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Google Charts

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What is Google Charts?

Google Charts provides a way to visualize data on your website - for free. From simple line charts to complex hierarchical tree maps, the chart gallery provides a large number of ready-to-use chart types. The most common way to use…

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Recent Reviews

Making great charts

9 out of 10
May 30, 2021
Incentivized
When we are in need of generating reports or doing team collaboration, we need to have a tool that can enable us to turn data into visuals …
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Popular Features

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  • Publish to Web (49)
    9.5
    95%
  • Customizable dashboards (48)
    9.4
    94%
  • Formatting capabilities (51)
    9.4
    94%
  • Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.) (49)
    8.9
    89%
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What is Google Charts?

Google Charts provides a way to visualize data on your website - for free. From simple line charts to complex hierarchical tree maps, the chart gallery provides a large number of ready-to-use chart types. The most common way to use Google Charts is with simple JavaScript that you embed in your web…

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  • No setup fee

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Product Demos

Using JavaScript, HTML, and Google Charts in QuantCell

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8.7
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

9.2
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

9
Avg 8.4

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.8
Avg 8.1

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

8.8
Avg 8.6

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

9
Avg 8.0

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

8.8
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is Google Charts?

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Google Charts Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Google Charts provides a way to visualize data on your website - for free. From simple line charts to complex hierarchical tree maps, the chart gallery provides a large number of ready-to-use chart types. The most common way to use Google Charts is with simple JavaScript that you embed in your web page.

Reviewers rate Report sharing and collaboration and Publish to Web and Publish to PDF highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of Google Charts are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-5 of 5)
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December 13, 2019

Intuitive to use, no matter what your skill level is

Keith Cordero | TrustRadius Reviewer
Keith Cordero
Product Engineer
Atkore International (Building Materials, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It's great because my work email and use of this application are all linked together into one system. Creating something that is elegant and visually easy to read is a breeze. I use Google Chart to demonstrate analytics for traffic on our website and the use of Google Chart Tools made it possible.
Pros and Cons
  • It's free!
  • Cross-platform availability and highly configurable.
  • Requires a continuous network connection to use.
  • Not as detailed as other tools, such as Tableau.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is appropriate when making charts. Adding in data to charts is easy to do. Also, these charts are easily integrated with HTML so that it is easy to configure with a website. Not appropriate for those who are not comfortable with basic scripting. Not as intuitive for mapping trends within a certain industry.
Alternatives Considered
Sisense is one of the best business intelligence software packages out there. It lets you easily chart all the data you would need. SAP is similar in that it helps companies create formatted and interactive business reports with a wealth of formatting options. One of the reasons I like Google Charts is its seamless integration and the fact that it is free.
Google Charts Feature Ratings
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
93.33333333333334%
9.3
Pixel Perfect reports
80%
8.0
Customizable dashboards
100%
10.0
Report Formatting Templates
100%
10.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
90%
9.0
Drill-down analysis
90%
9.0
Formatting capabilities
80%
8.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
90%
9.0
Report sharing and collaboration
100%
10.0
Report Output and Scheduling (5)
94%
9.4
Publish to Web
100%
10.0
Publish to PDF
100%
10.0
Report Versioning
90%
9.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
100%
10.0
Delivery to Remote Servers
80%
8.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
100%
10.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
90%
9.0
Predictive Analytics
70%
7.0
Access Control and Security (4)
85%
8.5
Multi-User Support (named login)
90%
9.0
Role-Based Security Model
80%
8.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
70%
7.0
Single Sign-On (SSO)
100%
10.0
Mobile Capabilities (3)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Responsive Design for Web Access
100%
10.0
Mobile Application
90%
9.0
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
100%
10.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding (6)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
REST API
90%
9.0
Javascript API
90%
9.0
iFrames
80%
8.0
Java API
90%
9.0
Themeable User Interface (UI)
70%
7.0
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
80%
8.0
Other Software Used
August 05, 2019

Create professional charts or graphs in a breeze!

