Looker is Google Cloud's business intelligence platform for modeling data, building dashboards, and delivering embedded analytics, governed through its LookML semantic layer. It targets organizations that want consistent, governed analytics built on a central data model, with self-service exploration for business users. The platform is proprietary and not open-source or self-hostable, with embedded analytics and AI features (via Gemini in Looker) included. Pricing is quote based with no public free tier, placing it in the premium tier. Looker carries SOC2, ISO27001, and HIPAA compliance.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2012
- Pricing tier
- High
- Startup-friendly
- No
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Analytics & BI
- Free tier
- No
- Open-source
- No
- Self-hostable
- No
- Embedded analytics
- Yes
- Self-service
- Yes
- AI features
- Yes