Tableau Reviews, Competitors and Pricing

it_user823452

Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Feb 25, 2018

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Better interaction and less time spent with end users

Pros and Cons

"Gradual scalability from simple to complex situations"
"Better interaction and less time spent with end users."

"Provide additional enhancements in any business process: Operations, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Logistics, etc."

What is our primary use case?

As a consultant and solutions developer for an integrator company, I use Tableau for the construction of Control Dashboards and BI applications.

How has it helped my organization?

Enhanced application development
Less time spent with end users
Better interaction with end users
Better application quality

What is most valuable?

Easy of use
Easy to learn
Gradual scalability from simple to complex situations
Wide integration with BI industry

What needs improvement?

Provide additional enhancements in any business process: Operations, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Logistics, etc.

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For how long have I used the solution?

Three to five years.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user690216

BI & New Project Profesional at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Aug 20, 2017

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Initial setup is straightforward, because of the quality and consistency of data

What is most valuable?

Visualization and user friendly. Visualization: How you sell your ideas or your message, for example, integrate D3.js graphs.

Traditionally bars or line graphs are useful, but they make a difference when presenting your important ideas. The vision of Business Intelligence creates a rupture between old-school (like IBM, Oracle, etc) and new guys (Tableau, TIBCO, and SAP Lumira) and new forms to work with: structured and unstructured data.

How has it helped my organization?

Interaction between information/data and final user.

What needs improvement?

Preparation and consolidation of data. Many organizations needs prepare data, changes formats or consolidate sources. ETL jobs waste a lot time and sometimes is unproductive.

For how long have I used the solution?

Two years in my company.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

An eight out of 10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Excel.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward, because of the quality and consistency of data.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's transparent; no hidden costs.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes, IBM Cognos, BusinessObjects, SAS, TIBCO, and Qlik.

What other advice do I have?

Make your decision based on your own culture, quality of data, and champion for the project.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.