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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

    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/APower BI for Office 365 allowed users to model and analyze data, and query large datasets with complex natural language queries. It has been discontinued in favor of other editions of Power BI going forward.N/A
    Pricing
    Google ChartsPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google ChartsPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google ChartsPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Charts
    Google Charts allowed me to introduce customize dashboard that was well received by my company steering team and also left me the option to send reports that can be easily sent over our intranet website reducing the amount of time invested working within those resources and …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google ChartsPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Charts and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.145 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.548 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.844 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Charts and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.3
    51 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.645 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.551 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.537 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.646 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Charts and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Publish to Web9.549 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.646 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.643 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.737 Ratings9.64 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.830 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Charts and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    10.0
    11 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.949 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.847 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.839 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Google Charts and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    45 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.8
    10 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.844 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.839 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.841 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.831 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Charts and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.546 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.629 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.744 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Google Charts and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    40 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    0% above category average
    REST API8.932 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Javascript API8.839 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    iFrames8.826 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Java API8.926 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.828 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.828 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Google ChartsPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (61 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (33 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (33 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 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)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (22 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 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 ChartsPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    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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    If you're already using Office 365, Power BI for O365 is an easy choice. Start playing around with the free version and then easily add individual Pro licenses with little risk. However, if you anticipate using this with many users, it can get expensive quickly.
    Incentivized
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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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    • Easy to make visual dashboards from SQL queries. Previously we had to use a third party application that had to run on a web server that was so complex to setup and run. PowerBI removes all that.
    • Ability to control who/which group has access to each dashboard or report. Ties in well with the rest of the Office 365 ecosystem.
    • Has many connectors to allow pulling data from various systems, both onsite (via gateway) or external (via APIs), and join the data to create a report/dashboard.
    • Ability to show data but also export the data, if permitted.
    • Easy to show PowerBI dashboards on SharePoint or on other websites via embedded code.
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • Licensing: Currently, Microsoft has a fixed pricing model for Office 365 users, regardless of role/function of the user. Most organizations have a small number of "power users" that create usable content and many more "consumers" that simply view/run reports created by power users. Microsoft does not differentiate between these users, and thus the pricing limits organizations from large deployments of the software.
    • Version incompatibility: Excel 2010 and 2013 workbooks are compatible with each other. However, workbooks created in 2010 that include PowerPivot databases must be upgraded to 2013 format to run in 2013. Subsequently, you cannot open these upgraded PowerPivot workbooks in 2010. This requires ALL users to be on the same version.
    • Visualization: Excel charting with PowerPivot workbooks is adequate for many users. Power View also contains a number of GREAT visualizations, including animated bubble charts and a very flexible dashboard/report design canvas. However, compared to some of the other self-service BI solutions, it is still limited in its visualization capabilities.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    I will continue to recommend this suite to folks looking for a reporting and analytics solution, as I find in MOST cases, it's great at meeting almost every requirement I've been given by a multitude of clients across a range of industries. I've built Capacity Planning solutions that allowed end user input which was then submitted to SharePoint, Executive Dashboards, custom applications, simple analytical tools for teams to easily slice and dice data, and super simple reports as well as some very complicated ones. If you haven't seen the demos online, do a search, and see for yourself - this is a great BI suite! (I do not work for Microsoft, although I do consult out there from time to time. I do occasionally make a recommendation for a different BI reporting tool, but in general, find Excel can accomplish quite a bit for less money and in less time.)
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    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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    We are satisfied with the functionality and capabilities of Power BI. Product is cost effective and full-fill the reporting requirements of the organization. You can perform most of the report level complex analysis with the help of DAX which makes Power BI very powerful analytic tool. Power BI for Office 365 has gone away and Power BI is the next evolution of it. Power BI comes with your Office 365 E5 subscription or you can purchase licensing for it separately.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    Google charts is always available and provides fast output.
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    Performance
    Google
    Connectivity is occasionally very slow.
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    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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    as of now there is strong community for Power BI, you can get solution for most of your problems from there. Also you can send your error to Microsoft as well. After every 15 days they release updates to overcome all the issues of defects.
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    Online Training
    Google
    The online training was solely done through self training on google's guide to charts.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Easy to implement
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    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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    Oracle was nice, super expensive to implement if it's not in use already. JobDiva is choppy and heavy on the system while does not give great reports. Salesforce is good; remote access is good however their support is terrible
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    Scalability
    Google
    Google Charts is essential for quick, easy, reporting. There are opportunities for advanced features.
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    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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    • As a Microsoft Partner implementing Business Intelligence solutions, Power BI has removed the barrier for our clients to begin the "BI journey". So often, projects get hung up in that early phase of procuring and installing/configuring expensive hardware and software. Just simply getting started and designing a beginning solution has allowed our clients to see results in 1-2 weeks using their data that might have taken months to achieve otherwise.
    • One significant ROI example is process improvement. In many cases, individuals or teams are spending days each month gathering data from multiple sources for reporting to their constituents. We are reducing these times to minutes by automating many of the data collection and integration processes that were previously manual.
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