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As of January 2025, the mindshare of Tableau in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category stands at 19.7%, up from 18.9% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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CategoryBI (Business Intelligence) ToolsJan 9, 2025Download
ProductReviews, tips, and advice from real usersJan 9, 2025Download
ComparisonTableau vs Microsoft Power BIJan 9, 2025Download
ComparisonTableau vs Amazon QuickSightJan 9, 2025Download
ComparisonTableau vs SAP Analytics CloudJan 9, 2025Download
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Educational Organization
42%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
University
4%
Government
4%
Healthcare Company
3%
Retailer
3%
Insurance Company
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
1%
Non Profit
1%
Construction Company
1%
Media Company
1%
Comms Service Provider
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Hospitality Company
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Transportation Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Logistics Company
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ROMIL SHAH - PeerSpot user
Deputy General Manger - Information Technology at Nayara Energy
Verified user of Tableau
Mar 28, 2022
Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time

Pros

"Its visualizations are good, and its features make the development process a little less time-consuming. It has an in-memory extract feature that allows us to extract data and keep it on the server, and then our users can use it quickly."

Cons

"When it comes to visualizations, Tableau has a limitation as compared to Power BI. It has a limited set of visualizations. Power BI has the entire marketplace, so you can connect and import many visualizations and use them, whereas Tableau has only 10 or 15 visualizations. There should be more visualizations, and there should also be data integration with more cloud providers."
NidhiJain - PeerSpot user
Assistant Vice President - Business Managment Specialist at Deutsche Bank
Verified user of Tableau
May 6, 2024
Useful for data summarizing and dashboarding

Pros

"Tableau's most valuable features are its ability to summarize data, provide dynamic controls for navigating different charts, and showcase historical data trends. I appreciate the option to colour-code different charts for improved customer experience. "

Cons

"Tableau could be improved by introducing a data manipulation layer within the tool itself. Currently, data manipulations require using additional tools like Alteryx. If Tableau included these capabilities, it would reduce the need for external dependencies. The tool gets slower when we feed huge amounts of data. "
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Amir Tolba - PeerSpot user
Business Analyst at E-Technical Services (EDGE Group)
Verified user of Tableau
Jan 20, 2024
Good visualization features and easy dashboard creation and administration

Pros

"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."

Cons

"More integration with Python or something related to machine learning would be a good improvement."
Theresa McLaughlin - PeerSpot user
Senior Capacity Planner at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Tableau
Apr 26, 2021
Product discussed: 2020.3
A stable and mature product that provides good data visualizations and is useful for analyzing different sets of data

Pros

"The data visualization piece is most valuable. We do ad-hoc analysis or one-time shot things, but there are things that we have to track every single day. When our management and our customers want to see how things are changing, the dashboarding provides that information. Tableau is key in providing that data on a refresh basis. We use a data blending tool that pumps the data into Tableau, and we just schedule it to run every single day. So, the automation of the data and being able to present it to people who are interested are the most valuable features."

Cons

"Its price is a concern. It is more expensive than Power BI. The other thing that I never liked about Tableau is its ability to handle large sets of data. To present the data in the dashboards, we have to stage it up exactly like it is going to come into the dashboard. We use another tool called Alteryx that does that for us. So, we manipulate the data, get it staged, and then push it into Tableau. Tableau is terrible at handling large data sets, and we knew right away that we couldn't use Tableau to do data manipulation."
PeerSpot user
Director , Business Intelligence at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Tableau
Aug 27, 2024
Really good performance and has a growing community

Pros

"Tableau's performance is really good, and it is adding new features."

Cons

"Tableau's integration with Einstein Analytics could be better."
PeerSpot user
Lead Business Analyst at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Tableau
Jan 19, 2024
Reduced time spent creating reports and dashboards, easy to work with and offers AI-powered features like automatic prediction

Pros

"The dashboards are amazing, with different report types and stunning visuals. Most importantly, Tableau's AI with machine learning automatically predicts features and reports based on historical data. These are the three most valuable features for me."

Cons

"Firstly, the high cost of Tableau licenses makes it inaccessible for many mid-scale clients. Secondly, the server requires at least 128GB of RAM, which can be impractical for some systems. We need a dedicated system to use Tableau. "
Sanjiv Dogra - PeerSpot user
Sr. Manager mtechnogies at Deloitte
Verified user of Tableau
Apr 29, 2024
Provides impressive dashboards and customized reports

Pros

"Tableau is a fantastic tool that provides impressive dashboards and customized reports."

Cons

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
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Manager at Accenture
Verified user of Tableau
Apr 9, 2022
Product discussed: 21.3
User-friendly, flexible and able to handle huge data sets

Pros

"I consider Tableau to be the best analytical tool available. It's really handy to use and can be used by non-technical people."

Cons

"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."