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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Epicor Grow

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Grow, from Epicor since the March 2022 acquisition, is a business intelligence software that is designed to empower businesses to become data-driven and accelerate growth by aligning team objectives and inspiring strategic decisions.N/A

    Looker Studio

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ALooker Studio is a data visualization platform that transforms data into meaningful presentations and dashboards with customized reporting tools.

    $9

    per month per user per project

    Pricing
    Epicor GrowLooker Studio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Looker Studio Pro
    $9
    per month per user per project
    Looker Studio
    No charge
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Epicor GrowLooker Studio
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Epicor GrowLooker Studio
    Considered Both Products
    Epicor Software
    No answer on this topic
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    32 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
    Epicor GrowLooker Studio
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Epicor Grow and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    8.0
    32 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Looker Studio
    8.0
    53 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Customizable dashboards9.032 Ratings8.552 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.025 Ratings8.451 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.037 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Epicor Grow and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.7
    31 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Looker Studio
    7.6
    52 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.027 Ratings9.544 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.028 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.030 Ratings8.951 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Epicor Grow and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    6.7
    29 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Looker Studio
    8.2
    52 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Publish to Web7.025 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.025 Ratings9.545 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling6.025 Ratings7.436 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.818 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Epicor Grow and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    26 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Looker Studio
    7.1
    51 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.024 Ratings9.551 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.023 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.026 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Epicor Grow and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    31 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Epicor Grow and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.513 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Epicor Grow and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    20 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    REST API7.020 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Epicor GrowLooker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (32 ratings)
    8.9
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.1
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Epicor GrowLooker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Epicor Software
    Grow.com is well suited if you have a lot of data or client data to manage. If you do not have tons of data, there are other options out there that are a bit more simple and easy to use and a better price.
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    Google
    Looker Studio is well-suited for those wanting to analyze web/site data and performance quickly. It is simple enough to learn/use for quick report-building or drilling into data. Looker Studio is easier to use/understand than the GA4 console and thus has a better UI/UX. It is an efficient tool for fast, simple data needs—especially for team members with limited analytical capabilities and knowledge.
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    Pros
    Epicor Software
    • I love the fact that you have a team of developers who can help me build metrics or fix metrics that I do not create properly. I had to learn SQL in order to really build the metrics that mattered, which was a lot of fun, but resulted in many broken metrics. The vendor's team was great in responding to me requests for help!
    • Really, really appreciate the fact that Grow has SQL formulas to reference when building metrics. Again, as a novice, this accelerated my ability to learn and not have to leave your site and resources and stay within the Grow web properties.
    • Great account managers who check in regularly and are willing to help out whenever needed.
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    Google
    • Self-service
    • Easy to use, point and click
    • Little to no training required
    • Easy to share internally and externally
    • Rich visualizations
    • Canned reports
    • Easy to copy/paste/dupe existing reports
    • Ability to join data sets
    • Easy integration with various data sources
    • Flexible data integrations, including lowest common denominator (CSV, XLS, G-Sheets)
    • Wide range of APIs
    • Secure / authentication via Google SSO
    • Easy to share / re-assign ownership of reports and data sources
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    Cons
    Epicor Software
    • There are basic labeling issues with some of the graph types. Wish there was more customizability here, especially on complex graphs.
    • Could help more with analysis of data and trends, but that's going into full-fledged BI territory.
    • The functionality of being able to snapshot data isn't quite there.
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    Google
    • Few functionalities are very exclusive only for data studio.
    • It's time taking to load data and at the same time only single Data source can be connected.
    • When editing the reports you have to switch between Edit and View mode to see how does the change looks like.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    It is the simplest and least expensive way for us to automate our reporting at this time. I like the ability to customize literally everything about each report, and the ability to send out reports automatically in emails. The only issue we have been having recently is a technical glitch in the automatic email report. Sadly, there is almost no support for this tool from Google, but is also free, so that is important to take into consideration
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    Usability
    Epicor Software
    This tool is definitely a little bit difficult to be able to figure out at first, but after some time of learning you can definitely pick it up. I do wish there were more resources online that would be able to help speed up the learning process
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    Google
    It is not ideal and requires time and dedication to understand how to work with it. Also, it has a lot of limitations around data it can accept. But in most cases, this tool is sufficient for everyday tasks of product and marketing departments. I wouldn't say that the interface is very user-friendly, but for people who regularly work with analytical tools, it must be ok.
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    Support Rating
    Epicor Software
    The support team is very helpful and in every situation we have needed help in, they have been able to assist. So I have had a good experience with them
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    Google
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Epicor Software
    Grow doesn't have as many advanced analytics features and other capabilities as some other 'dashboard' platforms on the market. Simply, if you want a tool for internal use only that has high-level analytics capabilities (regressions, completely custom visualizations, modeling), Grow probably isn't the platform for you. To put it another way, if you have a team of data engineers and scientists doing complex analysis, Grow might not make the most sense. However, if you understand the value of data/visualization/dashboards, but lack some of those skillsets in your company, Grow might be the perfect fit. Not only is it incredibly scalable and reasonably priced compared to other market solutions, but their transform capabilities really stand out. They have many native data transformations that mimic SQL coding of a dataset, without requiring any knowledge of SQL. They've converted these transformations to easy-to-use tools in the platform, which are perfect for the less-technical user.
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    Google
    The free version of Looker Studio is still better than the leading enterprise-embedded BI tools, despite its weaknesses. The leading embedded BI platforms have terrible visualizations that can be spotted a mile away. They are also primarily locked to a grid, making it very hard to fully customize. The price point is also a major deterrent, since users end up paying for lots of features they might never use. Looker Studio has weaknesses on the blending and modeling side, but we've been able to get by via connection to GBQ and transformation done in dbt.
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    Return on Investment
    Epicor Software
    • Made it so much easier and faster to access data across tools
    • Lessened the time exporting and uploading data to excel/sheets for analysis
    • Made data and metrics more easily accessible to others in our orgs
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    Google
    • Free, so the only investment is time
    • Because it doesn't have native support of non-Google sources, it can cost more money than Tableau
    • The time spent formatting the templates or building connectors can have a negative impact on ROI
    • As a agency, charging for the reporting service is profitable after the first month or two after building the dashboard.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Epicor Grow Screenshots

    Screenshot of Marketing desktop dashboard in dark-mode.Screenshot of TV, desktop, and mobile dashboards.Screenshot of KPI desktop dashboard in light-mode.Screenshot of Chart builder and data visualization.