Looker pricing
This document explains Looker pricing details. If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.
Looker (Google Cloud core) pricing overview
Looker (Google Cloud core) pricing has two main components:
Platform pricing is the cost to run a Looker (Google Cloud core) instance and includes platform administration, integrations, and semantic modeling capabilities.
User pricing is the cost for licensing individual users to access the Looker platform. These costs will vary based on the type of user and their permissions within the Looker (Google Cloud core) platform.
Every Looker (Google Cloud core) instance that you create has a billing account attached to it. Any charges incurred by creating a new instance and/or adding named users to that instance are billed to the attached billing account.
Platform editions
Looker (Google Cloud core) offer three platform editions:
Standard: A Looker (Google Cloud core) product for small organizations or teams with fewer than 50 users that includes one production instance, 10 Standard Users, 2 Developer Users, upgrades, up to 1,000 query-based API calls per month, and up to 1,000 administrative API calls per month.
Enterprise: A Looker (Google Cloud core) product with enhanced security features for a wide variety of internal BI and analytics use cases that includes one production instance, 10 Standard Users, 2 Developer Users, upgrades, up to 100,000 query-based API calls per month, and up to 10,000 administrative API calls per month.
Embed: A Looker (Google Cloud core) product for deploying and maintaining external analytics and custom applications at scale that includes one production instance, 10 Standard Users, 2 Developer Users, upgrades, up to 500,000 query-based API calls per month, and up to 100,000 administrative API calls per month.
Standard edition
The following table shows the cost of the Standard edition Looker (Google Cloud core) platform.
| Commitment model | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | $5,000/month | Monthly commitment. Billed monthly while the instance is active. |
| Annual commitment | Call sales | Work with sales to identify a solution that works for you. |
Enterprise edition
The following table shows the cost of the Enterprise edition Looker (Google Cloud core) platform.
| Commitment model | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Annual commitment | Call sales | Work with sales to identify a solution that works for you. |
Embed platform
The following table shows the cost of the Embed variant of the Looker (Google Cloud core) platform.
| Commitment model | Cost | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Annual commitment | Call sales | Work with sales to identify a solution that works for you. |
Each platform comes with ten standard users and two developer users included. Annual subscriptions are available in one, two, and three-year terms.
User licensing
There are three different types of Looker just licenses:
Developer User: An End User provisioned on a Looker (Google Cloud core) platform for access to any combination of Looker interfaces including Administration, LookML Models (including Development Mode), Folders, Boards, Dashboards, Looks (individual reports & charts), Explore, SQL Runner, Scheduling, the Looker API interfaces, and access to Support.
Standard User: An End User provisioned on a Looker (Google Cloud core) platform for access to Folders, Boards, Dashboards, Looks (individual reports & charts), Explore, SQL Runner, and Scheduling Looker interfaces. Standard User privileges include data filtering, drill-to-row-level-detail, data downloads, Dashboard or Look creation, and view-only access to LookML. Standard User privileges do not include access to Development Mode, Administration, the Looker API interfaces, or Support.
Viewer User: An End User provisioned on a Looker (Google Cloud core) platform for access to Folders, Boards, Dashboards, and Looks (individual reports & charts) Looker interfaces. Viewer User privileges include data filtering, drill-to-row-level-detail, Scheduling, data downloads, and view-only access to LookML. Viewer User privileges do not include Dashboard or Look creation, or access to Development Mode, Administration, SQL Runner, Explore, the Looker API interfaces, or Support.
User license pricing is consistent across each edition.
| User Licensing Fees | |
|---|---|
| Viewer User | $30 per user per month |
| Standard User | $60 per user per month |
| Developer User | $125 per user per month |
A detailed list of Looker (Google Cloud core) platform features and user entitlements can be found in the documentation.