Google Cloud (Looker) / google.com
Google's business intelligence and data platform with Gemini AI integration for natural language data exploration, automated insight generation, and AI-assisted dashboard creation within the Google Cloud ecosystem.
Pricing
Free
Free plan
No
Category
Developer Tools
Platforms
2
Free plan
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API access
Yes
Open source
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Platforms
2
Looker is Google's enterprise business intelligence and data platform, acquired in 2019 for $2.6 billion and integrated into Google Cloud. Its AI features leverage Gemini — Google's foundation model — for natural language data exploration, conversational analytics, and automated insight generation within Google's cloud data ecosystem.
Looker's architectural differentiation is LookML — a semantic layer that defines business logic and metric definitions centrally rather than repeating SQL logic across individual reports. When AI generates queries against Looker, it uses the LookML semantic layer to ensure that 'revenue' means the same thing across every AI-generated analysis as it does in human-built dashboards.
The Gemini in Looker features include natural language to chart — asking questions about connected data and receiving appropriate visualisations. Insight summaries from Gemini explain trends and anomalies across dashboards. Conversational analytics allows iterative questions in a chat interface that maintains context across the conversation.
Looker Studio (formerly Data Studio), Google's free BI tool, provides a simplified version of these capabilities for users who do not need the full Looker enterprise platform. At free with Google accounts, Looker Studio is widely used for marketing analytics, content performance, and small business reporting.
For Google Cloud-committed organisations, Looker's BigQuery integration is seamless — AI analyses run directly on BigQuery data without data movement.
Looker AI runs as llm assistant software built around text and data workflows. Users typically start with a prompt, upload, or connected data source, and the underlying model handles the heavy lifting before returning a result you can refine or export. It's available on web and api, with API access for teams that want to embed it into their own products.
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The capabilities that matter most for teams evaluating Looker AI.
Centrally defines business metric logic so AI-generated analyses use identical definitions to human-built dashboards — 'revenue' means the same everywhere.
Conversational data exploration using Gemini, allowing analysts to ask questions and iterate through follow-up questions maintaining context across the conversation.
Looker analyses run directly on BigQuery data without data movement or replication, leveraging Google's analytical compute for AI-powered BI workloads.
Looker Studio is free. Looker (enterprise) pricing via Google Cloud — custom based on seats and features. 30-day trial.
Model
Subscription
Starting price
Free
Free trial
Yes
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Key facts about model providers, platforms, and team support.
Model Provider
Google Gemini
Models
Gemini 1.5 Pro, Gemini 2.0 Flash
Platforms
Web, API
Deployment
SaaS
Integrations
BigQuery, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Snowflake, Redshift, AWS, API
Team Collaboration
Yes
Launch Year
2023
Compliance signals and data-handling notes as reported by the vendor.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP authorised. HIPAA eligible. Google Cloud enterprise security.
Data processed within Google Cloud infrastructure under Google's enterprise data handling agreements.
Editorial Verdict
Looker AI is the right BI platform for Google Cloud-committed organisations wanting semantically consistent AI analytics grounded in BigQuery data with Gemini natural language capabilities.
Last verified July 24, 2026.
Looker Studio is free. Looker (enterprise) pricing via Google Cloud — custom based on seats and features. 30-day trial.
Tableau Creator $75/user/month. Explorer $42/user/month. Viewer $15/user/month. AI features included in standard subscriptions. 14-day trial.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP authorised. HIPAA eligible. Google Cloud enterprise security.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP authorised. HIPAA eligible. Salesforce enterprise security.
Data processed within Google Cloud infrastructure under Google's enterprise data handling agreements.
Data processed under Salesforce/Tableau enterprise data handling agreements. Customer data not used for AI model training.
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