Tableau Desktop

Tableau Desktop

2,288 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Tableau Desktop	Score8.1 out of 10	N/A	Tableau 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

Tableau Desktop

Tableau: $75
per month per user
Tableau Enterprise: $115
per month per user

Pricing Offerings
Tableau Desktop
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes

No setup fee

All pricing plans are billed annually.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Tableau Desktop
Considered Both Products	Tableau Manidipa Kundu Data Analyst in Quality Assurance at Gfactors (Information Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop Both power bi and Tableau Desktop has its own pros and cons. Microsoft Power BI is best to work with Microsoft products. however for fast connection with diverse range of integration with data sources Tableau Desktop is best. if you are cost sensitive power bi is best option … Incentivized Helpful? Jannika Rasi Senior Business Analyst in Product Management at Schibsted Marketplaces (Consumer Services, 501-1000 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau is more flexible than these - I liked QlikView old version a lot but have not used the Qlik Sense etc new ones. Tableau user logic is harder to understand than Looker Studio. However it's more trust worthy. Connecting internet sources to Tableau Desktop is much harder. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau Desktop is older and just better overall. It has more capabilities and is more useful to have. I don't think you could have Alteryx as a standalone product like you can with Tableau Desktop. You'd want another bi tool. Incentivized Helpful? Karol Kozłowski Project manager in Product Management at WOLTERS KLUWER POLSKA S A (Legal Services, 501-1000 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop We used to use products from the Google family in parallel. After migrating to GA4, we use Tableau much more. Incentivized Helpful? Liz Brandon Sr Manager Performance Analytics in Information Technology at Suntory Global Spirits (Consumer Goods, 501-1000 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau Desktop has a more easy to use drag and drop interface and is easier to learn. It also allows greater customization of charts than Power BI. However, Tableau Desktop costs more than Power BI which is bundled into our Microsoft contract at no additional charge. Power BI … Incentivized Helpful? Amanda McCombs Director Client Operations & Analysis at Usherpa (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop The visualizations are far and away more powerful and it is more user friendly than Power BI. It would take 3-4 times as long to create the types of reports in Excel that I can create in Tableau Desktop and there are a slew of ways I can present the data in Tableau Desktop that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tableau Desktop Can handle large amounts of data Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tableau Desktop It has a better user interface compared to Microsoft Power BI. The Tableau integration process is quite simple and clear with the third-party application whereas Power BI is not easily integrated with other tools and requires a complex process to follow for integration. DAX … Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Villaluz Project Manager in Marketing at Fabfitfun (Retail, 201-500 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop When it comes to pricing, Tableau is kinda expensive but worth it as it has more features, not just features but really useful features that make our work easier especially as a project manager I need to pull up data almost every day in our meetings, and I find Tableau useful … Incentivized Helpful? Shubham Tiwari Data analyst in Information Technology at OnlineSales.ai (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) 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 Helpful? Rajesh Shenoy Account Director in Marketing at Cetas (Medical Device, 51-200 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau is user-friendly and has mane forums/boards to learn new tricks. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau Desktop is clearly one of the best in the business. It has incredible capabilities, and many features are extremely useful. The intuitiveness of the dashboards and the graphical nature of the visualizations are widely used features and super helpful. One of the other … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau Desktop provides some state of the art feature and capabilities that are just awesome. Its support, online blog, and tutorials are better than its competitors. That was the best selling point for me. Incentivized Helpful? Tohidul Islam Information Technology Team Lead in Information Technology at Extreme Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop With Tableau Desktop, it's easy to create a report in the context quickly. It allows for the seamless management of the data sources, which is convenient for the data users. Because it is simple to use, it is Incentivized Helpful? Nicoll Pistorius Sales Development Representative in Sales at ServiceTitan (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop It does have a lot of potential when using Microsoft other technologies - in integration/Embedded, Visuals and connectivity to data sources. Advanced analytics is also smooth when working on python/r scripts. Automated insights are better in Tableau/Alphaa AI. NLG/NLQ - … Incentivized Helpful? Nobuyuki Suzuki CAA (Chief Applications Architect) in Research & Development at F-TECH INC. (Automotive, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau offers a lot of educational content, and for a limited time, we were able to use paid educational content for free, so we are very satisfied. Incentivized Helpful? Orin Mamun Junior Frontend Developer in Information Technology at Merge Creation (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop For complex data visualization, Tableau Desktop shines. Even though it uses highly granular databases, it has a powerful engine that can process large amounts of data quickly and produce high-quality charts. It has the broadest range of APIs and is extremely simple. The … Incentivized Helpful? Jeremy Pierce, MBA Data Warehouse Engineer in Information Technology at Vivint (Wholesale, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop We decided to use Tableau Desktop as that's fairly standard in the industry, it is being taught in college, and is widely known. Tableau Desktop is nice, but in my opinion, it is VERY expensive. Unless you are really making money off of decisions, then your ROI is going to be … Incentivized Helpful? Al Mubassir Muin Software Engineer in Information Technology at Prime Tech Solutions Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop Using Tableau Desktop, we have found it the most actionable and user-friendly application ever. It has the broadest range of APIs and is exceptionally user-friendly. It can handle a large amount of data and produce smooth charts quickly. For data geeks, this is the ideal stack. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tableau Desktop When compared to Power BI, Tableau has a more flexible deployment. You can install the desktop version without having to install the SQL server. Tableau got you covered end-to-end — from collaboration, analytics, content discovery, data prep & access, down to deployment. … Incentivized Helpful? Afia Tamanna Information Technology Business Consultant in Professional Services at Alfa NET+ (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau Desktop is preferred over other BI software because it allows for more data visualization, storytelling, and dashboards. Microsoft Power BI may be a better option if you need to perform data modeling, however. Tableau Desktop is an excellent tool for nearly all other … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tableau Desktop We preferred Tableau over Power BI due to its user-friendly interface and interactive GUI. Since we work with large datasets, we observed that Power BI can deal with only a limited amount of data when compared to Tableau which creates complex visualizations in a time-efficient … Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Alleruzzo Director, Client Lead in Marketing at Havas Media (Marketing and Advertising, 10,001+ employees) Chose Tableau Desktop Tableau Desktop is the most user-friendly and actionable application we have used in comparison to others. It has the best API connection potential along with easy start-up. They seem to always be updating the platform to solve newer problems which help keep my company up to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tableau Desktop We also use Power BI for small projects and teams that can't afford to pay for Tableau licenses. Tableau has more features and is more robust compared to Power BI. They also provide better and faster support compared to Microsoft. It is the standard visualization tool, but … Incentivized Helpful? Rafael Grandizoli Gerente de Operações in Product Management at MUV (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Tableau Desktop For databases or types of data that have high granularity and details, Tableau Desktop is better to plot and help visualize every detailed behavior with a great performance. It's engine can process a massive amount of data and generate a smooth chart without spending too much … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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Features

