Looker Studio vs. Pyramid Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Looker Studio
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Looker Studio is a data visualization platform that transforms data into meaningful presentations and dashboards with customized reporting tools.N/A
Pyramid Analytics
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Pyramid Analytics is a business intelligence software offering from Pyramid Analytics.N/A
Pricing
Looker StudioPyramid Analytics
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Looker StudioPyramid Analytics
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Looker StudioPyramid Analytics
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Looker StudioPyramid Analytics
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
7.6
51 Ratings
10% below category average
Pyramid Analytics
9.3
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.335 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.150 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates5.449 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
6.4
50 Ratings
23% below category average
Pyramid Analytics
8.3
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.442 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.246 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages3.323 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration6.750 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
7.6
50 Ratings
9% below category average
Pyramid Analytics
9.3
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Publish to Web9.144 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.243 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Versioning8.131 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling5.034 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.718 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
8.8
49 Ratings
7% above category average
Pyramid Analytics
8.3
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.249 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.346 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.924 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
-
Ratings
Pyramid Analytics
8.3
1 Ratings
4% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
-
Ratings
Pyramid Analytics
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Looker StudioPyramid Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(51 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.7
(10 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Looker StudioPyramid Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Does great at open canvas editing and letting you fully customize without the need for a grid. It is democratizing self-service no-code analytics. You do not need to be a data or analytics engineer to get started, and you can go very far based on how intuitive and straightforward the UI is. Some of the biggest challenges with Looker Studio relate to user management/security, embedding options, and issue support. For a long time, every user needed to have a Gmail to invite them to view a dashboard via login, not sure if that has been improved yet. You can let any user view without logging in, but that is not always recommended due to security reasons. In terms of embedding, you can only iframe dashboards. More sophisticated BI tools let you embed elements via API or Javascript. Iframing dashboards also make drill downs and dashboard to dashboard navigation tricky/near impossible. There is also no ability to contact Google for support when bugs or outages happen. They point everyone to the Data Studio community. There is some ability to get in contact with Google if you have an enterprise-level contract with Google Cloud, but the path for support is very ad hoc and not always fruitful.
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Pyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics is a great tool to see the path of how something is progressing to make or see how aspects affect your process. You can find out how to improve your industry and compare departments on the fly. Pyramid Analytics is easy to add or subtract data in a report. I have not found a scenario where Pyramid Analytics is not a good tool to look at your process
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Pros
Google
  • Self-service
  • Easy to use, point and click
  • Little to no training required
  • Easy to share internally and externally
  • Rich visualizations
  • Canned reports
  • Easy to copy/paste/dupe existing reports
  • Ability to join data sets
  • Easy integration with various data sources
  • Flexible data integrations, including lowest common denominator (CSV, XLS, G-Sheets)
  • Wide range of APIs
  • Secure / authentication via Google SSO
  • Easy to share / re-assign ownership of reports and data sources
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Pyramid Analytics
  • Easy of use to add data metrics and demission
  • Easy to publish and distribute
  • Advanced graphics
  • Easy to administer
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Cons
Google
  • Few functionalities are very exclusive only for data studio.
  • It's time taking to load data and at the same time only single Data source can be connected.
  • When editing the reports you have to switch between Edit and View mode to see how does the change looks like.
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Pyramid Analytics
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Pyramid Analytics
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Usability
Google
Google Data Studio has a clean interface that follows a lot of UX best practices. It is fairly easy to pick up the first time you use it, and there is a lot of documentation on line to help troubleshoot, if needed
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Pyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics brings a tool that is graphically pleasing and easy to use to generate publications so you can understand your data. You can see your data in a new way in just a few clicks. This is very helpful in gaining the advantage of your processes and leading in your industry. Getting data quickly and being able to see how your business is being affected over time can get you an advantage and streamline your workflow.
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Support Rating
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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Pyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics looks to improve what the tool offers. They continue to add features and help with webinars. Updates to the product are easy to install. There are tools to help when looking for ways to improve your ability to of using the product.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
Google Data Studio provides a great feature set considering its price point, especially when compared to commercial options from Microsoft and Tableau. While it may not be as versatile when it comes to working with and developing complex datasets, there is enough charm in its simple, easy-to-use UI to allow not-so-complex analytics to be conducted without having to hire a data analyst.
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Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Pyramid Analytics
  • I like the product ease of use
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