Looker vs Power BI
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Looker | Power BI | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | The agentic BI platform built on a trusted semantic layer cloud.google.com | Power BI is a unified, scalable platform for self-service and enterprise business intelligence (BI). microsoft.com |
| Starting at | Not observed | $14.00 Power BI Pro · per user / month |
| Platforms | Not observed | Android, Windows, iOS microsoft.com |
| Deployment | Not observed | cloud, on-premises microsoft.com |
| Integrations | BigQuery, AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Amazon Redshift, Databricks, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Snowflake cloud.google.com | Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Fabric microsoft.com |
| Free plan | Yes cloud.google.com | Yes microsoft.com |
| Plans | Standard, Enterprise, Embed cloud.google.com | Power BI Pro, Power BI Premium Per User, Power BI in Microsoft Fabric, Free account, Power BI Embedded microsoft.com |
| Pricing basis | Looker pricing has two components: platform pricing and user pricing. cloud.google.com | user/month, paid yearly microsoft.com |
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.