Comparison

Looker vs Rill

On the evidence we track, Rill leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Looker52

★Rill64

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Looker	RillLeader
vioscaleAI score	52 / 100medium · 53%	64 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	20
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	ISO/IEC 27001	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frilldata%2Frill&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.9	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	2,941
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	2,000	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	30	4
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Looker52 / 100medium · 53%

Rill64 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Looker✗

Rill✓

Model

Lookercommercial

Rillfreemium

Price level

Looker–

Rilllow

Transparent

Looker✗

Rill✓

Integrations

Count

Looker6

Rill20

Security

Certifications

LookerISO/IEC 27001

Rill–

Gdpr

Looker✓

Rill–

Iso27001

Looker✓

Rill–

Soc2

Looker✓

Rill✓

Vulnerabilities

Looker–

RillCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frilldata%2Frill&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

Looker99.9

Rill–

Status page

Looker✓

Rill✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Looker–

Rill0

Github stars

Looker–

Rill2,941

Stackoverflow questions

Looker2,000

Rill–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Looker–

Rill100

Release

Cadence days

Looker30

Rill4

History

Looker–

Rill20 items

License

Spdx

Looker–

RillApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Looker–

RillGo

Market

Availability

LookerAvailable worldwide

RillAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Looker8 items

Rill8 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for BI Software
Capability	Looker	Rill
Core
BI paradigm	NLQ / search	Semantic layer
Semantic / modelling layer	Built-in	Built-in
Engine
Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)	✓	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core	✓	✓
Managed cloud available	✓	✓
Intelligence
Natural-language query / AI copilot	✓	✓
Delivery
Embedded / white-label analytics	✓	✓
Scheduled reports / alerting	✓	✓
Governance
Row-level security & SSO/SAML	✓	✓
Commercial
Per-seat pricing published	✗	✓
Free tier / free desktop	✓	✓
Ecosystem
dbt-native integration	-	-
Data-source connector breadth	Cloud data warehouses (Snowflake confirmed), OAuth-authenticated data sources	SQL databases, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and 20+ connectors

Core

BI paradigm

LookerNLQ / search

RillSemantic layer

Semantic / modelling layer

LookerBuilt-in

RillBuilt-in

Engine

Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)

Looker✓

Rill✓

Deployment

Self-hostable / OSS core

Looker✓

Rill✓

Managed cloud available

Looker✓

Rill✓

Intelligence

Natural-language query / AI copilot

Looker✓

Rill✓

Delivery

Embedded / white-label analytics

Looker✓

Rill✓

Scheduled reports / alerting

Looker✓

Rill✓

Governance

Row-level security & SSO/SAML

Looker✓

Rill✓

Commercial

Per-seat pricing published

Looker✗

Rill✓

Free tier / free desktop

Looker✓

Rill✓

Ecosystem

dbt-native integration

Looker-

Rill-

Data-source connector breadth

LookerCloud data warehouses (Snowflake confirmed), OAuth-authenticated data sources

RillSQL databases, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and 20+ connectors

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

Rill

Leader

A business intelligence tool designed for both AI agents and human users, built on OLAP engines like ClickHouse and DuckDB. It uses code-driven configuration (YAML and SQL), provides a semantic layer for consistent metric definitions, supports conversational queries in natural language, and includes interactive dashboards with row-level access control.

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.

Rill

Leader

from $0.10/moHybridFree tier

From $20/seat/month. Free tier with $250 credit. Hybrid seat + usage-based pricing

Starter$20/seat/month + $0.15/compute unit-hour
- Platform access
- Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
- Embedded analytics (previews only)
- Agentic analytics (1M tokens/seat/month)
- API access (2,500 calls/seat/month, $0.01/call overage)
- +3 more
Growth$30/seat/month + $500/month embedded + $0.20/compute unit-hour
- Platform access
- Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
- Embedded analytics ($500/month up to 100 active seats)
- Agentic analytics (2M tokens/seat + 200k/embedded)
- API access (5,000 calls/seat + 500/embedded, $0.01/call overage)
- +6 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Platform access (unlimited seats)
- Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
- Embedded analytics (unlimited active seats)
- Agentic analytics (custom quota)
- API access (custom quota)
- +3 more

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Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Looker	Rill
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Looker✓

Rill✓

CLI

Looker✗

Rill✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Looker✓

Rill✓

Self-hosted

Looker✓

Rill✓

Integrations

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

Looker

10 total

Snowflake
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
BigQuery
Dataplex
Cloud Storage
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Bitbucket Pipelines

Independently observed

Rill

Leader

16 total

Claude Code
Cursor
ChatGPT
S3
Google Cloud Storage
ClickHouse
ClickHouse Cloud
DuckDB
MotherDuck
Druid
Pinot
Google SSO
Microsoft SSO
Okta
SAML
GCS

Independently observed

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