Google Sheets vs. Looker Studio

Google Sheets

644 Reviews and Ratings

Looker Studio

295 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Google Sheets	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Google Sheets is the spreadsheet app available on Google Workspace, or standalone, with a free plan for personal use and accessible via mobile apps for iOS and Android.	N/A
Looker Studio	Score7.6 out of 10	N/A	Looker Studio is a data visualization platform that transforms data into meaningful presentations and dashboards with customized reporting tools.	$9 per month per user per project

Pricing

Google Sheets

Looker Studio

No answers on this topic

Looker Studio Pro: $9
per month per user per project
Looker Studio: No charge

Pricing Offerings
Google Sheets	Looker Studio
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Google Sheets	Looker Studio
Considered Both Products	Google carlos ibarra Director Operaciones in Marketing at Posicion Uno (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Sheets I enjoy the ease of access and sharing information with anyone, google sheets is great for that. You can easily send a link in an email or text message which makes it easier than other programs because you have to purchase separately if their software doesn't come included at … Incentivized Helpful?	Google Verified User Chose Looker Studio Google Data Studio integrates data into visually appealing reports and can constantly update based on the linked data source (i.e., Google Analytics), a feature that neither of the platforms listed can do. However, sometimes Google Data Studio can't generate graphs based on my … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Looker Studio We selected Looker Studio because we are Google Workspace users, and Looker Studio is natively integrated with it. Incentivized Helpful?
	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 Sheets

Looker Studio

Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Sheets and Looker Studio
Feature	Google Sheets - Ratings	Looker Studio 8.0 53 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports	00 Ratings	7.037 Ratings
Customizable dashboards	00 Ratings	8.552 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates	00 Ratings	8.451 Ratings

Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Sheets and Looker Studio
Feature	Google Sheets - Ratings	Looker Studio 7.6 52 Ratings
Drill-down analysis	00 Ratings	9.544 Ratings
Formatting capabilities	00 Ratings	8.048 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages	00 Ratings	4.024 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration	00 Ratings	8.951 Ratings

Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Sheets and Looker Studio
Feature	Google Sheets - Ratings	Looker Studio 8.2 52 Ratings
Publish to Web	00 Ratings	7.546 Ratings
Publish to PDF	00 Ratings	9.545 Ratings
Report Versioning	00 Ratings	8.033 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling	00 Ratings	7.436 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers	00 Ratings	8.818 Ratings

Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Sheets and Looker Studio
Feature	Google Sheets - Ratings	Looker Studio 7.1 51 Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)	00 Ratings	9.551 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization	00 Ratings	9.048 Ratings
Predictive Analytics	00 Ratings	5.026 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining	00 Ratings	5.02 Ratings

User Ratings
	Google Sheets	Looker Studio
Likelihood to Recommend	8.9 (40 ratings)	8.9 (54 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.5 (2 ratings)	8.5 (5 ratings)
Availability	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)	6.7 (10 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)