Choose Looker if you need
- Integration with BigQuery, Snowflake or Google Sheets. We haven't found them on Metabase's website.
At a glance
- Metabase has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for Looker.
- Metabase offers a free trial (14 days). We haven't confirmed one for Looker.
- Metabase's lowest paid plan is Starter at $100 per month, plus $6 per user per month after the first 5 users, as of November 13, 2026.
- Both work with Slack.
- Both list SSO.
- Only Metabase lists SOC 2 and GDPR.
- Looker has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for Metabase.
- Metabase can be self-hosted. We haven't confirmed that for Looker.
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 Metabase if you need
- Integration with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. We haven't found them on Looker's website.
- SOC 2 or GDPR. We haven't found them on Looker's website.
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Review MetabaseThe facts
- What it does
- LookerAn agentic BI platform built on a semantic layer.
- MetabaseOpen source AI analytics you can verify.
- Free plan
- LookerNot confirmed
- MetabaseYes
- Pricing
- LookerNot confirmed
- MetabaseNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
- LookerNot confirmed
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
Both
- Slack
Only Looker
- BigQuery
- Snowflake
- Google Sheets
Only Metabase
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Cursor
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Looker and Metabase yet.
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