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Compare Looker and Workday Prism Analytics 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (61.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (52.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Looker
Star Rating
(1,517)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (61.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(19)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (52.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Looker vs Workday Prism Analytics
- Reviewers felt that Workday Prism Analytics meets the needs of their business better than Looker.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Looker is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Looker over Workday Prism Analytics.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Looker
No pricing availableWorkday Prism Analytics
No pricing availableFree Trial
Looker
Free Trial is available
Workday Prism Analytics
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
1,030
8.8
13
Ease of Use
8.2
1,032
8.7
14
Ease of Setup
8.2
507
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.3
414
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.7
874
8.0
11
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
391
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
962
5.8
14
Features by Category
Reports
8.6
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
557
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
469
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
Self Service
8.5
565
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
579
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
555
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
560
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
532
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
446
|
Verified
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
7.5
376
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
574
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
459
|
Verified
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.3
347
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
356
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
319
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
293
|
Verified
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
Reports
8.6
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
557
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
469
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
Reports
8.5
84
Not enough data
8.5
83
Not enough data
7.9
79
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
78
Not enough data
7.0
78
Not enough data
Visualization
8.4
86
Not enough data
8.4
85
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.3
85
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.1
83
Not enough data
8.1
81
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.3
83
Not enough data
8.0
83
Not enough data
7.9
79
Not enough data
Data Updates
7.8
111
Not enough data
7.9
115
Not enough data
8.4
118
Not enough data
Reports
8.6
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
557
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
469
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.4
243
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
223
|
Verified
Not enough data
Data Modeling and Blending
8.5
273
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
289
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
270
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
52
Not enough data
7.2
50
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
6.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Self Service
8.5
565
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
579
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
555
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
560
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
532
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
446
|
Verified
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
7.5
376
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
574
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
459
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.3
347
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
356
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
319
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
293
|
Verified
Not enough data
Reports
8.6
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
557
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
469
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
596
|
Verified
Not enough data
Self Service
8.5
565
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
579
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
555
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
560
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
532
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
446
|
Verified
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.3
347
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
356
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
319
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
293
|
Verified
Not enough data
Metrics
8.8
223
Not enough data
8.7
224
Not enough data
8.4
209
Not enough data
8.3
211
Not enough data
8.4
200
Not enough data
8.3
210
Not enough data
8.4
204
Not enough data
8.5
215
Not enough data
8.3
208
Not enough data
Reporting
8.3
228
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
229
Not enough data
8.5
230
Not enough data
8.1
185
Not enough data
8.4
192
Not enough data
9.0
241
Not enough data
Other
8.7
212
Not enough data
8.6
196
Not enough data
8.4
189
Not enough data
8.7
200
Not enough data
8.7
194
Not enough data
8.2
166
Not enough data
8.2
178
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics
5.3
6
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.4
6
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
205
Not enough data
8.3
181
Not enough data
8.5
232
Not enough data
8.6
226
Not enough data
Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cleaning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Sales Analytics
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
Data Sourcing
8.8
191
Not enough data
8.8
208
Not enough data
8.5
176
Not enough data
8.8
212
Not enough data
8.7
197
Not enough data
Predictive Analytics
8.3
141
Not enough data
8.2
137
Not enough data
8.1
135
Not enough data
8.1
153
Not enough data
Sales Management
8.4
150
Not enough data
8.2
129
Not enough data
8.7
161
Not enough data
8.7
158
Not enough data
Marketing Operations
8.6
210
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
229
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
216
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
233
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
118
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Campaign Activity
8.6
219
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
249
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
202
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
202
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
188
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
110
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Looker and Workday Prism Analytics share no categories
Unique Categories
Looker is categorized as Sales Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Embedded Business Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Digital Analytics, and Data Visualization
Workday Prism Analytics is categorized as HR Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Looker
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Workday Prism Analytics
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
10.8%
Marketing and Advertising
8.1%
Financial Services
7.7%
Internet
6.4%
Other
55.3%
Retail
10.5%
Medical Devices
10.5%
Information Technology and Services
10.5%
Hospital & Health Care
10.5%
Telecommunications
5.3%
Other
52.6%
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...
Workday Prism Analytics
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Ian S.
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Workday is certainly an effective system. Our company implemented it a bit too soon, but it's been able to handle every challenge we've thrown at it so far. The report functions make it easy to track statuses of movement internally within the company;...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Mental Health Care
Nothing really, the product was easy to use and layout was clean and simple.
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...
Ian S.
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Workday is certainly an effective system. Our company implemented it a bit too soon, but it's been able to handle every challenge we've thrown at it so far. The report functions make it easy to track statuses of movement internally within the company;...
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 Mental Health Care
Nothing really, the product was easy to use and layout was clean and simple.
Discussions
Is looker an ETL tool?
3 comments
AP
No, Looker is not an ETL tool. It is a Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Analytics platform that helps users visualize, explore and analyze data.Read more
Best way to start on visualizations?
2 comments
AG
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
Looker works with a variety of databases, including but not limited to:
1. Amazon Redshift
2. Google BigQuery
3. Snowflake
4. Microsoft SQL Server
5. PostgreSQL
6. MySQL
7. Oracle
8. IBM Db2
9. Teradata
10. Apache Hive
Looker is designed to be database-agnostic, meaning it can connect to any SQL database that supports JDBC or ODBC connections.
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
Workday Prism Analytics has no discussions with answers
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