Lightweight tool, perfect for a small organization looking to scratch the surface of data visualization
June 19, 2019

Lightweight tool, perfect for a small organization looking to scratch the surface of data visualization

Brian Hartley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Data Studio

Google Data Studio is currently being used to share client metrics with our internal stakeholders. We have other third party systems push data into Google Sheets and from there Google Data Studio can ingest the data set. Admittedly it is currently a free tool which makes it simple and easy for our organization to utilize and interact with regularly. I enjoy the different data visualization tools and I don't encounter too many bugs/errors.

Pros

  • Data visualization
  • Library of data visualization templates
  • Intuitive
  • Easy to share results especially if you already use G Suite\

Cons

  • Like any tool, it would be nice to spend time learning and leveraging everything it has to offer
  • Adding additional third party data connections
  • Company-wide visibility to client metrics
I selected Google Data Studio because it was free. In general it compares favorably against BIME but less against PowerBI and Tableau. I was looking for a free tool to help surface metrics company-wide and this tool was perfect for me. PowerBI and Tableau have much more data connection offerings and more data visualization capabilities.
It is well suited if Google supports the data connections you need or if you can push data into Google Sheets and leverage the information directly from there. It is less suited for a company with a desire for many data connections to pull in and/or a company that doesn't leverage the G Suite in general.

Looker Studio Feature Ratings

9.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
8.5
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
8
Pixel Perfect reports
Not Rated
9.0
Drill-down analysis
Not Rated
Formatting capabilities
8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
10
9.0
Publish to Web
9
Publish to PDF
9
Report Versioning
Not Rated
Report Delivery Scheduling
9
Delivery to Remote Servers
Not Rated

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