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Adverity is particularly useful if there is a large range of data sets that you want to combine to get an 'overall' view. Previously we had used Google Analytics, but found that this was too useful for our big client accounts that we were working on. So I think that if there is an individual who is responsible for analytics or data, and also a paid media team then this is a tool which is essential. For companies that have limited activity then I think this tool could potentially over-complicate for less reward.Incentivized
Does great at open canvas editing and letting you fully customize without the need for a grid. It is democratizing self-service no-code analytics. You do not need to be a data or analytics engineer to get started, and you can go very far based on how intuitive and straightforward the UI is. Some of the biggest challenges with Looker Studio relate to user management/security, embedding options, and issue support. For a long time, every user needed to have a Gmail to invite them to view a dashboard via login, not sure if that has been improved yet. You can let any user view without logging in, but that is not always recommended due to security reasons. In terms of embedding, you can only iframe dashboards. More sophisticated BI tools let you embed elements via API or Javascript. Iframing dashboards also make drill downs and dashboard to dashboard navigation tricky/near impossible. There is also no ability to contact Google for support when bugs or outages happen. They point everyone to the Data Studio community. There is some ability to get in contact with Google if you have an enterprise-level contract with Google Cloud, but the path for support is very ad hoc and not always fruitful.Incentivized
User-friendly report setup and ingestionEasy integration with multiple data endpoints, making it easy for users to drive valueIncredible customer support, allowing users (regardless of technical background) to act like power-usersIncentivized
Self-serviceEasy to use, point and clickLittle to no training requiredEasy to share internally and externallyRich visualizationsCanned reportsEasy to copy/paste/dupe existing reportsAbility to join data setsEasy integration with various data sourcesFlexible data integrations, including lowest common denominator (CSV, XLS, G-Sheets)Wide range of APIsSecure / authentication via Google SSOEasy to share / re-assign ownership of reports and data sourcesIncentivized
I think it would have been more user friendly if there was more labelling capabilities, so that when you are sharing the dashboard they would explain what the data is - rather than depending on someone knowing how to use the dashboards or being there to explain it.Our teams found that some of the scheduling functionality could be a little big buggy, so this was something that needed extra care and attention, so therefore may be an area that needs to be improved (unless it was just our account and usage).Incentivized
Few functionalities are very exclusive only for data studio.It's time taking to load data and at the same time only single Data source can be connected.When editing the reports you have to switch between Edit and View mode to see how does the change looks like.
It is the simplest and least expensive way for us to automate our reporting at this time. I like the ability to customize literally everything about each report, and the ability to send out reports automatically in emails. The only issue we have been having recently is a technical glitch in the automatic email report. Sadly, there is almost no support for this tool from Google, but is also free, so that is important to take into consideration Incentivized
Google Data Studio has a clean interface that follows a lot of UX best practices. It is fairly easy to pick up the first time you use it, and there is a lot of documentation on line to help troubleshoot, if needed Incentivized
I give it a lower support rating because it seems like our Dev team hasn't gotten the support they need to set up our database to connect. Seems like we hit a roadblock and the project got put on pause for dev. That sucks for me because it is harder to get the dev team to focus on it if they don't get the help they need to set it up.Incentivized
Frankly, the service, UI, and ease-of-use for Adverity made it a no brainer compared to competiton.Incentivized
Google Data Studio provides a great feature set considering its price point, especially when compared to commercial options from Microsoft and Tableau. While it may not be as versatile when it comes to working with and developing complex datasets, there is enough charm in its simple, easy-to-use UI to allow not-so-complex analytics to be conducted without having to hire a data analyst.Incentivized
This tool has allowed us to be able to see areas for opportunities, when all of the data has been combinedWe were also able to better prioritise actions and where to focus our attention, when we had one view where all of the data was together. This allowed us to deliver better results for our clients, and also have a clearer roadmap of activityIncentivized
Free, so the only investment is timeBecause it doesn't have native support of non-Google sources, it can cost more money than TableauThe time spent formatting the templates or building connectors can have a negative impact on ROIAs a agency, charging for the reporting service is profitable after the first month or two after building the dashboard.Incentivized