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Google Data Studio

Interactive dashboard reporting and data visualization tool

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Natalie D.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Great for Marketers, Hard to Learn

Reviewed 3 years ago

It is excellent to have a variety of quantifiable metrics for our website. It helps us make business decisions about projects.

Pros

Data Studio provides so many valuable metrics to a team that runs a website. We have a data studio report that is constantly updating. We had to integrate data studio in the back end of our site, but once we did that we were able to track which content does best on our site, which content gets the highest engagement, which content our users spend the most time with etc. It is so valuable.

Cons

There is a huge learning curve to this software. People on our team had to take classes in order to even get started with data studio.

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Michael A.

Marketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Google Looker Studio (GLS/GDS) Is Free & Funomenal + Phentastical}

Reviewed 2 months ago

Smooth, Suave, & Swift

Pros

FREE - solid quality - adeptness and agility with visualizing marketing & integral data

Cons

Like all free things - there are some limitations - so they are now offering Looker Pro (and Looker Enterprise - of course)

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Kaslin M.

Arts and Crafts, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Studo

Reviewed 3 years ago

Good

Pros

Make better, faster decisions with the world's #1 operational intelligence platform. Built on Druid, scales to billions of events per day. Instant. Integrated. Accessible. Easy to get started. Types: Instant Analytics, Self-Serve BI, Fast Alerts

Cons

Long process But easy to set up that was the only problems I had

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Stephen F.

Chemicals, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Fantastic Free Tool

Reviewed a year ago
Pros

The fact that it is free and provides you with some templates to use with other Google owned assets such as YouTube and Google Analytics

Cons

When using an external API, sometimes it isn't very clear what each field represents or which I should choose as the field names aren't too clear

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Elsa G.

Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Genial con todas las posibilidades que ofrece

Reviewed 4 months ago
Pros

La integracion con todas las plataformas de google y otros inregradores gratuitos es genial. Puedes crear informes personalizados, programarlos… una herramienta imprescindible para marketing

Cons

Mas conectores gratuitos para obtener datos de cualquier plataforma de publicidad

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Anamta S.

Media Production, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Open Sorce

Reviewed 15 days ago

Overall experience is not bad learned even new features of visualization which is not supported by other paid tools

Pros

The thing I like is that It is free and easy to connect easily to make visualization just by doing drag and drop

Cons

As the application is open source We faced one issue while connecting redshift data, and when we asked for support there was a clear answer they cannot support it as it is open source

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Biotechnology, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Google Data Studio is a great option for data reporting and exposure

Reviewed 2 years ago

Google Data Studio was a great option to create powerful reports consuming data from our MySQL database.

Pros

It's easy to connect Data Studio into a variety of database systems and quickly create powerful reports.

Cons

The objects available on the user interface are limited when comparing with other options and I miss features like different fonts and sizes.

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Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Idéal pour suivre les performances SEO d'un site web

Reviewed 2 months ago
Pros

L'outil permet d'agréger toutes sortes de données pour le SEO comme la search console ou semrush.

Cons

Il y a une limitation dans les quotas de données pour certaines sources comme Google Analytics obligeant à passer par une solution intermédiaire comme BigQuery.

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Art B.

Retail, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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data studio - the dashboard for you daily stats

Reviewed 10 months ago
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I love how quick I can setup dashboard for daily monitoring my KPIs. I also love how quick I am able to generate quick reports form multiple sources.

Cons

Data studio itself is very fast, but gathering data or refreshing connections sometimes takes ages.

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Alec L.

Legal Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Best Solution for Affordable Data Visualization

Reviewed 10 months ago
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The customization and usability of GDS makes it a top choice for data visualization and reporting. That fact that it's free makes it our #1 choice.

Cons

Limited connections makes pulling in from multiple data sources a bit difficult and sometimes costly.

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Arsalan J.

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Data visualization without having to code

Reviewed 3 years ago

Data Studio is an excellent choice for individuals who are comparatively new in the world of data analytics and visualization especially the ones that are not familiar with coding. The ability to create a beautiful dashboard without having to rely on coding skills is simply brilliant. And the cherry on top is, the tool's free. The tool definitely needs improvements when it comes to data filters and data source integrations. However, there's isn't much to complain about since they're not charging a single penny for the service.

Pros

- No coding expertise required. - Really easy-to-use. - Perfect for newbies entering in the world of data analytics and visualization. - Free

Cons

- Limited analytical features. - Limited customization options. - More data source integrations required.

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Lee G.

Broadcast Media, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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How Good it is

Reviewed 3 years ago

i really like it it is really easy to use and i love it and i dont really like how people try to use u for your money and try and scam you but other than that its really helpful

Pros

i really like it it is really easy to use and i love it

Cons

i dont really like how people try to use u for your money and try and scam you

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John Aries J.

Human Resources, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Easy to use dashboards

Reviewed a year ago

This has been the easiest tool that I have used in creating a dashboard for the trackers that I have. The options on the graphs and charts are exactly what I needed in presenting the data that I have.

Pros

The fact that this software is fully integrated with the G Suite, it made my reports simpler and easier to manager. The dashboards are customizable and can tailor fit to your needs as well as the needs of the stakeholder.

Cons

There will be instances when the software has lag when the data tends to be that of a 12 month period. There will be a time when you will have to archive old information.

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Llana S.

E-Learning, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Dashboard Advantage

Reviewed 25 days ago

With this app, I always impress the management with the dashboard and reports I create. It definitely takes my reporting to a new level!

