We performed a comparison between Tableau and ThoughtSpot 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."Tableau is easy to use compared to some other solutions, such as Excel."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the aggregation function."
"I have found Tableau easy to use and the features are superb."
"The product’s performance is better than other tools."
"There are already connectors to almost every single major database and service that you can possibly think of."
"The most valuable feature is the 3D charting."
"Tableau is good for routine dashboards, and it has integration with Slack, through which it can send you daily updates."
"I like ThoughtSpot's search capabilities. You can also create custom analytics even if you aren't an experienced data analyst. We have users with no data analytics experience making some of the dashboards we've created, copying components, and customizing them to their specific use cases."
"ThoughtSpot takes the modifying of existing reports out of our hands."
"The initial setup was very straightforward."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"I would say the return on investment is good. Whatever we invested, we got results. We have been finding it easy to use and onboard new use cases."
"It's easy to drill down or expand data to get more details right out of the box."
"The scalability is good."
"The ability to do ad hoc explorations of data has been most valuable."
"It is not so great when it comes to data exchange/integration, data mining, etc."
"The user story model is the most deceptive part of Tableau. It is a big marketing option, however, the reality is that it is not enough."
"The solution does have scalability issues."
"It should have more integration with different tools and technologies. Its licensing cost should also 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."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"The Hyper Extract functionality is not as strong as that provided by Microsoft SQL."
"When I've done presentations in the past, I've had issues with uploading the cartography."
"A customized visualization is lacking in this product."
"ThoughtSpot is a fairly new product, so some usability aspects aren't as mature as we'd like them to be. One example is their organizational methodology, like how objects are organized in their dashboards inside the product. They're all on a flat list, which works if you've got five or 10 dashboards. However, it's insufficient when you're a large enterprise with multiple groups looking at the same dashboards. It isn't organized well."
"The dashboards could give you more ability to fine tune the appearance. You get a great deal more control over how something looks in Power BI than you do in ThoughtSpot."
"If I want to order columns, this feature is not there."
"In terms of features, I'd like to be able to pivot data - for example, going from rows to columns. It's not easy to do."
"The most difficult thing I found is that it only deals with the files and does not have direct connectivity to databases."
"The one area of the solution that I do hear needs improvement is on the visualization front."
"I would like to see more flexibility in adding the pins. Currently, we have four different sizes in which I can add pins, but I would like to be able to resize my pins."
Tableau is ranked 2nd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 293 reviews while ThoughtSpot is ranked 15th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 8 reviews. Tableau is rated 8.4, while ThoughtSpot is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Tableau writes "Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ThoughtSpot writes "You can drill down into any data right out of the box, with a straightforward deployment, and great support". Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Domo, Amazon QuickSight, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks, whereas ThoughtSpot is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Looker, Amazon QuickSight, Apache Superset and Alteryx. See our Tableau vs. ThoughtSpot report.
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