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Looker Description

Looker reinvents the way business intelligence (BI) works by delivering an entirely new kind of data discovery solution that modernizes BI in three important ways. A simplified web-based stack leverages our 100% in-database architecture, so customers can operate on big data and find the last mile of value in the new era of fast analytic databases. An agile development environment enables today’s data rockstars to model the data and create end-user experiences that make sense for each specific business, transforming data on the way out, rather than on the way in. At the same time, a self-service data-discovery experience works the way the web works, empowering business users to drill into and explore very large datasets without ever leaving the browser. As a result, Looker customers enjoy the power of traditional BI at the speed of the web.

Pricing

Pricing Information:
Looker (Google Cloud core) offer three platform editions:

Standard: A Looker (Google Cloud core) product for small organizations or teams with fewer than 50 users that includes one production instance, 10 Standard Users, 2 Developer Users, upgrades, up to 1,000 query-based API calls per month, and up to 1,000 administrative API calls per month.

Enterprise: A Looker (Google Cloud core) product with enhanced security features for a wide variety of internal BI and analytics use cases that includes one production instance, 10 Standard Users, 2 Developer Users, upgrades, up to 100,000 query-based API calls per month, and up to 10,000 administrative API calls per month.

Embed: A Looker (Google Cloud core) product for deploying and maintaining external analytics and custom applications at scale that includes one production instance, 10 Standard Users, 2 Developer Users, upgrades, up to 500,000 query-based API calls per month, and up to 100,000 administrative API calls per month.
Free Trial:
Yes

Integrations

API:
Yes, Looker has an API

Reviews - 11 Verified Reviews

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Company Details

Company:
Google
Year Founded:
1998
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
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Product Details

Platforms
SaaS
Type of Training
Documentation
Live Online
Webinars
Videos
Customer Support
Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Looker Features and Options

Business Intelligence Software

Ad Hoc Reports
Benchmarking
Budgeting & Forecasting
Dashboard
Data Analysis
Key Performance Indicators
Natural Language Generation (NLG)
Performance Metrics
Predictive Analytics
Profitability Analysis
Strategic Planning
Trend / Problem Indicators
Visual Analytics

Dashboard Software

Annotations
Data Source Integrations
Functions / Calculations
Interactive
KPIs
OLAP
Private Dashboards
Public Dashboards
Scorecards
Themes
Visual Analytics
Widgets

Embedded Analytics Software

Ad hoc Query
Application Development
Benchmarking
Dashboard
Interactive Reports
Mobile Reporting
Multi-User Collaboration
Self Service Analytics
Streaming Analytics
Visual Workflow Management

Reporting Software

Customizable Dashboard
Data Source Connectors
Drag & Drop
Drill Down
Email Reports
Financial Reports
Forecasting
Marketing Reports
OLAP
Report Export
Sales Reports
Scheduled / Automated Reports

Big Data Software

Collaboration
Data Blends
Data Cleansing
Data Mining
Data Visualization
Data Warehousing
High Volume Processing
No-Code Sandbox
Predictive Analytics
Templates

Web Analytics Software

Campaign Management
Conversion Tracking
Form Analytics
Goal Tracking
Keyword Tracking
Multiple Site Management
Pageview Tracking
Referral Source Tracking
Site Search Tracking
Time on Site Tracking
User Interaction Tracking

Business Performance Management Software

Ad Hoc Reports
Ad hoc Analysis
Budgeting & Forecasting
Consolidation / Roll-Up
Dashboard
Key Performance Indicators
Predictive Analytics
Qualitative Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
Scorecarding
Strategic Planning

Marketing Analytics Software

A/B Testing
Campaign Management
Channel Attribution
Customer Journey Mapping
Dashboard
Performance Metrics
Predictive Analytics
ROI Tracking
Social Media Metrics
Website Analytics

Data Visualization Software

Analytics
Content Management
Dashboard Creation
Filtered Views
OLAP
Relational Display
Simulation Models
Visual Discovery

Sales Analytics Software

Collaboration Tools
Dashboards
Forecasting Analytics
Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)
Lead Analytics
Pipeline Management
Predictive Forecasting
Predictive Lead Scoring
Sales Intelligence Reporting

Data Analysis Software

Data Discovery
Data Visualization
High Volume Processing
Predictive Analytics
Regression Analysis
Sentiment Analysis
Statistical Modeling
Text Analytics

Looker Lists

  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: User
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Looker is a good tool

    Date: Feb 25 2024

    Summary: We have tried many different options for business analytics and finally settled on Looker.