Pros

What I like most about this software is I can connect it to my Google Sheets and my Dashboard automatically updates with each new data activity in my sheets.

Cons

Sometimes updating can take a while even if I have refreshed the Dashboard several times. I'm not sure if it's only my internet.

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Izhar J.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Google Data Studio Is A Must For Data Visualization

Reviewed 5 months ago

To have a data dashboard free of charge with all the connectors is great value and for organisations that need even more options there is the paid Looker Pro version.

Pros

I love that when you understand the basics you have a lot of possibilities to visualise data to help you take more data driven decisions.

Cons

Sometimes there are errors for some reason that do not reflect the data as wanted. Some connectors have long loading times.

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Harshjot S.

Education Management, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Analyzing with the Google Data Studio

Reviewed a year ago

I have been using Google Data Studio for a long time now and it is one of an amazing application to analyzing and reporting your data along with sharing the work progress.

Pros

It is one of the easy to use analyzing and visualizing data application with a lot of features to sort and filter out the main prioritize data.

Cons

Sometimes it take time to create reports with huge amount of data and large files.

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Jude C.

Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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''Ease data analysis platform.''

Reviewed 4 months ago

I have a great experience using this platform.

Pros

With the platform there is ease data manipulation. One can easily view real time data on the sales funnel hence prioritizing on some main issues. One can easily visualize it with any other logins. Great platform one can use for prototyping our dashboards.

Cons

Options for visualising are missing. That is in the expensive software.

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Market Research, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Easy to use for a start, a bit harder to master for complex dashboards

Reviewed 2 years ago

It's quite simple to use for a start and it gives a nice result right away. However if you want to start building more complex dashboards, it can be extremely tricky to use. I also like the fact that one can creates his own visualisation. To have this level of customisation is quite impressive.

Pros

Almost seamless integrations with BigQuery and Google Sheets. As with everything in the Google environment, if you use other tools from them, the integration is extremely easy. Overall it's very simple to create a simple dashboard that answers simple questions.

Cons

There seems to be some bugs for example when switching from two similar datasets (same dataset names, same field ids and same field types), the underlying graph definitions are somewhat altered (some graphs disappeared, for other the filter is gone, etc).

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Antonin M.

Insurance, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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The easy-to-use dashboard maker

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

This is a Google software, meaning that it connects very well with other Google softwares such as Google Analytics or Google Ads. So, if you are using all these for your business, it is a great way not to get lost with the tools you are using. Google Analytics and Google Ads are great at showing results, but with the addition of Google Data Studio, you can have a powerful vision of your KPI completion in one click, saving you a great time.

Cons

the connection between other Google tools is, however, not generous. Most of the time in your business, with your own KPI, you will find yourself defining your own parameters in Google Analytics. Those customs parameters cannot be extracted to Google Data Studio at the time this review is written. You can only access to the default Google Analytics parameters, which can be very frustrating when trying to create valuable dashboards.

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Internet, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Best free reporting tool

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

The best part of it is that I no longer have to spend hours on making reports for our clients. You just make a template, create a data source and it's done. It's one of the best tools Google came up with in the last years. It's very easy to use and extremely intuitive.

Cons

Could use a couple more integration (Facebook for exemple) but hey it's FREE and it's very very good.

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Mohammad B.

Computer Software, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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One of the best data visaulization tool

Reviewed 10 months ago

We wanted a product that helps our decision making process by making use of our raw data that we have to make stakeholders aligned with our future strategies.

Pros

Its very easy to use with a lot of resources available online for training. The product is straightforward with a very little learning curve. Best for visualizing raw data.

Cons

There are a few limitations on the types of graphs available for visualizing the data.

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Nicolas V.

Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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The Easy Dashboarding solution

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

Very easy to use and can collect data from a lot of sources with basic connectors.

Cons

No native connector to facebook, we need to extract data into Google Spreadsheet and then link the SS has a new data source

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Computer Software, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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The best free tool for marketing data visualization

Reviewed 3 years ago

Data studio gives back what you put in. The more you learn the more you get out of it. I can’t recommend this product enough.

Pros

I love Google Data Studio. I have automated 90% of my Google Analytics and Google Search Console tasks by just building dashboards with all of my relevant data. I can’t speak highly enough about this product.

Cons

I think more custom data sets can require Some technical or at least some spreadsheet skills. If you don’;t have those it can be difficult to troubleshoot this product. That said, anyone can learn those skills and I highly recommend they do!

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Steve B.

Consumer Electronics, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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GDS makes nice reusable dashboards without the need to log in to GA

Reviewed 2 years ago

My go-to tool for creating packaged dashboards. It's then easy to re-use them as templates for other organisations and not just for that particular website

Pros

The dashboards are more user-friendly and appealing than many of the other competitors out there. This can be important when trying to win over less tech savvy business colleagues who want a more colourful and easy to use view. Especially if all they require is a scheduled email containing a PDF.

Cons

Occasionally a certain tweak to a dashboard isn't possible, e.g. customising a bar graph's labels so they show the percentages rather than the absolute values. In this example you have to choose a less-preferred pie chart instead.

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Guillaume M.

Internet, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Great tool for interactive reports

Reviewed 7 months ago
Pros

Quick to get results, templating ,sharing options

Cons

GUI is a bit old fashion and experience could be smoother, many connectors are for third party and paid