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We performed a comparison between Birst and Google Data Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain."

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"The solution is free so that is a good feature.""The ability to design complex data models and equations.""The ability to integrate with a great variety of data sources.""This has improved our organization by allowing people to see their data and develop visualizations themselves.""I find it favorable regarding speed of development, ease of building, and flexibility.""Data Studio integrates seamlessly with other Google products, and we can use it with other APIs if we like.""I am impressed with the tool's scheduling mechanism, refresh mechanism, and different types of charts.""Valuable features include advanced integrated analysis and easy implementation."

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Cons
"Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution."

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"There are issues with integration and I encountered limits and warnings, especially with my pivot table size.""Stability and scalability an be improved for a full ten.""Insisting on forums, blogs and community outreach in communications, and posting videos on an established calendar would be useful.""When you physically install a product on one machine instead of the cloud, you have a better visibility, best icon quality, etc.. It's more of an issue with how we are adapting to the transition. We are still in the early moments of using this tool, and we need to go deeper to discover some improvements.""Other tools might be worth considering if you need more advanced features or support for a larger user base.""The tool should come up with data modeling layer features that are present in other products like Power BI.""It's not yet a replacement for a complete BI tool.""Panels are not as easy to use as other data extraction UIs."

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  • "Please negotiate on the price and purchase the latest version."
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  • "The tool is free."
  • "The solution is free but the Google Looker is expensive."
  • "The cost is quite affordable based on feature analysis."
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    Overview

    Birst Networked BI and Analytics eliminates information silos. Decentralized users can augment the enterprise data model virtually, as opposed to physically, without compromising data governance.

    A unified semantic layer maintains common definitions and key metrics.
    Birst’s two-tier architecture aligns back-end sources with line-of-business or local data. Birst’s Automated Data Refinement extracts data from any source into a unified semantic layer. Users are enabled with self-service analytics through executive dashboards, reporting, visual discovery, mobile tools, and predictive analytics. Birst Open Client Interface also offers integration with Tableau, Excel and R.

    Birst goes to market in two primary ways: as a direct sale, for enterprises using Birst on internal data to manage their business; and embedded, for companies who offer analytic products, by embedding and white-labeling Birst capabilities into their products.

    Birst’s is packaged in 3 available formats: Platform and per-user fee; by Department or Business Unit; by end-customer (for embedded scenarios).

    Google Data Studio (beta) turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable. Dashboarding allows you to tell great data stories to support better business decisions.

    Sample Customers
    Citrix Systems, Jive Software, SunnyD, Toshiba Medical Systems, Cisco OpenDNS, RB, Sunny D, Vertafore
    Genesys, Shueisha
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Healthcare Company25%
    Retailer17%
    Insurance Company8%
    Computer Software Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Educational Organization7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise52%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Birst is ranked 32nd in Reporting while Google Data Studio is ranked 14th in Reporting with 8 reviews. Birst is rated 7.4, while Google Data Studio is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Birst writes "The dashboards and Visualizer are valuable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Data Studio writes "The cloud environment makes it easier to use large volumes of data and collaborate with coworkers". Birst is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, ThoughtSpot and Alteryx, whereas Google Data Studio is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Looker, Microsoft Power BI and Databricks.

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