Google Data Studio is quite robust and worth a look
July 25, 2021

Google Data Studio is quite robust and worth a look

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Data Studio

Google Data Studio is being used to produce reports and dashboards for use across the entire organization. We have a large number of applications on which metrics must be reported. As a Google Premier customer, Google Data Studio was the logical choice as it provides the reports and dashboards we need in a cost-effective way.
  • Charting
  • Multiple data sources
  • reporting
  • Scheduled transmission of reports
  • It's reporting and dash-boarding lacks the interactivity of Tableau.
  • As a developer, I find the layout and formatting options somewhat limited.
  • It is somewhat difficult to organization reports and dashboards into folders.
  • There seems to be no integration with any external source control provider.
  • We now have the ability to provide consolidated dashboards to the C-level execs.
  • Scheduled reports allow teams to more proactively monitor and manage issues.
Google holds it's own against these competitors as they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. While Tableau provides user-interactive reporting, its formatting options can be quickly rigid and frustrating.

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?

Yes

Would you buy Looker Studio again?

Yes

  • Multiple data sources
  • Custom SQL
  • Visual interface for joining tables
  • Ample variety of charts

Looker Studio Feature Ratings

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