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."
"I like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services' automated reporting feature."
"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 solution is known for its robust security features."
"I am impressed with the product's seamless integration. It can work with different databases like Oracle."
"In Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, the installation and configuration are easy."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It's very user-friendly. It's not like Power BI, Tableau is very user-friendly. Anybody can use Tableau. It's very easy to adopt things. I can visualize the stats."
"Although Tableau isn't the best for us when it comes to processing and working on live data, it is very good at extracting data for analysis."
"The solution has great features which nobody can beat, you can do a lot of customizations, such as use different dimensions and colorize them. Additionally, you can use the numeric values for the customization, which is an exceptional feature."
"It’s good for quick visualization and being able to quickly consume unstructured data to play around with."
"Its performance is pretty good, and the development time is very low."
"Tableau's visualization features let you present information insights quickly and practically. So it's something which I prefer with Tableau. In terms of reporting, I have to point out the sheer quality and function of the Tableau server, but the first impression is that it's a great visualization tool."
"It is easy to adapt visualizers to have interactive conversations among decision-makers."
"It has made the reporting stage simple and enabled us to focus mainly on the ETL part"
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"In this solution, the cost should be reduced for the enterprise edition."
"Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services needs to improve performance."
"We have had issues with the refresh interval since we have too many reports scheduled. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is also expensive."
"We encounter some barriers while trying to build a report."
"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."
"I would like the solution to add the scheduling feature for reports."
"Requires a lot of user training."
"It is not so great when it comes to data exchange/integration, data mining, etc."
"Its documentation can be improved so that a user can get a good hands-on experience. Tableau is well documented, and on their website, there are a lot of tutorials that are available for free. I started my learning process through those tutorials, but there are certain loopholes in those tutorials, which only got filled through a couple of good YouTube channels that talk about Tableau. YouTube helped me a lot. So, the documentation could be better, I understand that it is evolving day by day, and with more usage, there would be more such documentation."
"The architecture should be improved to better handle the data."
"It will be good if the server, could be more stable, and I would like to have the technical service to be more reliable."
"The cost of owning the solutions from Tableau is much higher compared to any other analytical solutions."
"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."
"I also work as an SME on the platform side. Tableau is very nice and jazzy for the end-users, but there are pain points for the admins. Performance is something about which we hear a lot of complaints, such as the dashboard doesn't open in time. It performs well on the desktop but not on the server. I know that there is always a limitation when it comes to a huge amount of data or the complexity of the calculations, but we often hear from end-users about the performance on the server side. It is easy to drag and drop all the columns and do what we want, but if it is not going to load better on the server, users are not going to like it."
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 8th in Reporting with 13 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in Reporting with 290 reviews. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.6, 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 TIBCO Jaspersoft, Microsoft Power BI, SAP Crystal Reports, Oracle OBIEE and IBM Cognos, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services vs. Tableau report.
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