Grow vs Google Cloud Comparison

Grow's approach to business intelligence is straight forward and logical. They've achieved an excellent balance between ease-of-use and a robust feature set to deliver a product that can be used by data analysis and non-technical managers alike.

Grow excels in integrating with cloud based data sources but other tools may be required to pull in premises data.

Extremely flexible and powerful. Connects to most platforms we use, also allows for configuration to our cloud platform.

While most reports are easy to develop, others can be a little more complex. Overall easy to use.

Customisation of dashboard to fit many use cases; number of integrations with leading platforms; data specialist support to help with onboarding; cost

Wish it could have a word cloud feature like similar BI systems; they need more details UK / Europe maps following their push into the market (we are a UK customer).

You can use data from various sources including Google, Instagram, and Facebook.

There are some typos on the website that make it look less professional.

I love the dashboard and ease with which I can create cards.

Some analytics I have to still input manually on a Google sheet in order for Grow to pull it.

Thanks for the review, Cole!

it sounded good in theory and the idea of it seemed great

but everything broke and nothing worked the way it should and the cost was insane. use google analytics instead, seriously.

Grow provides free account opening and no ongoing maintenance fees.The Grow app is to be downloaded from the Google Play Store and the App Store for users of Android and iOS smartphones.

Even though it's a chat window, sometimes responses take hours. no help available round-the-clock.

Extremely flexible because you can grab data to input anyway you like. If you can prepare your data in a google sheet, then you can easily import it and update it regularly.

The calculated data tabs are slightly difficult to use.

It integrates with so many softwares. If my tool is not integrated than I just use google sheets instead. I can always get data into this system and display it how I want.

I dislike the visualization options. They are pretty basic with locked down functions. It would be great if you could customize the colors on a pie chart, force a max and minimum y axis (example, I have bar graphs with accuracy as a percentage. I cannot have the top of the chart at 100%, its always 115-120%. It doesn't make alot of sense. Its a young tool, so they are improving it constantly. I have faith this platform will only get better over time. I would def recommend it to anyone, especially on a budget and is more of a DIY BI person.

Grow has fantastic support. We always get a fast response when we need something built or have a question about a metric. Additionally, they are constantly improving the platform to make it very easy to use. The metrics look clean and you can pull data from almost limitless sources.

The 50 metric limit on the basic package. I wish they included 100 metrics at the base price.

My favorite thing about this software is that it integrates a lot of other data from different kind of applications. Some of my favorites are Google analytics and Trello. It also has unlimited users which is nice when your company is continuously growing.

The demo which they provide does not really allow you to see many of my favorite functions of the software but once again it is just a demo.

We have data living in all sorts of places around the web; from Salesforce to Google Docs, all of our data is at our fingertips. I've created multiple metrics that allows us to ask the right questions about how our firm is growing.

A lot of their metrics can be built using simple commands they call "transforms" but some of it still requires knowing SQL which can be a bit of a pain if you don't know any.

I liked that I could teach it to my self and create what I needed to without the need to hire a developer. I've used other BI platforms, and yes they might have been more powerful, but I had to hire a developer to do what I needed to. For a business that needs to keep track of key sales metrics and employee metrics. Grow is perfect.

It took some time to get a handle on the spreadsheet functions. It works almost like Excel and Google sheets but not exactly. Some of the common formula commands are tweaked slightly and I had to train my self to use the Grow formula commands.

We use it to import data from google sheets and our CRM called JobNimbus. I love the fact that we can take the data break it apart and then strength back together to gather a series of data points for just about any type of report that is needed.

It takes some time to understand how to filter and sort the data but once you have it understood it’s easy to change and manipulate.

Dashboards look nice and are able to support multiple departments

Several bugs and glitches that will lose your settings, not format numbers correctly.

Easy to use, great design, flexible, excellent integrations, fast customer service.

Doesn't include a few features, like sparklines with hovers for point in time data, that I with it did.

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Trash in trash out. Working on your business not in your business. This isn't a negative on Grow as much as the user. You have to learn the system, collect data, and accept the results. Grow pairs well with a strategic plan, but you have to start with a strategic plan.

