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Anaconda Business vs Tableau Enterprise comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.5
Anaconda Business boosts ROI by saving time and reducing errors, enhancing efficiency and minimizing downtime for faster project delivery.
Sentiment score
6.9
Tableau Enterprise provides rapid ROI through efficient report generation, cost savings, and streamlined operations with minimal integration challenges.
Everyone being able to work smoothly without unnecessary delays.
tester at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment; specifically, when we talk about efficiency, it's both time-saving and money-saving.
Product Manager at Zidio development
I have seen a return on investment with time saved by 50% and less downtime, allowing the team to deliver projects faster with fewer errors.
Analyst at Tata consultancy services
This saves a significant amount of time, particularly for reports that would have needed around fifty people.
Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
The ROI of using Tableau extends to its seamless integration across various platforms, as it's from Salesforce and thus not limited to any specific cloud provider.
Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees
Tableau is saving me time, money, and resources, which I would rate as ten.
Founder at Mindclick Consulting
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.2
Anaconda Business receives praise for prompt customer service, but many rely on community support and documentation instead.
Sentiment score
6.1
Tableau Enterprise support is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with premium options and community resources highly rated by users.
Anaconda Business customer support is very active with a quick response time.
System Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Overall, support was reliable when we needed it, just not super-fast every single time.
tester at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The customer support for Anaconda Business provides a better approach.
Product Manager at Zidio development
They provide quick email and phone responses and have Thai-speaking personnel.
Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees
There should be consistent standards for all users.
Associate Technical Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The technical support for Tableau is quite good.
Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
Anaconda Business excels in scalable, reliable performance, with efficient user growth management and robust integration in diverse environments.
Sentiment score
6.7
Tableau Enterprise offers strong scalability and improved performance with recent updates, despite potential cost and complexity challenges.
As more environments or users get added, it still runs smoothly without major slowdowns.
tester at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Anaconda Business scales very well because it is built around centralized environment and package management.
System Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Anaconda does not have scalability restrictions as it depends on the type of machine running it.
VP Product at Medint
Tableau is easy to use across various dimensions, whether on-premises or on the cloud.
Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees
The solution is fully scalable and performs well even with large datasets, provided there is proper supporting hardware.
Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems
Tableau is easy to scale.
Community Director at PeerSpot
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Anaconda Business is stable and reliable for production, despite occasional deployment issues and crashes on low RAM systems.
Sentiment score
7.3
Tableau Enterprise is stable and reliable, with minor challenges tied to dataset size, server, or network factors.
Earlier, setting up or troubleshooting conflicts could take anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour, but now most setups just work.
tester at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Anaconda Business is stable to an extent, but it sometimes crashes on systems with insufficient RAM.
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The application hangs after continuous use due to the buildup of cache.
Community Director at PeerSpot
I rate the stability a five or six because Tableau updates very often with new versions or patches.
Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Anaconda Business needs better documentation, interface, support, cloud integration, stability, AI features, visualizations, and pricing for efficiency.
Tableau Enterprise struggles with performance, integration, and features, with users seeking better analytics, data management, and cost efficiency.
It would also be nice to have clearer error messages when something fails, so it is easier to understand what went wrong without digging too much.
tester at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
They should enhance the security point of view; it's good, but it needs some more advanced features.
Product Manager at Zidio development
The pricing should be a little lower for a single person to use, as it might be affordable for an organization, but for my single use, it is difficult.
Product Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We cannot send the entire Excel file reports via email within Tableau.
Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
The product owner should enhance its benefits or clarify its role.
Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees
It sometimes requires extensive investigation to determine why the data does not appear correctly.
Group Finance Head Of Investment Bank Product Control at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Anaconda Business users appreciate its open-source benefits but face diverse opinions on costs due to necessary hardware investments.
Tableau Enterprise is pricier but valued for functionality, offering flexible licensing and discounts for larger purchases.
Anaconda is an open-source tool, so I do not pay anything for it.
VP Product at Medint
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is a little costly, but it is useful.
Automation Test Engineer at Tata Consultancy services Limited
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that it is a bit costly, but it is useful.
Analyst at Tata consultancy services
Power BI as a much cheaper alternative.
Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems
A license for 150 users costs around $17,000 USD per year.
Community Director at PeerSpot
Looker is known to be quite expensive.
Associate Technical Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Anaconda Business offers centralized management, robust security, and seamless integration, enhancing productivity and scalability for diverse sectors.
Tableau Enterprise simplifies data visualization and integration, enhancing decision-making and collaboration with secure, intuitive tools for organizations.
Anaconda Business has positively impacted my organization because, when discussing the security point of view, it's exceptional; when comparing it to other solutions, Anaconda Business is superior.
Product Manager at Zidio development
We find the advanced security, governance, and collaborative features for organizations using Python and R particularly useful.
Product Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Anaconda Business positively impacts our organization by protecting us from compliance and security risks while keeping the environment consistent, allowing our team to focus on insight and innovation instead of worrying about setups, security, and software issues.
Analyst at Tata consultancy services
A significant feature for me is the real-time connection to data sources because it effectively manages large data sets.
Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees
Tableau serves as a stable dashboarding tool for higher management, aiding in quick decision-making.
solution architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Building hyper extracts and visualization capabilities make Tableau a robust tool for data analysis.
Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems
 

