Tableau Reviews

The live connection to data and publishing are the most valuable features of Tableau. You can connect to your data almost wherever it resides in a straightforward, simple connection. Your local dashboard is only one click away from being online and shareable with other users.

I have used Tableau in the last couple of companies I worked for and it helps any organization that has clients who need visualization.

It can also be very useful for internal purposes.

I would love to see some easier ways for predictive analysis or machine learning in Tableau. The only way to do it at the moment is manually and with the integration of other tools. I’m used to everything being fast and easy in Tableau and I think that can be a significant upgrade.

I have used it for four years.

I did not encounter any issues with deployment, stability or scalability. However, I would prefer an updating system within the tool instead of going to the website and downloading newer versions. Also, major updates are installed as a separate software on your PC, which can only be useful in some rare cases.

Technical support can sometime take a while to respond, but they are very helpful and friendly.

I use a lot of other tools, such as QlikView, because we deal with different clients who use different tools, so we need to have expertise in the different tools provided by the market leaders.

Initial setup is very straightforward and easy. You can install the desktop version in one click with no setup needed. As for the server version, the setup is also easy for non-technical users by following some simple step-by-step guides.

I have implemented through a vendor team and in-house. Because the implementation is easy, I would advise staying up-to-date and always using the latest releases.

ROI is strictly related to how are you using the tool. You can publish dashboards and embed them in a live website which can bring you more hits, or you can provide your users/clients access to your Tableau server, which is related to how much they are paying for that. Use your licenses wisely so they are worth the high amount you’re paying.

The most important thing that people need to know is that Tableau is ONLY a visualization tool (the best in the market). Don’t confuse it with other business intelligence, big data or data analytics tools. If you want to do fast and good looking customizable and interactive visualizations on data from one or multiple sources, Tableau is your tool.

The use is only academic, for the moment.

I've used it for six months.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

I've not needed to contact them.

I've not needed to contact them.

It was easy to setup.

We did it in-house.

• BIME
• QlikView
• SiSense

1. Possible to access various data sources (data base, etc.).
2. Based in memory for functional implement.
3. Easy to use if user is not an IT engineer.
4. Function for suggesting various view with mixed dimension and fact.
5. Easy to create trend information for recent years.
6. Function for helping to calculate summary easily related to statistics.

1. We can compose indicators about sales and properly reset our goals for each level.
2. Maximizing the marketing effect to analyze customers acting with various angles.

1. About Tableau Server, it has to access various OS, not only Windows' server.
2. When extracting data, it can perform tasks about the update.
3. Needs tuning for slow work blending technology between dissimilar systems.

Since July 2011. Almost about six years.

There is no issue with the stability.

There is no issue with the scalability.

Really good for technical support.

Yes, I did. It had the same functions with a value of four questions.

There is no need to initially setup Tableau software. But, it needs to be setup right before scheduling to use Tableau.

It would be the best to request them to Tableau Software.

This is a powerful product that allows users to analyze themselves rather than viewing the report. I hope you can master it and become an advanced data analyst.

• Reports on demand based on dynamic data
• A single dashboard for understanding the learning performance in various geographic areas
• Easy-to-use navigation
• Responsive UI
• Dashboard was superb and good enough to be used in corporate presentations for managers
• Exporting the graphics to other Microsoft Office tools

• Assisted in driving data-driven decisions and changing strategy accordingly
• Able to compare data from different organizations and collate a model to understand the learning behavior within regions

• Not browser independent
• Sometimes, data retrieval was slow

I had a bad experience viewing the reports with Microsoft IE or Chrome. The version well supported the Mozilla Firefox version. The browser showed no response when it was fetching the data or executing a report based on dynamic data.

This is just an observation. I predominantly used Chrome browser for viewing dashboards using Tableau.

I have been using it for two years.

We chose the solution because it was stable and scalable.

Customer service and technical support are excellent.

We used Microsoft Excel.

A data and analytics team was set up to implement metric analysis and reporting.

Implementation was done in-house. We have a team that is passionate about enabling data reporting for strategic business improvement.

ROI = 100%

For a global organization, pricing is affordable.

In-database analytics is the product’s most valuable feature to me.

Tableau provides more visually appealing reports for management.

- HA feature is missing
- Better scalability

I have been using it for three years.

I encountered stability and HA issues.

Technical support is 9 /10.

I previously used MicroStrategy, which is a real BI tool.

Initial setup was complex: report creation, installation, automation, report changes...

An in-house team implemented it.

• Drag and drop-oriented development process that facilitates rapid development of dashboards and reports
• Can connect to any data base in industry
• Sits really well on top of big data platforms
• Sharing and collaborative development is awesome with Tableau Server
• Excellent and visually rich visualizations

It should allow user-defined functions. There are several ideas logged by various Tableau developers in the community and they should implement those ideas as soon as they can.

I have been using it for more than three years now.

I have not encountered any deployment, stability or scalability issues.

We are treated as valuable partners by Tableau, the engagement is very stable and we get expertise from Tableau technicians whenever we request it.

I have used other visualization tools in past. However, Tableau is much better than they are; much better compared to QlikView and Spotfire.

Very simple initial set up. Tableau provides setup guides on their websites.

Tableau implemented it for us. Always ask for Tableau's help to determine architecture and implementation of any Tableau server.

This is the best product in this category, among all BI tools available in market; top ranked as per Gartner's Magic Quadrant report.

• Ease of data visualization
• Ease of dashboard creation
• Ease of dashboard sharing

The data was made clearer for us through visualization. In addition, it allowed us to automate result monitoring.

The integration and usage of multiple data sources is sometimes not that straightforward.

I've used it for six months.

All connections were to a SQL Database, and there were no issues with deployment.

No issues with stability.

No issues with scalability.

Did not need it.

Did not need it.

We already had OLAP Cubes in place, but we haven't switched and are currently using both.

It was straightforward.

It has given us faster reporting, resulting in better management of the information, and better usage of information in decision making.

Definitely understand your data structure before using Tableau. Tableau allows you to manipulate and depict data in various ways, as long as you have proper, well structured input.

All the features are valuable.

We plan to empower users with Enterprise BI and Self Service BI by Tableau.

It is still in our evaluation to replace our old BI tools.

We used Infobeacon and now we are using Cognos and Microsoft BI. We are currently looking for a better product.

Quality of data, flexibility and the performance of the tool(s) are the critical aspects of BI. Test the critical aspects by doing a proof of concept using a huge amount of data.