We performed a comparison between Google Data Studio, Microsoft Power BI, and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"Data Studio integrates seamlessly with other Google products, and we can use it with other APIs if we like."
"The ability to design complex data models and equations."
"This has improved our organization by allowing people to see their data and develop visualizations themselves."
"I find it favorable regarding speed of development, ease of building, and flexibility."
"Valuable features include advanced integrated analysis and easy implementation."
"The ability to integrate with a great variety of data sources."
"The company dashboard is useful because we could share it via a link as a reminder for everyone to check it weekly. We observed the progress of our portfolio from last week to the current week, allowing us to compare revenues."
"Provides data feeds for enterprise KPI reporting."
"It's easy to create reports and it's easy to download the data from the corresponding report."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft BI are its intuitiveness and ease to use."
"The interface is very easy to use."
"Power BI allows you to create user defined charts which is really useful."
"We are able to collaborate on things and get insightful data visualizations."
"The most valuable features are the easy creation of reports, dashboards, and the ability to perform analysis. It is important for us to create reports because we have some operations during certain hours and we can use this tool to track the information."
"The solution is not that difficult to install, although this will vary with the experience of the person responsible for its installation."
"This solution has transformed us from an Excel reporting environment to one of visual exploration."
"The most valuable features are data discovery and fine visualizations."
"Tableau will automatically show charts for the related data that I choose making it very easy to use."
"The solution allows for the possibility for end-users to do their own reporting."
"I have found Tableau easy to use and the features are superb."
"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."
"We frequently utilize visualizations using maps and different objects, all with rich coloring options. And tooltips are absolutely essential for us. Tooltips, like the pop-up descriptions when you hover over some object or graph. Those tooltips in Tableau are great features."
"The most important feature in Tableau is visual analytics."
"It's not yet a replacement for a complete BI tool."
"Stability and scalability an be improved for a full ten."
"The tool should come up with data modeling layer features that are present in other products like Power BI."
"Other tools might be worth considering if you need more advanced features or support for a larger user base."
"There are issues with integration and I encountered limits and warnings, especially with my pivot table size."
"When you physically install a product on one machine instead of the cloud, you have a better visibility, best icon quality, etc.. It's more of an issue with how we are adapting to the transition. We are still in the early moments of using this tool, and we need to go deeper to discover some improvements."
"Panels are not as easy to use as other data extraction UIs."
"There is a significant degree of sophistication required to compete with Tableau or Cognos."
"Its performance and stability can be improved. It takes time to load, and sometimes, it also breaks down for the whole region. Its usability could also be better, and it could also have more connections with different data sources."
"The initial installation is difficult."
"I am taking a course to be able to use the solution better. Some aspects of the solution are not straightforward."
"I would like to see a change in the premium capacity."
"I would like it to be a little bit more secure when I'm using the design feature on my desktop. For example, to have the ability to set up security passwords for opening the file. Currently, they don't have that. Tableau, for example, has a visual way of doing data processing steps, whereas the Power BI system still has some code, although it is very low code. It would be great to have the kind of view that Tableau has."
"Microsoft is behind IBM when it comes to security features."
"The one thing that I noticed specifically was the graphical features, and some of the analytical features. They were stronger on the Tableau side."
"The upgrade process could be improved."
"There should be stronger data modules for the platform."
"SAP BusinessObjects has some semantic layer designs that give the flexibility to do ad hoc reporting or dashboard designing. If that can be brought into Tableau, it would be great. We have the data in the database, but we should also be able to bring something between the database and the dashboard and do some semantic layer modeling for ad hoc reporting requirements."
"The solution does have scalability issues."
"There should be more widgets that would help less trained individuals create charts with less difficulty."
"The cost of owning the solutions from Tableau is much higher compared to any other analytical solutions."
"A strict security measure is needed. I believe it is weak in terms of security."
"Navigating through activities like cleansing, reshaping, and wrangling extensive or complicated datasets could prove challenging within the Tableau environment."
"When I've done presentations in the past, I've had issues with uploading the cartography."