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Google Charts vs. Microsoft Power BI

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Google Charts

298 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Power BI

1,906 Reviews and Ratings

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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

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.6 out of 10
    		N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $10

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Google ChartsMicrosoft Power BI
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google ChartsMicrosoft Power BI
    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 ChartsMicrosoft Power BI
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Diego Reyes
    Practice Director in Human Resources at Smile Doctors (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Google Charts
    In comparison to Microsoft Power BI, Google Charts has more ease of use for businesses who simply need a way to visually display their data from their reports. Although Power BI may be more robust in more complicated data compilation, Google Charts can still be able to do some …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    As our company heavily utilizes Google products, when we first looked into the tool to help us to present our data, we were looking if we could find anything that is from Google and can satisfy our basic needs. Google Charts fit in it very well. That does not mean we are not …
    Incentivized
    Victor Arana
    IT Manager in Information Technology at Stoneleaf Construction LLC (Construction, 51-200 employees)
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    In the case of Tableau or Google Charts, thay have a lack on customization and on the options they have. For Qlik Sense, you need to spend too much time on the data model for doing quick tests or data validation when comparing it to Microsoft Power BI. Also, Microsoft Power BI …
    Incentivized
    Chris Widner
    VP of Technology & Human Resources in Information Technology at Quality Ironworks, Inc. (Construction, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI is much easier to use than Google Charts and has better mobile support. We selected Power BI because so much of what we do is within Office 365 already so it didn't make sense to use a solution that is external to that. Even without that concern I give Power BI a …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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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
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Google ChartsMicrosoft Power BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Charts and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.145 Ratings8.5120 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.548 Ratings10.0140 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.844 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Charts and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.3
    51 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.645 Ratings7.0139 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.551 Ratings9.0138 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.537 Ratings8.0103 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.646 Ratings9.0135 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Charts and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.549 Ratings8.0129 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.646 Ratings9.0122 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.643 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.737 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.830 Ratings9.074 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Charts and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.949 Ratings9.0131 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.847 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.839 Ratings9.0102 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 Power BI
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    45 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.844 Ratings9.0121 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.839 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.841 Ratings10.0111 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.831 Ratings8.394 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Charts and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.546 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.629 Ratings7.793 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.744 Ratings7.7112 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Google Charts and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    40 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    REST API8.932 Ratings8.072 Ratings
    Javascript API8.839 Ratings9.956 Ratings
    iFrames8.826 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Java API8.926 Ratings8.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.828 Ratings8.163 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.828 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google ChartsMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (61 ratings)
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (33 ratings)
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (33 ratings)
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (22 ratings)
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (22 ratings)
    9.0
    (81 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)