Tableau Reviews

We use the solution for the dashboard and visualization. We are a consultant company with 20 employees.

The solution is deployed on-prem. I am using the latest version.

I like the visualization component. 

The development part should be better. We are putting a lot of effort in during development, so if we face any struggles, we have to find workaround solutions on the internet. It would be nice to have new workaround solutions and other options. Every customer has different expectations, so sometimes it's hard to find the right solution.

I have been using Tableau for 15 years.

It is stable.

The solution is scalable.

The setup is straightforward. It took about a week to install. For deployment and maintenance, we used two team leads.

This license is on a yearly basis.

I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.

We are not resellers, we are developing in Tableau, and we are implementers.

It is very simple to use for the end-user. It is user-friendly.

It integrates well.

The interface is good.

It is very easy to implement and to use.

A strict security measure is needed. I believe it is weak in terms of security.

We have been using Tableau for three years.

Tableau is a stable solution.

The scalability is great.

We have ten users in our organization.

We are also experienced in using Oracle OBIEE. We have the same application ruling in both technologies.

We have no issues with the configuration.

We need two people to deploy and maintain the system.

The price could be improved.

Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis. 

The licensing is by addition, we currently have an administrator and the viewer.

Yes, I would recommend this solution to others who are considering using it.

I would rate Tableau, a nine out of ten.

I am a developer and I provide solutions to end-users using Tableau.

It's intuitive and highly mature.

I use OBIEE, which is in Tableau. It is much easier than in other tools and it is easier to bring up the data insights.

The customization in the front end is a bit difficult. If they provide any utility or UI feature, where a user can do their own customization it would be great.

I would like to see an option to customize your own reports. Not being able to customize is a pain point for the developers.

I have been using Tableau for six years.

Technical support is good, but they could use some improvement. I would rate the technical support an eight out of ten.

There can be some delays in resolving issues because of the difference in time zones. The need to come with a way to match the time zones.

I would recommend this solution to others but it would depend on their use cases.

I would rate Tableau a nine out of ten.

The dashboards give us metrics around the sales of our company. Most are sales reports to let us know how we're doing across different account managers, as well as how we're doing according to our forecast and plan.

The most valuable part of the solution is the general dashboard features. We schedule the dashboards to be refreshed and re-calculated, so they're not live connections but cached dashboards.

With Tableau, when you're dealing with very large datasets, it can be slow so the performance is an area that can be improved.

The security can be improved.

We have been using Tableau across the enterprise for approximately seven years.

We don't have any complaints about stability.

Scalability-wise, Tableau has met all of our needs. Across the organization as a whole, we probably have more than 1,000 users. There are probably 50 power users, who create their own dashboards and reports.

The consumers are sales executives, senior management, C-level, and HR. There are a lot of job categories that use the reports.

The technical support has been pretty good and we haven't had any major complaints about it.

We are currently using MicroStrategy along with Tableau. We began with MicroStrategy, and all of our reports were on it. We had been using it for about 15 years. Tableau is much easier to develop in, so with MicroStrategy, you needed more of an architect to manage the metadata. Because Tableau is a lot simpler to implement, we've been able to train people to do their own reports, so it's much better from a self-service perspective.

Security-wise, Tableau is not as robust as MicroStrategy.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward.

We initially had a third-party vendor come in and help us with the setup. They led that effort, but since then, we've managed the environments ourselves.

We have an in-house team that takes care of maintenance.

Tableau is not as cost-effective as Microsoft BI.

We are thinking about switching to Microsoft Power BI from MicroStrategy and Tableau. Cost is a factor that is driving us toward the Microsoft solution.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

I use this program to visualize the data sets from front-line employees. Primarily, the tool is used for visualizing data. 

We are able to create reports that are more helpful to our front-line employees. They are able to implement decisions much faster.

The friendliness and easy way of using the platform. I think that as a new user it is easy to learn, and really easy and quick to try and learn from mistakes.

Their training. I've been looking for ways in which we can start training more people to it, and it has shown that other platforms have more access to training than Tableau. 

The drag and drop in development, design and usage; the Show Wizard feature.

As a BI and data visualization enthusiast and provider, I have compared Tableau against other BI and data visualization tools. It provides tremendous ease of use and a shorter learning curve when compared to the rest. Provides astonishing visualizations as well.

