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What is Looker?
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...
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View all 20 features- Formatting capabilities (61)8.585%
- Customizable dashboards (61)8.585%
- Drill-down analysis (62)8.282%
- Report sharing and collaboration (63)8.080%
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What is Looker?
Looker is a business intelligence application with an analytics-oriented application server that sits on top of relational data stores. The Looker platform includes an end-user interface for exploring data, a reusable development paradigm for creating data discovery experiences and an extensible API set so the data can exist in other systems.
Looker Studio is a part of Google's Looker Suite for business intelligence. Looker Studio is a self-serve BI solution where less technical users can create charts and reports, while Looker is a complete, enterprise BI platform, where technical users can build complex models that consider every aspect of the business. Looker Studio offers both free and pro versions, while Looker is not available for free. Looker and Looker Studio integrate with each other to support both types of analysis at your business.
Looker vs. Looker Studio
Looker Studio is a part of Google's Looker Suite for business intelligence. Looker Studio is a self-serve BI solution where less technical users can create charts and reports, while Looker is a complete, enterprise BI platform, where technical users can build complex models that consider every aspect of the business. Looker Studio offers both free and pro versions, while Looker is not available for free. Looker and Looker Studio integrate with each other to support both types of analysis at your business.
Looker Features
BI Platform Features
- Supported: Administration via Web Interface
- Supported: Live Connection to External Data
- Supported: In-memory data model
- Supported: Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)
- Supported: Data warehouse / dictionary layer
Supported Data Sources Features
- Supported: Oracle
- Supported: MS SQL Server
- Supported: IBM DB2
- Supported: Postgres
- Supported: MySQL
- Supported: Cloudera Hadoop
- Supported: Hortonworks Hadoop
- Supported: EMC Greenplum
- Supported: IBM Netezza
- Supported: HP Vertica
- Supported: ParAccel
- Supported: SAP Hana
- Supported: Teradata
- Supported: Sage 500
- Supported: SAP
BI Standard Reporting Features
- Supported: Pixel Perfect reports
- Supported: Customizable dashboards
- Supported: Report Formatting Templates
Ad-hoc Reporting Features
- Supported: Drill-down analysis
- Supported: Formatting capabilities
- Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages
- Supported: Report sharing and collaboration
Report Output and Scheduling Features
- Supported: Publish to Web
- Supported: Publish to PDF
- Supported: Output Raw Supporting Data
- Supported: Report Versioning
- Supported: Report Delivery Scheduling
Data Discovery and Visualization Features
- Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
- Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
- Supported: Support for Machine Learning models
- Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages
Access Control and Security Features
- Supported: Multi-User Support (named login)
- Supported: Role-Based Security Model
- Supported: Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
- Supported: Report-Level Access Control
- Supported: Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
- Supported: Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
Mobile Capabilities Features
- Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
- Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
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Looker Technical Details
Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
Mobile Application | No |
Supported Countries | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil |
Supported Languages | English |
Frequently Asked Questions
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.
Reviewers rate Customizable dashboards and Formatting capabilities highest, with a score of 8.5.
The most common users of Looker are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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December 23, 2022
Looker's great if you're looking for a customizable solution for making data available to your team
May 04, 2022
Analyze your data efficiently with Looker
July 30, 2021
Looker for our Business Operations team
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
May 14, 2021
Excellent tool with impeccable support team!
May 08, 2021
Awesome software for our team
May 02, 2021
Awesome product for data visualization
May 02, 2021
Turn data into meaningful decisions
April 30, 2021
Look no further than into Looker
April 30, 2021
An amazing data visualization tool
April 28, 2021
Wonderful tool and customer support
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
April 22, 2021
Looker helps us organize our business data
April 07, 2021
Looker is pretty good for the price
November 17, 2020
Solid performer
October 04, 2019
Looker is a game changer for our company reporting
October 03, 2019
Data and Reporting Made Easy
September 28, 2019
Great robust product that helps scale
September 28, 2019
Good data warehouse, but lacking some benefits
September 28, 2019
Complex but powerful
September 28, 2019
Excellent Social Sharing & Reporting Platform
September 18, 2019
Looker is the tool you're looking for... if you can afford it.
September 14, 2019
Power BI tool for enterprises
September 13, 2019
A great tool that requires a ton of resources to deploy and maintain
August 09, 2019