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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dimensional Insight

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ADimensional Insight provides integrated business intelligence and performance management solutions globally.N/A

    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
    Dimensional InsightLooker Studio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Looker Studio Pro
    $9
    per month per user per project
    Looker Studio
    No charge
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dimensional InsightLooker Studio
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Dimensional InsightLooker Studio
    Considered Both Products
    Dimensional Insight
    No answer on this topic
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    Features
    Dimensional InsightLooker Studio
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Dimensional Insight and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Looker Studio
    7.0
    62 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.01 Ratings6.643 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.02 Ratings7.361 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.02 Ratings7.259 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Dimensional Insight and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Looker Studio
    7.7
    61 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Drill-down analysis10.02 Ratings6.851 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities5.02 Ratings7.057 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings7.129 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.01 Ratings9.759 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Dimensional Insight and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Looker Studio
    8.1
    60 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web10.02 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.02 Ratings8.753 Ratings
    Report Versioning10.01 Ratings8.139 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.02 Ratings7.942 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers10.01 Ratings7.524 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Dimensional Insight and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Looker Studio
    6.6
    60 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.01 Ratings7.160 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.01 Ratings7.757 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.01 Ratings5.330 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.36 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Dimensional Insight and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Dimensional Insight and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Dimensional InsightLooker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dimensional InsightLooker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dimensional Insight
    Well suited - as stated before - allows user to answer their own questions.
    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
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    Pros
    Dimensional Insight
    • The product is excellent!
    • Experienced DI Consultants with a broad knowledge in both, product and client data.
    • Customer service and technical support is always available; very professional and investigate reported issues until resolved.
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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
    Dimensional Insight
    • Some screens are not adjustable for sizing.
    • Better capability to import from a spreadsheet.
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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
    Dimensional Insight
    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
    Dimensional Insight
    Navigation thru the Diver portal is simple; some users have trouble but it also depends on how the analysts build models and present the reports with quickviews selections and report layouts. I am aware of DI capability to access reports thru mobile devices but I have not experience it first hand.
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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.
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    Support Rating
    Dimensional Insight
    Support is always quick to answer and good to deal with.
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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
    Dimensional Insight
    I don't have direct experience with the first time DI was implemented but on subsequent upgrades there have been positive experiences with support and seamless transitions to avoid users discomfort.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Dimensional Insight
    Dimensional Insight is a lot easier to design and use. User interface is much more intuitive.
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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
    Dimensional Insight
    • Increased efficiency - very positive.
    • Sales Reporting is Interactive and Light Years ahead of previous solution.
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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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