Google Charts vs. ThoughtSpot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Charts
Score 8.2 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
ThoughtSpot
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
ThoughtSpot is an Agentic Analytics Platform for enterprises where users ask data questions using natural language and get answers with AI. Code-first for data teams and code-free for business users, ThoughtSpot can handle large, complex cloud data at scale.
$1,500
per year (5 users)
Pricing
Google ChartsThoughtSpot
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Thoughtspot Analytics - Pro
$50
per month (billed annually) per user (25-1000 users)
Thoughtspot Analytics - Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ChartsThoughtSpot
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
Google ChartsThoughtSpot
Features
Google ChartsThoughtSpot
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
8.6
50 Ratings
5% above category average
ThoughtSpot
7.3
89 Ratings
11% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.144 Ratings6.021 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.048 Ratings8.289 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.843 Ratings7.725 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
9.3
51 Ratings
15% above category average
ThoughtSpot
7.5
91 Ratings
7% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.046 Ratings8.590 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.051 Ratings7.290 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.537 Ratings5.749 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.645 Ratings8.688 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
9.0
50 Ratings
9% above category average
ThoughtSpot
8.3
84 Ratings
1% above category average
Publish to Web9.648 Ratings8.355 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.645 Ratings8.678 Ratings
Report Versioning8.642 Ratings7.918 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.736 Ratings8.464 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.830 Ratings8.135 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
7.7
50 Ratings
4% below category average
ThoughtSpot
7.4
86 Ratings
8% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.049 Ratings7.685 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.047 Ratings7.679 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.040 Ratings7.565 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.913 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
8.8
44 Ratings
3% above category average
ThoughtSpot
8.1
86 Ratings
5% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.943 Ratings8.282 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.838 Ratings8.074 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.840 Ratings7.878 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.831 Ratings8.672 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
8.2
48 Ratings
5% above category average
ThoughtSpot
7.5
53 Ratings
4% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access7.046 Ratings7.351 Ratings
Mobile Application9.629 Ratings7.234 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.044 Ratings7.046 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Google Charts
8.4
40 Ratings
8% above category average
ThoughtSpot
7.1
51 Ratings
9% below category average
REST API8.931 Ratings6.942 Ratings
Javascript API10.039 Ratings6.535 Ratings
iFrames8.825 Ratings8.134 Ratings
Java API8.925 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)5.028 Ratings7.335 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.827 Ratings7.115 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google ChartsThoughtSpot
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(61 ratings)
8.6
(91 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(8 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(33 ratings)
8.3
(85 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(32 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ChartsThoughtSpot
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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ThoughtSpot
It is well suited when the same data is consumed by many different people with different analytics and visualization requirements because, if you have the data available in ThoughtSpot, every user can prepare different views. Also, it is a good reporting tool, you can get rid of slides if you have a good dashboard prepared, gaining flexibility and agility.
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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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ThoughtSpot
  • Beautiful visualizations. The visuals are distinct, clean, and easy to discern from one another.
  • Intelligent querying functionality. When looking to manipulate the data, the search function makes it easy to manipulate the features in the data, along with aggregating them in the way you'd like.
  • Embedding! It has been a smooth process thus far for our product & technical teams to work with ThoughtSpot and bring it into our product.
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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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ThoughtSpot
  • It would be great if ThoughtSpot can add the feature to filter by clicking on visualizations. i.e if I click on a particular data point in the chart if the full dashboard can filter just for that particular data point.
  • Color coding the heatmap with different colors like green to orange to red.
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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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ThoughtSpot
I give it just waiting because passport is brilliant and it has helped our organisation In advancing to the next stage in the age of AI. It has allowed or non-tech people to better service and clients in a cost-effective way. George port has allowed us to create new products for us and for our clients increasing our revenue streams and reducing clients churn
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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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ThoughtSpot
The rating is because of the ease of use of the interface as it has a no code interface that makes it easy to setup data pipelines without extensive programming. Cloud native integration: It integrates seamlessly with cloud based data warehouses. Automated data loading, Scalability, Cost Effective, Transformations, Data Governance and security.
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Reliability and Availability
Google
Google charts is always available and provides fast output.
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ThoughtSpot
it's available unless there is a server or system update etc. sometimes the timing of this is bad (for example during a month end close)
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Performance
Google
Connectivity is occasionally very slow.
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ThoughtSpot
It does what it is supposed to. Would be nice to have a bit more insights
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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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ThoughtSpot
I give it this meeting because the team is not only help able to help us in the current solutions but also amazing and taking feedback and feeding it back to their development team which includes more products and features into ThoughtSpot
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In-Person Training
Google
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
inhouse in-person training. Took a bit to long to get the basics.
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Online Training
Google
The online training was solely done through self training on google's guide to charts.
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ThoughtSpot
poor instructions
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Implementation Rating
Google
Easy to implement
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ThoughtSpot
Understand use case and model and design accordingly
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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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ThoughtSpot
We also explored Tableau Ask Data. Tableau is our standard for BI in our organization. We want to use the smallest amount of tools in our company to have the best adaption. ThoughSpot will fill a few gaps that we have with our current set up and will also enhance out offering for our employees in the transition of being more data driven within in near future
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Scalability
Google
Google Charts is essential for quick, easy, reporting. There are opportunities for advanced features.
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ThoughtSpot
Because it is very reliable, inside the situation, we need strong internet connection to access a lot of data but easily never had any downtime except during the upgrades
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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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ThoughtSpot
  • Time to market ROI is massive vs hiring the full-time dedicated team to build and maintain a frontend multi-tenant SaaS data viz product.
  • It will be interesting to see over time how the advanced features play out in terms of usability and end value, such as Natural Search, which we are very excited about, and the machine learning tools.
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