Tableau Desktop

Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Desktop
Feature	Tableau Desktop 8.3 167 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports	8.8139 Ratings
Customizable dashboards	8.4166 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates	7.8145 Ratings

Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Desktop
Feature	Tableau Desktop 8.7 164 Ratings
Drill-down analysis	8.6159 Ratings
Formatting capabilities	9.2162 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages	7.7122 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration	9.2157 Ratings

Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Desktop
Feature	Tableau Desktop 8.1 158 Ratings
Publish to Web	7.3149 Ratings
Publish to PDF	7.9149 Ratings
Report Versioning	8.2116 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling	9.2123 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers	8.073 Ratings

Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Desktop
Feature	Tableau Desktop 8.4 156 Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)	9.0154 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization	8.2149 Ratings
Predictive Analytics	8.6126 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining	8.02 Ratings

Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Tableau Desktop
Feature	Tableau Desktop 8.7 142 Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)	9.0139 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model	8.0119 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)	8.8129 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control	9.03 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)	8.877 Ratings

Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Tableau Desktop
Feature	Tableau Desktop 8.0 135 Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access	8.2124 Ratings
Mobile Application	7.097 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile	8.8117 Ratings

Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Tableau Desktop
Feature	Tableau Desktop 9.0 64 Ratings
REST API	9.256 Ratings
Javascript API	9.051 Ratings
iFrames	9.249 Ratings
Java API	10.046 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)	8.453 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)	8.446 Ratings

User Ratings
	Tableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend	8.7 (194 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.9 (39 ratings)
Usability	8.6 (63 ratings)
Availability	8.0 (10 ratings)
Performance	6.1 (9 ratings)
Support Rating	7.0 (56 ratings)
In-Person Training	9.4 (4 ratings)
Online Training	8.0 (4 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (34 ratings)
Configurability	8.1 (2 ratings)
Data Sharing and Collaboration	8.4 (115 ratings)
Data Sources	7.9 (115 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.0 (3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	10.0 (1 ratings)