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Google Charts: Great for Graphing in Collaborative Services with Google Drive
May 15, 2019

Google Charts: Great for Graphing in Collaborative Services with Google Drive

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Charts

We use Google Charts (both embedded in Google Sheets and the API) to graph out tabulated data in our Google Drive databases. It is used across the whole organization, and it replaces Excel—largely because collaborative work done on Google Drive services don't integrate well with Microsoft Office systems like Excel.
  • Integration with Google Slides and Docs
  • Simple graphs for presentations
  • Fast graphing/pie charts
  • Complex graphs for scientific publications
  • Exporting in vector format
  • Exporting to other applications in general
Google Charts is better for use with Google Services. For more complex graphical software, I prefer Origin or SigmaPlot.
If you use Google Drive at all to do collaborative work between several people at your organization or to work remotely, it would be smart to learn how to use Google Charts. If you don't use Google Drive, Sheets, or Docs, then Google Charts has more limited functionality and does not make as much sense.

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