LookerAgentic business intelligence and embedded analytics on Google Cloud
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PalantirWe build software that empowers organizations to effectively integrate their data, decisions, and operations.
Comparison · AI Agents · weekly run Nov 3
Looker vs Palantir
Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?
The short answer
Looker is the stronger AI pick in AI Agents: it has a visibility score of 10.4 versus 1.2 for Palantir, and ranks ahead in 50% of the answers that name both.
Choose Looker if…
- You want the brand AI engines rank higher (10.4 vs 1.2)
- You need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 or FedRAMP coverage
- Governed semantic layer and metric consistency
- Strong integration with Google Cloud, BigQuery and Workspace
Choose Palantir if…
- You need FedRAMP High or FISMA High or DoD IL5 or DoD IL6 or CMMC Level 2 or SOC 2 Type 2 or ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 or GDPR coverage
- Included in ISG's evaluated vendor landscape
AI visibility side by side
Latest weekly run · Nov 3
| Metric | Looker | Palantir |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility score | 10.4% | 1.2% |
| Change vs last week | New | New |
| Rank in AI Agents | #13 | #53 |
| Share of voice | 2.5% | 0.5% |
| Mentions this run | 17 | 4 |
| Positive in AI answers | 30% | — |
The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days
Looker 0pp · Palantir 0pp over 0 weekly runs.
Engine by engine
Looker leads on 3 of 3 engines
ChatGPT
AI Mode
Perplexity
LookerPalantir
Head to head in AI answers
4 engine answers name both brands
2Looker ranked higher
2Palantir ranked higher
| Prompt | Engine | Looker | Palantir |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best AI agent platform for enterprise | ChatGPT | #15 | #11 |
| Which AI Agents vendors do analysts recommend? | ChatGPT | #13 | #9 |
| Which AI Agents vendors do analysts recommend? | Perplexity | #14 | #17 |
| Official website of the top AI agent platform vendors | ChatGPT | #4 | #13 |
Features, pricing & fit
| Dimension | Looker | Palantir |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Google Cloud | Apollo deployment foundation used across highly secure and regulated environments, including FedRAMP, IL5 and IL6. |
| Compliance | SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA | FedRAMP High, FISMA High, DoD IL5, DoD IL6, CMMC Level 2, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, HIPAA, GDPR |
| Founded | — | 2003 |
| Funding | Series E · $280M raised | Post-IPO equity round led by ARK Investment Management · $2460M raised |
| Best for | — | Federal agencies, state and local governments, international organizations and private companies. |
Pros and cons
Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand
Looker
- Governed semantic layer and metric consistency
- Strong integration with Google Cloud, BigQuery and Workspace
- Developer-centric data modeling via LookML
- Around 4.5 out of 5 stars on Gartner Peer Insights
- Quote-only enterprise pricing starting above $60,000 a year
- Poor fit for NoSQL-heavy data stacks or standalone embedded needs
- Less suited to teams using macOS without virtual machines
Palantir
- Included in ISG's evaluated vendor landscape
- Placed in ISG's Merit tier, not the top tiers
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
Cite as: SlateIndex, “Looker vs Palantir”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/looker-vs-palantir, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.