Amazon QuickSight vs D3.js

Likelihood to Recommend

I'm likely to recommend it because it would become so native if other cloud services are based on AWS infrastructure, like our current setup. It is very seamlessly integrated with other services to feed in data for the visualization. In addition, supporting a reasonably large number of users concurrently is not an issue and should be able to scale horizontally as needed.

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Director in Research & Development

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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It's well suited for dynamic data, especially when multiple users are using the application and generating data, it helps us to get analytics of the data for users.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Lightweight and serverless BI tool that can be used for niche dashboards.
Its integration into other AWS Services is one of its most appealing features.
The low monthly cost is another benefit.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 10,001+ employees

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It provides multiple ways of visualizing data easily.
It is fast and light on system resources. It is built with JavaScript and visualizations can be easily hosted on the web across browsers.
It has a huge community backing it so it is easy to find people to help with whatever you're doing.

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Firaz Peer

Fellow

Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

One of the primary challenges I've had with Amazon QuickSight so far is that some of the reports I want to build use data from different data sets. Instead of being able to put all of the information I want to see into one report.
Some of our Amazon QuickSight reports only update every 24 hours. It would be great to see that data in real-time.
I would remove the various time zones from Amazon QuickSight and only use the time zone we are in.

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Megan Sullivan

Marketing Director

LightRx Face & BodyConsumer Services, 201-500 employees

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Hard to code, not a kids play toy.
No tutorial from official documentation.
Requires web development experience.

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Sanyam Jain

Freelancer in RPA

Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

D3.js 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Support can be improved by providing more educational videos.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

In our case, we are storing our large amount of data in the cloud so using QuickSight adds up to the performance of the reporting. We are using it as a secondary reporting tool so that a business user can generate their own report. We are using Tableau as our primary reporting tool.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Building Materials Company, 501-1000 employees

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Protoviz does not require as much knowledge of programming to build visualizations as with D3.js or Google Charts. Highcharts or AnyChart are other alternatives that are more specific to building charts only

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Firaz Peer

Fellow

Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

No answers on this topic

Rapid Development using templates helps faster delivery of the project.
Documentation requires a lot of time to study.
D3 creates high-quality visual effects which can be used over large screens.

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Sanyam Jain

Freelancer in RPA

Self employedInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

Amazon QuickSight

D3.js

Likelihood to Recommend