    Positive: Thoughtful user experience, lots of customization options, and great support.

    Negative: Expensive.

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  • Name: Purva K.
    Job Title: Process Associate
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Looker review

    Date: Jan 23 2024

    Summary: Looker is an enterprise scale business intelligence perform great for centralized analytics teams. Power analytics & visualizations optimized for web/cloud data sources.

    Positive: Flexible visualization options including charts, Graphs, & maps. powerful filtering tools to slice & dice data for granular analysis.

    Negative: It can be very expensive for smaller companies with limited analytics needs. It also lacks advanced customization available in other BI tools.

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  • Name: Anis A.
    Job Title: Ownership Workflow Coordinator
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Ideal for Business Intelligence and Data Exploration

    Date: Jan 22 2024

    Summary: Looker is a superb platform for business intelligence that enables users to intuitively browse and understand data. It is a useful tool for businesses looking to extract insights from their data that can be put into action because of its emphasis on collaborative analytics, strong data modeling, and integration capabilities.

    Positive: Looker is renowned for its intuitive user interface, which lets business people examine and evaluate data without needing to have a lot of technical expertise. It offers a simple-to-use interface for building and modifying dashboards and reports.

    Negative: Looker may have a learning curve for sophisticated features and data modeling, even if it is easy to use for fundamental purposes. Sufficient training and onboarding are advised for users who want to make the most out of the platform.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: COO
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Looker is Awesome!

    Date: Jan 20 2024

    Summary: In summary, Looker is a superior data analytics tool, largely due to its user-friendly interface, extensive data modeling capabilities, and seamless integration with various data sources and Google Cloud services. The minor consideration regarding its pricing is relatively insignificant when weighed against the significant benefits it offers, such as real-time data analytics, enhanced security, and scalability. These attributes underscore Looker's value as an investment in top-tier data analytics. Therefore, despite the slightly higher cost, Looker earns a well-deserved 5-star rating, making it a commendable choice for businesses seeking a comprehensive and reliable data analytics solution.

    Positive: Looker, a Google Cloud data analytics platform, excels in several areas, making it a top choice for organizations seeking to enhance their data-driven decision-making processes. One of its most commendable aspects is its user-friendly interface, which allows users of varying technical skills to navigate and utilize the platform effectively. This accessibility is further complemented by Looker’s powerful data modeling capabilities, enabling users to create complex data models without needing extensive SQL knowledge. Additionally, Looker's integration with various data sources and Google Cloud services, like BigQuery, ensures seamless data manipulation and analysis. The platform's real-time data analytics feature stands out, allowing businesses to make timely decisions based on current data insights. Moreover, Looker’s robust security features, adhering to Google's high standards, ensure that sensitive data remains protected, fostering a trustworthy environment for data analysis.

    Negative: Looker, while highly efficient and user-friendly, does have a consideration regarding its pricing. While it offers a range of advanced features and capabilities, the cost may be slightly higher than some other options in the market. This aspect could be a factor for small to medium-sized businesses that are budget-conscious. However, it's important to note that the pricing reflects the quality and comprehensiveness of the service provided by Looker, aligning with its premium features and Google's robust infrastructure.

