About Looker
Looker is a modern business intelligence and data exploration platform that uses LookML (a modeling language) to define data metrics consistently across the organization. Part of Google Cloud, it excels at governed analytics — ensuring every team uses the same definitions and calculations from a central data model.
What's Great
- ✓Excellent governed analytics with LookML
- ✓Strong embedding capabilities
- ✓Part of Google Cloud ecosystem
- ✓API-first design
Watch Out For
- !Very expensive
- !LookML requires technical expertise
- !Slower query performance than some competitors
Common Use Cases
1
Enterprise data teams
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Embedded analytics products
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Single source of truth for metrics
Best For
Pricing Model
Paid
Paid subscription required. Check website for current pricing.
Category
BI & Dashboards
Connect data sources and build visualizations and business dashboards.
Tags
business intelligenceLookMLdata modelingGoogle Cloudgoverned analytics
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