Excel4apps vs. Google Charts

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Excel4apps
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Excel4apps is a business intelligence software offering from Excel4apps.N/A
Google Charts
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Google Charts provides a way to visualize data on your website - for free. From simple line charts to complex hierarchical tree maps, the chart gallery provides a large number of ready-to-use chart types. The most common way to use Google Charts is with simple JavaScript that you embed in your web page.N/A
Pricing
Excel4appsGoogle Charts
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Excel4appsGoogle Charts
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Excel4appsGoogle Charts
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Excel4apps
6.3
4 Ratings
26% below category average
Google Charts
8.7
50 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports5.43 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Customizable dashboards6.13 Ratings9.448 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.44 Ratings8.744 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Excel4apps
7.6
4 Ratings
6% below category average
Google Charts
9.2
51 Ratings
13% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.54 Ratings8.645 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.24 Ratings9.451 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.52 Ratings9.437 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.14 Ratings9.546 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Excel4apps
6.4
3 Ratings
26% below category average
Google Charts
9.0
51 Ratings
7% above category average
Publish to Web6.73 Ratings9.549 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.22 Ratings9.546 Ratings
Report Versioning5.83 Ratings8.543 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling6.23 Ratings8.637 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers5.02 Ratings8.730 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Excel4apps
6.7
2 Ratings
19% below category average
Google Charts
8.8
50 Ratings
9% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.02 Ratings8.849 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.02 Ratings8.747 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings8.739 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Excel4apps
8.1
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Google Charts
8.8
45 Ratings
2% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.03 Ratings8.844 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.02 Ratings8.739 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.23 Ratings8.841 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)7.22 Ratings8.831 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Excel4apps
7.8
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Google Charts
9.0
48 Ratings
12% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.01 Ratings9.546 Ratings
Mobile Application8.01 Ratings9.529 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.01 Ratings8.744 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Excel4apps
3.4
2 Ratings
80% below category average
Google Charts
8.8
40 Ratings
10% above category average
REST API1.01 Ratings8.932 Ratings
Javascript API5.72 Ratings8.839 Ratings
iFrames1.01 Ratings8.826 Ratings
Java API5.92 Ratings8.926 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)2.01 Ratings8.828 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)5.01 Ratings8.728 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Excel4appsGoogle Charts
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
8.9
(61 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(3 ratings)
8.9
(33 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(3 ratings)
8.2
(33 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Excel4appsGoogle Charts
Likelihood to Recommend
Excel4apps
We have to calculate most all Lab / Pilot / Proposals sizing and results. The automated calculations in [Excel4apps] is awesome, as once you are familiar with them, it is easy to quickly implement them when needed.
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Google
We can easily recommend Google Charts to any company that needs a way to visually represent their data. Another great thing about Google Charts is that it is free to use and does not require any membership fees. Although it requires a skilled used to be able to use the charts, the results are great and can be beneficial to any company who is looking to make better decisions.
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Pros
Excel4apps
  • Easy to install and maintain. After the initial installation, there is little involvement by the technical administrators.
  • Cloning production to a test environment does not require any additional setups unlike Oracle EBS which does.
  • Loading data and reporting on this data is handled via EXCEL spreadsheets which is the "language" of our financial users.
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Google
  • they're free with Google suite and they have backing in terms of powerful Google apps which can be plugged in to perform multiple actions like using Google sheets to import raw data into Google Charts
  • they're the most simple app to use when it comes to creating charts and visual dashboards
  • ease of customization
  • ease of using custom APIs from developers side to help make any types of charts and dashboards you want
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Cons
Excel4apps
  • It is possible but difficult to retrieve data or set criteria from different module into a single report or retrieve. If it is more user friendly instead of having to create a complex formula to retrieve the data, this function will be utilized more often.
  • It will be nice to have visual (graphs, etc.) report template available
  • It is helpful if we can retrieve data for a range of date, instead of just YTD, PTD etc. and multi-year data all at once for comparison too.
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Google
  • I would like a couple more introductory videos or a live chat option for when you run into an issue. I think this is a Google-wide problem, not only linked to Google Charts.
  • I have run into some issues with the Dynamic Data but also admittedly could potentially dive in deeper and investigate.
  • It would be great if Google Charts made it possible to integrate Google Chat into the platform.
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Likelihood to Renew
Excel4apps
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Google
Google Charts is a good product. It's widely supported with deep documentation and a large community. But for me, it wasn't customizable enough. When we started with simple charts, it was great, but as we got deeper and more complex, our needs outgrew the library. If I was going forward, I would choose a more barebones library with more freedom and extensibility.
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Usability
Excel4apps
I am not a power user of Excel. So I find Exel4apps a friendlier version of the things that I could do on Excel and making it easier with a magic wand.
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Google
Google Charts is about as easy to use as the rest of their applications. The UI is very well thought out, allowing you to add what you need, and customize it to your exact liking. The default theme is actually really nice, which helps as most of the time, customizing is not needed.
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Reliability and Availability
Excel4apps
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Google
Google charts is always available and provides fast output.
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Performance
Excel4apps
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Google
Connectivity is occasionally very slow.
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Support Rating
Excel4apps
I have not needed support yet
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Google
As a free tool with massively powerful, infinitely customisable charts that can be dynamically updated - Google Charts is my favourite data visualisation tool. However, my hatred of JavaScript does jade my view on it. This is the price of the tool though, and I'm glad it's available for me.
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Online Training
Excel4apps
No answers on this topic
Google
The online training was solely done through self training on google's guide to charts.
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Implementation Rating
Excel4apps
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Google
Easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
Excel4apps
Excel4apps is more user friendly and can retrieve data much easier and in a nicer format than Jaspersoft. Qlik Sense is useful and have more visual reporting and dashboard. However, it is usually used for higher level of analyses and review. Yardi is used for specific purpose, which is different than Excel4apps. Excel4apps can pull all the financial data from Oracle, including billing and collections.
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Google
Google Charts stacks up better since it is free and does not have the constant pressure for cost overruns, add-ons, annual maintenance and implementation services. The speed of using Google Charts is quick, saving users potentially weeks in getting up and going. For the readers of websites with limited resources, the application shows up nicely is look and feel with charts. Great way of showing data visually.
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Scalability
Excel4apps
No answers on this topic
Google
Google Charts is essential for quick, easy, reporting. There are opportunities for advanced features.
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Return on Investment
Excel4apps
  • Increase team transparency
  • Increased reporting
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Google
  • teams were easily able to create charts and find out progress on our learning courses and thus take actionable insights to their managers, professors
  • students could also know their progress on various courses from one single view, same for instructors in terms of imparting education
  • sales team could learn which kind of courses sold more to focus more on those areas
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