Choose Hex if you need
- Integration with Databricks, dbt or GitHub. We haven't found them on Looker's website.
- SOC 2 or HIPAA. We haven't found them on Looker's website.
At a glance
- Hex has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for Looker.
- Hex's lowest paid plan is Professional at $36 per editor per month, as of November 13, 2026.
- Both work with Snowflake, BigQuery and Slack.
- Both list SSO.
- Only Hex lists SOC 2 and HIPAA.
- Both have a public API.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Looker if you need
- Integration with Google Sheets. We haven't found it on Hex's website.
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Review LookerThe facts
- What it does
- HexA single, connected workspace for deep analysis, plain language questions and collaboration on the same data.
- LookerAn agentic BI platform built on a semantic layer.
- Free plan
- HexYes
- LookerNot confirmed
- Pricing
- HexPer editor, monthly
- LookerNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
- Hex
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
Both
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- Slack
Only Hex
- Databricks
- dbt
- GitHub
- Airflow
Only Looker
- Google Sheets
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Hex and Looker yet.
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