Google Cloud's BI platform: metrics defined once in a LookML model, then explored, put in dashboards and embedded.

About Looker

Looker is the enterprise business intelligence product of Google Cloud. Data teams describe tables, joins and metrics once in LookML, a modeling language kept under version control, and Looker generates the SQL that runs directly on the cloud data warehouse. Business users then explore the data, build dashboards and schedule reports while relying on the same definitions, which avoids diverging numbers between teams. The semantic model can also feed other tools, and analytics can be embedded inside customer-facing products through its API. It is used by data teams and analysts in mid-size and large companies. It is distinct from Looker Studio, the free dashboarding tool formerly called Google Data Studio.

Listed inBusiness IntelligenceasBusiness Intelligence Platforms

How teams use Looker

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Quick review
Employee at Agicap

Occasional User·France

3.5
October 2026

Powerful but a heavy, requires a real Data team

Features

LookML semantic modeling layer for a single source of metrics
Governed self-service exploration and dashboards
In-database architecture (queries run in the warehouse: BigQuery, Snowflake...)
Embedded analytics and the Looker API
Data actions to write back and trigger workflows
Fine-grained access controls and version-controlled models
About
Founded2012
HeadquartersMountain View, USA
Employees> 10 000
looker.com

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