[reilly3000]

I've used Looker before and am mostly a fan. Contrary to many of the comments here, its not precisely a 'kiddie' tool for people that don't want to learn SQL; its more like a ORM/DSL for BI queries. I'd probably be using it in my current gig, but the licensing model doesn't really work for small operations.

Google Cloud has an actually great track record of acquiring data-centric companies and democratizing them. While Data Studio is pretty amazing for a free tool, it has many shortcomings for serious use, and Looker fills all those holes nicely, while also providing the ability to formalize processes around data. Instead of mousing around Data Studio, Looker allows for all of its resources to be defined in its YAMLish syntax and maintained in source control.