We performed a comparison between Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is easy."
"The SQL Server Reporting Services makes it very easy to get the data whenever we need it."
"I am impressed with the product's seamless integration. It can work with different databases like Oracle."
"I'm very satisfied with the customer service. And usually, whenever we have any issue or details, we get to the person for the support. I'm really satisfied with the service. Within a few minutes or within a few hours, the support person will be available."
"In Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, the installation and configuration are easy."
"It is a stable solution."
"We can create quality reports in real time."
"We get good support from Microsoft."
"Tableau has comprehensive, insightful charts, which allow you to build stunning dashboards and enrich your support decision-making."
"It's a very good, flexible product, and it's easy to learn."
"Tableau Prep tool for data preparation is a most valuable tool."
"The best part about Tableau is the visualization."
"It's the ease of use. It is also a self-service tool so it decreases the burden on having centralized IT-type teams or developers."
"The data blending capabilities is a huge factor for our team."
"You can create attractive dashboards that inform users using Tableau."
"Tableau is easy to use compared to some other solutions, such as Excel."
"We encounter some barriers while trying to build a report."
"In this solution, the cost should be reduced for the enterprise edition."
"I would like the solution to add the scheduling feature for reports."
"Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services needs to improve performance."
"Technical support is in minor need of improvement so that they can solve problems in a more timely manner."
"It is not easy to integrate the product with other tools in the market."
"Sometimes, we need to make sure that the configuration stays consistent across the reporting instances. They all connect to the same database. So, it shares that same backend, but the reporting services itself can also be configured. On the application level, for reporting level. And it is, based on my own experience, it is a manual effort to make sure that the reporting servers are configured the same across the environment."
"We have had issues with the refresh interval since we have too many reports scheduled. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is also expensive."
"Improvements in schema security and row/column security need to be made."
"The performance could be better."
"There are more than a powerful tool in the market, such as Microsoft BI."
"Lacks customization in some areas."
"An area needing improvement involves the complexity of the product should you need to alter a lot of parameters. If you have technical servers, much interface, different providers and more serious processes, that will be time consuming."
"It needs more ETL capabilities, to be able to address the end-to-end BI need."
"The solution needs to improve its integration capabilities."
"They need a write-back; that is what is missing. If they get the write back to the database, they will be fully automated, but for the time being, they are not."
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 8th in Reporting with 13 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in Reporting with 290 reviews. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.6, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services writes "Offers useful templates but needs to improve the connectivity offered". 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". Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is most compared with TIBCO Jaspersoft, Microsoft Power BI, SAP Crystal Reports, Oracle OBIEE and IBM Cognos, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services vs. Tableau report.
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