Hey all, my company is in the middle of evaluating analytics/bi platforms, so I was hoping to get some feedback on what you all chose, and why. Specifically, we’re focusing on Tableau Online and Looker. I found a pretty good article that seems to match with my own evaluation of the two (Power BI vs. Looker vs. Tableau: A CTO’s Guide to Selecting an Analytics & BI Platform | by Fred Bliss | Aptitive), and I’ve also read the fishtown-analytics blog posts on Looker. The questions I’m particularly interested in getting feedback from Looker users are:
- What are your opinions of the up-front LookML setup cost, and how easy is it to maintain?
- Are you happy that you pushed modeling up into your BI tool vs handling it in ETL/Data Warehouse?
- Are you concerned about vendor lock-in?
Thanks in advance!