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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ibi WebFOCUS

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AThe ibi™ WebFOCUS® product is an enterprise business intelligence and analytics solution equipped with data management, visual discovery, predictive analytics, and visualizations. Combining these capabilities and data science in one unified containerized platform, the WebFOCUS® solution can be used to make data-driven decisions across the enterprise and provide reports, dashboards, and customer-facing applications at scale.N/A

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $75

    per month

    Pricing
    ibi WebFOCUSTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
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    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ibi WebFOCUSTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll pricing plans are billed annually.
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    Community Pulse
    ibi WebFOCUSTableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    IBI (Information Builders)
    Chose ibi WebFOCUS
    We've looked at Tableau as an alternative and the visuals are good in Tableau. One way that WebFOCUS beats Tableau is it doesn't have any issues with a set number of columns in a report. When you need to have an Excel output, which happens, WebFOCUS is far superior. The …
    Incentivized
    Chose ibi WebFOCUS
    Webfocus handles the side of our business that is involved with our catalogs. Our catalogs is a huge revenue driver for us and this tool has been extremely useful with planning feature catalogs. Tableau is used more for marketing and merchandising purchases since we can filter …
    Incentivized
    Chose ibi WebFOCUS
    Above average. Feature wise [Information Builders WebFOCUS] stands out. User friendliness is OK. It can handle the most complex tasks and its extensions with for example R make it extremely versatile. Support is lagging in western Europe, although i am more than happy with …
    Incentivized
    Chose ibi WebFOCUS
    I found WebFOCUS a great tool for reporting purposes as I have used it for a long time. They should compare themselves with new reporting tools like Tableau and Splunk. Tableau's interface is mind blowing. IBI should learn from Tableau and how they have penetrated the big data …
    Tableau
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau is a lot easier to visualize data and the dashboards are more robust. We didn’t use WebFOCUS to its greatest extent but getting up to speed on Tableau was easy. Training is also better in Tableau and the user community is very knowledgeable. We selected it as our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    In tableau you can achieve things really quickly and it has the power to show you insight data very easily. Tableau is also economical in comparison to what these tools cost. It's a full value tool.
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ibi WebFOCUSTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of ibi WebFOCUS and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ibi WebFOCUS
    7.7
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports7.06 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.011 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.011 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of ibi WebFOCUS and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ibi WebFOCUS
    9.3
    13 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.013 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.013 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.08 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.012 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of ibi WebFOCUS and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ibi WebFOCUS
    8.2
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    Publish to Web10.09 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.09 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.010 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.011 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of ibi WebFOCUS and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ibi WebFOCUS
    6.3
    10 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.08 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.09 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.07 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of ibi WebFOCUS and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ibi WebFOCUS
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.011 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.011 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.011 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.04 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of ibi WebFOCUS and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ibi WebFOCUS
    5.9
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.011 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Mobile Application3.32 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.08 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of ibi WebFOCUS and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ibi WebFOCUS
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    REST API10.01 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API8.02 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    iFrames8.02 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.03 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.01 Ratings8.446 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ibi WebFOCUSTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (16 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (56 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (12 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.4
    (12 ratings)
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)