The user interface and ease of use requires a bit of a learning curve to pick up. No drag and drop functionality at the development stage, unlike its competitors.

The data preparation is quite good but not as powerful as the one I use or would recommend for data manipulation and cleansing as well. Tableau seems to focus on the data visualization end and provides, or has partnered with, some other software for data preparation.

Three years.

None at the moment.

Tableau, as noted above, does not provide much in terms of data preparation. Handling of large volumes of data sometimes does not work well with this all-in-one purpose tool making it less ideal for business users.

The Tableau online community is rich and vibrant and provides quick guidance on getting started with the basic use of Tableau.

None.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward for personal use, except when looking at deploying on local premises. Doing so entails some configuration during the installation process.

Tableau pricing and licensing is on the high side for a small company, but it’s competitive among its peers. They offer a monthly subscription for their cloud service.

As a consultant in the area of Business Intelligence and data analytics, I have personally evaluated BI tools such as QlikView, Qlik Sense, Power BI and MicroStrategy.

Invest in the memory and RAM of the PC or server you intend to use with Tableau. Though most database sources are available for connection, you should still ensure you have all the necessary resources and connectors installed for proprietary databases.

Fluent expressions are beautiful. It provides many alternatives to present and understand business.

I have been in many project manager roles in BI system development, and I have experience with most BI tools during the last 20 years. In most cases, I had to use web development to cover areas the BI tools couldn't handle. But Tableau can solve most of my customers' requests with fluent alternatives.

All area where business insight is needed. Also, I would like to see improvement in server capacities.

Two years.

No.

No.

Excellent. When I or my customers had questions, Tableau customer support addressed the issues quickly, and in the local Korean language.

I have experience with other BI solutions, but all of them had many limitations with respect to all my customers' requests. But Tableau is able to handle them.

Very simple and easy.

Tableau is very good as a starting point for a BI system and environment with relatively low cost. But it's not easy to expand to enterprise level because there is no discount pricing strategy.

Some customers choose Tableau for small systems, but they choose other solutions for enterprise requirements, to reduce costs, even though they know Tableau is a better product.

No.

It's very easy and an excellent solution. Even though this solution is, in my opinion, the best BI solution in the world, they are continuously developing their product, improving with every upgrade (and even with the minor upgrades).

Extraordinary ease of use, easier to use than any competitor product I’ve used in 15 years or so I’ve worked on MI/BI.

Since I originally wrote this, I have found the mapping on Tableau has been extremely useful and easy to use, particularly that it includes very good geocoding for the UK. In terms of the UK, the support and community here is also exceptional and I know that I don't have to trawl through sites endlessly to find solutions, the community is one of the strongest I've seen thus far in BI

Speed of data discovery and accelerated our ability to remodel our data and improve our existing ETL processes.

Expansion of number of visualisations, as well as potential for straight to dashboard function, rather than design individual visualisation – these are, however, genuinely not priority to amend.

Having used another software for a reasonable period of time, I wonder about the chances of incorporating other languages, such as d3.js in future releases (NB I'm still using 8.3)

~3 years

This was a Proof of Concept rather than full roll-out.

No, but important to note it was PoC.

No, but important to note it was PoC.

Excellent.

Exceptional, probably the best user community I’ve ever seen in nearly 15 years of working in MI/BI/Analytical roles.

Currently use an alternative provider, looking to switch to a newer more empowering piece of software, an alternative to Tableau was selected at a Global CIO level.

Extremely simple. Download a package, enter a key post purchase and that’s it. Very easy.

Vendor team – they had (and indeed have) significant knowledge of the product and continue to share best practice tips and knowledge through their e-publications.

Standard software license cost to setup initially and an optional maintenance fee which include version upgrades. On balance, the costs of software balance nicely against the user experience because you probably wouldn’t need to spend a great deal on training as the product is straightforward to use. I continue to use Tableau in my free/personal time but have been using Tibco Spotfire much more frequently in my professional capacity, so will look to update my review of that software as well

Evaluated numerous different BI tools, including but not restricted to Cognos, Jaspersoft, Pentaho, Tibco Spotfire.

Assess the scalability using the Server set up, engage users of the tool independently through the Tableau Community for their ideas and advice on the pro’s and con’s of the tool. Even the biggest evangelists will be honest enough to tell you where it doesn’t meet their expectations.