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What do you like best about Looker Studio?

There is a lot of reporting software available online but none work so seamlessly with core Google Data Sources like Google Data Studio.

Say you want to report on Google Analytics - you click through a couple easy menus to choose your specific property and view and then you can instantly drop in and configure controls. No wading through control templates or dealing with cludgy user interfaces. Data Studio provides a "grab-your-data-and-go" solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Looker Studio?

It's still in Beta. It wasn't available in Canada for almost a year after launch. Some controls aren't really intuitive (looking at your date selectors).

The worst problem is that Beta restricts you to 5 reports per Google account. I have to get co-workers to create new reports for me now... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Looker Studio:

If you use the Google Stack for your digital marketing efforts it is well worth it. I wouldn't bother with any other solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Looker Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating reports that are linked directly to your Data Source allows your team to have an evergreen set of metrics to determine how close you are to meeting your daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly goals. Data Studio gives you a place to start your day and benchmark your success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Looker Studio Overview

What is Looker Studio?

Looker Studio offers self-service business intelligence with unmatched flexibility for smarter business decisions. Featuring connections to more than 1,000+ data sources, you can create highly visual, intuitive reports and share them with your team with consistent metrics. Looker Studio helps you tell impactful stories by creating and sharing engaging reports and data visualization, showcasing your business metrics and dimensions with intuitive smart reports, with automatic sharing for informed collaboation. Create meaningful, shareable, customizable, charts and graphs with just a few clicks, and now, with Duet AI in Looker, automatically generate reports, visualizations and slides and save countless hours.

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Product Description

Google Data Studio (beta) turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable. Start telling great stories with your data and make better business decisions.


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Google
Year Founded
1998
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Mountain View, CA
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@google
32,689,918 Twitter followers
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306,458 employees on LinkedIn®
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NASDAQ:GOOG
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+1 (650) 253-0000
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$182,527
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Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.


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Recent Looker Studio Reviews

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Mohammed H.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Good BI application"
Its user-friendly interface and free accessibility for creating insightful data visualizations are what I find best about Looker Studio.
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Pete G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
2.5 out of 5
"Great value but ultimately quite frustrating if you want to combine different platforms"
Looker is really powerful and very effective at presenting complex data - included blended metrics - in a very clean and visually appealing way
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Brian M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"GREAT FOR VISUALIZATIONS AND DASHBOARDS"
I like how easy it is to connect my data to looker studio.

