EViews vs. Looker Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EViews
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$1,650
per year per user
Looker Studio
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Looker 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
EViewsLooker Studio
Editions & Modules
Basic
$1,650
per year per user
Looker Studio Pro
$9
per month per user per project
Looker Studio
No charge
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EViewsLooker Studio
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
EViewsLooker Studio
Features
EViewsLooker Studio
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Looker Studio
7.1
62 Ratings
13% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.743 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.461 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.359 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Looker Studio
7.7
61 Ratings
1% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.151 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.257 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.929 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.759 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Looker Studio
8.2
60 Ratings
0% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.853 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.139 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.942 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.624 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Looker Studio
6.6
60 Ratings
16% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.360 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.857 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.230 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.16 Ratings
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User Ratings
EViewsLooker Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(56 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
EViewsLooker Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
S&P Global Inc.
High-frequency data, with frequencies of hours and seconds, is needed for the database. There are also frequency options that are multi-year, bimonthly, fortnightly, ten-day, and daily. With a large database, this kind of data can be handled with the E-Views package. Using the nonparametric kernel, this software can compute long-run variances that are symmetric or one-sided.
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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
S&P Global Inc.
  • Useful for modeling and forecasting for agribusiness research
  • Data is simple to import and manipulate
  • Extensive collection of econometric tools and methods
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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.
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Cons
S&P Global Inc.
  • For panel data analysis, it is not robust
  • There is a need to enhance table features
  • Obtaining results for arbitrary maximization or minimization may not be possible using the same algorithm
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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
S&P Global Inc.
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
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Alternatives Considered
S&P Global Inc.
Time-series data analysis is very accessible with EViews. It makes data analysis easier without requiring the writing of intricate scripts. A database frequently needs long-term computations of covariance and variance, where the errors are randomly distributed and represent a specific kind of sequence. For regression, time series analysis, and other statistical tasks, I found time series to be useful in my agribusiness research.
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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
S&P Global Inc.
  • Numerous effective and potent statistics for our research project can be obtained
  • Can perform powerful functions with data if they comprehend the statistical and mathematical theory underlying forecasting
  • can carry out a wide range of statistical analyses, time series modeling, forecasting, and data manipulation tasks for our research project
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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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