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Likelihood to Recommend
Apache Pig
It is one great option in terms of database pipelining. It is highly effective for unstructured datasets to work with. Also, Apache Pig being a procedural language, unlike SQL, it is also easy to learn compared to other alternatives. But other alternatives like Apache Spark would be my recommendation due to the high availability of advanced libraries, which will reduce our extra efforts of writing from scratch
Data Analyst
The University of Texas at ArlingtonElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 1001-5000 employees
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop is well suited for a large organization with a sizeable budget, since it's a fairly expensive tool. It's not suited for a lean start-up which is worried about costs. Also, IT support can be required for some of the larger projects, which means extra stuff. Also, if the company has one type of data source, other cheaper alternatives can be explored.

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Computer Games Company, 51-200 employeesFeature Rating Comparison
BI Standard Reporting
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.6
Pixel Perfect reports
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.5
Customizable dashboards
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
9.0
Report Formatting Templates
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.3
Ad-hoc Reporting
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.2
Drill-down analysis
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.5
Formatting capabilities
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.4
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
7.3
Report sharing and collaboration
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.5
Report Output and Scheduling
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.4
Publish to Web
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.7
Publish to PDF
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.8
Report Versioning
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.5
Delivery to Remote Servers
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
7.8
Data Discovery and Visualization
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.3
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.6
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
9.0
Predictive Analytics
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
7.4
Access Control and Security
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.4
Multi-User Support (named login)
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.5
Role-Based Security Model
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.2
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.4
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.5
Mobile Capabilities
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.1
Responsive Design for Web Access
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
7.8
Dedicated iOS Application
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.2
Dedicated Android Application
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.4
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.1
REST API
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.1
Javascript API
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.2
iFrames
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.3
Java API
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
7.9
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.4
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
Apache Pig
—
Tableau Desktop
8.0
Pros
Apache Pig
- Iterative Development - you can write aliases/variables, which are not immediately executed and these are stored in a DAG, which is only evaluated upon dumping or storing another alias.
- Fast execution - Works with MapReduce, Tez, or Spark execution frameworks to provide fast run times at large scales.
- Local and remote interoperability - Scripts that depend on testing a small dataset locally before moving to the full thing can simply be done with "pig -x local."
Software Consultant
Avalon ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Tableau Desktop
- Love the interface. It's very smooth and easy to connect multiple numbers of data points
- Provided a lot of self-learning tutorials which are easy to follow
- You can display info in different ways (categorical versus numerical)
- User friendly and has clean display
Assistant Director, Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
USC Marshall School of BusinessHigher Education, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Apache Pig
- May not fit every need and a SQL-like abstraction may be more effective for some tasks (look at Spark-SQL, Hive, or even an actual DBMS)
- All Pig jobs are written in a Domain Specific Language so not a lot of transferable knowledge
- Writing your own User Defined Functions (UDFS) is a nice feature but can be painful to implement in practice

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesTableau Desktop
- Very steep learning curve for those who haven't used it previously.
- Because it's a powerful tool, getting it to do simple things can be extremely difficult.
- A jack-of-all-trades solution, sometimes it's hard to find or create industry-specific visualizations, such as NPS gauges.

Verified User
Analyst in Marketing
Telecommunications Company, 201-500 employeesLikelihood to Renew
Apache Pig
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.9
Based on 39 answers
Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Mining & Metals Company, 10,001+ employeesUsability
Apache Pig
Apache Pig 10.0
Based on 1 answer
It is quick, fast and easy to implement Apache Pig which makes is quite popular to be used.
Research Assistant
Iowa State UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 9.4
Based on 31 answers
Tableau [Desktop's] interface is clean, minimalistic, and does a good job of hiding more complicated features so that the average user can get to work quickly and easily. As users become more proficient with the software, more features and customization become available, but they don't have to interact with those Advanced features from the get-go. Some scripting is available as well; the one area where this is week is in variable assignment.
Chief Data Scientist
Trust InsightsResearch, 1-10 employees
Reliability and Availability
Apache Pig
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.0
Based on 10 answers
When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.
Associate Data Analytics Consultant
MarinerInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Performance
Apache Pig
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 6.1
Based on 9 answers
Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast

Verified User
Professional in Research & Development
Biotechnology Company, 201-500 employeesSupport Rating
Apache Pig
Apache Pig 6.0
Based on 2 answers
The documentation is adequate. I'm not sure how large of an external community there is for support.
Software Consultant
Avalon ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.8
Based on 24 answers
The support team is easily approachable. All the questions and queries are answered on time. There is also a feedback mechanism which helps the team to make modifications and enhancements in the current software version. There is also a feedback process to check the efficiency of the support team of Tableau Desktop.

Verified User
Analyst in Finance and Accounting
Banking Company, 5001-10,000 employeesIn-Person Training
Apache Pig
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 9.4
Based on 4 answers
It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.
Associate Vice President
DePaul University, Division of Enrollment Management and MarketingHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees
Online Training
Apache Pig
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.0
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
BI Developer
CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Implementation Rating
Apache Pig
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.0
Based on 36 answers
Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
Decision Sciences - Modeling, Simulation & Analysis
San Francisco State UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Apache Pig
- Provided better ways for optimized hadoop jobs than Hive but not anymore.- Spark DSL is much more advanced and compute times are significantly less.

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Retail Company, 10,001+ employeesTableau Desktop
When we first looked at getting a visualization software for analytics we looked into two options Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop, and even though Power BI is more cost-effective we decided to go with Tableau Desktop as it had more options that we are looking for such as free reader and Tableau Server and offers a very comprehensive and simple interface that is easier to learn for new staff.
Health Information Analytics Analyst
Kings View Community Services, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees
Scalability
Apache Pig
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 7.0
Based on 3 answers
Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting
Internet Company, 51-200 employeesReturn on Investment
Apache Pig
- Return on Investments are significant considering what it can do with traditional analysis techniques. But, other alternatives like Apache Spark, Hive being more efficient, it is hard to stick to Apache Pig.
- It can handle large datasets pretty easily compared to SQL. But, again, alternatives are more efficient.
- While working on unstructured, decentralized dataset, Pig is highly beneficial, as it is not a complete deviation from SQL, but it does not take you in complexity MapReduce as well.
Data Analyst
The University of Texas at ArlingtonElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 1001-5000 employees
Tableau Desktop
- 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.
Innovation Research Manager
Wright Brothers InstituteDefense & Space, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Apache Pig
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Apache Pig Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
—Tableau Desktop
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Tableau Desktop Editions & Modules
Edition
Tableau Viewer | $121 |
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Tableau Explorer | $351 |
Tableau Creator | $701 |
- Per User / Per Month