Kristen Reeves | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kristen Reeves
Listing & Assessing Assistant, Personal Property Appraiser I
Halifax County Tax Office (Government Administration, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Google charts is used by our office primarily to visually display budget and collection percentage information. Our collector keeps a nearly constant record of our collection percentage. Using Google Charts makes it easier to visually display those numbers for the rest of the office, the Commisioners, etc to see without having to read a whole written report.
Pros and Cons
  • Google charts is highly customizable. You can choose your colors, lines, overlays, points, font, and so many other features. There is also the option to insert events and animation into your chart.
  • Google Charts is easy to use. You choose your customizable settings, enter your data, and a chart a created for you.
  • Charts or graphs made using Google Charts can be embedded into or onto webpages, printed, or shared through email, etc.
  • Google Charts is FREE to use!
  • Google Charts can be used on nearly any platform or device and is all cloud based.
  • There are so many chart types to choose from (pie charts, timelines, bar chart, scatter chart, line chart, geo chart, table chart, and so many more).
  • Google Charts has the ability to use data from multiple sources such as Google sheets, Microsoft Excel, and Fusion tables.
  • Google Charts does require a network connection for all of it's functions to work properly.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Charts is a wonderful tool for anyone who needs to display numbers on a visual diagram or chart of some sort. Google Charts makes it easier to present numbers in an easy to read, professional manner.
Alternatives Considered
Prior to Google Charts, Microsoft Excel is the program we used for creating charts. Excel had the capability to create a chart and it was fairly easy but Excel did not have the options that Google Charts has. Excel also did not have the capability to import data from several other sources.
Google Charts Feature Ratings
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
100%
10.0
Pixel Perfect reports
100%
10.0
Customizable dashboards
100%
10.0
Report Formatting Templates
100%
10.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
75%
7.5
Drill-down analysis
100%
10.0
Formatting capabilities
100%
10.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
N/A
N/A
Report sharing and collaboration
100%
10.0
Report Output and Scheduling (5)
80%
8.0
Publish to Web
100%
10.0
Publish to PDF
100%
10.0
Report Versioning
100%
10.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
N/A
N/A
Delivery to Remote Servers
100%
10.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
100%
10.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
100%
10.0
Predictive Analytics
N/A
N/A
Access Control and Security (4)
97.5%
9.8
Multi-User Support (named login)
100%
10.0
Role-Based Security Model
100%
10.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
90%
9.0
Single Sign-On (SSO)
100%
10.0
Mobile Capabilities (3)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Responsive Design for Web Access
100%
10.0
Mobile Application
N/A
N/A
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
100%
10.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding (6)
N/A
N/A
REST API
N/A
N/A
Javascript API
N/A
N/A
iFrames
N/A
N/A
Java API
N/A
N/A
Themeable User Interface (UI)
N/A
N/A
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
N/A
N/A
Other Software Used
September 19, 2016

Best and free chart renderer for your website.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using Google Charts on public administration websites in order to show statistics coming from open data providers. These websites must provide open data information to the public and it's usually required by local law. There is a high volume of data and we need something to make it friendly and understandable. This is the main reason why we have chosen this component in our web development stack.
Pros and Cons
  • The GeoChart component is great if you need to render a map with data. You can customize it with different colors, regions, formats and everything in SVG format.
  • Google Charts has a very detailed documentation full of examples. The docs are also always updated with the latest version of the API and you don't have to google for extra information on other development websites.
  • The ability to connect Google Charts to an external database using any language or technology thanks to the JavaScript API.
  • The look and feel of the rendered charts should be updated, they are still using flat colors and they do not seem to follow the latest trends in web design.
  • It is hard to implement for non-technical users.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Charts is well suited when you have a lot of data coming from an Excel, CSV file or even a database table and you need to render it inside a website. You can provide a well-looking interactive preview of all your data. Google Charts also works great on mobile and tablet environments. Another great scenario is to use Charts to show network usage statistics inside a web application.
Google Charts Feature Ratings
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting
N/A
N/A
Ad-hoc Reporting (3)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Drill-down analysis
80%
8.0
Formatting capabilities
90%
9.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
90%
9.0
Report Output and Scheduling (2)
90%
9.0
Publish to Web
100%
10.0
Publish to PDF
80%
8.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
100%
10.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
90%
9.0
Predictive Analytics
70%
7.0
Access Control and Security
N/A
N/A
Mobile Capabilities (2)
85%
8.5
Responsive Design for Web Access
90%
9.0
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
80%
8.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • Not having to develop our own in-house library.
  • Fast installation and implementation on existing websites.
Alternatives Considered
  • High Charts and JS Charts
We selected Google Charts because it's behind the Google company, and this is a guarantee that it will always be updated and will support the vast majority of browsers. It's also updated very frequently and Google made it completely free of charge. Other libraries with similar features have an extra cost.
Other Software Used
June 06, 2016

