Google Charts vs. Plotly Chart Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Plotly Chart Studio
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Plotly headquartered in Montreal offers Chart Studio, a data visualization tool with an open source and free cloud editions, as well as enterprise editions deployable on-cloud or on-premise. The vendor describes Chart Studio as a sophisticated editor for creating D3.js and WebGL charts.
$99
per month
Pricing
Google ChartsPlotly Chart Studio
Editions & Modules
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Private Hosting
$99.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ChartsPlotly Chart Studio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Google ChartsPlotly Chart Studio
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
8.7
50 Ratings
6% above category average
Plotly Chart Studio
8.0
1 Ratings
5% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.145 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.448 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.744 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
9.2
51 Ratings
13% above category average
Plotly Chart Studio
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.645 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.451 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.437 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
9.0
51 Ratings
7% above category average
Plotly Chart Studio
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Ratings
Publish to Web9.549 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.643 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.637 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.730 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
8.8
50 Ratings
9% above category average
Plotly Chart Studio
8.5
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.949 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.847 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.739 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
8.8
45 Ratings
2% above category average
Plotly Chart Studio
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)8.844 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.739 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.841 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.831 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
9.0
48 Ratings
12% above category average
Plotly Chart Studio
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access9.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application9.529 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.744 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
8.8
40 Ratings
10% above category average
Plotly Chart Studio
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Ratings
REST API8.932 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API8.839 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames8.826 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.828 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.728 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google ChartsPlotly Chart Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(61 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(8 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(33 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(33 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ChartsPlotly Chart Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Plotly
[Plotly Chart Studio is] a great tool to make visualizations on a web based portal. For python developers, it can ease of some burden of writing code again and again for the same thing and also refreshing visualizations on old scripts when data changes. All in all, a simple yet effective tool for your report generation and visualization needs[.]
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Pros
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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Plotly
  • Connects to almost every kind of data source like SQL, Excel, MS Access, flat files and more.
  • Charts get saved to the repository and are re-used by multiple users.
  • No need of manual intervention in order to refresh the charts every time the data gets changed.
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Cons
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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Plotly
  • Lack of customer support
  • Sometimes fails to visualize extremely large datasets ( probably also due to computer resource constraints)
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Usability
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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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Google
Google charts is always available and provides fast output.
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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Performance
Google
Connectivity is occasionally very slow.
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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Google
The online training was solely done through self training on google's guide to charts.
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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Google
Easy to implement
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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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Plotly
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Scalability
Google
Google Charts is essential for quick, easy, reporting. There are opportunities for advanced features.
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Plotly
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Plotly
  • Improvement in productivity as charts can be shared with teams and feedback can be collected, consolidated and incorporated in the design and charts.
  • Charts are aligned with the organization theme and colors and one doesn't need to put in effort every time to do that.
  • No upfront capital expenditure and minimum user criteria helps the organization to keep the costs down.
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