# Looker vs Tableau — Fit & Features

Canonical: https://trutool.co/compare/looker-vs-tableau
Author: Sandeep (https://trutool.co/authors/sandeep)

Compare Looker and Tableau by use case, features, limitations, and evaluation questions.

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### Looker
Business intelligence and data exploration.
Best fit: Analysts and business reporting teams considering Looker for this job: Business intelligence and data exploration.
- Business intelligence and data exploration
Before you choose: Test data connectors, refresh reliability, permissions, query performance, and report distribution in the exact plan you intend to use.
Pricing: https://cloud.google.com/looker
- [Read Looker profile](https://trutool.co/tools/looker): Read Looker profile

### Tableau
Business data visualisation.
Best fit: Analysts and business reporting teams considering Tableau for this job: Business data visualisation.
- Business data visualisation
Before you choose: Test data connectors, refresh reliability, permissions, query performance, and report distribution in the exact plan you intend to use.
Pricing: https://www.tableau.com
- [Read Tableau profile](https://trutool.co/tools/tableau): Read Tableau profile