Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Looker
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Looker is a BI application with an analytics-oriented application server that sits on top of relational data stores. It includes an end-user interface for exploring data, a reusable development paradigm for data discovery, and an API for supporting data in other systems.N/A
Metabase
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Metabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.
$85
per month
Pricing
LookerMetabase
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Growth
$749
per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
Open Source
Free
Enterprise
starting at $15,000
per year
Enterprise
Starts at $15,000
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LookerMetabase
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
LookerMetabase
Considered Both Products
Looker

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Metabase
Chose Metabase
I used Looker in a previous role and found it clunky, difficult to navigate, hard to collaborate on, and ultimately massively expensive. I evaluated Looker to see if it would be right to implement it as a solution in my current role, but Metabase was the clear winner - the ease …
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Features
LookerMetabase
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.0
116 Ratings
2% below category average
Metabase
7.8
4 Ratings
4% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.495 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.7115 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.999 Ratings6.94 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.1
116 Ratings
1% above category average
Metabase
7.4
4 Ratings
8% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.1112 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.4114 Ratings7.14 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.147 Ratings5.32 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.7116 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.5
112 Ratings
2% above category average
Metabase
8.6
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Publish to Web8.294 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.8100 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Versioning8.275 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.997 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker
6.7
113 Ratings
17% below category average
Metabase
7.8
4 Ratings
2% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.9109 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.597 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings6.72 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings5.72 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker
8.3
112 Ratings
2% below category average
Metabase
9.6
4 Ratings
12% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.8106 Ratings8.94 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.093 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings9.64 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.145 Ratings9.63 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker
5.8
84 Ratings
30% below category average
Metabase
9.0
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.781 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.575 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Looker
-
Ratings
Metabase
8.7
3 Ratings
11% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
LookerMetabase
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(117 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(7 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(12 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LookerMetabase
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
As a Sales, it suited me to use such well-developed software with a nice dashboard that could navigate between my prospects, visualize the numbers of clients, and check my achievements for each quarter. That would help me understand my performance and record the data I needed for myself as a salesperson.
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Metabase
Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
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Pros
Google
  • Show visited pages - sessions, pageviews - which programs are viewed the most.
  • Displays session source/medium views to see where users are coming from.
  • It shows the video titles, URLs, and event counts so we can monitor the performance of our videos.
  • It gives a graphic face to the numbers, such as using bar charts, pie graphs, and other charts to show user trends or which channels are driving engagement.
  • Our clients like to see the top pages visited for a month.
  • I like the drop-and-drag approach, and building charts is a little easier than it was before.
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Metabase
  • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
  • Data representation from database directly.
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Cons
Google
  • I wish I could get more granular in the Google ad data, such as down to the campaign type, instead of having to see only all campaigns.
  • The setup can be time-consuming if you're not using the product regularly.
  • Editing the dashboard requires a few logins; I wish it was more seamless.
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Metabase
  • Report Types
  • Updates
  • Colour/Branding
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
We are very haooy with Looker, it provides us with all the funciomalities we need for both the day to day oerformance tracking and longer periods reporting. It is easy to use for account managers, configurable and customizable for soecialists and what is most imoortant, our clinets generally really love it
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Metabase
No answers on this topic
Usability
Google
Looker is relatively easy to use, even as it is set up. The customers for the front-end only have issues with the initial setup for looker ml creations. Other "looks" are relatively easy to set up, depending on the ETL and the data which is coming into Looker on a regular basis.
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Metabase
Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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Reliability and Availability
Google
No objections
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Metabase
No answers on this topic
Performance
Google
Somehow resources heavy, both on server and client. I recommned at least 50Mbs data rate and high performance desktop comouter to be abke to run comolex tasks and configure larger amount of data. On the other hand, the client does not need to worry when viewing, the performance is usually ok
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Metabase
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Google
Never had to work with support for issues. Any questions we had, they would respond promptly and clearly. The one-time setup was easy, by reading documentation. If the feature is not supported, they will add a feature request. In this case, LDAP support was requested over OKTA. They are looking into it.
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Metabase
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Google
Very satisfied, easy to implement
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Metabase
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Google
Looker gives you options to integrate external APIs with great ease. Our data analytics team is able to easily use multiple data sources as input to the Looker dashboard, and everything is consolidated in one single Dashboard. You also have an option for Shared folders to be accessed by multiple people. The reporting system is perfect and has a wide range of options/reporting options that can be implemented.
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Metabase
It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
Perfect price to performance
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Metabase
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Google
  • Looker has a poignant impact on our business's ROI objectives. As an advertising exchange we have specific goals for daily requests and fill, and having premade Looks to monitor this is an integral piece of our operational capability
  • To facilitate an efficient monthly billing cycle in our organization, Looker is essential to track estimated revenue and impression delivery by publisher. Without the Looks we have set up, we would spend considerably more time and effort segmenting revenue by vertical.
  • Looker's unique value proposition is making analytical tools more digestible to people without conventional analytical experience. Other competing tools like Tableau require considerably more training and context to successfully use, and the ability to easily plot different visualizations is one of its greatest selling points.
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Metabase
  • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
  • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
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ScreenShots

Looker Screenshots

Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.