Tableau Enterprise Reviews

We use Tableau for the all kind of dashboards.

Tableau as a BI solution provides a platform to develop user-friendly, story telling dashboards, which provide insights to help management take decisions.

The solution has a lot of customization when comparing to Microsoft BI.

The customization requires a lot of effort and should be simplified. The performance could be better. When comparing the performance of Tableau to other solutions, such as Microsoft BI, they are not as good.

I have been using Tableau for approximately four years.

The stability is very good.

Tableau has good scaling capabilities.

We have approximately 30 to 40 users using this solution in my organization.

The support is good for Tableau. However, if we ask for a certain feature they will not entertain us, unless other customers are also asking for the same feature.

Positive

We previously were using Microsoft BI and we switched to Tableau because of the increased level of customization it provides. Microstrategy can also be a considerable alternative.

The installation is complicated and took us approximately four hours.

It would be best to use an integrator or other professional assistance for the implementation.

We have approximately two engineers that handle the maintenance of the solution.

Our management can take decisions based on insights provided by Tableau, which are smart and help us reduce costs and data issues.

There is a license for the use of this solution and it is on a per-user basis. The server is free but the users you have to pay for.

We performed a POC before going with Tableau, we tried Power BI because Power BI is competing against tableau. But to use Power BI at its full potential, you need the Power BI cloud edition, which our organization cannot go with. So the obvious choice was to go with Tableau.

Tableau is very good, but customers have to understand the requirements of hardware and software the way Tableau works. If they have some requirements that Tableau cannot meet, they will understand how to do it in an alternate way.

I rate Tableau an eight out of ten.

I use Tableau to understand how day-to-day business is going, where the gaps exist, and the KPIs. We use it for target analysis, identification, performance tracking, and financial metrics. 

The features I like most are data manipulation, Tableau Prep, the ability to do manipulation on the desktop, its connectivity to different and vast data sources, the capacity to handle such huge sets of data, and its flexibility to play around and create calculated fields and customized charts. LOD expression is also fantastic. Another useful feature is drag and drop, which means that if you're not into creating data manipulation, data comes very clean and clear to you, and you just have to drag and drop to create a job. This gives an upper hand to the end-user to work on the analytical tool and create their own dashboards. And even on the Tableau server, they can create their own metrics and publish them as a simple dashboard. You can create a view as per your user.

When you're working on a dashboard, you can't select multiple components at a time and align them, so you have to go one by one. This is very cumbersome if you're floating, and it loses in comparison to Power BI, which does allow multiple selections. In the next release, I would like to see an enhancement of the prescriptive analytics features.

I've been working with Tableau for a year and a half.

Technical support is more-or-less fine, though we have had a couple of cases where we weren't satisfied. We have had to ask our senior management to intervene sometimes because the support period has gone beyond fifteen or twenty-one days.

Neutral

I consider Tableau to be the best analytical tool available. It's really handy to use and can be used by non-technical people. For those thinking of implementing it, you can go with Tableau Online if you don't do too much data manipulation on the Tableau desktop itself. Try to keep it in a different layer of Tableau Prep and also make sure that your desktop is not heavy and leverage the features properly because Tableau offers a lot. I would give Tableau a rating of eight out of ten.

Overall, I am satisfied with Tableau.

When compared with Power BI, Tableau is much easier.

The charts need to be improved. The drawings and the visualization need to be more accurate.

I would like to see the visualization improved.

I have been working with Tableau for four months.

I am working with the most recent version.

So far, Tableau has been stable.

I can't say that it is scalable, as I am still learning.

Because I'm taking a data analytics course. I should begin with a product. At the moment, I am our company's only user.

I have not reached out to technical support. I haven't required any assistance. The guide was sufficient. I typed in Google and found the answer to every question I had, whether it was in a form or a guide itself.

Previously, I worked with Power BI.

The initial setup was easy. They have a guide available.

The deployment can take anywhere from an hour and a half to half a day.

