Google Data Studio is 👌
Updated April 22, 2021

Google Data Studio is 👌

Jordan Comstock | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Data Studio

We are in the beginning stages of implementing Google Data Studio. It is currently being used in the Marketing department. We have connected our google apps, Google Analytics, search console, Google Ads to Data Studio. In marketing, it is giving us automated reports from all of those sources. We can combine the data sources for great-looking dashboards. We have run into issues with adding our site database data to Data Studio, which has been a hang-up for us to fully implement the software across all departments.

Pros

  • Dashboards that combine data sources.
  • Customization with design and branding.
  • Easy to use interface. Simple to get started with.

Cons

  • This is an issue that our Dev team is dealing with, so I can't speak too much to it, but we have had issues integrating our database with GDS. Those issues have held us back from fully using GDS the way we wanted to.
  • Missing data can be a hassle to make look good on a dashboard.
  • Adoption has been slow across my team, they haven't seen the value the same way I do.
  • It has had a great ROI for me. I haven't spent anything, using the free version. And I've gotten good data visualizations from it.
  • Automated reporting.
  • Easy data understanding and analysis.
I have not used other competitors.

Do you think Looker Studio delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Looker Studio's feature set?

Yes

Did Looker Studio live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Looker Studio go as expected?

No

Would you buy Looker Studio again?

Yes

It is the best free tool for data visualizations. Especially if you stick to native google apps connecting to it. I've built some pretty looking data viz and it has helped us to automate marketing reporting.

It has been a hassle with external data sources. I know it has those capabilities, but setting it up hasn't been easy.

Looker Studio Feature Ratings

9.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
8.5
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
9
Pixel Perfect reports
Not Rated
8.3
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
9
Integration with R or other statistical packages
7
Report sharing and collaboration
8
8.8
Publish to Web
10
Publish to PDF
10
Report Versioning
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
8
Delivery to Remote Servers
8

Google Data Studio Support

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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