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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Looker Studio

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ALooker 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

    Shiny

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AShiny allows users to create data visualization apps, and is designed to be easy to write with. These apps let users interact with data and analyses with R or Python.N/A
    Pricing
    Looker StudioShiny
    Editions & Modules
    Looker Studio Pro
    $9
    per month per user per project
    Looker Studio
    No charge
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Looker StudioShiny
    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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    Community Pulse
    Looker StudioShiny
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Looker StudioShiny
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker Studio and Shiny
    Feature
    Looker Studio
    7.0
    62 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Shiny
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.643 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.361 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.259 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker Studio and Shiny
    Feature
    Looker Studio
    7.7
    61 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Shiny
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis6.851 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.057 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.759 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker Studio and Shiny
    Feature
    Looker Studio
    8.1
    60 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Shiny
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.453 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.753 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.942 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker Studio and Shiny
    Feature
    Looker Studio
    6.6
    60 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Shiny
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.757 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics5.230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Looker StudioShiny
    Small Businesses
    Chartio (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Chartio (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Looker StudioShiny
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Looker StudioShiny
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
    Shiny is well suited where an organisation is looking to empower their analysts to minimise time spent on repetitive analysis by deploying repeatable analytical pipelines, but also looking for them to add greater value to the organisation by utilising more advanced analytical techniques. Ideally it is well suited where IT are on board and supportive of some of the more advanced features such as deploying R Shiny dashboards.
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    Pros
    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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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
    • Data tables are appealing to look at.
    • Enables us to create trend indexes in an effective way.
    • Easy to integrate with the rest of my R syntax.
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    Cons
    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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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
    • Easier ways to connect to data sources
    • Better access control for different roles in the organization
    • Video material that allows a better learning experience
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
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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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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
    - Faster response working with a large amount of data. - R Studio connection and flexibility. - Scenarios modelling.
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    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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    Posit (formerly RStudio)
    • We saw a good involvement to researchers when showing their models in shiny.
    • We can have a quicker review from the user when the model is in production.
    • False positives can be found easily and they help the retraining of the model.
    Incentivized
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