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Looker Studio Demo - Sample Adwords Report
See and share your AdWords data reports in a highly visual format. View more sample reports at https://www.google.com/analytics/data-studio/gallery/
Looker Studio Demo - Sample Any Data Report
Make your own data easily come to life in beautiful charts and graphs. View more sample reports at https://www.google.com/analytics/data-studio/gallery/
Looker Studio Demo - Sample Wild Nature Website Google Analytics Report
Fully customize the look and feel of your dashboard reports. View more sample reports at https://www.google.com/analytics/data-studio/gallery/
Looker Studio Demo - Sample Marketing Report
Show your website performance, like top countries by session and engagement by demographic. View more sample reports at https://www.google.com/analytics/data-studio/gallery/
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Products used within Google Cloud: Google App Engine, Google Workspace, Google Marketing Platform, Looker, Google Cloud BigTable, Google Cloud BigQuery, Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM), Vertex AI, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text, Google Cloud Natural Language API, Looker Studio, Google Cloud Dataproc, Google Security Operations, Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Google Cloud Persistent Disk, Google Cloud Build, Google Cloud Trace, Google Firebase Test Lab, Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Spanner, Google Cloud Source Repositories, Google Cloud Shell, Google Cloud SDK, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Google Cloud Monitoring, Google Cloud Logging, Google Cloud Load Balancing, Google Cloud Key Management Service, Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, Google Cloud Functions, Google Stackdriver Error Reporting, Google Cloud Endpoints, Google Cloud DNS, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, Google Cloud Dataflow, Sensitive Data Protection, Google Cloud Console, Google Cloud CDN, Google Cloud APIs, Google Maps Platform, Google Cloud Dialogflow, Google Cloud Dataprep, Google Firebase Realtime Database, Google Cloud Profiler, Google Cloud Firestore, Google Cloud Storage for Firebase, Google Cloud Filestore, Google Cloud Storage Transfer Service, Google BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Google Cloud Armor, Google Cloud Tools for PowerShell, Google Cloud Tools for Eclipse, Gradle App Engine Plugin, Maven App Engine Plugin, Google Firebase Crashlytics, Google Cloud AutoML, Google Cloud TPU, Google Cloud Text-to-Speech, Google Cloud Security Command Center, Google Cloud Access Transparency, Google Cloud Tasks, Google Cloud Deep Learning Containers, Google Cloud Healthcare API, Google Cloud Run, Google Cloud Knative, Google Cloud GPUs, Google Cloud Data Fusion, Google Cloud Data Catalog, Google Cloud Memorystore, Google Cloud Code, Google Cloud Tekton, Google Cloud Cost Management, Google Anthos Service Mesh, Google Cloud OpenCue, Google Cloud Foundation Toolkit, Google Cloud NAT, Google VPC Service Controls, Google Cloud Identity, Google Cloud Identity Platform, Managed Microsoft AD, Google Cloud Policy Intelligence, Google Titan Security Key, Google Cloud reCAPTCHA Enterprise, Google Cloud Web Risk API, Video AI, Google Cloud Certificate Authority Service, Vertex Explainable AI, Migrate to Virtual Machines, Apigee API Management, Google Cloud Document AI, Vertex AI Search for retail, Google Anti Money Laundering AI, Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring, Manidant Automated Defense, Mandiant Threat Detection and Intelligence, Mandiant Security Validation, Google Cloud Scheduler, Google Artifact Registry, Mandiant MDR, Google Cloud Deep Learning VM Image, Google Cybersecurity training, Google Secret Manager, Cloud Domains, Google Service Catalog, Google Cloud Composer, Google Migrate to Containers, Google Cloud Firewall, Google Cloud Migration Center, Google Cloud Asset Inventory, Google Local SSD, Google Video Stitcher API, Google Cloud Recommendations AI, Google VirusTotal, Google Transcoder API, Google Cloud Transfer Appliance, Google Service Directory Platform, Google Chronicle SIEM, Google TensorFlow Enterprise, Google Device Connect for Fitbit, Payment Gateway, Google Cloud Deploy, Google Config Connector, Google Carbon Footprint, Google Earth Engine, Google Application migration, Google AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Google Analytics Hub, Google Live Stream API, Google Assured Open Source Software, Cloud IDS, Google VMware Engine, Google Backup and DR service, Google Contact Center AI, Google Network Connectivity Center, Google Confidential Computing, Google BigLake, Google Network Intelligence Center, Google Datastream, Google Dataplex, Google Cloud Workflows, Google Cloud Assured Workloads, Translation AI, Batch, Firebase Authentication, Google Cloud Functions for Firebase, Vertex AI Search and Conversation, Vertex AI Notebooks, Media Translation, Google Cloud AI Infrastructure, Recommender, Sole-tenant Nodes, Active Assist, Google Cloud API Gateway, Google Cloud Application Integration, Google Cloud Blockchain Node Engine, Google Cloud Connectivity, Google Cloud Workstations, Google Cloud Dataform, Duet AI for Google Workspace, Google Distributed Cloud Hosted, Google Cloud Immersive Stream for XR, Google Cloud Infrastructure Manager, Mandiant Attack Surface Management, Mandiant Breach Analytics for Chronicle, Google Cloud Parallelstore, Google Cloud Rapid Assessment & Migration Program (RAMP), Google Cloud Skaffold, Google Cloud Spectrum Access System (SAS), Google Cloud Tau VM, Google Cloud Telecom Data Fabric, Google Cloud Telecom Network Automation, Google Cloud Telecom Subscriber Insights, Google Cloud Terraform on Google Cloud
What do you like best about Google Cloud?

Google Cloud stands "tall" & proximity for the cutting-edge strong innovation enterprise integration with various services in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning intricacies, & data analytics capabilities with the services spanning across BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Workspace & Firebase etc.

