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Mode Analytics vs. Tableau Desktop

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mode

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMode, or Mode Analytics, from ThoughtSpot since the June 2023 acquisition, is a business intelligence platform that unifies company analytics by bringing data teams and business teams together, so analysts can provide rapid answers to strategic, ad hoc questions. And, business stakeholder can access relevant data to answer their own questions which can often detract more impactful work.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
    ModeTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ModeTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    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
    ModeTableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    ThoughtSpot
    Chose Mode
    • Tableau is a huge pain to edit or create dashboards, by comparison. It can make better looking visualizations, but in practice, letting users drill down and change dimensions slows the end user experience so much that it's often not worth it.
    • Looker is amazing for data modeling, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mode
    In my opinion Mode Analytics has an edge on much of the competition due to the intuitive and powerful custom dashboard creation interface. I can create dashboards for stakeholders that are self explanatory and easy to make conclusions from. In other respects, it's very much at …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mode
    Mode is the best for the advanced user with advanced use cases. Even creating a simple report will require an SQL query. No drag-and-drop interface for querying data. But it is best for the advanced user already familiar with Python or R and SQL. The other products are more …
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ModeTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Mode Analytics and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.34 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.49 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.86 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Mode Analytics and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.18 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.79 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.39 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.78 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Mode Analytics and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    7.9
    8 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.15 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF5.88 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.74 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.68 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.34 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Mode Analytics and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    6.5
    9 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.79 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.56 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.46 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Mode Analytics and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.02 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.02 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.82 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Mode Analytics and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    REST API9.01 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.446 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Mode Analytics and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ModeTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (5 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)