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At a Glance
Lightdash
Lightdash
Star Rating
(16)5.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (62.5% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$800.00 Per Month
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Looker
Looker
Star Rating
(1,516)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (61.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about Looker
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Looker has a solid Data Querying feature with a score of 8.6, but Lightdash excels with a score of 9.5, making it easier for users to perform complex queries efficiently.
  • Reviewers mention that Lightdash shines in Data Filtering with a score of 9.5, while Looker trails slightly at 8.7, indicating that users find Lightdash more intuitive for narrowing down data sets.
  • G2 users highlight that Looker's Quality of Support is rated at 8.7, which is commendable, but Lightdash impresses with a near-perfect score of 9.9, suggesting that users feel more supported and valued with Lightdash.
  • Users on G2 say that Lightdash's Ease of Setup is rated at 9.5, significantly higher than Looker's 8.0, indicating that new users find Lightdash easier to implement and start using effectively.
  • Reviewers mention that Looker's Reports Interface scores 8.6, which is good, but Lightdash's score of 9.2 suggests a more user-friendly and visually appealing reporting experience.
  • Users report that while Looker has a decent Dashboards score of 8.7, Lightdash outperforms with a score of 9.6, indicating that users appreciate the flexibility and design options available in Lightdash for creating dashboards.
Featured Products
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Lightdash
Lightdash Cloud Starter
$800.00
Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plans
Looker
No pricing available
Free Trial
Lightdash
Free Trial is available
Looker
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
13
8.7
1,022
Ease of Use
9.2
13
8.2
1,024
Ease of Setup
9.5
11
8.1
500
Ease of Admin
9.0
10
8.3
411
Quality of Support
9.9
12
8.7
868
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
10.0
10
8.9
389
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
13
8.7
954
Features by Category
Not enough data
8.3
663
Reports
9.3
9
8.6
589
|
Verified
8.1
9
8.2
550
|
Verified
9.4
9
8.2
589
|
Verified
8.7
9
8.2
462
|
Verified
9.7
10
8.7
589
|
Verified
Self Service
8.2
12
8.5
559
|
Verified
9.3
10
8.6
572
|
Verified
8.6
11
8.5
549
|
Verified
8.3
9
8.1
553
|
Verified
9.4
9
8.3
525
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
439
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
Feature Not Available
7.5
369
|
Verified
8.8
12
8.4
567
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.0
452
|
Verified
Building Reports
Feature Not Available
8.3
340
|
Verified
7.1
11
8.4
349
|
Verified
7.4
9
8.0
312
|
Verified
6.9
9
8.1
286
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
633
Reports
9.3
9
8.6
589
|
Verified
8.1
9
8.2
550
|
Verified
9.4
9
8.2
589
|
Verified
8.7
9
8.2
462
|
Verified
9.7
10
8.7
589
|
Verified
Reports
Not enough data
8.4
79
Not enough data
8.4
78
Not enough data
7.8
74
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.6
73
Not enough data
6.9
73
Visualization
Not enough data
8.4
81
Not enough data
8.3
80
Not enough data
8.5
82
Not enough data
8.2
80
Data Updates
Not enough data
8.0
78
Not enough data
8.1
76
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.3
78
Not enough data
7.9
78
Not enough data
7.9
74
Data Updates
Not enough data
7.7
106
Not enough data
7.9
110
Not enough data
8.4
113
8.7
12
8.2
682
Reports
9.3
9
8.6
589
|
Verified
8.1
9
8.2
550
|
Verified
9.4
9
8.2
589
|
Verified
8.7
9
8.2
462
|
Verified
9.7
10
8.7
589
|
Verified
Data Preparation
8.3
9
8.4
241
|
Verified
8.8
8
8.3
221
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
9.6
8
8.5
271
|
Verified
9.6
8
8.7
287
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.4
268
|
Verified
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
6.9
50
Feature Not Available
7.3
48
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Self Service
8.2
12
8.5
559
|
Verified
9.3
10
8.6
572
|
Verified
8.6
11
8.5
549
|
Verified
8.3
9
8.1
553
|
Verified
9.4
9
8.3
525
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
439
|
Verified
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
Feature Not Available
7.5
369
|
Verified
8.8
12
8.4
567
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.0
452
|
Verified
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
Feature Not Available
8.3
340
|
Verified
7.1
11
8.4
349
|
Verified
7.4
9
8.0
312
|
Verified
6.9
9
8.1
286
|
Verified
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Not enough data
8.4
656
Reports
9.3
9
8.6
589
|
Verified
8.1
9
8.2
550
|
Verified
9.4
9
8.2
589
|
Verified
8.7
9
8.2
462
|
Verified
9.7
10
8.7
589
|
Verified
Self Service
8.2
12
8.5
559
|
Verified
9.3
10
8.6
572
|
Verified
8.6
11
8.5
549
|
Verified
8.3
9
8.1
553
|
Verified
9.4
9
8.3
525
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
439
|
Verified
Building Reports
Feature Not Available
8.3
340
|
Verified
7.1
11
8.4
349
|
Verified
7.4
9
8.0
312
|
Verified
6.9
9
8.1
286
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
301
Metrics
Not enough data
8.8
220
Not enough data
8.7
221
Not enough data
8.4
206
Not enough data
8.3
208
Not enough data
8.4
197
Not enough data
8.3
207
Not enough data
8.4
201
Not enough data
8.5
212
Not enough data
8.3
205
Reporting
Not enough data
8.3
225
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
226
Not enough data
8.5
227
Not enough data
8.1
182
Not enough data
8.4
189
Not enough data
9.0
238
Other
Not enough data
8.7
209
Not enough data
8.6
193
Not enough data
8.4
186
Not enough data
8.7
197
Not enough data
8.7
191
Not enough data
8.2
163
Not enough data
8.3
175
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
202
Not enough data
8.3
178
Not enough data
8.5
229
Not enough data
8.6
223
Not enough data
8.6
240
Agentic AI - Sales Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sourcing
Not enough data
8.8
189
Not enough data
8.8
206
Not enough data
8.6
174
Not enough data
8.8
210
Not enough data
8.7
195
Predictive Analytics
Not enough data
8.3
139
Not enough data
8.2
136
Not enough data
8.1
133
Not enough data
8.1
151
Sales Management
Not enough data
8.4
148
Not enough data
8.2
127
Not enough data
8.7
159
Not enough data
8.7
156
Not enough data
8.6
292
Marketing Operations
Not enough data
8.6
207
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
226
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
213
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
230
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
115
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Campaign Activity
Not enough data
8.6
216
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
246
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
199
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
199
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
185
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
107
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Lightdash
Lightdash
Looker
Looker
Lightdash and Looker are categorized as Analytics Platforms
Unique Categories
Lightdash
Lightdash has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Lightdash
Lightdash
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
12.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
62.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
25.0%
Looker
Looker
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
17.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
61.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
20.9%
Reviewers' Industry
Lightdash
Lightdash
Information Technology and Services
25.0%
Retail
12.5%
Real Estate
12.5%
Online Media
12.5%
Utilities
6.3%
Other
31.3%
Looker
Looker
Computer Software
11.8%
Information Technology and Services
10.7%
Marketing and Advertising
8.1%
Financial Services
7.6%
Internet
6.4%
Other
55.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
Lightdash
Lightdash
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Hattie P.
HP
Hattie P.
Verified User in Consumer Goods

