We performed a comparison between MySQL and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, PostgreSQL, Firebird and others in Open Source Databases."A good traditional database that supports JSON."
"I like MySQL's feature that helps to automate things."
"We use MySQL for enterprise data storage as well as part of the back-end of websites and web applications."
"We use it as a data store and from that perspective, we get everything we need."
"Table partitioning is most valuable. It is easy to use."
"The one interesting thing about this product is that it is open source. It comes from an open source product. MySQL has been positioned as open source, but it also provides support."
"MySQL's most significant attribute is its capability to create, modify, and maintain databases. This is crucial and advantageous in procedures, such as SOAR. Therefore, all SQL functions are beneficial to any backend developer or developer who requires data storage."
"The relations in the database, the dynamic workflow, and the ability to connect with all columns. It's useful for e-commerce."
"It has a shallow learning curve and so you can go to market very, very, very quickly."
"It is easy to adapt visualizers to have interactive conversations among decision-makers."
"Its dashboarding is the most valuable. It is easy to create visualizations and dashboards and import Excel sheets and ESP files in Tableau as compared to other tools."
"Tableau is a fantastic tool that provides impressive dashboards and customized reports."
"The most valuable features are data discovery and fine visualizations."
"Its performance is pretty good, and the development time is very low."
"I believe one of the most valuable features of the solution is trend analysis."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is user-friendly and intuitive."
"At times, the autoscaling does not happen when there is a surge in load."
"Integration is a key feature in need of improvement."
"I would like to see some improvements in the solution’s integration aspects."
"The workbench could be improved. In particular, error messages can be improved, which are horrific and completely unhelpful. I'd like to see improved parsing of errors. When you write SQL and it crashes, it usually is something completely irrelevant and not helpful. I've started to use GPT 3.5 for finding out how to do things. I got to do something a bit different, and that I found to be very useful. If there was some way to tie it into one of the new AI tools, that would probably be a good idea."
"Security is a concern. MySQL could have better security features."
"Rather than going in-depth about the technical features, which a technical person can directly tell, I would say that MySQL should be able to adapt to the next framework. The 5G framework means an unstructured framework. So if MySQL becomes smoother and more adaptable, it'll be easier."
"The licensing cost of the solution is expensive, which MySQL needs to consider improving."
"I feel that some tools which make it easier to create queries or make it easier for other functions would be really interesting to see."
"Lacks customization in some areas."
"Navigating through activities like cleansing, reshaping, and wrangling extensive or complicated datasets could prove challenging within the Tableau environment."
"When it comes to visualizations, Tableau has a limitation as compared to Power BI. It has a limited set of visualizations. Power BI has the entire marketplace, so you can connect and import many visualizations and use them, whereas Tableau has only 10 or 15 visualizations. There should be more visualizations, and there should also be data integration with more cloud providers."
"The use of this service in the desktop version is annoying due to the constant updates which lead to reinstalling the application. If they could give support with updates on the same downloaded version, it would be great."
"The charts need to be improved. The drawings and the visualization need to be more accurate."
"They need to improve the icons and the filters, because they look too old, resembling Excel from 1997."
"When we put more information on a single screen, it gets compressed and superimposed in many places while scrolling."
"The data processing in Tableau is pathetic compared to Qlik."
MySQL is ranked 1st in Open Source Databases with 142 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 293 reviews. MySQL is rated 8.2, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". 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". MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and SAP HANA, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks.
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