We performed a comparison between Sigma and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable aspect for me is having real-time data."
"The tool's interface is easy to use. The functions listed as a part of the menu items are easy to use."
"Sigma is a great software for non-technical business users. If someone's familiar with pivot tables or Excel or Google Sheets, they should be able to pick up Sigma pretty quickly. There is a very low bar for onboarding."
"The best thing I like about Tableau is that you don't have to go for creating; it is calculated free."
"The solution is configurable and flexible. We can customize the dashboards and configure the interface the way that we want. The data can be manipulated and arranged in different ways, such as columns."
"Any feature I am looking for usually is part of the next upgrade within a few months. They have a very good dynamic evolution."
"This service is the combination of very pleasant, interactive graphical visualizations along with the application of advanced statistical models (in some cases)."
"It is so easy to do a lot of things. There is a lot of flexibility and creativity in this product. In other products, you don't have this flexibility."
"Partner support is very good."
"The most valuable feature is that we can integrate with our own database, and it will displays the KPIs. This is highly required from the business side."
"The most valuable feature is the richness of its visualization and from a self-service standpoint, the ease of use."
"I would like to see better visualization options. That would allow me to build out more visually pleasing dashboarding in Sigma."
"The only minor area for improvement lies in handling highly complex visualizations."
"The product's roadmap regarding introducing new features in the solution or new versions of the tool can be made better in the future."
"Navigating through activities like cleansing, reshaping, and wrangling extensive or complicated datasets could prove challenging within the Tableau environment."
"When it comes to large datasets, the data should be extracted faster."
"They need to improve the bar chart position and width."
"I take a long time to process the hundreds of thousands or millions of records that must be processed every day."
"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."
"The data entered into Tableau must be clean. Otherwise, it won't work properly."
"The tool's OpenAI integration was announced last year. However, it is late. Tableau is a good solution for end customers. However, there are some concerns regarding the stability and performance of its server architecture, including SaaS services. The server side appears unstable, and performance issues are noticeable, often accompanied by unclear error messages."
"The performance could be better."
Sigma is ranked 18th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 3 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 293 reviews. Sigma is rated 9.4, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Sigma writes "Streamlines reporting; like Excel on steroids ". 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". Sigma is most compared with Apache Superset, Microsoft Power BI, Hex, Amazon QuickSight and Domo, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Domo, Amazon QuickSight, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our Sigma vs. Tableau report.
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