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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Quick Sight

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Quick Sight is a cloud-based Business Intelligence (BI) service within Amazon Quick. It connects enterprise data sources to interactive dashboards, visualizations, natural-language analysis, and analytics workflows.

    $24

    per month per user

    Klipfolio Klips

    Score6 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Klipfolio is a customizable dashboard and reporting platform that provides real-time business insights. It is used by small to mid-sized businesses and agencies to track performance metrics and create tailored reports, and to consolidate, transform, and visualize data.

    $90

    per month

    Looker Studio

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ALooker Studio is a data visualization platform that transforms data into meaningful presentations and dashboards with customized reporting tools.

    $9

    per month per user per project

    Pricing
    Amazon Quick SightKlipfolio KlipsLooker Studio
    Editions & Modules
    Reader
    $3
    per month per user
    Author
    $24
    per month per user
    Reader Pro
    $24
    per month per user
    Author Pro
    $50
    per month per user
    Base
    $90
    per month
    Grow
    $190
    per month
    Team
    $350
    per month
    Looker Studio Pro
    $9
    per month per user per project
    Looker Studio
    No charge
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Quick SightKlipfolio KlipsLooker Studio
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsProspective buyers can also purchase a set number of sessions or questions in lieu of a monthly subscription.Discount available for annual pricing. There are various implementation and training options available, from a 60 Day Proof of Concept, to Onboarding & Training, or ongoing dedicated Data Hero support.
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Klipfolio
    Chose Klipfolio Klips
    Over the years, I have been required to work with other platforms to collect and analyze data for a variety of ad agencies and clients that I have worked with. It really came down to a Goldilocks comparison where we consistently found that dashboard platforms were bloated with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Klipfolio Klips
    Klipfolio had the best API. We could connect more MarTech with Klipfolio than any other BI tool we used. Klipfolio's API was also the most stable. We ran into connectivity issues with some of the competitors. The metrics wouldn't refresh because the API lost the connection …
    Incentivized
    Chose Klipfolio Klips

    Klipfolio is certainly the best solution for dashboards. Compared to Power BI, Power BI is more of an analyst tool to build deep analysis and reports. Making and sharing dashboards in Power BI is a pain. Tableau is great but cost way more. Also, the skills needed to build …

