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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Metabase

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMetabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.

    $85

    per month

    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
    MetabaseTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $85
    per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
    Starter
    $85
    per month up to 5 users
    Pro
    $500
    per month up to 10 users
    Growth
    $749
    per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
    Enterprise
    15,000
    per year
    Open Source
    Free
    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MetabaseTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All pricing plans are billed annually.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    MetabaseTableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    Metabase
    Chose Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau can create visually attractive customizable dashboards than can quickly by drag-drop while in power bi we can create simple dashboard. Power bi support lesser data source while in Tableau there is a lot of options
    When we talk about data handling tableau is a clear …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    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
    MetabaseTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Metabase and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Metabase
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.02 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.04 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.34 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Metabase and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.54 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.44 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.92 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.54 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Metabase and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.01 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.02 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.01 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Metabase and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.54 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.02 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.92 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.92 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Metabase and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.64 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.03 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.54 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.53 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.04 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Metabase and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.01 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.02 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Metabase and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    REST API8.93 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API9.02 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    iFrames9.02 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Java API10.01 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.02 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.01 Ratings8.446 Ratings
    User Ratings
    MetabaseTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (56 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 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)