Comparison

Looker vs Omni

No clear leader: Omni (54.3) and Looker (51.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Looker52
Omni54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Looker52 / 100medium · 53%
Omni54 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
Looker✗
Omni✗
Model
Omniquote
Price level
Looker–
Transparent
Looker✗
Omni✗
Integrations
Count
Looker6
Omni9
Security
Gdpr
Looker✓
Omni✓
Hipaa
Looker–
Omni✓
Iso27001
Looker✓
Omni✓
Soc2
Looker✓
Omni✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Looker99.9
Omni99.9
Status page
Looker✓
Omni✓
Adoption
Stackoverflow questions
Looker2,000
Omni–
Release
Cadence days
Looker30
Omni–
Content
Faq
Looker8 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Looker

A business intelligence and analytics platform offering self-service dashboards, data exploration through LookML models, and embedded analytics capabilities with support for cloud and self-hosted deployment.

Independently observed

Omni

A governed analytics platform with an integrated semantic layer and AI features that enables teams to build dashboards, reports, and insights while maintaining data security and governance controls.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Looker

Pricing not documented yet.

Omni

Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Snowflake

Looker

10 total - 9 not shared
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • BigQuery
  • Dataplex
  • Cloud Storage
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
Independently observed

Omni

15 total - 14 not shared
  • dbt
  • AWS Redshift
  • Google BigQuery
  • Databricks
  • MySQL
  • Postgres
  • MotherDuck
  • BambooHR
  • Redshift
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Google Vertex AI
  • OpenAI
  • xAI Grok
  • MCP
Independently observed
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