Google

Looker

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.2 /10

36 Reviews Write a Review

Get Demo

In Partnership With SelectHub

Claim Software

What is Looker?

Looker is a platform for data that streamlines the data supply chain to create actionable information. It allows any organization to extract value from their data at web-scale, delivers powerful purpose built applications to address the needs of specific teams, and provides a flexible, embedded analytics framework with Powered by Looker.

Company Details

Book a Free Demo Today!

See it in action with a free demo.

Click below to sign up on our partner's website.

Get Demo

In Partnership With SelectHub

Awards & Recognition

Looker won the following awards in the Business Intelligence & Analytics – Enterprise category

Filter By

7 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

Looker Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
Download the entire Product Scorecard to access more information on Looker.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

82 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

undefined

{y}

{name}

Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 90%
Negotiation and Contract:: 84%
Conflict Resolution:: 91%
Strategy & Innovation:: 86%
Service Experience:: 93%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Looker?

0% Negative

8% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Data Exploration and Visualization

BI Security

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Collaboration

Real-Time Visualization

Dashboard

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

BI Platform Administration

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Spatial Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Also Featured in...

Sales Analytics

Score 8.5

View Looker in this category (opens in a new tab)

Customer Intelligence

Score 8.5

View Looker in this category (opens in a new tab)

Business Intelligence & Analytics - Midmarket

Score 8.5

View Looker in this category (opens in a new tab)

Retail Analytics

Score 7.7

View Looker in this category (opens in a new tab)

Looker Reviews

Saurabh A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

User-friendly, powerful analytics tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Looker stands out with its modern, user-friendly interface and powerful data exploration capabilities. Its unique LookML modeling langueage allows for flexible and scalable data modeling. The platform's seamless integration with Google cloud and other dta sources enhances its versatility and performance.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite aspect of Looker is its intuitive and interactive data exploration features. The ability to create cutom dashboards and reports with ease, combined with real-time data visualisation, makes it an invaluable tool for data-driven decision-making and business intelligence.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The initial setup and learning curve for LookML can be challenging for new users. While the platform is powerful, it requires some technincal experitse to fully leverage its capabillities. Additonally, the cost may be a consideration for smaller organisation with limited budgets.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Invest time in learning LookML to fully utilise Looker's capabiliities. Take advantage of the available training resources and support. Enusre your dta infrastrucutre is compatible with Looker for seamless integration. Evaluate your specific analytics needs to determine if Looker aligns with your business goals.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Viral G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Media
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Great performance with google suite of products

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Its ability to associate with GCP is impeccable.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Again, works really well with GCP. It has a good library of inbuilt complex visualizations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The UI can be better. You will be looking out for functions in early use of the product. A little bit of learning curve is expected.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have GCP as your cloud provider, go with it. You won't regret.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Caring

Jayant S.

Role: Operations
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Quite affordable product, needs more features

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

a.) Quite affordable, hence helpful for small scale industries b.) Good client support. c.) Compatible with different SQL platforms.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

affordability and SQL compatibility.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Needs to add more product features , like analytic functions.

Pros

Caring
Altruistic
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Looker

What is Looker?

Company Details

Book a Free Demo Today!

Awards & Recognition

Looker Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Looker?

Chart

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Real-Time Visualization Ability to analyze and visualize data as soon as it becomes available via data-streaming pipelines.

Dashboard Includes alerts and notifications, KPIs, visual analytics, and interactive features.

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications Ability to create, manage, send and receive notifications, enhancing efficiency and productivity.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Data Connectors and Data Mashup Connect to, merge and clean data from multiple diverse data sources.

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities Selected user groups are able to interact with BI data, slice and dice, and find answers on their own.

Spatial Analysis Ability to natively visualize and analyze spatial data out of the box tied to postcode, zipcode or spacial co-ordinates.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Also Featured in...

Sales Analytics

Customer Intelligence

Business Intelligence & Analytics - Midmarket

Retail Analytics

Looker Reviews

Saurabh A.

User-friendly, powerful analytics tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Viral G.

Great performance with google suite of products

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jayant S.

Quite affordable product, needs more features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Most Popular Looker Comparisons

Microsoft Power BI

Tableau

Qlik Sense

Logi Symphony

Oracle Analytics Cloud

SAP BusinessObjects

1
Since last award

1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Data Exploration and Visualization

BI Security

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Collaboration

Real-Time Visualization

Dashboard

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

BI Platform Administration

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Spatial Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training