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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Public

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ATableau Public is a free edition of the Desktop product. With this edition, data can only be published to the Tableau public website and does not allow work to be saved or exported locally.

    $0

    per month

    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
    Tableau PublicTableau 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
    Tableau PublicTableau Server
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Tableau PublicTableau Server
    Considered Both Products
    Tableau
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau Public's primary advantage is its lack of cost. That's really what it excels at; otherwise, it's functionally just another Tableau Server.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau Public provides a variety of visualization and point-and-click functionality, with little or no scripting, gives Tableau the advantage. Also, being lightweight, Tableau Public finds the ease of use from our PSU bank-clients that use low-end hardware and devices. Tableau …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    We evaluated about 15 products when we selected Tableau 7 years ago, and periodically review products from other vendors (e.g. Microsoft, QlikView, Tibco Spotfire, Birst, Pentaho, etc.). To date, Tableau offers the widest variety of options and functionality at a reasonable …
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    Chose Tableau Server
    The interface of Tableau Server is good.
    Incentivized
    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
    Tableau PublicTableau Server
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Public and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    12 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.5
    94 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.710 Ratings9.129 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.012 Ratings9.793 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.712 Ratings9.780 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Public and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.7
    12 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.1
    94 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.812 Ratings8.994 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.712 Ratings8.892 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.59 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.811 Ratings9.888 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Public and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    90 Ratings
    Publish to Web10.011 Ratings9.884 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.09 Ratings9.783 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.89 Ratings9.169 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.69 Ratings8.376 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.17 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Public and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.7
    89 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.811 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.811 Ratings8.984 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.79 Ratings8.563 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Tableau Public and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    -
    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 Tableau Public and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    -
    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 Tableau Public and Tableau Server
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    -
    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
    Tableau PublicTableau Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    8.1
    (110 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    5.2
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    6.6
    (82 ratings)