What made Grow ideal for a small(er) business like ours is the fact they provide all three components of a traditional data warehouse solution under one roof: warehouse, ETL, and BI. We were able to engage a single company to handle all of these services without any prior knowledge of cloud computing, business intelligence, etc. The BI interface is much cleaner and easier to work with than another service that we have worked with. We have used Amazon Quicksight in the past and it always left me wanting more. I have not gotten that with Grow.

I will occasionally encounter some user experience or user interface issues. For example, some of the SQL syntax highlighting/auto-completion will not work. Sometimes text widgets will just "disappear" after I have dragged them onto the canvas. I haven't been able to establish a pattern, but it's kind of inconvenient when it happens.

Thanks for the feedback, Doug! We sent the UI feedback to our product team to look into. Thanks for letting us know.

What separates Grow from the other players in the SaaS BI reporting software space is three fold. 1) Price. I had a call with DOMO and actually laughed when they told me what their platform would cost me each month. Grow is affordable for small agencies, startups and small to mid sized companies - especially when you factor in the ROI it generates. 2) Ease of use. We looked at MSBI but it's complexities...

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Surely I could find something bad to say right? Not really! I guess if forced I would say that they need to be easier to find on the web. I would have started using Grow months ago - had I known it was out there. So, get those marketing guys to work! Hey - I'm a marketing guy - put me to work!

I like the look and feel of grow. It looks really now and not outdated. It really is a great looking product.

a) Some of the metrics are sometimes not as manipulative as we would like. Where we would like to move around a number or something. They are more static. b) The real big one is the full screen mode. We love the look and feel over it but for us where we would use this the most would be in a presentation. Where we would present the different dashboards. We dont like how you cant click to the next dashboard. The only option is to wait a minute or exit out.

easy to use and we rely on google cloud on a daily basis across our sales and marketing teams.

no cons at this time, we depend on Google cloud and it's helped our business grow. No Cons.

Google cloud platform has made deploying our application easier than ever. Google handles a lot of the hard work and has made it so we have more time to do the things we need to do instead of worrying about a lot of the little pieces.

Costs can start to add up as you continue to grow, but I still think the convenience it provides is worth every penny.

I like all help and training from the customer team. Also all credits make our business start to grow.

Prices. Kind high on some services such as A.I

I like the convenience in using Google cloud. Additionally, their emphasis on data security and advanced analytics tools makes it a compelling choice for organizations looking to innovate and grow securely in the cloud.

Potential drawback of Google Cloud is the limited availability of certain specialized or niche services compared to other cloud providers.

1. Large storage is being provided to users to store large amount of data in one place. 2. Interactive software use by bussiness firms too handle data base. 3. High speed upload and download speed . 4. Works in many parts of countries like North America Africa etc. 5. Prices were divided on the basis of Categories like regional coldline class

1. Quite expensive than other clouding softwares avaialble on internet nowdays. 2. Its not for noob user as need to have some knowledge regarding the use of cloud facility as confuses users with alot of menus . 3. Downloading data requires an expensive sum of money .

The Google Cloud Platform is an essential tool for any business that works with storage and data, with an excellent combination of products and services for any business. The GCP has many benefits, such as the ability to handle almost any type of workload, whether it's for a small business or a large corporation. It also offers a wide range of customization options that are only limited by the imagination of the user.

The Google Cloud Platform is a powerful platform that allows us to build and scale our applications, store and process data for our customers and more. The best part about the GCP is that it is designed to scale and grow with our business.

Google could allows me to create instances with dedicated and flexible IP addresses and also allows me to create multiple GCP instance with different OS. It also allows me to scale my instances with GPU increase and storage increase.

Some of the GCP tools are slow in communicating with each other. Creating distributed systems in GCP is a task that takes a long time but its worth the process.

Google Cloud Platform is a comprehensive set of tools that can help your business grow. With its various services, you can develop and host applications, store data, and manage communication infrastructure. You can also use it to analyze data for insights that can improve your business operations. And because it's a Google product, you know that it's backed by the reliability and security of the world's largest search engine.

Google Cloud Platform can be improved by increasing the speed of its services. Sometimes it takes a long time for actions to complete, which can be frustrating for users. Additionally, the user interface could be simplified in some areas, making it easier to navigate.

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