We performed a comparison between MySQL and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, PostgreSQL, Firebird and others in Open Source Databases."We use the basic features of MySQL. The interface that allows us to see the parameters of the server is good."
"Like other databases, it has a rich set of functions, such as stored procedures and its own procedural language, which is akin to Oracle SQL. It also has trigger and cursor commands you would expect with a good database language."
"It creates a unified view of the entire architecture and performance factor, helping to manage the network more easily."
"MySQL is easy and convenient for me. I don't need to rely on anyone. I can write the code and extract the information. It is fast if you know how to use it. The solution is not expensive, and most of the developers know how to use it. It is easy to create tables. The solution is stable and has good performance. The connection with AWS gives regular updates, which is manual otherwise and a nightmare."
"This product is a good teaching tool for students who want to learn about networked databases."
"It's a mature solution that's been around for decades."
"MySQL gives us a very user-friendly workspace in which to query the database."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It is definitely easy to use. It is intuitive, and more or less, everything can be done from the front end. As such, there is no concept of metadata. You can just take data from a database and start building your own stuff, such as OLAP data warehouse. You don't need extensive metadata modeling like Oracle BI."
"Tableau is easy to use."
"It's very user-friendly. It's not like Power BI, Tableau is very user-friendly. Anybody can use Tableau. It's very easy to adopt things. I can visualize the stats."
"You are able to see and follow trends."
"Tableau has comprehensive, insightful charts, which allow you to build stunning dashboards and enrich your support decision-making."
"I work for clients. That is my business model. Business people really like to see Tableau. They love Tableau because it is very user-friendly. The platform provides an easy to use interface, which is what most people like about it."
"The action feature which Tableau has is very useful for us. If we click on one visualization, it will pass the value to another visualization. That interactivity within different visualizations is the most valuable feature of Tableau."
"It allows us to basically understand and evaluate our numbers in an expedient manner."
"There are some issues with compatibility with Java environments that need to be improved. When Oracle bought this solution there were some driver changes that caused some issues with operations."
"Security is a concern. MySQL could have better security features."
"Clusters are hard to perform so we use no SQL alternates like MongoDB."
"I would like to improve the solution’s pricing for licenses."
"MySQL doesn't have the auto-clustering and database clustering features that other competitors provide. They can include these features."
"The solution could have better integration and security features."
"It does not stand out regarding scalability. When the company size increases, the user base having actual experience with (very) large MySQL solutions is reduced."
"The documentation is pretty weak and should be improved."
"When we put more information on a single screen, it gets compressed and superimposed in many places while scrolling."
"Other tools are more competitively priced."
"The solution does have scalability issues."
"I think Tableau could be improved with cheaper or more flexible licensing, though this is a generic improvement and applies for any product. It would be better if they had more flexible payment and licensing plans so that they could suit small- and mid-sized organizations."
"There should be more GIS features, such as location analysis, which is quite limited. There are very few location-based functionalities."
"There are not enough language options. It needs to be offered in more than just English."
"The extraction, transformation and loading of data in Tableau takes a lot of time and we do not have confidence that Tableau is showing all the data we need."
"The setup was easy but we are having some problems with the configuration that is taking a long time. We have done some initial tests and some of the delays could be from bandwidth issues. However, the whole installation process should be simplified."
MySQL is ranked 1st in Open Source Databases with 142 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 293 reviews. MySQL is rated 8.2, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tableau writes "Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time". MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and SAP HANA, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks.
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