.

I dislike how long it can take certain reports in Looker to load.

I enjoy using Tableau and recommend it over other data visualization tools due to the flexibility and the beautiful visualizations that can be made with it.

Large files takes a while to load and sometimes it will crash which is inconvenient. Since there is no auto-save function, you can lose your work if it crashes.

I have nothing but praise for the product. The support, stability, and quality of visualizations are all great.

However, support is terrible for this product and some of the versions are released with a few bugs. We will likely continue to this but it is imperfect.

Griffin G

Senior Strategic Planning Analyst

Overall, Tableau is a fantastic program for getting automated reports created, published, and off your plate. The visuals are amazing and the subscriptions and alert system are my absolute favorite.

Statement: the old invoice needs to be paid. So although we have a written confirmation, that the invoice is cancelled, tableau didn't cancel and now we have no money and no license.

Good software with multiple interesting features and the ability to create attractive dashboards.

The Error messaging is ambiguous sometimes. There is also limited crosstabs which I don't like.