The fact that it's so intuitive (with some initial training) allowing all members of the team to create their own dashboards.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Looker
Looker
Most Helpful Favorable Review
AC
Alan C.
Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting

So many things are done right: - The simplicity of creating a meta schema using lookml, the learning curve is lightning fast - The flexibility of the system, making data available to inter customer has never been so easy - The support team is really...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Consumer Goods

Looker forces a company into two streams of thought: an analyst first culture and essentially married to Looker. Looker really thrives at young or small companies with no centralized reporting or analytics/data science teams. For the few people who know...

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Looker
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Discussions
Lightdash
Lightdash Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Lightdash has no discussions with answers
Looker
Looker Discussions
Is looker an ETL tool?
3 comments
Ajay P.
AP
No, Looker is not an ETL tool. It is a Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Analytics platform that helps users visualize, explore and analyze data.Read more
Best way to start on visualizations?
2 comments
Aaron G.
AG
Looker has a built-in set of visualizations that you can automatically apply to any dataset that they work with. Once you setup your initial connection to a...Read more
Looker works with a variety of databases, including but not limited to: 1. Amazon Redshift 2. Google BigQuery 3. Snowflake 4. Microsoft SQL Server 5. PostgreSQL 6. MySQL 7. Oracle 8. IBM Db2 9. Teradata 10. Apache Hive Looker is designed to be database-agnostic, meaning it can connect to any SQL database that supports JDBC or ODBC connections.
1 comment
Official Response from Looker
Looker works with any SQL readable data store, including Hadoop. Looker sits in-database allowing you to access all of your row level data and leverage the...Read more