We performed a comparison between Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"We were able to embed the report builder within our internal proprietary systems, improving our reporting capabilities."
"It is a stable solution."
"The stability of SSRS has been reliable, with minimal issues encountered during our usage."
"I like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services' automated reporting feature."
"I'm very satisfied with the customer service. And usually, whenever we have any issue or details, we get to the person for the support. I'm really satisfied with the service. Within a few minutes or within a few hours, the support person will be available."
"The solution's features are all just wrapped up in one nice easy package. I don't need a lot of toolsets to get everything I need done."
"It is scalable."
"The SQL Server Reporting Services makes it very easy to get the data whenever we need it."
"The solution is being delivered to our customer, who appreciates the insights generated from the reports. It is easy for them to drill into the details and use interactive charts."
"It is very easy to implement and to use."
"Data handling, visualizations, and aesthetics of it are the most valuable features."
"The geospatial maps representation and the visualizations are nice."
"It is easy to adapt visualizers to have interactive conversations among decision-makers."
"The Web Editing capabilities allow us to grant end users enough capabilities for them to do self-serve discovery without the added cost of needing to get everyone desktop licenses."
"The most important feature is the tool is very easy to use. This makes it simple to introduce it to CxOs. After a rapid demo, they are usual impressed by the results shown, because it has such a rare simplicity."
"This solution has improved insights into quantitative data."
"It doesn't have quite the flexibility of a Tableau or something like that. Many users are more comfortable with Tableau and I'm not quite sure why that is right now, but it seems to be the case."
"Sometimes, we need to make sure that the configuration stays consistent across the reporting instances. They all connect to the same database. So, it shares that same backend, but the reporting services itself can also be configured. On the application level, for reporting level. And it is, based on my own experience, it is a manual effort to make sure that the reporting servers are configured the same across the environment."
"I would like the solution to add the scheduling feature for reports."
"Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services needs to improve performance."
"The product should improve its performance."
"Technical support is in minor need of improvement so that they can solve problems in a more timely manner."
"In this solution, the cost should be reduced for the enterprise edition."
"The solution's interface is old."
"Requires a lot of user training."
"I would like Tableau to handle geospatial data better in terms of multiple layers and shapefiles."
"Firstly, the high cost of Tableau licenses makes it inaccessible for many mid-scale clients. Secondly, the server requires at least 128GB of RAM, which can be impractical for some systems. We need a dedicated system to use Tableau."
"It needs a little bit more advanced modeling. I would like to see functionality like Cognos has in the Framework Manager."
"They need to improve the bar chart position and width."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"When you're working on a dashboard, you can't select multiple components at a time and align them, so you have to go one by one. This is very cumbersome."
"An advanced type of visualization is a bit tricky to create. It has something called a Calculated field, and that sometimes gets a bit difficult to use when you want to create an advanced type of visualization."
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 7th in Reporting with 16 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in Reporting with 293 reviews. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.8, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services writes "Offers useful templates but needs to improve the connectivity offered". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tableau writes "Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time". Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, TIBCO Jaspersoft, SAP Crystal Reports, Oracle OBIEE and IBM Cognos, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Domo, Amazon QuickSight, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services vs. Tableau report.
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