I was able to complete the deployment, download, and installation with the help of the guide.

For me, for right now, the price is reasonable. Tableau is free.

You won't have to do anything if you read through the guide.

I would rate Tableau an eight out of ten.

I primarily use Tableau for fair-market reporting.

I've been using it a lot for our dashboarding needs, circulating data to the business, generating PDFs, and publishing on the portal.

Over the time that I have used this solution, I've found the interface to be extremely user-friendly.

I especially like the flexibility that Tableau provides. You can quickly make web edits from version 9.0 onwards. My understanding is that Tableau 2020 has many more features for this, as well.

I customize the reports to my needs and preferences.

There is a lot of APIs available, which means that Tableau can be customized to a large extent.

Tableau had some issues with parameters. In particular, prior to version 2020, they did not have dynamic parameters.

Tableau cannot work with cubes or MDX (multidimensional expressions).

For enterprise-level users that are computing millions of records, they need to improve the features.

I have been using Tableau for close to five years.

In all aspects, Tableau has been very stable.

When there are millions of records, scaling up is quite difficult. There are, however, workarounds.

For example, you have to create summary tables or aggregate tables so that Tableau can be faster. There are third-party solutions like Kyvos available but if Tableau can integrate that and address the scalability, then it'll be an undisputed champion in the space.

Technical support is extremely good. Since we have been a customer of Tableau, they have always responded really well to our queries. This is true regarding price, as well as in the technical aspect.

They have a good knowledge forum.

I have worked with SAP BusinessObjects, Domo, SAP, and Birst.

One of the reasons that I prefer Tableau is that it's very user-friendly. Anyone who is familiar with Excel can easily adapt to Tableau.

We have been using Tableau for a long time, and we have seen a return on investment. The reason is that we have been able to scale it up to an enterprise level.

In the long run, there is definitely a return on investment.

Licensing is slightly on the higher side compared to other products, such as Birst. There are different licensing options so you really have to be careful when choosing them. I recommend that you discuss your needs with the salesperson and try to negotiate the price.

In general, the price is slightly higher than products such as Power BI and Birst.

Tableau is a solution that is near-perfect.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Tableau is used for reporting time in the dashboard and also for skills in maintenance and metrics. That's pretty much it.

The dashboards are great.

The solution offers very good reporting.

It's a stable solution. We've never had any issues with it.

We have found the scalability to be good.

There are no significant improvements needed. 

It would be nice to include more features on each dashboard. 

I've been using the solution for a couple of years. I've used it for a while at this point.

The stability and reliability are good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The solution is scalable. It's not difficult to expand it to your needs.

We are a really big company. I'm not sure exactly how many people actually use the solution. In our department alone there are at least 50 users. That's a small team, really. I'm sure it's used extensively globally.

I have not heard of plans to increase usage in the future. 

I don't have experience with technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are as I've never been in contact with them.

This product was already in place when I was hired. I'm not sure if something different was used previously.

The installation was handled before I came on board. I was not a part of a process. I can't speak to if it was difficult or not.

It's a hosted solution. We don't need a team of engineers on it from our end.

I can't speak to the pricing. We're a global company. Another team deals directly with contracts. 

I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten based on my experience and what I know. 

We primarily use the solution for data visualization and data analytics. I normally use it for analyzing data from social media, for social media analytics, mainly Twitter and data from the Twitter API. I use it to analyze what is being said on social media and also to look at the interaction on social media on specific topics. 

I also use it for educational purposes. I analyze the data from student information systems to check about their student progress and provide visualizations about this data.

I create a lot of dashboards, mainly using these tools. 

