How much does Looker cost?
- Free plan
- Not stated
- Usage price
- $3/1m input data tokens
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
In your favor
- Notice before price changes. At least 90 days notice before Conversational Analytics billing and quota enforcement begin
Watch out for
- Extra usage is billed. Google may invoice in arrears for usage above the subscription
- Going over the Conversational Analytics input data tokens (overage) allowance costs $3 to $3 per 1m input data tokens. Included: 0 .
How you buy and get started
- Sign up
- Not stated
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- All platform editions are priced via sales "Work with sales to identify a solution that works for you."
- Support
- Developer Users get access to Support; Standard and Viewer Users do not "Standard User privileges do not include access to Development Mode, Administration, the Looker API interfaces, or Support."
What Looker does
Looker sits above a cloud data warehouse, defines business metrics once in LookML, and uses them for dashboards, natural-language questions, MCP-connected agents, and embedded apps. It is sold as annual platform editions plus per-user licenses, with prices quoted by sales.
- Good for
- Organizations that want governed BI and AI-driven analytics on a modeled semantic layer, and teams embedding analytics in customer-facing applications.
- Channels
- Web app, Embedded iframe and SDKs, Looker API, MCP server, Google Sheets (Connected Sheets)
- Main product
- Looker (Google Cloud core)
- Also includes
- Universal semantic layer (LookML), Conversational Analytics powered by Gemini, Dashboard Agents, Dashboards, Looks, Explore, SQL Runner, scheduling, Embedded analytics via iframe and SDKs, Looker APIs and Conversational Analytics API
- Connects to
- BigQuery, Google Sheets, Google Analytics, Google Marketing Platform, Google Workspace, Google Cloud IAM
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Yes
- Natural language questions
any business user can move from a natural-language question to an automated decision in seconds
- Text-to-SQL generation
The API call or SQL query generated to retrieve data
- Data warehouse connectors
Looker [semantic layer](https://cloud.google.com/looker-modeling) sits directly above your cloud data warehous
- Semantic layer / metrics
translating complex SQL into governed business metrics once in LookML
- Automatic chart generation
users can use natural language to build visualizations
- CSV/Excel file upload
Blend [ad hoc CSVs and local files](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/exploring-self-service) alongsid
- Embedded analytics
[Embedded analytics](https://cloud.google.com/looker-embedded) transforms raw data into deeply integrated, rev
- SSO and access controls
Provision instances in minutes with Google Cloud [IAM](https://cloud.google.com/security/products/iam) single
The same 8 checks appear on every tool in AI data analytics tools. Each tick quotes the vendor's own site.
Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | Not stated | |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | Not stated | |
| GDPR | GDPR compliance commitment stated for Google Cloud | "We’re committed to transparency, compliance with regulations like the GDPR, and privacy best practices."privacy |
| CCPA | Not stated | |
| PCI | Not stated | |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Google Cloud IAM single sign-on | "Provision instances in minutes with Google Cloud [IAM](https://cloud.google.com/security/products/iam) single sign-on"home |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conversational Analytics input data tokens (overage)per 1M tokens | $3per 1m input data tokens | – | – | $3 to $3/1m input data tokens | "Input data tokens: $3.00 per 1M tokens" |
| Conversational Analytics output data tokens (overage)per 1M tokens | $20per 1m output data tokens | – | – | $20 to $20/1m output data tokens | "Output data tokens: $20.00 per 1M tokens" |
| Standard (platform) | Quote | – | 10 Standard Users (plus 2 Developer Users)Up to 1,000 query-based API calls and 1,000 administrative A | – | "| Annual commitment | Call sales | Work with sales to identify a solution that works for y" |
| Enterprise (platform) | Quote | – | 10 Standard Users (plus 2 Developer Users)Up to 100,000 query-based API calls and 10,000 administrativ | – | "| Annual commitment | Call sales | Work with sales to identify a solution that works for y" |
| Embed (platform) | Quote | – | 10 Standard Users (plus 2 Developer Users)Up to 500,000 query-based API calls and 100,000 administrati | – | "| Annual commitment | Call sales | Work with sales to identify a solution that works for y" |
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Google may invoice in arrears for usage above the subscription "Google reserves the right to issue additional invoices or charges to Customer in arrears if Customer's use of Looker (Google Cloud core) exceeds allowed usage under the subscriptio"
- Contract
- Annual subscriptions in one, two, and three-year terms "Annual subscriptions are available in one, two, and three-year terms."
- Refunds
- Not stated
- Auto renew
- Not stated
- Price change notice
- At least 90 days notice before Conversational Analytics billing and quota enforcement begin "Google Cloud will provide at least 90 days advance notice via formal MSA communications before billing and quota enforcement begin."
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Ships updates
- 148 in the last 12 months Last on Jan 31, 2027, from their changelog
- Customers
- "Nearly 90% of generative AI unicorns are Google Cloud customers" their claim
Looker alternatives
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Questions
Is Looker free?
No free plan is stated on Looker's pricing page.