Categories and Ranking

Anaconda Business
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (6th)
Tableau Enterprise
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
309
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (2nd), Reporting (2nd), Data Visualization (1st), Embedded BI (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Anaconda Business is designed for Data Science Platforms and holds a mindshare of 2.0%, down 2.1% compared to last year.
Tableau Enterprise, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 5.9% mindshare, down 15.4% since last year.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Anaconda Business2.0%
Databricks7.2%
Dataiku4.8%
Other86.0%
Data Science Platforms
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tableau Enterprise5.9%
Microsoft Power BI7.4%
Amazon QuickSight3.1%
Other83.6%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2775498 - PeerSpot reviewer
tester at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Isolate environments and switch package versions efficiently for smoother testing workflows
Overall, it works well, but there are a few things that could be better. Sometimes the environment creation or package installation feels a bit slow, especially with bigger libraries. Another thing I would appreciate is a cleaner, more intuitive interface for managing environments. It works, but a smoother UI could make the workflow faster. It would also be nice to have clearer error messages when something fails, so it is easier to understand what went wrong without digging too much. The documentation could be a bit clearer, especially for troubleshooting specific errors or setup issues. Sometimes I need to search extensively to find the exact steps. Also, having quicker or more detailed support responses would help when something unexpected comes up. These are not major problems, but improving them would definitely make the overall experience smoother. One small improvement I would add is smoother integration with IDEs. It works fine right now, but having even tighter or more automated syncing with tools such as VS Code or PyCharm would make the workflow faster. Perhaps also a few more built-in examples or quick-start guides for common setups would be helpful. Nothing major, just things that would make the experience even more user-friendly.
Swetha Dhanasekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior GenAI Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Centralized dashboards have transformed workforce trend analysis and speed up decisions
Tableau Enterprise helps us to consolidate the data and visualize daily and weekly trends in a clear and centralized dashboard, offering powerful features such as interactive dashboards, real-time data refreshing, advanced visual analytics, role-based access control, secure data, and seamless interaction with multiple data sources and automated reports. This will help us to analyze trends and collaborate across teams and scale analytics across the organization. These features help my team specifically by centralizing all employees' data in one place. This helps us reduce manual tracking and gives us real-time visibility into work from home versus office trends. The interactive dashboards allow quick decision-making, and the automated refresh time saves us a lot, while role-based access ensures data is shared securely with the right stakeholders. Tableau Enterprise has had a strong positive impact on our organization by improving data visibility, speeding up decision-making, and managing reports efficiently. The team can now access and track trends more effectively, and collaboration has improved using interactive dashboards. Overall, it has enhanced effectiveness and fostered a data-driven culture across the organization. The specific outcomes showing this positive impact include speeding up decision-making, which is the biggest impact because it saves us more time. Reporting time actually reduces sequentially since the dashboards refresh automatically. Data security is stronger, and data accuracy has improved, thanks to a centralized data source. Decision-making is also much faster since leaders can view real-time impacts instead of waiting for manual entry.
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Comparison Review

it_user79932 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - BI Head with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 4, 2015
Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho
1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise20
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business117
Midsize Enterprise67
Large Enterprise185
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Anaconda?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is a little costly, but it is useful.
What needs improvement with Anaconda?
Anaconda Business could be improved by being more integrated with new CLI tools like Cloud Code or Codex.
What is your primary use case for Anaconda?
I use Anaconda Business day-to-day, with the main tool being Jupyter Notebook, which I have on my computer for cleaning and extracting data. I extract data from Excel using Anaconda Business and cl...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik Sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau, etc. I have recently started using Cognos Enter...
Tableau vs. Business Objects - Which is a better solution for visualization and analysis?
Both tools have their positives and negatives. First, I should mention that I am relatively new to Tableau. I have been working on and off Tableau for about a year, but getting to work on it consta...
Which would you choose - Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud?
Tableau is easy to set up and maintain. In about a day it is possible for the entire platform to be deployed for use. This relatively short amount of time can make all the difference for companies ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Tableau Online
 

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Sample Customers

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