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    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

    Supermetrics

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ASupermetrics, from the company of the same name in Helsinki, offers an application which automates integration of data from multiple online advertising platforms (e.g. Facebook, Google Analytics and Adwords, Bing, etc) and supports customizable presentations and visualizations of the aggregated data to make cross-platform comparisons and summaries easier for marketers.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Looker StudioSupermetrics
    Editions & Modules
    Looker Studio Pro
    $9
    per month per user per project
    Looker Studio
    No charge
    Essential
    $29
    per month per user
    Core
    $159
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Looker StudioSupermetrics
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIn addition to the basic licensing tiers, Supermetrics offers customized packages according to customer needs.
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    Community Pulse
    Looker StudioSupermetrics
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Supermetrics
    Chose Supermetrics
    Google Analytics has the ability to send reports similar to Supermetrics, but the disadvantage is that it can send only a limited number of rows. The report sent has to be consolidated and then used. Instead, Supermetrics allows to edit the way of reporting easily through the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Supermetrics
    I use both of these services, but Supermetrics has more offerings than the base APIs provided by Google Data Studio. Supermetrics also allows for non-Google product APIs that have helped us develop much richer reports and tools. Also, for the paid APIs that can be used in Data …
    Incentivized
    Chose Supermetrics
    We transitioned from DashThis to Google Data Studio with Supermetrics for our monthly client reports. We found this new solution to be more flexible and customizable. We liked DashThis, however, too.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
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    Implementation went as expected
    89%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Looker StudioSupermetrics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker Studio and Supermetrics
    Feature
    Looker Studio
    7.0
    62 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Supermetrics
    -
    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 Supermetrics
    Feature
    Looker Studio
    7.7
    61 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Supermetrics
    -
    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 Supermetrics
    Feature
    Looker Studio
    8.1
    60 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Supermetrics
    -
    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 Supermetrics
    Feature
    Looker Studio
    6.6
    60 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Supermetrics
    -
    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
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Looker StudioSupermetrics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    10.0
    (12 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 StudioSupermetrics
    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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    Supermetrics
    If you are looking to pull and aggregate data from multiple sources for reporting or analytics, Supermetrics is the best option for connecting those data sources into a single table. Supermetrics is less beneficial if you report on a single data source or do not need to aggregate your data into a single source.
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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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    Supermetrics
    • Supermetrics is easy to use, the ui is helpful for creating queries.
    • Supermetrics allows to run the created queries on triggers.
    • Supermetrics allows to connect with different data sources like Google analytics etc .,
    • Supermetrics sends alert on the failure of queries to the desired email address
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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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    Supermetrics
    • Sometimes I have to refer to the website to find which metrics are what - the names aren't always the same as the platform calls them.
    • No public data for LinkedIn.
    • Definitely requires knowledge on how to use Google Data Studio.
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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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    Supermetrics
    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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    Supermetrics
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Supermetrics
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Supermetrics
    Supermetrics is better because of its ease of use and it mirrors most of the metrics on ad platforms. For some similar reporting platforms, metrics are often called something slightly different or are not able to pull the same data as presented on the ad platform; Supermetrics is the closest you'll get to exact data alignment.
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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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    Supermetrics
    • Positive! Supermetrics helped us transition into Google Data Studio as our monthly reporting system.
    • Savings! We saved money by switching our reporting to Google Data Studio + Supermetrics.
    • Time! We save a lot of time on our monthly reports thanks to Supermetrics.
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