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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arcadia Data (discontinued)

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AArcadia Data, a provider of cloud-native AI-powered business intelligence and real-time analytics, was acquired by Cloudera in late 2019. The solution is no longer available for sale, and its capabilities now augment Cloudera's Data Warehouse.N/A

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $1,380

    per year (purchased via a Creator license)

    Pricing
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
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    Tableau Creator License
    $115
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll pricing plans are billed annually. A Creator license includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and Tableau Pulse. Discounts sometimes available for volume.
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    Community Pulse
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Tableau
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    Features
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Arcadia Data (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    175 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.03 Ratings8.0145 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.03 Ratings9.2174 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.73 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Arcadia Data (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis9.33 Ratings8.6167 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.73 Ratings8.5170 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.33 Ratings8.1126 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.33 Ratings8.6165 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Arcadia Data (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)
    8.7
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    166 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web8.33 Ratings8.1155 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.33 Ratings8.2154 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.03 Ratings8.6120 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.03 Ratings8.6128 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.03 Ratings8.978 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Arcadia Data (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    164 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.73 Ratings8.6162 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.03 Ratings8.6156 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.33 Ratings8.7131 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.77 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Arcadia Data (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    9.1
    149 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.73 Ratings9.1145 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.33 Ratings9.1125 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings8.9136 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.33 Ratings9.383 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Arcadia Data (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    7.9
    141 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.03 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.73 Ratings7.5101 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.33 Ratings7.5122 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Arcadia Data (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    7.7
    67 Ratings
    1% below category average
    REST API9.33 Ratings8.459 Ratings
    Javascript API9.03 Ratings7.653 Ratings
    iFrames9.33 Ratings6.751 Ratings
    Java API9.03 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.03 Ratings7.154 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.33 Ratings8.448 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (204 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (41 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (73 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (57 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Arcadia Data (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    It is suitable for companies without a proper data warehouse. He does very well in sales analysis and KPI management. It builds mini data warehouses, is good at data fusion, and interfaces well with other systems. Also, the export function and filter can greatly help you to get only the information you want in the format you want.
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    Tableau
    The best scenario is definitely to collect data from several sources and create dedicated dashboards for specific recipients. However, I miss the possibility of explaining these reports in more detail. Sometimes, we order a report, and after half a year, we don't remember the meaning of some data (I know it's our fault as an organization, but the tool could force better practices).
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Coding is also simple and can be learned easily.
    • It is my favorite because it shows how mathematical models are used in real life.
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    Tableau
    • An excellent tool for data visualization, it presents information in an appealing visual format—an exceptional platform for storing and analyzing data in any size organization.
    • Through interactive parameters, it enables real-time interaction with the user and is easy to learn and get support from the community.
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    Cons
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    • You have to make sure that the information thrown makes sense and is well organized.
    • There is a risk when saving information in the cloud from computer attacks
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    Tableau
    • Pricing should be more user-friendly and usage-driven
    • Making edits to the production reports is fairly tough and has a vast scope of additional capabilities
    • Tableau Desktop should be able to differentiate itself from the Tableau server else there is no major meaning of two different products being offered
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
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    Tableau
    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.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    We can easily provide the information that the user wants and customize it according to their needs. Sometimes a certain report can be used as the basis for creating another one that saves you time to deliver critical information in the shortest amount of time with the best results. Builds mini data warehouses, is good at data fusion, and interfaces well with other systems.
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    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop has proven to be a lifesaver in many situations. Once we've completed the initial setup, it's simple to use. It has all of the features we need to quickly and efficiently synthesize our data. Tableau Desktop has advanced capabilities to improve our company's data structure and enable self-service for our employees.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Tableau
    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.
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    Performance
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    Tableau
    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
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    Support Rating
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    I love how easy it is to create prototypes due to its simple simulation and modeling system. Other than that, the codes are usually simple and not very complex and it's built-in debugging adds to that ease. is an excellent tool for analyzing, classifying, and visualizing data. I do this most of the time to help me grab huge collections of data.
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    Tableau
    Tableau support has been extremely responsive and willing to help with all of our requests. They have assisted with creating advanced analysis and many different types of custom icons, data formatting, formulas, and actions embedded into graphs. Tableau offers a weekly presentation of features and assists with internal company projects.
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    In-Person Training
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    Tableau
    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.
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
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    Tableau
    I think the training was good overall, but it was maybe stating the obvious things that a tech savvy young engineer would be able to pick up themselves too. However, the example work books were good and Tableau web community has helped me with many problems
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    Tableau
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    You can have a good reading of the data, you undoubtedly have cost savings and eliminate unnecessary and repetitive processes, we have unstructured data that, when structured, are elements of information that have become a competitive advantage for our organization, it is undoubtedly a strategic ally for the organization in the decision-making process
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    Tableau
    I have used Power BI as well, the pricing is better, and also training costs or certifications are not that high. Since there is python integration in Power BI where I can use data cleaning and visualizing libraries and also some machine learning models. I can import my python scripts and create a visualization on processed data.
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    Scalability
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    Tableau
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Download the report data only in Excel. Unable to download report formats such as colors, fonts, etc.
    • It does not support the presentation of images of our products as part of the analysis.
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    Tableau
    • Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
    • Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
    • Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.
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