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1998 Ratings
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Based on 1998 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Azure HDInsight
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.1
Tableau Desktop
81%
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 3/3 features
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pixel Perfect reports
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
80%
136 Ratings
Customizable dashboards
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
162 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates
N/A
0 Ratings

7.8
78%
141 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Azure HDInsight
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.1
Tableau Desktop
81%
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 4/4 features
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 4/4 features
Drill-down analysis
N/A
0 Ratings

8.1
81%
155 Ratings
Formatting capabilities
N/A
0 Ratings

8.1
81%
158 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages
N/A
0 Ratings

7.6
76%
119 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
86%
154 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Azure HDInsight
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.2
Tableau Desktop
82%
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 5/5 features
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 5/5 features
Publish to Web
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
86%
145 Ratings
Publish to PDF
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
145 Ratings
Report Versioning
N/A
0 Ratings

8.1
81%
111 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling
N/A
0 Ratings

8.2
82%
118 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers
N/A
0 Ratings

7.8
78%
69 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Azure HDInsight
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.5
Tableau Desktop
85%
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 3/3 features
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
87%
150 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
N/A
0 Ratings

8.8
88%
145 Ratings
Predictive Analytics
N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
122 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Azure HDInsight
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

8.5
Tableau Desktop
85%
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 4/4 features
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 4/4 features
Multi-User Support (named login)
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
135 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model
N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
114 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
87%
125 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
73 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Azure HDInsight
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.9
Tableau Desktop
79%
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 3/3 features
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 3/3 features
Responsive Design for Web Access
N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
120 Ratings
Mobile Application
N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
178 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
80%
112 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Azure HDInsight
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

7.8
Tableau Desktop
78%
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 6/6 features
Tableau Desktop ranks higher in 6/6 features
REST API
N/A
0 Ratings

7.8
78%
54 Ratings
Javascript API
N/A
0 Ratings

7.9
79%
48 Ratings
iFrames
N/A
0 Ratings

7.7
77%
47 Ratings
Java API
N/A
0 Ratings

7.3
73%
44 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)
N/A
0 Ratings

7.8
78%
49 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
N/A
0 Ratings

8.1
81%
43 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Azure HDInsight is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
- Azure HDInsight and Tableau Desktop are tied in 1 area: Usability
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
Azure HDInsight
90%
5 Ratings

8.6
Tableau Desktop
86%
190 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Azure HDInsight
N/A
0 Ratings

8.9
Tableau Desktop
89%
39 Ratings
Usability
8.8
Azure HDInsight
88%
4 Ratings

8.8
Tableau Desktop
88%
65 Ratings
Availability
Azure HDInsight
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
Tableau Desktop
80%
20 Ratings
Performance
Azure HDInsight
N/A
0 Ratings

6.1
Tableau Desktop
61%
18 Ratings
Support Rating
8.8
Azure HDInsight
88%
4 Ratings

8.0
Tableau Desktop
80%
73 Ratings
In-Person Training
Azure HDInsight
N/A
0 Ratings

9.4
Tableau Desktop
94%
4 Ratings
Online Training
Azure HDInsight
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
Tableau Desktop
80%
4 Ratings
Implementation Rating
Azure HDInsight
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
Tableau Desktop
80%
68 Ratings
Product Scalability
Azure HDInsight
N/A
0 Ratings

7.0
Tableau Desktop
70%
3 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Azure HDInsight
If you want to save costs and just pay for what you use, I highly recommend it. It will help you also to work with data for your reports and analytics. on the other hand I think it could be the subscription you have but high volume of data make it slow but not so much. anyway I think it's really good because it's from Microsoft which always is friendly to use it as all the suit they have.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Management Consulting Company, 501-1000 employeesTableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop is better for data analysis and visualization. Its advanced visualization features helped us better understand our business and customer demographics. We use Tableau Desktop to track our team’s progress. Real-time analyses and interactive dashboards are helpful for monitoring data. We can now create and share insights in ways we couldn’t before. It’s easy to put faith in and use these insights. Tableau Desktop can compare data from previous years with weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual comparisons. It assists businesses in identifying the best and least-sold products. However, this requires expensive licenses and skilled personnel, which small businesses cannot afford.
Software Engineer
Prime Tech Solutions Ltd.Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
Pros
Azure HDInsight
- Data is presented without interfering others (IT or other dept).
- Data is managed properly and is available for retrievable any time.
- Legacy use of CD/DVD and Pendrive are not required.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employeesTableau Desktop
- 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.
Information Technology Business Consultant
Alfa NET+Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Cons
Azure HDInsight
- The only problem I have come across is when loading large volumes of data I sometimes get an error message, I assume this means something is corrupt from within. I would love a way for this to be resolved without having to start over.
Senior Recruiter
Valeo ResourcesHuman Resources, 11-50 employees
Tableau Desktop
- Formatting the data to work correctly in graphical presentations can be time consuming
- Daily data extracts can run slowly depending on how much data is required and the source of the data
- The desktop version is required for advanced functionality, editing on [the] Tableau server allows only limited features

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employeesPricing Details
Azure HDInsight
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Azure HDInsight Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Tableau Desktop
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$70 per month
Tableau Desktop Editions & Modules
Edition
Tableau Creator | $70.001 |
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- Per User / Per Month
Additional Pricing Details
All pricing plans are billed annually.Likelihood to Renew
Azure HDInsight
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
Azure HDInsight
Azure HDInsight 8.8
Based on 4 answers
Azure HDInsight is usable on the top of Azure Data Lake and gives us the benefit of analyzing large scale data workload in Hadoop. Usability and support from Microsoft are outstanding.
SharePoint Development Consultant
InfosysComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.8
Based on 65 answers
It is a good tool for creating beautiful visualizations and sharing dashboards. It does offer a variety of features and also making interactive dashboards. It is easy to learn and create custom visualizations really fast. It does offer good API connectivity to gather data. But it lacks the structure for data cleaning and processing.

Verified User
Analyst in Marketing
Apparel & Fashion Company, 1-10 employeesReliability and Availability
Azure HDInsight
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.0
Based on 20 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
Azure HDInsight
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 6.1
Based on 18 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
Azure HDInsight
Azure HDInsight 8.8
Based on 4 answers
I highly recommend it.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Management Consulting Company, 501-1000 employeesTableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.0
Based on 73 answers
The Tableau Desktop's support team has been very helpful and tend to response very quickly. After all you have paid very premium price for the product and it goes to the services. This makes using the tool much easier for these who doesn't have such experience to get help quickly.

Verified User
Analyst in Professional Services
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesIn-Person Training
Azure HDInsight
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
Azure HDInsight
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
Azure HDInsight
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop 8.0
Based on 68 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
Azure HDInsight
At this time I have not used any other similar products... I am open to it but Azure HDInsight and its components really work well for our organization.
Senior Recruiter
Valeo ResourcesHuman Resources, 11-50 employees
Tableau Desktop
Tableau hands-down wins based upon functionality, interoperability with a wide variety of enterprise-class data connections, end-user support, and quality of visualizations. Tableau Desktop offers a substantially more robust, refined, and mature product. It became quickly apparent that there was no real comparison. For applications that need fast, accurate analytics using a wide portfolio of underlying data sources, Tableau Desktop is the clear winner.
Chief Financial Officer
Clinical Management Concepts, Inc.Pharmaceuticals, 51-200 employees
Scalability
Azure HDInsight
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
Azure HDInsight
- Less implementation cost.
- No hosting services cost.
- Faster data retrieval.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesTableau Desktop
- 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.
Data developer
HKS, Inc.Architecture & Planning, 1001-5000 employees