Epicor Grow vs. Google Charts

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Epicor Grow
Score 7.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Grow, from Epicor since the March 2022 acquisition, is a business intelligence software that is designed to empower businesses to become data-driven and accelerate growth by aligning team objectives and inspiring strategic decisions.N/A
Google Charts
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
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
Epicor GrowGoogle Charts
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Epicor GrowGoogle Charts
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Epicor GrowGoogle Charts
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
8.0
33 Ratings
2% below category average
Google Charts
8.7
50 Ratings
6% above category average
Customizable dashboards9.033 Ratings9.448 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.026 Ratings8.744 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.7
32 Ratings
5% below category average
Google Charts
9.2
51 Ratings
13% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.028 Ratings8.645 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.029 Ratings9.451 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.031 Ratings9.546 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.437 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
6.7
30 Ratings
22% below category average
Google Charts
9.0
51 Ratings
7% above category average
Publish to Web7.026 Ratings9.549 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.026 Ratings9.546 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling6.026 Ratings8.637 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.543 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.730 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.0
27 Ratings
14% below category average
Google Charts
8.8
50 Ratings
9% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.025 Ratings8.849 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.024 Ratings8.747 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.739 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.0
32 Ratings
21% below category average
Google Charts
8.8
45 Ratings
2% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)7.032 Ratings8.844 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.026 Ratings8.739 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.026 Ratings8.841 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)7.018 Ratings8.831 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.8
27 Ratings
2% below category average
Google Charts
9.0
48 Ratings
12% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.027 Ratings9.546 Ratings
Mobile Application7.414 Ratings9.529 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.419 Ratings8.744 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.0
21 Ratings
12% below category average
Google Charts
8.8
40 Ratings
10% above category average
REST API7.021 Ratings8.932 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.839 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.826 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.926 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.828 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.728 Ratings
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User Ratings
Epicor GrowGoogle Charts
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(33 ratings)
8.9
(61 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
Usability
7.4
(6 ratings)
8.9
(33 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(6 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
Epicor GrowGoogle Charts
Likelihood to Recommend
Epicor Software
Grow.com is well suited if you have a lot of data or client data to manage. If you do not have tons of data, there are other options out there that are a bit more simple and easy to use and a better price.
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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
Epicor Software
  • I love the fact that you have a team of developers who can help me build metrics or fix metrics that I do not create properly. I had to learn SQL in order to really build the metrics that mattered, which was a lot of fun, but resulted in many broken metrics. The vendor's team was great in responding to me requests for help!
  • Really, really appreciate the fact that Grow has SQL formulas to reference when building metrics. Again, as a novice, this accelerated my ability to learn and not have to leave your site and resources and stay within the Grow web properties.
  • Great account managers who check in regularly and are willing to help out whenever needed.
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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
Epicor Software
  • There are basic labeling issues with some of the graph types. Wish there was more customizability here, especially on complex graphs.
  • Could help more with analysis of data and trends, but that's going into full-fledged BI territory.
  • The functionality of being able to snapshot data isn't quite there.
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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
Epicor Software
No answers on this topic
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
Epicor Software
Grow.com is structured in [...] such a way that it is easy to get started for individuals that known SQL. For individuals that are not as well versed at SQL, the learning curve is much steeper. In such cases, it would be better for users to learn SQL and then go for data visualization with Grow.com.
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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
Epicor Software
No answers on this topic
Google
Google charts is always available and provides fast output.
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Performance
Epicor Software
No answers on this topic
Google
Connectivity is occasionally very slow.
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Support Rating
Epicor Software
If there is one area that Grow.com excel[s] upon much better than other data visualization tools, it is Grow.com's customer/tech support. Grow.com responds much quicker and does a better job of getting to a solution [than] any other business intelligence tool on the market. The support staff gets the big picture [...] and knows how to help.
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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
Epicor Software
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
Epicor Software
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Google
Easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
Epicor Software
Grow doesn't have as many advanced analytics features and other capabilities as some other 'dashboard' platforms on the market. Simply, if you want a tool for internal use only that has high-level analytics capabilities (regressions, completely custom visualizations, modeling), Grow probably isn't the platform for you. To put it another way, if you have a team of data engineers and scientists doing complex analysis, Grow might not make the most sense. However, if you understand the value of data/visualization/dashboards, but lack some of those skillsets in your company, Grow might be the perfect fit. Not only is it incredibly scalable and reasonably priced compared to other market solutions, but their transform capabilities really stand out. They have many native data transformations that mimic SQL coding of a dataset, without requiring any knowledge of SQL. They've converted these transformations to easy-to-use tools in the platform, which are perfect for the less-technical user.
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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
Epicor Software
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Google
Google Charts is essential for quick, easy, reporting. There are opportunities for advanced features.
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Return on Investment
Epicor Software
  • Grow.com has been a positive ROI in that it has improved management communication and discussion.
  • Grow.com has been a positive ROI in that it has improved coordination among individuals at the same business.
  • Grow.com has sometimes been a negative ROI for entities that don't change their behavior to use the software the best way.
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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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ScreenShots

Epicor Grow Screenshots

Screenshot of Marketing desktop dashboard in dark-mode.Screenshot of TV, desktop, and mobile dashboards.Screenshot of KPI desktop dashboard in light-mode.Screenshot of Chart builder and data visualization.