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Google Charts vs. Microsoft BI (MSBI)

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Google Charts

298 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft BI (MSBI)

934 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    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

    Microsoft BI (MSBI)

    Score7.1 out of 10
    		N/AMicrosoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.

    $14

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Google ChartsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google ChartsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google ChartsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    Our teams were already using Google's G suite and as google charts simply came tagged along with it, they were more than happy to go with google charts given its capabilities. Though we have another BI solution in place but teams mostly work with google charts and export their …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Microsoft BI is ideal for proficient Excel users, and it is the best choice in terms of visualizations. We decided to use Microsoft BI for these reasons.
    Incentivized
    Alexander Lubyansky
    Technical Leader for Modeling and Simulation in Research & Development at MITRE (Management Consulting, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Looking at the visualization portion of BI, there are three types of tools.
    1. Programming packages. Free and powerful, they let you make any diagram, at the cost of difficulty of use.
    2. Specialist software like Tableau and Microsoft BI. This is the best choice in most cases due to …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Google ChartsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Charts and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    48 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.145 Ratings9.041 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.548 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.844 Ratings9.046 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Charts and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.3
    51 Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    48 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.645 Ratings9.043 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.551 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.537 Ratings9.038 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.646 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Charts and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.549 Ratings9.043 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.646 Ratings9.043 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.643 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.737 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.830 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Charts and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.949 Ratings9.046 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.847 Ratings9.043 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.839 Ratings9.041 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Google Charts and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    45 Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.844 Ratings9.045 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.839 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.841 Ratings9.045 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.831 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Charts and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    38 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.546 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.629 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.744 Ratings10.035 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Google Charts and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    40 Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    20 Ratings
    REST API8.932 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Javascript API8.839 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    iFrames8.826 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Java API8.926 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.828 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.828 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google ChartsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (61 ratings)
    9.0
    (72 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (33 ratings)
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (33 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (22 ratings)
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (22 ratings)
    8.4
    (41 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)