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Looker, now part of Google Cloud, is a data platform that makes it simple for anyone to find, navigate and understand their data. Looker platform has an analytics interface for exploring data, a reusable development paradigm for curating data experiences, and an extensible API set so the data can exist in other systems. Looker enables anyone to search and explore data, build dashboards and reports, and share everything easily and quickly.

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Data Analyst

This software has the best support chat ever. They are very knowledgeable and helpful in trying to help in whatever situation you find yourself in.

Growth Marketing Manager - Demand Generation

Small errors are hard to troubleshoot and result in not using the dashboard much. No SQL CLI makes it disappointing for power users.

Associate Business Analyst

The best thing about looker is that it is user friendly and it is easy to understand and operate.

Marketing Consultant

Overall the experience with Looker has been good and the data analyst who use it are happy.

Senior Business Intelligence Developer

For your developers, the customer service is superior. They also do a great job reaching out to your primary users.

Looker has one of the best user interface on market very easy to use and in my organisation it very useful because it saves time and costs of training.

Director, Product Marketing

They have a fantastic team and a great product to back it up. They solve a key business problem for us.

Sr. Channel Account Manager

I love that looker can create complex charts, graphs and tables to help me visualize my numbers over time. I use it to track my individual results and how they compare to my colleagues.

Financial Controller

Looker is currently the best data visualization tool out there for those that are on a budget. That is because Looker is free to use.

Med Student

I tried this product out a while back and was very dissatisfied.

Partnerships Lead

I really enjoy the level of customization it allows (different type of charts, tables, etc.) as well as how easy it is to share it with your team.

PHD Researcher 

Looker is one very useful business intelligence software. Data presented by looker are very robust and detailed.

Looker's real strength is in its ability to model data.

Product Manager, Analytics Lead

The LookML layer makes things easy to scale. The API and interfaces into other software such as Google Sheets as well as functions like email schedules allow opening up data much easier.

Data Engineering Manager

Ease of use by our users - very intutive. Integration with our big data platform and databases.

Project Leader

Sometimes it lags when using big data sets, so it takes some time to render the complete report. When building a report dimensions search also get some lag.

Great tool for building customized dashboard and KPI tracking reports.

As an admin user of this software i sometimes find it that there is a lack of aggregating options when i query for certain through Looker.

Google Sheets

Being using Looker (previously datastudio) for years and they continue to improve the tool. 

Best Dashboard tool for SEO and Marketing

Looker is a great tool for every business, even though it can be a little overwhelming when setting up your dashboard for the first time.

Looker - charts and graphs

It’s a really good tool for dashboards 

Best option for first/time dashboard building

Looker: Data visualization and analytics

Looker is the perfect tool for data analysis and report creation. I usually share the reports with the live link so users can get live updates every day but sometimes i download a PDF with the report for certain people. Data import is easy and can be done manually or automatically.

Another type of reporting

Improving data visualization and monitoring

I open Looker every week and analyze the growth or loos in the company. I can make an overwall picture over the business activity.

Best data vizualization dashboard

When it comes to reports Looker is the only way you can provide complex reports, easy to update and customize.

Looker - look at my reports

The greatest reporting tool. I shared a link with the people who I need to report and they can see the evolution daily, no more reports requests.

Reporting at another level

Great Reporting Software That’s Hard To Use

Easy to use data analytic solution 

Empowering Data-driven Insights

Good at accessing our data tables and visually displaying results to clients

Over the past two years, my experience with Looker Studio, coupled with Porter Metrics connectors, has been incredibly positive. The combination of Looker Studio's robust data analytics capabilities and the seamless integration provided by Porter Metrics has streamlined my data analysis processes and empowered me to derive valuable insights efficiently. The user-friendly interface of Looker Studio has made navigating complex data models a breeze, while Porter Metrics connectors have facilitated smooth data integration from various sources. This partnership has not only enhanced my data-driven decision-making but has also simplified the overall analytics experience, making it an essential part of my workflow.

Looker Studio is an absolute game-changer

We are using Google Looker to integrate with NetSuite so that we can create some complex reports.

Google Looker for your business intelligence 

After months of using it you slowly get more confident in the tool which has a tonne of insights if you can filter down to it.

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Looker is The Tool for Data!!!

A very useful artificial intelligence. Of course, we might need data from previous campaigns offline to write reports.

A lot of features

As a digital marketing manager at a specialty fashion retail corporation, I have had the opportunity to use Looker daily. This analytics platform has become an indispensable tool for assessing the effectiveness of our strategies and campaigns.It enables us to make better decisions based on more accurate and personalized data. Its ability to integrate with Tableau expands our analytical capabilities, while its digital marketing-specific features allow us to optimize our SEO and keyword strategies.Although it is important to consider potential delays when solving technical problems, Looker's value to our daily work is undeniable. This platform is highly recommended for all digital marketers looking to maximize their performance and gain actionable insights to improve their strategies.

Looker converts your data into concrete digital marketing actions

My reporting of information has been made easy 

Share reports easily

As a CFO, Google Looker helps me monitoring budgets and financial information about our company. It is a great tool that helps me taking financial decisions.

The best tool for business intelligence

Great software for small companies

Helps Create Improved Data Visualization

Like I said, it's a great tool for analysts that don't need a lot of flexibility or maybe just aren't used to working with a lot of data. To get the full value out of this software, you'll need a core group of experienced Data Analysts that can learn fast (to learn Lookers Table Calculation code which is similar to SQL) who can build a bunch of dashboards and views. You really don't want people who aren't savvy with data doing a lot of the creating because measures are always aggregated based on the dimensions you pull into each table...if a user forgets to add a specific dimension then measures could show the wrong value. This could be offset by having really good developers who architect the data in a way that doesn't allow this to happen. 

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