What is Looker?

Looker is a platform for data that streamlines the data supply chain to create actionable information. It allows any organization to extract value from their data at web-scale, delivers powerful purpose built applications to address the needs of specific teams, and provides a flexible, embedded analytics framework with Powered by Looker.

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Awards & Recognition

Looker won the following awards in the Sales Analytics category

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Looker Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

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79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Looker?

1% Negative
6% Neutral
93% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Transparent
  • Fair
  • Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Dashboard

85

Collaboration

83

Data Ingestion and Interoperability

82

Predictive Time-Series Reporting & Analytics

81

Scenario Analysis

80

Predictive Sales Forecasting

80

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

80

Visual Pipeline Monitoring

79

Territory Analytics and Management

79

Pipeline Planning

79

Artificial Intelligence-Based Insights

74

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Business Value Created

84

Ease of Data Integration

83

Vendor Support

81

Quality of Features

80

Breadth of Features

80

Usability and Intuitiveness

80

Ease of IT Administration

79

Ease of Customization

78

Ease of Implementation

76

Availability and Quality of Training

76

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

75

Looker Reviews

Joel O.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2025

Looker offers good data modeling with room to grow

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Looker stands out primarily because of its powerful LookML data modeling layer, which allows organizations to create a centralized, reusable, and consistent business logic across all reports and dashboards. This ensures data governance and accuracy at scale. Unlike many BI tools, Looker connects directly to modern cloud data warehouses (like BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift) for real-time, live querying rather than relying on data extracts, enabling up-to-date insights.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Looker is its LookML data modeling layer. It provides a centralized, consistent way to define business metrics and logic, ensuring everyone in the organization is working from the same trusted data. This not only improves accuracy but also scales well as data complexity grows, making analytics more reliable and accessible across teams.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The biggest downside of Looker is its steep learning curve, especially around mastering LookML for data modeling. It can be challenging for non-technical users to get comfortable without significant training or developer support. Additionally, some advanced visualization options and interactive features are limited compared to other BI tools, which can require extra custom development or third-party integrations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you’re considering Looker, make sure you have access to skilled data modeling resources or are ready to invest in training, because mastering LookML is key to unlocking its full potential. Also, plan for an initial setup period because Looker shines when your data is well-structured and governed. It’s a great fit if you want a scalable, cloud-native platform with strong data consistency and real-time querying. However, if you need quick, flashy visualizations or a very simple drag-and-drop interface, you might want to explore complementary tools alongside Looker.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service

Sandeep S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Useful for analyses of product use.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Looker helps our product team to grasp drop-offs, user activity, and feature acceptance.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With only a few criteria, comparing consumption across versions, sectors, or nations is simple.

What do you dislike most about this product?

LookML needed some deep funnel logic represented specifically.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Looker lets you probe farther into user behavior if product insights count.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Caring

Ogheneovo I.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2025

Good for data exploration

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Looker differentiates itself with its modeling layer (LookML), which provides a centralized, reusable approach to defining business metrics and data logic

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Looker is its LookML modeling layer, which allows for consistent, reusable definitions of metrics and dimensions across all reports, ensuring data accuracy and reducing redundant work for teams.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about looker is its complexity for new users.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend investing time in learning LookML early on to fully leverage Looker’s modeling capabilities.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Respectful
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing

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