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Comparison

Cube vs Looker

On the evidence we track, Cube leads this comparison with a composite score of 74/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Cube full profile →Looker full profile →
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★Cube74
Looker47
Score
Vioscale score
Cube74 / 100medium · 73%updating
Looker47 / 100medium · 56%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Cube✓
Looker✗
Model
Price level
Cubemid
Looker–
Transparent
Cube✓
Looker✗
Integrations
Count
Cube9
Looker1
Security
Gdpr
Cube✓
Looker✓
Hipaa
Cube✓
Looker–
Iso27001
Cube–
Looker✓
Soc2
Cube✓
Looker✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Cube99.95
Looker99.9
Status page
Cube✓
Looker✓
Adoption
Stackoverflow questions
Cube–
Looker2,000
Release
Cadence days
Cube–
Looker30
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Cube–
Looker8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for bi software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
BI paradigm
CubeSemantic layer
LookerNLQ / search
Semantic / modelling layer
CubeBuilt-in
LookerBuilt-in
Engine
Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)
Cube✓
Looker✓
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
Cube✓
Looker-
Managed cloud available
Cube✓
Looker✓
Intelligence
Natural-language query / AI copilot
Cube✓
Looker✓
Delivery
Embedded / white-label analytics
Cube✓
Looker✓
Scheduled reports / alerting
Cube✓
Looker✓
Governance
Row-level security & SSO/SAML
Cube✓
Looker-
Commercial
Per-seat pricing published
Cube✓
Looker✗
Free tier / free desktop
Cube✓
Looker✓
Ecosystem
dbt-native integration
Cube✓
Looker-
Data-source connector breadth
Cube50+ data sources plus MCP connectors
LookerCloud data warehouses (Snowflake confirmed), OAuth-authenticated data sources

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Cube

Leader

AI-native analytics platform combining business intelligence and embedded analytics. Grounds all answers in a governed semantic model to ensure consistency and reliability across chat, workbooks, dashboards, and AI agents.

Independently observed

Looker

Looker transforms static dashboards into governed, agentic analytics experiences. It combines natural language interactions powered by Gemini with a semantic layer to enable organizations to explore data conversationally and automate business decisions through AI agents.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cube

Leader
from $40/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $40/developer/month. Free tier available.

  • FreeFree
    • Connect any data source
    • Model in semantic layer IDE
    • Explore data in workbooks
    • Publish workbooks as dashboards
    • Semantic model agent
    • +2 more
  • Starter$40/developer/month
    • Everything in Free
    • Extended limits on agents
    • Use premium LLMs
    • Unlimited workbooks
    • Production deployment compute
    • +3 more
  • Premium$80/developer/month
    • Everything in Starter
    • Explorer and Viewer roles
    • Embedded dashboards
    • Embedded analytics chat
    • Unlimited queries
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Premium
    • 99.990% Uptime SLA
    • Dedicated single tenant installation
    • Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
    • Bring Your Own LLM (BYOLLM)
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Looker

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Cube✓
Looker✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cube✓
Looker✓
Self-hosted
Cube✓
Looker✗
Hybrid
Cube✓
Looker✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Cube

Leader
9 total
  • Notion
  • Linear
  • Sentry
  • Attio
  • Google Sheets
  • Excel
  • dbt
  • Okta
  • Power BI
Independently observed

Looker

1 total
  • Snowflake
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.