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    Explorium

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AExplorium, headquartered in San Mateo, provides an External Data Platform that automatically discovers thousands of relevant data signals and uses them to improve analytics and machine learning. The automated Explorium Platform enables organizations to discover and use third party data to improve predictions and ML model performance. With faster, better insights, organizations can increase revenue, streamline operations and reduce risks.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
    ExploriumLooker 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
    ExploriumLooker 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
    ExploriumLooker Studio
    Considered Both Products
    Explorium
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    95%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    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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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    Features
    ExploriumLooker Studio
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    MDM Integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Visualization6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Encryption7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Built-in Processors7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Flexible Model Publishing Options8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    7.0
    62 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.643 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.361 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.259 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    7.7
    61 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.851 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.057 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.129 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.759 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    8.1
    60 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.753 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.139 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.942 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.524 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Explorium and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Explorium
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    6.6
    60 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.160 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.757 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.330 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.36 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ExploriumLooker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ExploriumLooker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Explorium
    We need to constantly measures costs in our health business and we forecast pricing acoording to several values and conditions. Explorium works quite good analysing simple datasets, but when hierahies start to increase, meaning 6-10 olap variables, the system start to slow down quite a bit until was no longer to retrieve the info we required. This is why we test several tools, because even world-class solutions we purchase, don´t do the job we need. Explorium is a good tool, but complexity will be a minus in some scenarios.
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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
    Explorium
    • Data ready for consumption.
    • Good enough relationships between entities.
    • Nice integration with other players. That's a good thing.
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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
    Explorium
    • relationships between entities could be better. Would be great to have scenarios.
    • The data normalized needs improvement. Works pretty good, but it needs more refinement when using AND-OR Formulas that came from various datasets.
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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
    Explorium
    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
    Explorium
    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
    Explorium
    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
    Explorium
    The simplicity of the tool is an advantage. The integrations as well work quite well. All these solutions have worked well until some point and what we have discovered over the years is that we need to combine various solutions. There is no such thing as one tool ruling them all. Explorium works quite well until we start testing more advanced relations, and here, the tool is promising but requires a little work.
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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
    Explorium
    • Positive. The time save in analysis per hour of internal consulting was the best compared to our SAP and Cognos solutions.
    • In term of objetives works as stated, but when using multi-conditions of dataset, start the issues.
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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.
    Incentivized
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