Tableau helped our organization to provide our ckients organizations with cloud-based  Data Analytics service. Through using the Tableau's anilities in the field of Data Analytics, and Data Preperation & Transformation, and Data Visualization
we collect, cleanse, transform client’s data and discover insights and patterns in this data. Using Tableau, we help our ckients to improve the way data is utilized to support the decision-making process, enhance strategy implementation, and apply KPI monitoring within the business process. Tableau helped us to provide our clients with data driven decision making power through utilizing high quality  data analytics and vizualization so that they can continue to comply with the standards and best practices in teir field of business.

The solution is very flexible. The ability of filtering and segmentation of the data makes it very flexible compared to other tools.

The ease of use is great. It's a good platform from an ease of use point of view. It's easy to use and easy to learn. The learning curve is not difficult to grasp. 

The user interface is very friendly. The onscreen help, and also the resources that Tableau provides, including training videos, a support website, and knowledge base, are very helpful. 

I use the Tableau training portal and I found it very enlightening. It provided me with online training and certifications. I use it mostly for strengthening my abilities in Tableau.  

I like the way it integrates with multiple data sources. The data blending aspect of Tableau, in which I can blend and merge data from multiple sources, is great. I found that the things that I was doing previously, such as using SQL or other tools over the course of hours I can do in Tableau within minutes. Instead of doing my job using SQL with multiple queries and instructions, now I can do it in Tableau in minutes.

Its ability to handle large amounts of data is very important. 

The initial setup is easy.

I would like to have the product be more flexible in terms of creating online shared dashboards. When I need to publish a public dashboard, I use Tableau Public. However, I don't find it flexible compared to Tableau Online, which is the paid version. Tableau Public is a free Tableau portal in which I can publish my data, however, Tableau Public doesn't provide the flexibility that I find in Tableau Online. If we compare this with other tools, such as Zoho Analytics, for example, publishing web-based shared dashboards is more flexible, in terms of publishing web-based shared dashboards.

If they can add the feature of machine learning and the predictive analysis to Tableau, it would be very helpful. After Salesforce acquired Tableau, they have been merging Salesforce with Tableau, in terms of machine learning. That said, in this case, I need to use two products - Salesforce and Tableau. I want to have the Einstein tool, which is available now in Salesforce, be integrated into Tableau, so I don't have to use Salesforce for machine learning, to use the Einstein tool, and I can use Tableau for the product. If the Einstein tool for machine learning is integrated into Tableau, that would be very good for us.

I've used the solution for around four years. 

The stability has been good. In general usage cases, it's reliable andhere are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. But we face some stability (crash or freezsing) and performance (slowness) issue with large datasets especially when we export our Tableau visualization to Tableau Public.

Basically, I'm the one using it. However, others consume what I make. I create the dashboard, I create the analytics, and I give my analytics as a shared dashboard or as reports to the decision-makers and other employees. Normally they consume what I do, however, for the creation of dashboards, creation of analytics, I do the job. I'm the main user in that sense. 

It's very scalable, especially if you choose the online option.

Technical support has been great.

The implementation process is not difficult. It's very easy. When I use Tableau Online, it is given as software as a service, which means I don't need to deploy anything. I just give the username and password, and I use it directly without any issue. For the Tableau Desktop, I need to install the software. It's a very normal installation and happens without any issue.

We handled the implementation process ourselves. It's pretty easy. therefore, we didn't need outside assistance. 

The return on investment from Tableau is very high.

The pricing of the solution is very good. We find it much cheaper than other options.

I'm just a customer and an end-user. I have tried several times to have a partnership with Tableau, however, it seems a little bit difficult getting the partnership. This is maybe a negative aspect in terms of having a partnership program. It's not easy to have a partnership or a fellowship relationship with Tableau.

I'm using Tableau Online, as software as a service, and I'm also using Tableau Desktop. I use it on my machine.

I really recommend it for any organization that wants to have data visualization with a tight budget.

I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

It was used for a project in the capital finance domain. We used it to develop the dashboards. My role was to plan the development activity and prepare the dashboards.

All features are valuable. It is very user-friendly, and it is mostly drag-and-drop. If we have the dataset available, then we can develop any dashboard very quickly.

