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Google Charts vs. Tableau Desktop

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Google Charts

298 Reviews and Ratings

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2,288 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

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.1 out of 10
    		N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $75

    per month

    Pricing
    Google ChartsTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google ChartsTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All pricing plans are billed annually.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Google ChartsTableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    Tableau Online is pricier but will give you more. You pay for what you get when it comes to Google Charts - free with your Google Suite. Where Tableau is smart, Google Charts is quick and simple. In the end, it comes down to money and how complex you need to make your …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    Google Charts is a free version compared to Tableau. This was the biggest selling point, as the cost-per-user for Tableau cannot be justified since the program does not offer much more power compared to Google Charts.
    Incentivized
    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
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    I also would like to add Chart.js to the list, although it was not a searchable option. Google Charts is hard to beat, considering how effective it is, and that there's no need for an enterprise subscription. It's got basically any sort of chart or timeline or trend tracker you …
    Incentivized
    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
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    Went with Google Charts directly. Integrates with other Google apps that we use seamlessly.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    I have not used many other software similar to Google Charts because a lot of the software I have used in the past has integrated reporting available to the customer. However, for instances where our software reporting is not accurate, we are able to use this online source to …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Google Charts
    Google Charts, compared to other software, provides the best ratio of quality, shareability, an ease of access.
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    Jasmeet S Babra
    Marketing Data Analyst in Marketing at Brandify (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    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
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Google ChartsTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Charts and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.145 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.548 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.844 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Charts and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.3
    51 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.645 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.551 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.537 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.646 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Charts and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.549 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.646 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.643 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.737 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.830 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Charts and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    50 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.949 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.847 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.839 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Google Charts and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    45 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.844 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.839 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.841 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.831 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Charts and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Google Charts
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.546 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.629 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.744 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Google Charts and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Google Charts
    8.8
    40 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    REST API8.932 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API8.839 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    iFrames8.826 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Java API8.926 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.828 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.828 Ratings8.446 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google ChartsTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (61 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (33 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (33 ratings)
    7.0
    (56 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (22 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (22 ratings)
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)