There are enormous features - ease of use & implementation, user-friendly interface, & frequency of use is high due to the versatility of the platform in handling sophisticated workload, orchestration, data analysis, serverless computing, & customer support centric oriented with high-level documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud?

Google Cloud could benefit from enhanced compatibility with legacy systems & non-Google applications, particularly by simplifying the process of custom configurations.

As a leading force in the cloud space, Google Cloud demonstrates innovative growth, a strong customer-centric approach, & a consistently reliable suite of products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Google Cloud is resolving the enormous key challenges: - cutting-edge innovation with AI & ML-driven automation, Big Data & real-time analytics, data scalability, cloud infrastructure, security & compliance, Collaboration & productivity, Cost optimisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud?

GCP is most secure and user friendly to use.

GCP has mostly all the Services including all AI services as well.

GCP has awesome library support to use in code as well.

GCP can integrate any products from it's store easily

GCP project can be very easy to implement due to awesome infrastructures

GCP is used frequently in AI experimentation and it's suport is awesome w.r.t it's services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud?

Nothing much, it's just that they could add VS code on the vertex ai instances notebook that would be easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Implemented whole MLOps Framework on GCP using Vertex AI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Products used within Google Cloud: Google Workspace, Google Cloud BigQuery, Looker Studio
What do you like best about Google Cloud?

It's pretty easy to use and set up, I would say it is an ideal solution for small and mid size businesses as it is easy to adapt and change to a business' growing needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud?

There aren't a lot of direct customer support options, but that's not an issue for me personally Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can aggregate all of my metrics without having to pay for a ton of integrators Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KJ
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What do you like best about Google Cloud?

Google cloud offers a wide variety of file formats to upload and manage them over the cloud. Moreover, the upload and download speeds are best-in-class for all format types. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud?

The file management and storage management can be more intuitive. Also, the UI can be made a bit more sophisticated for advanced functionalities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use the entire google suite for our internal usage and this allows us seamless integration into the apps supported by google. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Looker Studio?

Its user-friendly interface and free accessibility for creating insightful data visualizations are what I find best about Looker Studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Looker Studio?

Looker Studio can be slow with large datasets and has limitations in data blending and customization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Looker Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?

Looker Studio centralizes data visualization and reporting, saving me time and providing clearer insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud?

The services and product range, ease of support, and documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud?

Cost wise its a bit expensive also some more hands on tutorials is missing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were initially on AWS we moved to cloud agnostic setup as well as using GCP fro our DRS setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BM
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What do you like best about Looker Studio?

I like how easy it is to connect my data to looker studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Looker Studio?

I dislike some of the buggyness. Sometimes I will have to set my data connection more than once before it will connect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Looker Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were looking for something that was easy to use. Our team is new to data analytics and Looker Studio has met our needs for visualizations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud?

I like the automation feature. That's the reason, I mostly use this and recommend to all my colleague as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud?

I dislike the notification feature. That's the only reason which I dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Google Cloud enables seamless scaling, particularly during heavy traffic of data. It eliminates concerns about server upkeep or infrastructure management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Looker Studio?

Data Template currently I'm using the GA4 Template and Google webmaster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Looker Studio?

I am not exploring it much I am just using GA4 and Google Webmaster data to analyze my website traffic and other metrics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Looker Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy to use and with all data in a single dashboard, Looker Studio helps collect GA4, Google Webmaster, and Google Ads data in a single dashboard. We do not need to log in to every tool one by one; just connect GA4, Google Webmaster, and Google Ads data source to Looker Studio, and your data comes in a single dashboard with easy-to-understand graph data. Its help to Collab all platform data in a single dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Looker Studio?

It is a tool that has direct connections to various common database systems like Excel, BigQuery, etc., so the ETL process is completely automated, which is very helpful. Once in the software, it is simple to use and offers a wide range of data transformations and calculated fields. My favorite aspect is that it is so fast, and even if you're querying dashboards at scale, you can use BI Engine with BigQuery to maintain high performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Looker Studio?

"It lacks some functionality for time comparisons and other types of comparisons. Tableau, for example, offers a more robust set of date and comparison-related features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Looker Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?

It accelerates access to key insights, enabling faster decision-making. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.