Compare Sisense vs. Tableau
Sisense is ranked 13th in Business Intelligence (BI) Tools with 5 reviews while Tableau is ranked 1st in Business Intelligence (BI) Tools with 28 reviews. Sisense is rated 9.4, while Tableau is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sisense writes "A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tableau writes "The visualizations bring out patterns buried under a mountain of data. The tool offers unparalleled flexibility in terms of the types of visualisation that one can create". Sisense is most compared with Tableau, Domo and Microsoft BI, whereas Tableau is most compared with Qlik Sense, SAS Visual Analytics and Oracle OBIEE. See our Sisense vs. Tableau report.
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I have found the dashboard creating feature helpful. It has allowed me to move my data to the cloud. Allows users to build their own solutions without as much reliance on technology staff. Ability to work with very large data sources without the limitations of Excel. The dashboard design interface is very intuitive and allows you to quickly and easily produce professional, innovative dashboards. No issues with stability. It is a very stable solution. A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free. Support is very responsive and clearly one of the strengths of Sisense. I have always received a fast response and the staff is very helpful. | This solution has transformed us from an Excel reporting environment to one of visual exploration. The most valuable features are data discovery and fine visualizations. Data is easily understood at all levels of the company. Business insights are shared across various departments. Its ease of use and ability to convert drag and drop gestures into queries. The ability to create complex calculations. Its ease of use and ability to convert drag and drop gestures into queries. Tableau's support could improve. |
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They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard. I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums. I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes. I would also like to be able to run a bursts of reports based on different field values with PDF output right in the tool, rather than filtering on each field value and generating each PDF manually. The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release. The administrative side of Sisense is a little cumbersome and confusing. | I would like Tableau to handle geospatial data better in terms of multiple layers and shapefiles. The SQL programming functionality needs to be improved. Conditional formatting could be an interesting feature to provide to final users. The data preparation/blending options are very basic. They could be improved. Tableau is a company that does not respect partners. Licensing and pricing options could be made better so that more users would be able to use it. The performance could be better. Improvements can be made in template support. The workbook file structure is really hard to version control. If there was some sort of version control support offered particularly for workbooks, that would help big time. |
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Information Not Available | Be careful with the Tableau Viewer's licenses, and stay with the right number of users. Tableau's licensing is pretty straightforward and simple. ROI is very high, but it requires a data preparation/blending tool. The initial cost that is set according to CPU cores is expensive. We always consider pricing when considering a new solution. We are a non-profit and price is a huge concern. Tableau is an expensive solution, though it comes with its advantages. The price could be higher for the quality of software, so they revised the pricing in this version, and I agree with the price for top version. The top version costs about $70 per month, and the price is cheap for the quality. I like the payment model. For the people who need to create, they buy their licenses. Everyone else can use the free Tableau Viewer. This is much better than some of the competitor products, which require full licences for everything. |
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Views 6,530 Comparisons 4,805 Reviews 5 Average Words per Review 216 Avg. Rating 9.4 | Views 76,138 Comparisons 63,175 Reviews 28 Average Words per Review 396 Avg. Rating 8.5 |
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| Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Tableau Online | |
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| Sisense | Tableau |
Overview | |
Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities. | Tableau helps people and organizations become more data-driven as the trusted leader in analytics. The Tableau platform provides the breadth and depth of capabilities to serve the needs of even the largest global enterprises in a seamless, integrated experience. Tableau is designed to fit, not dictate your data strategy, and adapts to your environment with unmatched flexibility and choice, while meeting the toughest governance and security requirements. People love using Tableau because it is both powerful and intuitive—and offers a fundamentally different user experience by empowering people of all skill levels to explore and analyze data using visuals and natural language. Tableau has become the standard language of analytics for modern business users and continues to lead the industry with the most passionate and engaged user community in analytics, a customer base with millions of users at more than 80,000 organizations, and a deep commitment to customer-focused innovation Evaluation Guide: How to choose the right BI & analytics platform |
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Sample Customers | |
| Ebay, WIX, Wave Accounting, ESPN.com, Magellan Luxury Hotel, Paylogic, Sony, Merck, EDA, One Hour Translation, NASA, Plastic Jungle, Philips, Yahoo | Accenture, Adobe, Amazon.com, Bank of America, Charles Schwab Corp, Citigroup, Coca-Cola Company, Cornell University, Dell, Deloitte, Duke University, eBay, Exxon Mobil, Fannie Mae, Ferrari, French Red Cross, Goldman Sachs, Google, Government of Canada, HP, Intel, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Macy's, Merck, The New York Times, PayPal, Pfizer, US Army, US Air Force, Skype, and Walmart. |
Top Industries | |
Marketing Services Firm11% Manufacturing Company11% Retailer11% Recruiting/Hr Firm11% Comms Service Provider21% Financial Services Firm19% Software R&D Company13% Government9% | Financial Services Firm14% University9% Healthcare Company8% Manufacturing Company8% Software R&D Company18% Financial Services Firm14% Healthcare Company8% Comms Service Provider7% |
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Small Business61% Midsize Enterprise14% Large Enterprise25% | Small Business25% Midsize Enterprise21% Large Enterprise54% Small Business28% Midsize Enterprise8% Large Enterprise64% |
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