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Looker

Business intelligence platform by Google Cloud

Free
Starting price
4.4/5
G2 rating
3
Pricing plans
2012
Founded

Looker is a modern BI platform by Google Cloud that uses a proprietary modelling language (LookML) to create a semantic layer on top of your data warehouse. Popular with data teams who want governed, reusable metrics across the organisation.

Key features

LookML semantic layerData modellingDashboardsScheduled reportsEmbedded analyticsBigQuery integrationAPI

Pros

  • Best semantic modelling layer
  • Governed metrics
  • Strong BigQuery/GCP integration
  • Scales to enterprise

Cons

  • LookML has significant learning curve
  • Expensive
  • Requires dedicated data engineering
  • Overkill for small teams

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