Tableau Reviews

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 options
• Custom image/icon upload for visualizations
• User-friendly interface
• Easy connection to multiple data sources

With Tableau, use of an external ETL tool is a must if it’s connected to a data warehouse. It doesn’t really provide the room for complex computing or data transformation.

I have used it for about a year.

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

Simple. Tableau installation is pretty simple.

Analyze the business need and end users first, and then go for implementing Tableau. Simple reporting can be done in IBM Cognos or various other tools available in the market. What Tableau can bring to the table: better visualizations, ease of use (in case the end users are business guys and not technical folks) and advanced analysis capabilities.

• Live connection to databases
• Parameters and calculation fields
• Actions on dashboards

With Tableau, our company was able to overcome some shortcomings with Google Analytics data interaction. As we have many GA profiles, Tableau gives us an opportunity to integrate everything we need into several dashboards. Tableau is a good way to visualize complex Google Analytics data in a user-friendly way.

• Not very well-made dashboard designing
• Lack of formatting options
• Sometimes, not enough operating speed while working with huge amount of data
• In the next version, I would like to see more formatting options and an improvement in overall performance.

Choose Tableau if your aim is to provide yourself or your end users with an opportunity for simple and effective data analysis, with minimal education and maximum results.

Actually, the whole product is very valuable for me.

Actually, I am still testing the product before I ask my team to use it, but it’s most likely going to be one of our tools.

I would really like to import data from any online website to make it dynamic.

I would like them to also extend the trial version to 30 days to encourage more people to use it and understand it more. Like an addiction, when you use something for a long time, it becomes a habit. :)

I've used this solution for only one month, and it has been a great experience.

It’s a little bit slow on my system. I don’t know why, but I am looking forward to them developing a lighter version.

Customer service is not bad.

I liked the way when I created an account, they followed up with a call.

Setup is very easy, like any other program.

I've tested a lot of products. I researched which tool is the best for visualization, and I found that Tableau is one of the best for it.

I would say Tableau is a good product to use for data visualization. I recommend it for that and for data analysis.

• Simplicity
• User friendly

This tool helps in understanding data in a visually better form and generate insights quickly.

Add calculated columns in the edit text box like in Spotfire.

I have been using it for two years.

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

Customer service and technical support are excellent.

I have used Spotfire. The two main reasons to use Tableau over Spotfire are the ease of working with it and the availability of an in-depth knowledge database.

It is very straightforward, like installing any other application.

An in-house team implemented it.

This tool has provided savings in terms of man hours.

License cost is average.

Contact a Tableau technical team to understand exactly which product you need.

It's ability to connect to multiple data sources, easy and intuitive interface, and analytics functions.

Yes. We use Tableau dashboards in Tableau Server (connected to our ERP system) in our weekly executive sales meetings. The data is almost real-time, allowing a better decision making process.

We also use Tableau to identify data quality and cleansing related issues.

Custom formatting and layout.

Three years.

Only with SAP BW data sources.

Not yet.

An eight out of 10.

Yes. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards/Xcelsius. Switched because of easy adoption of Tableau, and minimum knowledge required.

It was very easy.

To consider that MS Power BI, which costs less, requires MS Office 365 subscription. Therefore, the investment in Tableau is less.

Yes, Microsoft Power BI, SAP Lumira, and BOARD.

• Define clear objectives and outcomes.
• Proper sizing if Tableau Server is needed.
• Follow Tableau Drive Methodology.

Tableau is easy to use. It provides us with faster development and deployment. It also produces impressive graphs and charts.

We make heavy use of supply chain analytics to analyze information on orders, bookings, landed costs freight analytics, partner scores, etc.

We would like to see more advanced data science capabilities like predictive analysis and advanced linear regression.

Tableau also lacks native financial functions. Also, we would like to see integration with native Hadoop and some standard reporting capabilities beyond the dashboard.

We have been using Tableau 9.3 for three years, and are currently beta testing 10.0.

We have not experienced any issues with deployment.

We have not experienced any issues with stability.

We have not experienced any issues with scalability.

I rate the technical support as excellent.

We previously used Enterprise standard.

The initial setup is simple and straightforward.

We built the implementation in house.

Pricing is costly when compared to products like Microsoft Power BI. Also, the licensing should be more general.

Go ahead and use Tableau.

I use Tableau Desktop and Server 10.4 for data visualization to measure business targets and performance, it helps the business identify strategies and solutions to meet objectives.

Our clients are so happy with the new visualisation tools. It has answered most of their questions on how to measure and improve their business performance. 

It gives us a new dimension to the way that we analyse our data.

• Parameters
• Calculations
• Dynamic filters
• LOD
• The ability to use multiple data sources. 

The use of a storyboard helps the flow of the data visualisation.

If they could add global filters in the stories, more chart types, and default colours, it would help.