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Market Segments
Mid-Market (61.1% of reviews)
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$0.00
Looker
Star Rating
(1,516)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (61.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(125)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Looker excels in its Ease of Setup with a score of 8.0, while Metabase shines even brighter with a score of 9.0, making it easier for teams to get started quickly.
- Reviewers mention that Metabase offers superior Dashboards functionality, scoring 9.3 compared to Looker's 8.7, which allows for more visually appealing and interactive data presentations.
- G2 users highlight that Looker has a more robust Quality of Support with a score of 8.7, while Metabase's score of 7.9 indicates room for improvement in customer service responsiveness.
- Users on G2 appreciate Looker's Data Governance capabilities, both scoring 8.3, but reviewers say Looker provides more comprehensive features for managing data access and compliance.
- Reviewers mention that Metabase's Graphs and Charts feature is rated higher at 8.6 compared to Looker's 8.2, indicating a preference for Metabase's visualization options among users.
- Users report that Looker's Custom Reports and Dashboards feature is highly rated at 9.0, showcasing its flexibility and customization options, which some users feel are more limited in Metabase.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Looker
No pricing availableMetabase
Open Source
$0.00
The user-friendly BI suite in a box.
- Unlimited charts
- Unlimited dashboards
- Connect to 20+ database types
Free Trial
Looker
Free Trial is available
Metabase
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
1,029
8.7
85
Ease of Use
8.2
1,031
8.3
88
Ease of Setup
8.2
506
9.0
29
Ease of Admin
8.3
413
9.0
23
Quality of Support
8.7
873
7.9
61
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
390
8.9
18
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
961
8.1
75
Features by Category
Reports
8.6
595
|
Verified
8.7
34
8.2
556
|
Verified
8.2
33
8.2
595
|
Verified
8.5
35
8.2
468
|
Verified
8.2
32
8.7
595
|
Verified
9.1
35
Self Service
8.5
564
|
Verified
8.3
33
8.6
578
|
Verified
8.6
33
8.5
554
|
Verified
8.6
33
8.1
559
|
Verified
7.9
32
8.3
531
|
Verified
8.3
31
7.7
445
|
Verified
7.8
27
Advanced Analytics
7.5
375
|
Verified
7.6
32
8.4
573
|
Verified
9.0
35
8.0
458
|
Verified
7.6
31
Building Reports
8.3
346
|
Verified
8.9
11
8.4
355
|
Verified
8.5
11
8.0
318
|
Verified
8.9
12
8.2
292
|
Verified
8.6
7
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
Reports
8.6
595
|
Verified
8.7
34
8.2
556
|
Verified
8.2
33
8.2
595
|
Verified
8.5
35
8.2
468
|
Verified
8.2
32
8.7
595
|
Verified
9.1
35
Reports
8.4
83
Not enough data
8.5
82
Not enough data
7.9
78
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
77
Not enough data
7.0
77
Not enough data
Visualization
8.4
85
Not enough data
8.4
84
Not enough data
8.5
86
Not enough data
8.3
84
Not enough data
Data Updates
8.0
82
Not enough data
8.1
80
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.3
82
Not enough data
7.9
82
Not enough data
7.9
78
Not enough data
Data Updates
7.8
110
Not enough data
7.9
114
Not enough data
8.4
117
Not enough data
Reports
8.6
595
|
Verified
8.7
34
8.2
556
|
Verified
8.2
33
8.2
595
|
Verified
8.5
35
8.2
468
|
Verified
8.2
32
8.7
595
|
Verified
9.1
35
Data Preparation
8.4
243
|
Verified
8.1
38
8.3
223
|
Verified
8.2
37
Data Modeling and Blending
8.5
273
|
Verified
8.5
48
8.7
289
|
Verified
8.7
48
8.4
270
|
Verified
8.1
44
Generative AI
6.9
52
7.1
8
7.2
50
7.7
8
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
6.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Self Service
8.5
564
|
Verified
8.3
33
8.6
578
|
Verified
8.6
33
8.5
554
|
Verified
8.6
33
8.1
559
|
Verified
7.9
32
8.3
531
|
Verified
8.3
31
7.7
445
|
Verified
7.8
27
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
7.5
375
|
Verified
7.6
32
8.4
573
|
Verified
9.0
35
8.0
458
|
Verified
7.6
31
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
8.3
346
|
Verified
8.9
11
8.4
355
|
Verified
8.5
11
8.0
318
|
Verified
8.9
12
8.2
292
|
Verified
8.6
7
Reports
8.6
595
|
Verified
8.7
34
8.2
556
|
Verified
8.2
33
8.2
595
|
Verified
8.5
35
8.2
468
|
Verified
8.2
32
8.7
595
|
Verified
9.1
35
Self Service
8.5
564
|
Verified
8.3
33
8.6
578
|
Verified
8.6
33
8.5
554
|
Verified
8.6
33
8.1
559
|
Verified
7.9
32
8.3
531
|
Verified
8.3
31
7.7
445
|
Verified
7.8
27
Building Reports
8.3
346
|
Verified
8.9
11
8.4
355
|
Verified
8.5
11
8.0
318
|
Verified
8.9
12
8.2
292
|
Verified
8.6
7
Metrics
8.8
222
Not enough data
8.7
223
Not enough data
8.4
208
