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Spotfire vs. Tableau Server

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Spotfire

824 Reviews and Ratings

Tableau Server

878 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Spotfire

    Score8.1 out of 10
    		N/ASpotfire, formerly known as TIBCO Spotfire, is a visual data science platform that combines visual analytics, data science, and data wrangling, so users can analyze data at-rest and at-scale to solve complex industry-specific problems.N/A

    Tableau Server

    Score7.6 out of 10
    		N/ATableau Server allows Tableau Desktop users to publish dashboards to a central server to be shared across their organizations. The product is designed to facilitate collaboration across the organization. It can be deployed on a server in the data center, or it can be deployed on a public cloud.

    $12

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    SpotfireTableau Server
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Viewer
    $12.00
    Per User Per Month
    Explorer
    $35.00
    Per User Per Month
    Creator
    $70.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SpotfireTableau Server
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFor Enterprise engagements, contact Spotfire directly for a custom price quote.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    SpotfireTableau Server
    Considered Both Products
    Spotfire
    Drew McMinn
    Senior Software Engineer in Information Technology at SMG - Service Management Group (Market Research, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Spotfire
    They are similar but don't offer some of the specific client login portal capabilities. We needed a centralized platform that allows customization and sign-ins from multiple clients. Additionally, they did not quite have the diverse data source support capabilities that we get …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Spotfire
    Well, Spotfire was the only tool which could handle our data, we had over 100 Mio rows of data and with Spotfire you could navigate through the dashboard very fast. This was our killer feature. It also makes very nice and modern charts.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Spotfire
    Within our use cases Spotfire is preferred due to the ability to manage live data as well as big data in an appropriate time. It is also much better in statistics and advanced analytics.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Spotfire
    Spotfire is a hardcode data science tool which caters to true data statistical analysis very well. It suits science-based industries and offers powerful functionality. Tableau is the number one data visualization tool and Spotfire is not as robust in this area.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Spotfire
    less costly than Tableau and much more capabilities of analysis visualization.
    Incentivized
    David Baltar Boilève
    Business Analytics - Data Analyst in Information Technology at HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LUCUS AUGUSTI - Ednon (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Spotfire
    Way less intuitive to use, slower to deploy reports, more expensive
    Incentivized
    Dave Williams
    BI Solutions Architect in Information Technology at Keysight Technologies (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Spotfire
    • Evaluation was several years ago but we continually evaluate against cloud and on-prem solutions.
    • For data discovery, interactive visualizations, statistical charting, Lasso, heat maps, CPK control carts still all hold up as strong points.
    • Limitations in user self-scheduling are …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Spotfire
    The API, support for JavaScript, HTML, and control of Web Player. All of these are essential to provide visuals to clients. Other software requires special treatments that Spotfire can achieve right out of the box.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Spotfire
    Tableau rich in visuals and customization but easily breaks with large volume and complex drill downs. Spotfire being an enterprise level tool, handles it better. QlikView is great at handling large volumes of data but the visuals are not intuitive enough. Comparatively, …
    Incentivized
    Roberto Jimenez
    Procurement Manager | Direct Materials in Manufacturing at Ascend Performance Materials (Chemicals, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Spotfire

    Spotfire is a leader among visually driven BI software tools. It is easy to learn, creating dashboards is intuitive, and has very powerful elements. It can do the job if you commit the time and resources upfront to make sure implementation and adoption is effective.

    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Spotfire
    We evaluated on Mobility, Dashboarding, Web Based User Interface and Analytical capability. At the forefront was the user experience which accounted for just over half of our evaluation criteria. No platform was a 10/10 in all four categories - SAS Visual Analytics excelled in …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Spotfire
    Tableau is pretty but very shallow. Alteryx is very nice, but doesn't have the proximity to the data through visual exploration. Alteryx is more like a drag'n'drop analogy to programming, where you are placing icons in a workflow instead of writing code lines in a program. So …
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    The interface of Tableau Server is good.
    Incentivized
    Sergio Martinez
    Director, Data Engineering & Automation in Information Technology at Buxton (Market Research, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    Tableau is extremely self intuitive to use and has a large supporting community
    Incentivized
    Jonathan Drummey
    Quality Management Data Analyst in Quality Assurance at Southern Maine Medical Center (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    QlikView, Tibco Spotfire, SAS, and SAP. At the time, all cost more than Tableau for our (small) needs, SAS and SAP were in some ways overqualified in terms of breadth, and none of them had the ease of use of Tableau.
    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
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    SpotfireTableau Server
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    7.2
    8 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources7.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources7.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection7.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    MDM Integration6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    9.1
    8 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Visualization9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Encryption7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Built-in Processors7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    7.6
    8 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools7.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development7.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery6.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    7.4
    7 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Flexible Model Publishing Options7.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.5
    94 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings9.129 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.793 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.780 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.1
    94 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.994 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.892 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.888 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    90 Ratings
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.884 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.783 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.169 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.376 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.7
    89 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.984 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.563 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.3
    94 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.392 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.389 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.391 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.276 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.160 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.067 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Spotfire and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    7.2
    45 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.036 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.57 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.19 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings4.67 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SpotfireTableau Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (351 ratings)
    8.1
    (110 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (30 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
    5.2
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (14 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (27 ratings)
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.3
    (52 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (55 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (36 ratings)
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.3
    (36 ratings)
    6.6
    (82 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)