TIBCO Spotfire vs Tableau

Tableau is ranked 1st in Business Intelligence Tools with 118 reviews vs TIBCO Spotfire which is ranked 8th in Business Intelligence Tools with 43 reviews. The top reviewer of Tableau writes "The visualizations bring out patterns buried under a mountain of data. I’d like to see a speedometer chart template". The top reviewer of TIBCO Spotfire writes "No row/column limitations. Many of our datasets of interest have tens of millions of rows and hundreds to thousands of columns". Tableau is most compared with Microsoft BI, SAS Visual Analytics and Oracle OBIEE. TIBCO Spotfire is most compared with Microsoft BI, SAP BusinessObjects and SAS Visual Analytics. See our TIBCO Spotfire vs Tableau report.

Tableau

TIBCO Spotfire

18609

Tableau

Based on 118 reviews.

18470

TIBCO Spotfire

Based on 43 reviews.

Most Helpful Review

Yali Pollak

Data Analysis Team Leader at Viber

There are some best-practice shortcuts for tables, which can facilitate implementation.

Three years ago, Viber didn't have any visualization tool to present its massive data inside the company. One month after implementing Tableau,... Read more »

Aditya Singh

Programmer Analyst at Tech Services Company

It gives insight into our data with analytical exposure and statistical services, but the UI has only basic...

It is one of the best BI tools that gives deep insights into our data along with analytical exposure and statistical services.

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Quotes From Members Comparing TIBCO Spotfire vs Tableau

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros
It's the ease of use. It is also a self-service tool so it decreases the burden on having centralized IT-type teams or developers.It provides business users with a tool, so they are not dependent on IT.Analysis is now more visual than in the past.The most important feature is the tool is very easy to use. This makes it simple to introduce it to CxOs. After a rapid demo, they are usual impressed by the results shown, because it has such a rare simplicity.It has made the reporting stage simple and enabled us to focus mainly on the ETL partIt provides supporting data for critical policy and operational changesIt is easy to adapt visualizers to have interactive conversations among decision-makers.Data is easily understood at all levels of the company. Read more »	R and automation services.One of the main features is integrated statistical analysis.Data discovery is very simple. Read more »
Cons
It needs a little bit more advanced modeling. I would like to see functionality like Cognos has in the Framework Manager.Bursting email is needed to deliver the reports to many people in their inboxes and this functionality is not provided by Tableau.It needs more ETL capabilities, to be able to address the end-to-end BI need.The ability to use it on MAC machines. As far as I know, this is not possible.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.If they could add global filters in the stories, more chart types, and default colours, it would help. Read more »	Print capability and trigger-based events.Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated.The number of charts available out of the box in Spotfire can be enhanced. Read more »

Pricing and Cost Advice

The cost is high.Deployment of dashboards to viewers and unit supervisors can be prohibitively expensive.Tableau's licensing is pretty straightforward and simple.ROI is very high, but it requires a data preparation/blending tool.I wish there was more of a subscription model with the pricing when it comes to Tableau, so you can get all the latest version upgrades/features if you pay monthly/annually.Tableau can be costly (but this can be indefinable, such as user experience vs. cheaper etc.)Buy 50 at a time. Project your use base every three months, and project your requirements forward.Paying for users you never setup or buying expensive desktop licenses for users who can solve their users with web editing on the server are the two biggest expenses.

The Tibco sales teams have been very difficult to work with - ignoring requests, misrepresenting level of demand, etc.

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Answers from the Community

Robert Berkman

Analyst at a media company

Question: A journalist is writing a story about which Data Visualization software product to choose. Can you help him?

Prasun Mitra

I work in the area of data analytics and data management from a solutions standpoint.
From my experience on Data Visualization Tools and the their utilities from the customers standpoint I would like to mention the following key criteria not in the order of importance which varies from customer to customer(these are not necessarily all the criteria but are certainly among the important ones):
1. Ease of use, ie does not require an IT guy to help operate all the time 2. Easy to deploy 3. Integration with portals or standalone 4. The user profiles: Who are the users in terms of their hierarchy in the org and their roles/responsibilities within the org? How do they best visualize their data? Where do they best visualize their data?-Mobile/desktop/conf room/tablets/ and so on. 5. How does the tool integrate with the data sources and how many different types of data sources do they support? Of course not all customers have a large number of data sources but the tool is likely to satisfy a majority of customers if it has good integration capability. 6. How does it work with cloud based apps of the customer? 7. Security of distributed reports/dashboards and data. 8. The tool's ability to support data "type" identification. 9. Speed 10. Types of reports/visualization/ etc

Regards, Prasun Mitra

09 January 15

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Ranking

RANKING

1st

out of 104

In Business Intelligence Tools

Views

122,561

Comparisons

83,927

Reviews

113

Followers

4,505

Avg. Rating

8.5

8th

out of 104

In Business Intelligence Tools

Views

14,818

Comparisons

6,143

Reviews

Followers

613

Avg. Rating

8.3

Top Comparisons

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Microsoft BI vs. TIBCO Spotfire

Compared 16% of the time.

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Compared 12% of the time.

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Also Known As

Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Tableau Online

Spotfire

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Overview

Tableau is an enterprise analytics platform that enables your organization to explore trusted data in a secure and scalable environment. It gives people access to intuitive visual analytics, interactive dashboards, and limitless ad-hoc analyses that reveal hidden opportunities and eureka moments alike. Get the security, governance, and management you require to confidently integrate Tableau into your business—on-premises or in the cloud—and deliver the power of true self-service analytics at scale.

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Redefining the role of IT in modern BI world

TIBCO Spotfire is your secret weapon. You can create beautiful, interactive visualizations that will help you find the critical insights hiding in your data Ð fast. Spotfire gives you the tools to quickly and easily examine, organize, analyze and comprehend your data to see connections, patterns, and opportunities.

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Sample Customers

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.

Allergan, ASSS de Montreal, Avantium, Blue River, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, FrieslandCampina, Hellmann Logistics, Merck, Novartis

Top Industries

REVIEWERS

Financial Services Firm

16%

Healthcare Company

University

Insurance Company

VISITORS READING REVIEWS

Financial Services Firm

18%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

REVIEWERS

Energy/Utilities Company

22%

Pharma/Biotech Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Insurance Company

VISITORS READING REVIEWS

Financial Services Firm

17%

Energy/Utilities Company

12%

Pharma/Biotech Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

REVIEWERS

Small Business

24%

Midsize Enterprise

21%

Large Enterprise

55%

VISITORS READING REVIEWS

Small Business

17%

Midsize Enterprise

24%

Large Enterprise

59%

REVIEWERS

Small Business

27%

Midsize Enterprise

15%

Large Enterprise

58%

VISITORS READING REVIEWS

Small Business

16%

Midsize Enterprise

23%

Large Enterprise

60%

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