    Incentivized
    Google
    Chose Looker Studio
    The only benefit to Data Studio compared to Klipfolio is being free. In any other aspect or function that I've used, Klipfolio is far better.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
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    95%
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    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    97%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon Quick SightKlipfolio KlipsLooker Studio
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Amazon Quick Sight and Klipfolio Klips and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Amazon Quick Sight
    10.0
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Klipfolio Klips
    9.0
    33 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Looker Studio
    7.0
    62 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports10.05 Ratings9.13 Ratings6.643 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.06 Ratings8.933 Ratings7.361 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.06 Ratings9.13 Ratings7.259 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Amazon Quick Sight and Klipfolio Klips and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Amazon Quick Sight
    10.0
    6 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Klipfolio Klips
    8.6
    33 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Looker Studio
    7.7
    61 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Drill-down analysis10.06 Ratings8.35 Ratings6.851 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.06 Ratings7.85 Ratings7.057 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages10.04 Ratings9.12 Ratings7.129 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.06 Ratings9.133 Ratings9.759 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Amazon Quick Sight and Klipfolio Klips and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Amazon Quick Sight
    8.4
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Klipfolio Klips
    9.4
    33 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Looker Studio
    8.1
    60 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web8.03 Ratings8.931 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.03 Ratings9.228 Ratings8.753 Ratings
    Report Versioning10.05 Ratings00 Ratings8.139 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.04 Ratings10.017 Ratings7.942 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings00 Ratings7.524 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Amazon Quick Sight and Klipfolio Klips and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Amazon Quick Sight
    10.0
    6 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Klipfolio Klips
    9.3
    33 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Looker Studio
    6.6
    60 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.06 Ratings8.932 Ratings7.260 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings9.133 Ratings7.757 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics10.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings5.330 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings00 Ratings6.36 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Amazon Quick Sight and Klipfolio Klips and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Amazon Quick Sight
    10.0
    6 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Klipfolio Klips
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.05 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Amazon Quick Sight and Klipfolio Klips and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Amazon Quick Sight
    3.9
    4 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Klipfolio Klips
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access4.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application3.52 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.84 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Amazon Quick Sight and Klipfolio Klips and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Amazon Quick Sight
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Klipfolio Klips
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    REST API6.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API6.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames7.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Quick SightKlipfolio KlipsLooker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.8
    (35 ratings)
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (13 ratings)
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (23 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (23 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon Quick SightKlipfolio KlipsLooker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Quicksight is a truly cloud-based solution so it works perfectly fine and saves a lot of expense in terms of hardware and maintenance. We can maintain it by ourselves by giving commands on UI. If you have connectivity issues then it can cause headaches because it's a cloud platform and it's a bit costly as compared to other services
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    Klipfolio
    Using Klipfolio is one of the finest ways we can expand our business because it is so simple to use and always has new features that make it better. We also appreciate the excellent customer service they offer. There are several benefits to making this investment in your company's efficiency and profitability. We think it's worth the money.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    Visualizing cross-channel campaign performance can blend data from a few different sources to compare performance metrics like spend, clicks, and conversions side-by-side in a single view, which helps in quick budget reallocation decisions. When dealing with massive volumes of data (millions of rows) or highly complex queries, Looker Studio dashboards can become slow, laggy, or even crash. Performance issues are a frequent complaint when working with large datasets, making it unsuitable for enterprise-level companies
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Easily to set up for data sources, already supports quite a few of AWS and non-AWS data sources
    • Cost friendly since users are charged only for basis of usage
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    Klipfolio
    • All my reporting requirements have been met.
    • Salesforce, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Google Drive, and other business applications are quite easy to integrate with.
    • The information you need is at your fingertips in a matter of seconds.
    • Whenever I have a question, the customer service is always there to answer it.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • Breath of data - the number of ways to interrogate the data is endless, and the options to view metrics alongside each other make for comprehensive datasets.
    • Data visualisation and customisation - the options for presenting data and separating out across pages allow for clean visuals and segmented information.
    • Easy shareability/usability - a quick and simple tool to introduce colleagues to, and easy to grant access for them to be able to view the data, without having to understand the setup itself.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
    • Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
    • Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.
    Incentivized
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    Klipfolio
    • While Klipfolio covers so many of the bases, one area where I would like to see expansion would be offering additional design and graphics themes for even more customization.
    • Klipfolio has an extensive offering but might be even better if there were a way that we could integrate with some small to mid-sized CRM solutions for audience list segmentation and marketing integrations.
    • It would be interesting if Klipfolio could enable us to overlay the data learnings for cross-referencing of multiple client campaigns for comparative insights.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • It needs better handling of complex logic. We often need workarounds to perform complex custom calculations, and it can be really unpleasant at times.
    • Felt it got slow with a larger data set, and in one minor report, we had to set up time filters so that calculations during spikes could be traced more quickly.
    • Compare to competition they need to improve with notification things.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Klipfolio
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    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
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    It was helping us a lot as per our business needs. Reporting is way easy with QuickSight that helps us to understand the performance of campaigns effectively and so does the performance of sales individual. We can analyze the data and create a new strategies effectively. Setup and maintenance was way easy
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    Klipfolio
    My initial impressions of the software have been extremely positive. There are YouTube tutorials that explain how to make klips. The intuitive design of the UI It appears that everything in this software has been thoroughly tested to create all the visualizations that can be imagined as well as the user input controls that allow users to have exactly the data they want to be displayed in seconds, considering the various functions and formulas available in the Excel integrations and the extensive list of other services that can be integrated.
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    Google
    Looker Studio is easy to use, and it offers a sufficient variety of predefined visualizations to choose from. It's easy for us, and anyone can set up basic reporting without extensive data visualization skills. The interface layout is easy to understand, and it doesn't take long to get used to.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.
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    Klipfolio
    It provides all the necessary information to be able to carry out the analysis of any type of business, to know how money is managed virtually, what to do to have greater visibility, in addition to being a platform that is always accessible and allows continuous and efficient work.
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    Google
    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.
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Klipfolio
    None at all; just be sure of what information you will need for working.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    All of the other reporting platforms my organization has used previously were within our CRM and not a standalone program. In that we were very limited in being able to slice and dice the data the way that we wanted to
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    Klipfolio
    These and many other BI tools are the most direct competitors. I only have experience with Klipfolio and Tableau. Tableau is definitely more capable, but much more difficult to learn and use. Klipfolio is simple and really packs a punch for its simplicity. I have yet to run into a major problem with it lacking a needed functionality.
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    Google
    Looker Studio is far easier to implement, stand up, and learn. The interface is simpler and user-friendly for various levels of data visualization/analysis knowledge and experience. The biggest benefit of Looker Studio, however, is its ease of connection to GA data and speed. Furthermore, since it is an online program/tool, it requires less CPU/battery/storage on the user's device.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Cost Effective
    • Easy setup and maintenance
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    Klipfolio
    • It made reporting a breeze as we didn't have to spend time creating the reports
    • The reporting forum really helped give our team more metrics to add to reporting
    • Always ready to view Dashboard meant stakeholders could view reports at any given time
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    Google
    • Free, so the only investment is time
    • Because it doesn't have native support of non-Google sources, it can cost more money than Tableau
    • The time spent formatting the templates or building connectors can have a negative impact on ROI
    • As a agency, charging for the reporting service is profitable after the first month or two after building the dashboard.
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    ScreenShots

    Klipfolio Klips Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example of a customized dashboard. For showcasing KPIs, tracking performance, or telling complex data stories, Klips lets the user tailor layouts, visuals, and insights, ensuring dashboards are suitable for internal teams or external stakeholders.Screenshot of visualizations, with descriptive text blocks and live data to communicate more than just numbers. Klips lets users insert real-time data directly into text to add context, improving interpretation. Progress towards goals and trends can be tracked using vibrant charts, colors, and text descriptions.Screenshot of one example of the over 30 chart types available, some including bar graphs, pie charts, and heatmaps. The library of pre-built Klip templates connect to popular data sources like Google Analytics, HubSpot, or Salesforce. These templates can be modified.Screenshot of Klipfolio’s formula engine. Similar to Excel, the Klip Editor can be used to clean, transform, and analyze data using functions. Users can perform complex calculations, manipulate dates or text, and add logic or statistical formulas.Screenshot of the Klip editor, used to take precise control over visual properties, customizing font sizes, colors, and styles to match a brand, or to emphasize key metrics. Set decimal places for numerical data, and add prefixes or suffixes—such as currency symbols or percentages—for clear and professional formatting. It also supports conditional formatting, and dynamic colors or icons to highlight trends, anomalies, or thresholds. These tools allow the user to craft Klips that not only deliver insights but also communicate them at a glance.Screenshot of a Klipfolio Klips dashboard. These allow users to customize every aspect, from layouts and fonts to colors and chart styles, ensuring that dashboards align with a brand. For presenting on a laptop, a big-screen TV, or by sharing published links, dashboards are designed to look exceptional in both light and dark modes.