Google Charts Review

Brandon Cluff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Brandon Cluff
Web Developer
Brighton Collectibles (Retail, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Google Visualization API was used in my last company as a reporting tool that allowed us to create charts and reporting applications over structured data. This helped integrate visual data directly into 'behind the scenes' web pages.
Pros and Cons
  • Very easy to learn and interactive.
  • Works well on all modern browsers.
  • It's free and includes maps.
  • Can read from Excel, Google Spreadsheets, SQL databases, CSV files and auto update.
  • Doesn't yet give as much customization ability as some other packages.
  • Doesn't give you sophisticated statistical processing.
  • Requires a network connection
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Charts was able to do everything that I needed it to. I was creating simple reports that needed to automatically update and it worked beautifully.
Other Software Used
Google Charts Feature Ratings
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
50%
5.0
Pixel Perfect reports
70%
7.0
Customizable dashboards
N/A
N/A
Report Formatting Templates
80%
8.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
60%
6.0
Drill-down analysis
80%
8.0
Formatting capabilities
70%
7.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
N/A
N/A
Report sharing and collaboration
90%
9.0
Report Output and Scheduling (4)
N/A
N/A
Publish to Web
N/A
N/A
Publish to PDF
N/A
N/A
Report Versioning
N/A
N/A
Report Delivery Scheduling
N/A
N/A
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
90%
9.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
80%
8.0
Predictive Analytics
90%
9.0
Access Control and Security (3)
N/A
N/A
Multi-User Support (named login)
N/A
N/A
Role-Based Security Model
N/A
N/A
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
N/A
N/A
Mobile Capabilities (3)
N/A
N/A
Responsive Design for Web Access
N/A
N/A
Mobile Application
N/A
N/A
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
N/A
N/A
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
N/A
N/A
May 27, 2016

Google Charts, graphics quality reports with Google.

Miguel Angel Merino Vega | TrustRadius Reviewer
Miguel Angel Merino Vega
Analista de Sistemas
Consultor independiente de software (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Google Charts conjunction with javascript and jquery libraries to achieve the visual impact on data visualization, especially in graphical reports, leaderboards and dashboards.
Google Charts provides us with a useful tool in our work throughout the organization. With Google Charts we attract new customers and cover our current clients expectations.
Pros and Cons
  • Great visual impact.
  • Wide range of options for customizing tolos.
  • Hey, its free!
  • Required online connection.
  • No manufacturer wrapper for programming languages like Java.
  • Some graphics are better alternatives in other libraries.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Charts is ideal for displaying synthesized, scaled and easy viewing information for almost any scenario where a web browser intervenes. However, for mobile applications, desktop or other platforms, it may not be the best alternative. Nor it is highly recommended for analysis when you are already using a dedicated Business Intelligence tool.
Alternatives Considered
  • jQuery and JavaScript
Google Charts offers a wide range of possibilities, and it is precisely on this issue that it stands out above other libraries such as JavaScript and jQuery. The API being unified provides us a great advantage in ease of use and standardization of code. There are some reports where JavaScript or jQuery libraries are better, but the cases are not enough to discredit Google Charts as a mature tool in managing graphical reports.
Other Software Used
Java Reporting Engine, QlikView
Google Charts Feature Ratings
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
90%
9.0
Pixel Perfect reports
90%
9.0
Customizable dashboards
90%
9.0
Report Formatting Templates
90%
9.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
85%
8.5
Drill-down analysis
100%
10.0
Formatting capabilities
90%
9.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
70%
7.0
Report sharing and collaboration
80%
8.0
Report Output and Scheduling (4)
82.5%
8.3
Publish to Web
100%
10.0
Publish to PDF
80%
8.0
Report Versioning
80%
8.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
70%
7.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
93.33333333333334%
9.3
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
100%
10.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
100%
10.0
Predictive Analytics
80%
8.0
Access Control and Security (3)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Multi-User Support (named login)
90%
9.0
Role-Based Security Model
90%
9.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
80%
8.0
Mobile Capabilities (2)
90%
9.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
100%
10.0
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
80%
8.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
N/A
N/A
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