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Alternatives to Looker
19 spreadsheets tools sit alongside Looker in this directory. Below is what separates each from Looker on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 14
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Looker starts at
- On request
Why people look past Looker
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Looker entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Looker carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 14 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Visual analytics platform for business intelligence
- Publishes an entry price of $70/month, where Looker does not.
Fast analytics with the friendly UX
- Can be used without paying; Looker cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $90/month, where Looker does not.
Connect and visualize your data
- Can be used without paying; Looker cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Looker does not.
Connected workspace for product teams
- Can be used without paying; Looker cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Looker does not.
Cloud spreadsheet, free for a personal Google account and bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations
- Can be used without paying; Looker cannot.
Apple spreadsheet, free on Apple hardware, now with an optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features
- Can be used without paying; Looker cannot.
Every Looker alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Looker (this page) | On request | - | - | |
| TableauVisual analytics platform for business intelligence | $70/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Looker |
| MetabaseFast analytics with the friendly UX | Free, then $90/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Looker |
| RedashConnect and visualize your data | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Looker |
| FiberyConnected workspace for product teams | Free | Subscription | - | vs Looker |
| Google Sheets | Free | Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations | 2 | vs Looker |
| Numbers | Free | Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features | 2 | vs Looker |
| Zoho Sheet | Free | Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations | 3 | vs Looker |
| APITable | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Looker |
| Rowy | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Looker |
| Mathesar | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Looker |
| SeaTable | Free, then €7/month | Per user per month | 5 | vs Looker |
| Quadratic | Free, then $18/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Looker |
| Teable | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Looker |
| Baserow | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Looker |
| Apache Superset | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Looker |
| Coefficient | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Looker |
| Sigma Computing | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Looker |
| Equals | $24000/year | Per year by connector count and refresh frequency | 4 | vs Looker |
| Cube Software | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Looker |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Looker badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (14)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Metabase , Free, then $90/month
- Redash , Free
- Fibery , Free
- Google Sheets , Free
- Numbers , Free
- Zoho Sheet , Free
- APITable , Free
- Rowy , Free
What you would be giving up
Looker is most often brought in for business intelligence and interactive dashboards for data-driven decision making, embedded analytics for integrating bi capabilities into third-party applications. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Looker is broadly right and the question is cost, the Looker pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Spreadsheets category lists everything the directory holds, and best spreadsheets tools ranks them.
Looker runs on web, cloud (google cloud platform). Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Looker alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Looker?
- 19 other spreadsheets tools are listed in this directory, led by Tableau, Metabase, Redash, Fibery. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Looker?
- 14 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Metabase, Redash, Fibery, Google Sheets, Numbers.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Looker?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Looker?
- Looker is most often brought in for business intelligence and interactive dashboards for data-driven decision making, embedded analytics for integrating bi capabilities into third-party applications. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Looker?
- Apache Superset is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Looker alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Spreadsheets, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Looker against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Looker covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every spreadsheets tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Spreadsheets category, 19 tools beside Looker. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.