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Lightdash vs Looker

Lightdash is a Looker alternative with a deep dbt integration, a self-serve experience that really works and incredible human support, all without the Looker price tag. Built by data experts and practitioners and used by startups and Enterprises around the world.

Visualisation and reporting

Lightdash comes with the most useful chart types out of the box, which can be extended through our custom viz builder. Charting and dashboarding UX is simple yet configurable. Scheduled reporting to email, Slack and Google Sheets.

Self-serve UX

Built from the ground up to support self-serve in an intuitive way. Business users can answer their own questions using the set of metrics and dimensions that are governed by the data team. Powerful SQL Runner and Explorer for the data pros.

Reliability and performance

Modern, lightweight UI, as fast as your data warehouse. Dashboards can be cached for even faster load times.

AI Data Analyst

Intuitive AI Analyst, non-technical users can ask questions without needing to know any additional context - plugs directly into your Slack channels.

Metric Catalog & Explorer

The only BI tool with a dedicated Metrics Catalog and Explorer, to encourage self-serve for users. Curate metrics and allow for one-click exploration, no setup or chart config needed.

Data Developer Workflow

A data developer workflow built with best practices. Leverage staging environments, automated content validation and a powerful CLI to supercharge your workflow. Create data models in Lightdash and push them back to git and dbt.

dbt integration

The only BI tool with a native dbt integration for both dbt Core and dbt Cloud. Leverage all your existing metadata inside the BI layer.

Integrations

Native integrations with dbt, Slack, Google Sheets and more. Fully fledged API for full CI/CD support. Embed Lightdash anywhere and even in your own customer-facing applications

Support

Best-in-class support available to all Lightdash Cloud customers. Built by a team of data experts, leverage our internal analytics engineers and data teams to help you get on track with best practice and co-development sessions.

Security and governance

Secure by design, data stays in your warehouse. Use Granular Roles and Permissions to manage access across content and data. SOC 2 Certified, GDPR and CCPA compliant.

Price

Unlimited users. Yes really. Save >80% compared to Looker. Scale your company without ballooning BI costs. Flexible contracts are available.

Lightdash is used by teams across the globe

Lightdash is consistently being ranked as a G2 industry leader

Govern access to your data

Control which queries can be run and which content can be used with row-level security & attribute & role-based access control.

Keep everyone in the loop

Lightdash works where your team is. Integrates natively with Slack, Google Sheets and more. Keep data in sync, regardless of where you work.

1 click onboarding from Looker

We offer a 1-click migration service of your Looker content to Lightdash & provide personalised training for the whole team

"Lightdash has been the perfect solution for our Business Intelligence needs. The blend of self-service capabilities with robust data governance through dbt has been exactly what we were looking for. The speed at which the Lightdash team develops new features is impressive, and their customer support is outstanding. I can’t say enough good things about Lightdash."

Don Rudish

Director of Software Engineering @ Workday

"The streamlined end-to-end development process that Lightdash enables, & the simple end-user interface have allowed us to introduce tremendous efficiencies for both our developers as well as our data consumers."

Rohan Thakur

Staff Analytics Manager @ Collectors

"Lightdash powers self-service at Clair, allowing internal teams to quickly get their hands on the data they need to operate the business. Because Lightdash is built on our core dbt models, I have confidence that there’s consistency and continuity no matter where stakeholders go for answers."

Erik Webb

Head of Data @ Clair

"We needed a tool that facilitated fast development, fast delivery of value to the business, & also wouldn't accumulate technical debt. Lightdash truly excelled, & the implementation has been a success.”

Martin Carlsson

Analytics Engineer @ Ageras

"So fast and straightforward to implement. You don't have to invest a lot of time to start getting insights from your data. I've never seen a more supportive and committed team!"

Charlie A

Senior Data Analyst @ Brooklyn Data

"We chose Lightdash to fully utilize our DBT setup & enable self-service analytics throughout the organization. With Lightdash, we ensure a single source of truth for the whole company with a friendly interface."

Brian Price

VP of Analytics @ Pinwheel

"User feedback has been positive. A lot of our stakeholders have commented that Lightdash is far more approachable and intuitive to use."

Xiaozhou Wang

Lead Data Engineer @ Standard Metrics

Your questions, answered

For any other questions, feel welcome to reach out to our team.

Is it really unlimited users?

Yes, you can have as many users as you need, make them editors, viewers or whatever is the right fit for your team!

Is Lightdash secure and reliable?

Lightdash is fully SOC2 compliant and built to be secured by design. In fact, we're so confident, we even made all our code public if you want to have a poke around! You can also monitor our status page. Our team is available 24/7 for any support requests or questions you have, you can join our Slack Community to learn more.

Is it easy to migrate from Looker?

Yes, we’ve built migration tooling, and we can instantly translate your LookML over to work with Lightdash. You'll have access to our data and BI experts the whole time, who can also run co-development session to provide best practice advice as well as training sessions for you and your team.

Next Steps

Ready to learn more? It couldn’t be easier to get started with Lightdash

Book a demo

Book a short call with a Lightdash expert to learn more and get you set up with an account tailored to your needs

Free trial / POC

No commitment or contract needed. You’ll have access to the full support of the Lightdash team.

Migrate

We provide automated content migration from your existing BI tool, as well as customized onboarding for your team