Not enough data
8.3
210
Not enough data
8.4
199
Not enough data
8.3
209
Not enough data
8.4
203
Not enough data
8.5
214
Not enough data
8.3
207
Not enough data
Reporting
8.3
227
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
228
Not enough data
8.5
229
Not enough data
8.1
184
Not enough data
8.4
191
Not enough data
9.0
240
Not enough data
Other
8.7
211
Not enough data
8.5
195
Not enough data
8.4
188
Not enough data
8.7
199
Not enough data
8.7
193
Not enough data
8.2
165
Not enough data
8.2
177
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics
5.3
6
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.4
6
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
204
Not enough data
8.3
180
Not enough data
8.5
231
Not enough data
8.6
225
Not enough data
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
8.8
191
Not enough data
8.8
208
Not enough data
8.5
176
Not enough data
8.8
212
Not enough data
8.7
197
Not enough data
Predictive Analytics
8.3
141
Not enough data
8.2
137
Not enough data
8.1
135
Not enough data
8.1
153
Not enough data
Sales Management
8.4
150
Not enough data
8.2
129
Not enough data
8.7
161
Not enough data
8.7
158
Not enough data
Marketing Operations
8.6
210
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
229
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
216
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
233
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
118
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Campaign Activity
8.6
219
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
249
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
202
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
202
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
188
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
110
|
Verified
Not enough data
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
Looker and Metabase are categorized as Embedded Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms
Unique Categories
Looker is categorized as Sales Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Digital Analytics, and Data Visualization
Metabase has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Looker
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Metabase
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
11.8%
Information Technology and Services
10.8%
Marketing and Advertising
8.1%
Financial Services
7.7%
Internet
6.4%
Other
55.3%
Information Technology and Services
14.8%
Computer Software
13.1%
Financial Services
9.8%
Hospital & Health Care
5.7%
Internet
4.9%
Other
51.6%
Most Helpful Reviews
Looker
Most Helpful Favorable Review
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 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...
Metabase
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Athanasia K.
Verified User in Arts and Crafts
Metabase provides a range of visualization options, such as charts, graphs, and tables, to present data in a visually appealing and meaningful way. Users can explore their data interactively, slice and dice it, and create informative visualizations to...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Internet
It's not intuitive at all, there's not a simple button where you can just run a query it takes multiple clicks. The output is definitely not as nice as Navicat, even figuring out how to download the csv file isn't intuitive. I also don't like that the...
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...
Athanasia K.
Verified User in Arts and Crafts
Metabase provides a range of visualization options, such as charts, graphs, and tables, to present data in a visually appealing and meaningful way. Users can explore their data interactively, slice and dice it, and create informative visualizations to...
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...
Verified User in Internet
It's not intuitive at all, there's not a simple button where you can just run a query it takes multiple clicks. The output is definitely not as nice as Navicat, even figuring out how to download the csv file isn't intuitive. I also don't like that the...
Alternatives
Discussions
Is looker an ETL tool?
3 comments
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
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
Is Metabase free?
1 comment
GL
Certainly! Please provide the text in the Unknown Language that you would like translated into English.Read more
Is Metabase secure?
1 comment
IG
Yes. It provides SSO integration, and a capability to invite users via e-mail where only the user gets to set their password and password reset capability....Read more
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