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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams vs. Tableau Desktop

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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams

54 Reviews and Ratings

Tableau Desktop

2,288 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams

    Score6.6 out of 10
    		N/ASisense for Cloud Data Teams (formerly Periscope Data) is a data visualization tool that allows users to connect to their SQL databases to create sharable, interactive dashboards. In addition to SQL, its analytics integrate with R and Python, allowing users to prep datasets, perform analysis, and create their own visualizations. Sisense acquired Periscope Data in mid-2019.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
    Sisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Sisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All pricing plans are billed annually.
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    Sisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    Sisense Ltd
    Brian Kichler
    EVP, Operations & Pharmacy Analytics in Corporate at RxSafe, LLC (Medical Devices, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Periscope's lightweight footprint and customizable SQL-based reports make it a better choice for us than Tableau or Microsoft BI. We deal with millions of rows of transactional data in a SQL Server data warehouse, so having seamless front-end integration makes reporting seamless.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    LookML was able to simplify development of views involving window calculations, but slowed down the overall development cycle as minor SQL edits required heavy code reviews.

    Tableau has great interactive options but has proved non-performant with our database mix (MySQL, …
    Incentivized
    Tableau
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    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
    Sisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    9.2
    19 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.810 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.119 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.617 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    8.8
    19 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.015 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.218 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.610 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.619 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    9.6
    18 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.612 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.612 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.612 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.615 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.47 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.318 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.817 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.011 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    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
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    REST API00 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
    User Ratings
    Sisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (19 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 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
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (2 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)