Glance vs Looker
Thinking of swapping Looker for the open-source Glance? Here’s the honest trade-off.
35k Docker AGPL-3.0 21 days ago
What you give up vs Looker
- No built-in database or persistent data store; purely a read/aggregation layer
- No multi-user support or access control
- No data source connectors for business databases or warehouses (unlike Tableau/Power BI)
- No interactive charts, pivot tables, or drill-down analytics
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Glance on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Looker: enterprise-only pricing).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (AGPL-3.0).