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  • Name: Michael M.
    Job Title: Software Development
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Data management as a factor to improve decision-making

    Edited: Jul 05 2021

    Summary: Looker has helped us through the collection, visualization, and analysis of our data to be more organized as a company, which has been a fundamental milestone for our growth as an organization based on our decision-making. Another point to highlight and from which we have benefited is the availability and speed of response from Looker's customer service team. It is a tool based on data management ideal for any organization that will facilitate decision-making for business growth through the generation of analysis and reports.

    Positive: Looker is a tool that collects and presents data to guide analysis and make appropriate decisions to grow our business. I like to understand how Looker started using its features and how easy it is to have a very attentive customer service team.

    Negative: Sometimes the interface is cumbersome. Other than that, we have had no problems or issues with Looker; it has provided us with what we needed.

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  • Name: Dominik R.
    Job Title: Senior Project Manager
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Data management to improve decision making

    Date: Apr 22 2021

    Summary: Among the benefits we have realized with the acquisition of Looker is that it helps synchronize departments using the same data; the ease of configuring reports, these reports are created based on the data flow sources, plus the excellent job it does in terms of visualizations and graphical creations. Overall, Looker has provided us with unique visualizations and quite detailed analysis.

    Positive: Looker has been for my colleagues and me a data analysis solution that has allowed us to rethink business intelligence and the management of data visualizations. We have also liked its reporting and dashboarding capabilities in various departments.

    Negative: Looker has very few cons on our side; among them is that it has some limitations on visualizations. However, the customer support team has been very responsive when these have arisen.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Manager
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Cost-effective business intelligence

    Date: Aug 18 2020

    Summary: Looker is a handy business intelligence tool. It helps our team to strategically plan and visualize our business performances. It offers the best BI solution for any business. I highly recommend this tool.

    Positive: It's a very cost-effective business intelligence tool. Looker helps to plan and take better decisions for the business. It provides great detailed and real-time analytics.

    Negative: It worked great for me. Nothing to share about cons.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Software Developer
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Excellent Data visualization tool

    Date: Jun 24 2020

    Summary: Looker is a great data analytics & visualization tool. It lets you pull in data from almost any data source be it database or cloud storage and lets you represent it in graphical format. It also has great reporting feature and is excellent for working in collaboration.

    Positive: Simple & clean user interface
    Customizable dashboard
    Great visualization - charts & graphs
    In depth data analytics & reporting
    Easily connect with multiple data sources
    Cloud based - High availability
    Custom SQL Queries capability

    Negative: Steep learning curve for most features
    Expensive license

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  • Name: Mohit V.
    Job Title: Operation manager
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Intuitive business analysis tool

    Date: Jun 24 2020

    Summary: Looker is a very intuitive business intelligence tool. It helps me to analyze my business performance and gives the idea to change according to stats. After having this tool it gives a very positive impact on my business.

    Positive: Looker gives very informative data to analyze the business. It shows real-time analytics. It has various options to choose cloud, gives freedom to users. Setting up process is very easy.

    Negative: Overall it's packed with features, but subscription plans are high.

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  • Name: Ayush G.
    Job Title: C Parts Expert
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Unleashing Data insights with Looker for informed decision making

    Date: Jan 20 2024

    Summary: My overall experience has been positive particularly for an organization like us who prioritize data driven insights for every major decision making. While there are considerations like setup complexity & support responsiveness, the benefits of Looker is still empowering data driven decision making.

    Positive: Looker's centralized & governed data model provides a single source of truth, enhancing data accuracy & consistency across the organization.

    Negative: The initial setup & configuration requires strong technical expertise & an MNC like us needed a lot of time in defining & maintaining a robust data model.

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  • Name: Sierra Z.
    Job Title: Office Technology Manager
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    OK analytics tool

    Date: Jan 29 2022

    Summary: Overall it's hard to use the tool to share out on our company digital displays. There is no easy way to export or view some of the information we'd like to display.

    Positive: * Able to pull in data from different sources
    * Different levels of users
    * Ability to create dashboards/views

    Negative: * Have to pay for viewers
    * Doesn't allow for many modifications to the looks of the dashboards

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