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.

I have been working with this solution for almost three years.

It is very stable and user-friendly. It is overall good.

I have used it only for building dashboards. I have not used it much for other areas, so I don't have any inputs about its scalability.

Its users are from the finance department. There are more than 20 people for that project, and they are using different dashboards. Its usage would expand in the future. They have a plan to also use it for machine learning. I am not sure if that would be a different team or if we will be involved, but machine learning is coming into the picture in the future.

We have experienced people in the company. Whenever we are stuck with something, or we want to achieve something new in Tableau, we consult each other. We help each other, and we get the solution. There is also a Tableau community where we can get help.

For any technical support, Tableau administrators raise the ticket and get the answers from Tableau's support team.

Initially, they were working on SAP BusinessObjects, and then they moved to Spotfire. After that, they moved to Tableau. SAP BusinessObjects was more for reporting purposes, whereas Tableau is for dashboarding purposes.

We also liked Tableau, and that's why we moved to Tableau. It is more user-friendly, and it is also better than SAP BusinessObjects in terms of look and feel. 

Its initial setup was easy. The time taken to develop dashboards depends on the dataset that we want and the data source with which we have to connect. We have to create the data source and the dataset, and then we have to develop the dashboards. If we have the datasets available and we have an understanding of the requirement, then in one or two days, we can develop a dashboard.

For its maintenance, there are three people in a project, and we are able to manage their requirements. There is one administrator and two developers.

If you have more ad hoc requirements, then I would recommend evaluating other BI tools as well. If you have fixed requirements and you know what type of dashboard or reporting is needed in advance, and it is not going to change very frequently, you can go for Tableau. It is very user-friendly. If product owners or users want to go for a self-serving tool, Tableau is the best option.

I am satisfied with it, but there is always a scope for improvement. This is a competitive market, so there will always be some scope for improvement. I would rate it a nine out of 10.

We use it for internal monitoring purposes.

I like Tableau a lot as its visualizations are great; there's no doubt about it. It's easy to use. 

The look and feel and features are very good. Dashboarding is very good.

The product has been stable. 

While my experience has been mostly positive, there are certain limitations, as every tool has.

If I have to develop any, for example, pie charts, I can develop them just fine. However, if I have to develop a donut chart, that I cannot do it in a simple way. There are tricks that I need to use if I have to design a donut chart. It should be more flexible and provide more visualization options.

It does not provide detailed reporting like other reporting tools such as Microstrategy or Cognos, or other enterprise reporting solutions.

If they could provide better reporting as well as visualization, it would be a perfect product.

Pricing is a major thing. If someone has to use it within an organization, it is not that cost-effective, especially when a competitor like Power BI or some other reporting tool comes almost free along with their cloud solution. If someone is opting for any cloud solution, any cloud platform, especially if I talk about Microsoft, they will give you Power BI almost free of cost, or at a minimal cost. In such scenarios, people would prefer using Power BI or a similar kind of tool rather than using Tableau. That is a major concern which Tableau should look into.

I haven't been using it continuously, however, I started using Tableau around six years back. Since then, there have been two projects in which I worked on Tableau. I did work with it in 2021.

The stability has been good. there are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

I'm not managing any scaling aspects. I'm basically from the development team. Every company has its own scaling goals. In my company, I don't really follow that aspect.

I can't say how widely used it is in my organization. When we deploy a tool, there are different teams. There are different stakeholders who are actually using it. I manage my team. I know about only my team, not other teams.

I'm not part of that team that manages the setup. I cannot comment on that.

As far as ROI goes, I'm not directly aware of it, however, likely you can Google statistics. 

The pricing can't compete with Microsoft, for example, which basically gives their BI product away for free to those that purchase cloud products.

I'm also aware of solutions such as Microsoft BI, which is bundled into Microsoft Cloud products. It makes it less expensive for users if they are already heavily using Microsoft.

I'm a customer and an end-user.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.