Looker Studio vs. Vizlib

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Vizlib
Score 1.0 out of 10
N/A
Vizlib builds value-added products for Qlik Sense. Their solutions aim to empower data-driven organisations to extend their analytics capabilities. Simplicity that supports data literacy and helps data users and consumers uncover meaningful insights independently – unlocking the true potential of data. Leveraging its capabilities, the vendor states organisations go from mere data reporting to data storytelling in seconds, close the analytics loop, and significantly boost their time-to…N/A
Pricing
Looker StudioVizlib
Editions & Modules
Looker Studio Pro
$9
per month per user per project
Looker Studio
No charge
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Looker StudioVizlib
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Looker StudioVizlib
Top Pros

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Top Cons
Features
Looker StudioVizlib
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
7.7
53 Ratings
8% below category average
Vizlib
9.3
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.337 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.952 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.151 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
7.1
52 Ratings
12% below category average
Vizlib
7.0
2 Ratings
13% below category average
Drill-down analysis9.544 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.248 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages3.224 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.451 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
8.0
52 Ratings
5% below category average
Vizlib
10.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Publish to Web8.146 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.645 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Report Versioning8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling6.436 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.818 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Looker Studio
7.2
51 Ratings
12% below category average
Vizlib
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.651 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.248 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics5.026 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Looker StudioVizlib
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(54 ratings)
1.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(5 ratings)
1.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
6.7
(10 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Looker StudioVizlib
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Looker Studio is well-suited for those wanting to analyze web/site data and performance quickly. It is simple enough to learn/use for quick report-building or drilling into data. Looker Studio is easier to use/understand than the GA4 console and thus has a better UI/UX. It is an efficient tool for fast, simple data needs—especially for team members with limited analytical capabilities and knowledge.
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Insightsoftware, Inc
I have read reviews where Vizlib is performing well. That was not our experience integrating Vizlib with Qlik Sense cloud as a write back capability. So, my experience is that integrating Vizlib with Qlik Sense cloud as a write back capability is probably not an area where they perform well
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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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Insightsoftware, Inc
  • Visualizations
  • Forecasting
  • Storytelling
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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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Insightsoftware, Inc
  • Vizlib promised a writeback capability that it just was not able to deliver. We bought additional developer licenses for QlikSense that were not planned in the initial Vizlib discussions, but even with they were not able to implement a writeback capability.
  • I feel Support was horrible... very slow, and with inadequate expertise.
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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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Insightsoftware, Inc
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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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Insightsoftware, Inc
We have figured out how to use Vizlib features on our own on many occasions. Whenever we do run into questions, the support team is very helpful and able to help us figure out how to do things quickly. I feel features are more advanced, but we know the depth is there when we’re ready to use it
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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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Insightsoftware, Inc
Vizlib support is awesome! We have quick turnaround times and regular updates when we open cases. It’s so good we often ask them Qlik Sense questions, rather than going to Qlik support
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Alternatives Considered
Google
The free version of Looker Studio is still better than the leading enterprise-embedded BI tools, despite its weaknesses. The leading embedded BI platforms have terrible visualizations that can be spotted a mile away. They are also primarily locked to a grid, making it very hard to fully customize. The price point is also a major deterrent, since users end up paying for lots of features they might never use. Looker Studio has weaknesses on the blending and modeling side, but we've been able to get by via connection to GBQ and transformation done in dbt.
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Insightsoftware, Inc
I selected Vizlib based on several positive Qlik community forum comments. It would seem that they had a different use case than we did
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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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Insightsoftware, Inc
  • We have had a negative experience with Vizlib... we paid for a capability that wasn't delivered, and that cost us time that could have been better spend on other priorities. Negative ROI.
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