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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Charts

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Charts provides a way to visualize data on your website - for free. From simple line charts to complex hierarchical tree maps, the chart gallery provides a large number of ready-to-use chart types. The most common way to use Google Charts is with simple JavaScript that you embed in your web page.N/A

    Grafana

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGrafana is a data visualization tool developed by Grafana Labs in New York. It is available open source, managed (Grafana Cloud), or via an enterprise edition with enhanced features. Grafana has pluggable data source model and comes bundled with support for popular time series databases like Graphite. It also has built-in support for cloud monitoring vendors like Amazon Cloudwatch, Microsoft Azure and SQL databases like MySQL. Grafana can combine data from many places into a single dashboard.

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    Google ChartsGrafana
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Grafana Cloud - Pro
    $8
    per month up to 1 active user
    Grafana Cloud - Free
    Free
    10k metrics + 50GB logs + 50GB traces up to 3 active users
    Grafana Cloud - Advanced
    Volume Discounts
    custom data usage custom active users
    Grafana - Enterprise Stack
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google ChartsGrafana
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google ChartsGrafana
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Grafana Labs
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Google ChartsGrafana
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Charts and Grafana
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Grafana
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.145 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.548 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.844 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Charts and Grafana
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.3
    51 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Grafana
    6.8
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.645 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.551 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.537 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.646 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Charts and Grafana
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Grafana
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Publish to Web9.549 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.646 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.643 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.737 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.830 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Charts and Grafana
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Grafana
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.949 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.847 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.839 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Google Charts and Grafana
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    45 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Grafana
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.844 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.841 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Charts and Grafana
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Grafana
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.546 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.629 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.744 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Google Charts and Grafana
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    40 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Grafana
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.826 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.828 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.828 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Google ChartsGrafana
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Kibana
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google ChartsGrafana
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (61 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (33 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (33 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google ChartsGrafana
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    We can easily recommend Google Charts to any company that needs a way to visually represent their data. Another great thing about Google Charts is that it is free to use and does not require any membership fees. Although it requires a skilled used to be able to use the charts, the results are great and can be beneficial to any company who is looking to make better decisions.
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    Grafana Labs
    Just about any organization with more than one server and more than one cluster as it scales very well. Configuration of the application takes time and finesse to fine tune to where the balance of load time and getting data quickly meets. The plugins add load time but fine tuning for the application to meet demand needs nailed down at implementation
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    Pros
    Google
    • they're free with Google suite and they have backing in terms of powerful Google apps which can be plugged in to perform multiple actions like using Google sheets to import raw data into Google Charts
    • they're the most simple app to use when it comes to creating charts and visual dashboards
    • ease of customization
    • ease of using custom APIs from developers side to help make any types of charts and dashboards you want
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    Grafana Labs
    • Alerting through many different medium as Slack, Email, Webhook etc
    • Beautiful and unlimited number of dashboards to view your metrics and tweak them as you please
    • Log aggregation and powerful Logql to filter and view your logs
    • Microservices monitoring
    • Large number of plugins and data sources to collect your metrics from almost anywhere
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    Cons
    Google
    • I would like a couple more introductory videos or a live chat option for when you run into an issue. I think this is a Google-wide problem, not only linked to Google Charts.
    • I have run into some issues with the Dynamic Data but also admittedly could potentially dive in deeper and investigate.
    • It would be great if Google Charts made it possible to integrate Google Chat into the platform.
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    Grafana Labs
    • There are some settings which we can't configure from UI (Web Console).
    • We've open[ed] up configuration files in command line text editors and manually do the settings e.g. LDAP/SSO configuration.
    • In terms of visualization, it's best, but it doesn't support log analysis otherwise it could destroy business of all other visualization tools.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    Google Charts is a good product. It's widely supported with deep documentation and a large community. But for me, it wasn't customizable enough. When we started with simple charts, it was great, but as we got deeper and more complex, our needs outgrew the library. If I was going forward, I would choose a more barebones library with more freedom and extensibility.
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    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Google
    Google Charts is about as easy to use as the rest of their applications. The UI is very well thought out, allowing you to add what you need, and customize it to your exact liking. The default theme is actually really nice, which helps as most of the time, customizing is not needed.
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    Grafana Labs
    It is infinitely flexible. If you can imagine it, Grafana can almost certainly do it. Usability may be in the eye of the beholder however, as there is time needed to curate the experience and get the dashboards customized to how it makes sense to you. I know one thing they are working on are more templates, based on data sources
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    Google charts is always available and provides fast output.
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    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Google
    Connectivity is occasionally very slow.
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    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Google
    As a free tool with massively powerful, infinitely customisable charts that can be dynamically updated - Google Charts is my favourite data visualisation tool. However, my hatred of JavaScript does jade my view on it. This is the price of the tool though, and I'm glad it's available for me.
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    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Google
    The online training was solely done through self training on google's guide to charts.
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    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Easy to implement
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    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Google Charts stacks up better since it is free and does not have the constant pressure for cost overruns, add-ons, annual maintenance and implementation services. The speed of using Google Charts is quick, saving users potentially weeks in getting up and going. For the readers of websites with limited resources, the application shows up nicely is look and feel with charts. Great way of showing data visually.
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    Grafana Labs
    Grafana blows Nagios out of the water when it comes to customization. The ability to feed almost any data source makes it very versatile and the cost is great.
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    Scalability
    Google
    Google Charts is essential for quick, easy, reporting. There are opportunities for advanced features.
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    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Google
    • teams were easily able to create charts and find out progress on our learning courses and thus take actionable insights to their managers, professors
    • students could also know their progress on various courses from one single view, same for instructors in terms of imparting education
    • sales team could learn which kind of courses sold more to focus more on those areas
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    Grafana Labs
    • Grafana has replaced many higher priced tools
    • The integrations are seemless with multiple backends
    • Combining graphs and dashboards from multiple data sources is a game changer
    Incentivized
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