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MicroStrategy Analytics vs. Tableau Server

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MicroStrategy Analytics

269 Reviews and Ratings

Tableau Server

878 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MicroStrategy Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    		N/AMicroStrategy Analytics is an enterprise business analytics and mobility platform. Key features include automatic big data analysis and reporting, data discovery and visualization, digital security credentials, and support for mobile devices.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
    MicroStrategy AnalyticsTableau 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
    MicroStrategy AnalyticsTableau Server
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing information.—
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    Community Pulse
    MicroStrategy AnalyticsTableau Server
    Considered Both Products
    MicroStrategy
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    Tableau
    Siggy Tetteh, CSSGB, MBA, MCP
    Lead Systems Analyst/Project Manager in Information Technology at Navicent Health (Hospital & Health Care, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    There were a lot of reasons why we chose Tableau and the least is the cost but also the way Tableau stores data in the columnar fashion instead of in Cubes. We went through a painstaking selection process and at the end, came down to a couple of vendors and we ended up with the …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    I didn't select Tableau but am very glad we have it! I have used several reporting tools and Tableau is the easiest to use and has the best user adoption. Other tools can involve lots of background work or just difficult to display the data as needed. Tableau is easy to use and …
    Incentivized
    David Shi
    Financial Analyst in Finance and Accounting at AccorHotels (Hospitality, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    Tableau by far has the most intuitive interface and best out of the box looks for presentation. The speed of development and ease of development is unbeatable.
    Incentivized
    Sridhar Akkineni
    Sr.Cognos/QlikView/Tableau Administrator & Architect in Information Technology at AIG (Insurance, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    QlikView can't connect to live data (in general)
    Licensing Costs of QlikView and Cognos are expensive.
    Cognos doesn't have excellent Graphics embedded within the tool
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Server
    For full blown BI Suites, Microstrategy, Oracle and others were evaluated. However Tableau is used to supplement those systems in our case.
    Charles Hooper
    Owner at BIAlytics (Information Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Tableau Server
    Looked at Cognos, Microstrategy and Business Objects. All were too IT / technical intensive. Moved to Tableau due to ease of use.
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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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
    MicroStrategy AnalyticsTableau Server
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of MicroStrategy Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    26 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.5
    94 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports10.023 Ratings9.129 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.023 Ratings9.793 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.024 Ratings9.780 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of MicroStrategy Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    24 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    9.1
    94 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis10.022 Ratings8.994 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.024 Ratings8.892 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages10.016 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.023 Ratings9.888 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of MicroStrategy Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    23 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    90 Ratings
    Publish to Web10.022 Ratings9.884 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.023 Ratings9.783 Ratings
    Report Versioning10.020 Ratings9.169 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.022 Ratings8.376 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers10.05 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of MicroStrategy Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.7
    89 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.020 Ratings8.985 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.019 Ratings8.984 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics10.018 Ratings8.563 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of MicroStrategy Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    21 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.3
    94 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.019 Ratings8.392 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.020 Ratings8.389 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.020 Ratings8.391 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.09 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of MicroStrategy Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    9.7
    19 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.019 Ratings8.276 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.015 Ratings8.160 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.019 Ratings9.067 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of MicroStrategy Analytics and Tableau Server
    Feature
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    Tableau Server
    7.2
    45 Ratings
    REST API10.06 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Javascript API10.07 Ratings9.036 Ratings
    iFrames10.05 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Java API10.04 Ratings5.57 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.05 Ratings6.19 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.06 Ratings4.67 Ratings
    User Ratings
    MicroStrategy AnalyticsTableau Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (47 ratings)
    8.1
    (110 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    3.2
    (5 ratings)
    5.2
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.2
    (5 ratings)
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.8
    (18 ratings)
    6.6
    (82 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)