GraphPad Prism vs. Looker Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GraphPad Prism
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Prism, from Dotmatics since the company's acquisition of original developer GraphPad in 2017, is an analysis and graphing solution purpose-built for scientific research. Prism is specifically formatted for scientific analyses, including analysis of quantitative and categorical data. This also makes it easier to enter data correctly, choose suitable analyses, and create graphs or other visualizations.
$380
per year
Looker Studio
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Looker 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
GraphPad PrismLooker Studio
Editions & Modules
Corporate
starting at $660
per year 2 seats
Academic
starting at $380
per year 2 seats
Looker Studio Pro
$9
per month per user per project
Looker Studio
No charge
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GraphPad PrismLooker Studio
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
GraphPad PrismLooker Studio
Features
GraphPad PrismLooker Studio
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GraphPad Prism
5.5
1 Ratings
38% below category average
Looker Studio
7.2
62 Ratings
11% below category average
Customizable dashboards5.01 Ratings7.561 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.01 Ratings7.359 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.743 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GraphPad Prism
6.5
1 Ratings
18% below category average
Looker Studio
7.7
61 Ratings
1% below category average
Formatting capabilities7.01 Ratings7.257 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration6.01 Ratings9.759 Ratings
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.351 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.829 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
GraphPad Prism
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Looker Studio
8.2
60 Ratings
0% above category average
Publish to PDF10.01 Ratings8.853 Ratings
Report Versioning8.01 Ratings8.139 Ratings
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.942 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.724 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
GraphPad Prism
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Looker Studio
6.6
60 Ratings
16% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.01 Ratings7.460 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.857 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.230 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
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User Ratings
GraphPad PrismLooker Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(56 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
GraphPad PrismLooker Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
Dotmatics
If you need to use multiple softwares to compile data such as spreadsheets, another app to run statistics, or another software to make graph and layout, you can try Graphpad Prism because it can do all of this in just a few clicks.
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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
Dotmatics
  • Graphs
  • Data analysis
  • Layouts
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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
Dotmatics
  • The layout feature have been improved over the years but I believe it could be improved by adding more editing tool specially those for images.
  • Prism should have more packages for stat analysis.
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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
Dotmatics
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
Dotmatics
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
Dotmatics
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
Dotmatics
Graphpad can process multiple steps in just one platform. Database > Stats > Graphs > Layouts > Export
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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
Dotmatics
  • It improved a lot the way we show data, and therefore it increased our visibility.
  • Analysis performed by this software gives credibility.
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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.
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