Amazon SageMaker vs Tableau Desktop

Amazon SageMaker

Amazon SageMaker is a great tool for developing machine learning models that take more effort than just point-and-click type of analyses. The software works well with the other tools in the Amazon ecosystem, so if you use Amazon Web Services or are thinking about it, SageMaker would be a great addition. SageMaker is great for consumer insights, predictive analytics, and looking for gems of insight in the massive amounts of data we create. SageMaker is less suitable for analysts who do generally "small" data analyses, and "small" data analyses in today's world can be billions of records.

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Thomas Young

Owner, previous CEO

Econometric StudiosFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Tableau Desktop

We use Tableau when we want to obtain a fast and efficient result, since this option allows to work with data in real time or in memory, being able to extract massive data for a limited exploration quickly, using technology of database and computational graphics to analyze enormous sets of data and which is used in the different areas of the organization when we want to have quick results and easy to analyze according to the graphics presented.

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Yusmelys Lopez

Analista financiero

BANCA PUBLICABanking, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon SageMaker

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Tableau Desktop

8.4

Pixel Perfect reports

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8.4

Customizable dashboards

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8.8

Report Formatting Templates

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8.1

Amazon SageMaker

—

Tableau Desktop

8.3

Drill-down analysis

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8.5

Formatting capabilities

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8.2

Integration with R or other statistical packages

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8.0

Report sharing and collaboration

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8.5

Amazon SageMaker

—

Tableau Desktop

7.7

Publish to Web

—

8.3

Publish to PDF

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8.2

Report Versioning

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7.3

Report Delivery Scheduling

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7.5

Delivery to Remote Servers

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7.3

Amazon SageMaker

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Tableau Desktop

8.0

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

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8.6

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

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8.8

Predictive Analytics

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6.8

Amazon SageMaker

—

Tableau Desktop

7.6

Multi-User Support (named login)

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8.1

Role-Based Security Model

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7.3

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

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7.6

Single Sign-On (SSO)

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7.2

Amazon SageMaker

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Tableau Desktop

7.6

Responsive Design for Web Access

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8.2

Dedicated iOS Application

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7.2

Dedicated Android Application

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6.9

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

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8.2

Amazon SageMaker

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Tableau Desktop

7.1

REST API

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8.0

Javascript API

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7.0

iFrames

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6.7

Java API

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6.9

Themeable User Interface (UI)

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7.0

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

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7.0

Pros

Provides enough freedom for experienced data scientists and also for those who just need things done without going much deeper into building models.
Customization and easy to alter and change.
If you already are an Amazon user, you do not need to transition over to another software.

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Verified User

Employee in Human Resources

Real Estate Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Graphs and charts are built very easily.
Tableau is very good at showing data visually
Easily help make a decision by looking at the pattern

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

I think that although the algorithms are there and you are using one click, there could be more detailed descriptions located in places so that other users are able to easily find the right formula and tools.
Mobile friendly options would be a huge plus, even tracking what employees are using this tool for in regards to reporting.

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Employee in Human Resources

Real Estate Company, 1001-5000 employees

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The ETL part is missing in Tableau.
For huge and ambiguous data-sets, Tableau Desktop is not good.
Before analysis data preparation is mandatory.

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Tableau Desktop8.9

Based on 39 answers

Because right now its the best option out there (disclosure: I haven't used Qlikview or some of the other direct competitors of Tableau). The big investment is in Tableau Server not desktop. For the cost of the license of Tableau desktop, its a pretty good deal. You can hook it up to pretty much any data source easily. You can easily share the visualizations with your team/colleagues easily. Tableau Desktop is generally easy to use for business users. But the more advanced stuff is better suited for a analyst or someone with a IT/CS background.

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Mashhood Syed

BI Analyst

Kaiser Foundation Health PlanUtilities, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

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Tableau Desktop8.7

Based on 23 answers

Entry-level data analysis is accessible even to beginners, some advanced analysis is possible, but it is not at this time an end-to-end solution for analytics, though imprvements are coming from version 10.2.

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Charles Saulnier

BI Consultant

Larochelle Groupe ConseilInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Reliability and Availability

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Tableau Desktop8.0

Based on 10 answers

I have really never faced any serious issue with this tool, although in some versions there were crashing issues were there.

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Performance

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Tableau Desktop6.5

Based on 9 answers

The performance of tableau heavily depends on size of data and sheet objects and visualizations used. So yes the performance of tableau degrades based on its complexity.

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Support

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Tableau Desktop9.0

Based on 16 answers

Because I have never really faced any issue with the support team and they are usually quite active so it's quite helpful.

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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In-Person Training

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Tableau Desktop9.4

Based on 4 answers

Extensive and beneficial - users have shown great benefit of training and put it to practical use.

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Paul Morgan

Senior Product Manager

Experian5001-10,000 employees

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Online Training

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Tableau Desktop8.0

Based on 4 answers

The training for new users are quite good because it covers topic wise training and the best part was that it also had video tutorials which are very helpful

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation

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Tableau Desktop8.0

Based on 34 answers

There is a Server installation training video on Tableau's website. I highly recommend that everyone watch it. It only takes a few minutes and could save you quite a bit of time.

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Brad Llewellyn

Associate Data Analytics Consultant

MarinerInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We have not invested in another machine learning software at this time and so far this has proved very successful with our machine learning teams. As mentioned, I am training these individuals simply on the fundamentals of the software and using it/customizing it for their needs. It has been very easy to do this and has gotten great reviews across the organization so far.

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Verified User

Employee in Human Resources

Real Estate Company, 1001-5000 employees

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the option is that Tableau Public has the features of Tableau Desktop available for free, at least for a trial period.

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Arlex Guzman

Project Engineering

EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1001-5000 employees

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Scalability

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Tableau Desktop7.0

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Although tableau is highly interactive and fast but with very large dataset its performance degrades heavily. So up to certain extent its really good but after that we have to take care of its performance issues.

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Use of this tool across areas of our organization has allowed for more time to be spent on other things as this is taking a lot of the heavy lifting and developing out of the machine learning process all together.
Database of algorithms ready to use and adjust, customizing is key with this group of employees and their daily work while using this software.

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Employee in Human Resources

Real Estate Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Tableau has provided my clients with the information necessary to allocate multi-million dollar research budgets effectively, ensuring the company is getting the most bang for its buck.
Tableau has given my office the ability to present data quickly and easily in a professional format that customers can understand, and has them returning frequently for additional analysis and projects.

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Tim McClelland

Innovation Research Manager

Wright Brothers InstituteDefense & Space, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

Amazon SageMaker

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Amazon SageMaker Editions & Modules

Amazon SageMaker

—

Additional Pricing Details

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Tableau Desktop

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Tableau Desktop Editions & Modules

Tableau Desktop

Edition

Personal

$9991

Professional

$1,9991

1. per user

Additional Pricing Details

Free trials are available for both editions.

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Feature Rating Comparison

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Cons

Likelihood to Renew

Usability

Reliability and Availability

Performance

Support

In-Person Training

Online Training

Implementation

Alternatives Considered

Scalability

Return on Investment

Pricing Details

Amazon SageMaker

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Amazon SageMaker Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Tableau Desktop

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Tableau Desktop Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

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