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PROS

Tableau Enterprise's data blending capabilities are a significant asset, enabling users to integrate data from multiple sources efficiently.
It offers robust data visualization features that facilitate the creation of detailed and interactive dashboards, fostering better decision-making processes.
With comprehensive data connectivity, users can effortlessly connect to various databases such as MySQL, SQL Server, Amazon EMR, Presto, Redshift, and BigQuery.
The self-service functionality of Tableau Enterprise reduces reliance on centralized IT teams, allowing business users to independently generate insights.
Tableau Enterprise supports business analytics needs with its ability to manage large datasets effectively, enabling data-driven strategies across organizations.

CONS

Pricing is high compared to competitors like Power BI and QlikView, making it expensive for users.
There are limitations in handling large-scale data efficiently, leading to performance issues.
Improvement is needed in data integration capabilities and support for multiple programming languages.
Customizations and advanced modeling are complex and require improvement for easier use.
Licensing options should be more flexible to accommodate smaller organizations.
 

Tableau Enterprise Pros review quotes

JH
Director, BI & Analytics at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 5, 2018
Visualization attributes: Marks – Color, Size, Label, etc.. Easily Accessible and Intuitive.
it_user91872 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior HR Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
May 8, 2017
The data blending capabilities is a huge factor for our team.
it_user569868 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analysis Team Leader at Viber
Dec 11, 2016
Easy for beginners to use
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it_user151629 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 16, 2017
The Web Editing capabilities allow us to grant end users enough capabilities for them to do self-serve discovery without the added cost of needing to get everyone desktop licenses.
PB
(2IC) Senior System Analyst at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 17, 2017
The ability to deploy is the added ability to centralise the Tableau repository for all Tableau Developers.
it_user712779 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 17, 2017
Data Interpreter: Which can identify issues or potential errors with your imported data.
it_user251337 - PeerSpot reviewer
DHS HQ at a government with 10,001+ employees
Aug 23, 2017
It’s good for quick visualization and being able to quickly consume unstructured data to play around with.
reviewer802428 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI Developer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Jan 16, 2018
Tableau has comprehensive, insightful charts, which allow you to build stunning dashboards and enrich your support decision-making.
it_user811167 - PeerSpot reviewer
SVP Technology at Tesco
Jan 31, 2018
The most valuable feature is the 3D charting.
it_user823452 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Feb 20, 2018
Gradual scalability from simple to complex situations
 

Tableau Enterprise Cons review quotes

JH
Director, BI & Analytics at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 5, 2018
Small multiples (a.k.a. Trellis charts) are possible only through very hacky means. Update: Still remains a challenge.
it_user91872 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior HR Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
May 8, 2017
Formatting controls could use some improvement.
it_user569868 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analysis Team Leader at Viber
Dec 11, 2016
Lacks machine learning algorithms that you can implement using R, SPSS Modeler, and Python.
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it_user151629 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 16, 2017
At the organizational level, increasing the servers' capabilities to support us as an enterprise tool.
PB
(2IC) Senior System Analyst at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 17, 2017
We did have issues with Tableau 10.1 server with the brokers failing on heavy load but since moving to 10.2, then to 10.3, this issue seems to have been resolved and the environment is now quite stable.
it_user712779 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 17, 2017
The user experience for less savvy or non-technical people (from my experience).
it_user251337 - PeerSpot reviewer
DHS HQ at a government with 10,001+ employees
Aug 23, 2017
It is not so great when it comes to data exchange/integration, data mining, etc.
reviewer802428 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI Developer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Jan 16, 2018
Include forecasting on table calculation fields.
it_user811167 - PeerSpot reviewer
SVP Technology at Tesco
Jan 31, 2018
They need to improve the bar chart position and width.
it_user823452 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Feb 20, 2018
Provide additional enhancements in any business process: Operations, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Logistics, etc.