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Reporting with Looker and Looker Studio
Looker is an enterprise reporting platform that defines metrics centrally. Looker Studio is used for fast, shareable dashboards. We set up one or both, depending on your needs.
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What is the difference between Looker and Looker Studio?
Looker Studio is a dashboard tool used to visualize data quickly, and its basic edition is free. The Pro edition adds enterprise management and support. Looker is an enterprise business intelligence platform that defines metrics centrally in a semantic layer (LookML). If consistency of definitions matters, Looker fits; if fast dashboards are enough, Looker Studio fits.
Quick facts
| Area | Details |
|---|---|
| What it does | Looker: enterprise reporting with centrally defined metrics. Looker Studio: fast, shareable dashboards. |
| Pricing model | Looker Studio's basic edition is free; its Pro edition is billed per user. Looker is sold under enterprise licensing. |
| Who it's for | Mid-size and large companies wanting one source of truth for metrics (Looker); any team wanting a fast dashboard (Looker Studio). |
| Status in Türkiye | Both products are usable from Türkiye in the browser; the data source's location depends on the Google Cloud region used. |
Frequently asked questions
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Sources
The information on this page is based on the sources below. Products and regulations change, so check them too.
- Looker product page
A summary of the enterprise BI platform and LookML.
- Looker Studio product page
The difference between the free and Pro editions.
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