Causal vs. Tableau Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Causal
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Causal, from the company of the same name in London, presents a way to perform calculations, visualise data, and communicate with numbers. It helps build models faster, connect them directly to data, and share them with interactive dashboards and visuals. Suggested use cases are financial planning, planning CPC campaigns, track KPIs, or determine employee compensation.
$50
per month
Tableau Cloud
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Tableau Cloud (formerly Tableau Online) is a self-service analytics platform that is fully hosted in the cloud. Tableau Cloud enables users to publish dashboards and invite colleagues to explore hidden opportunities with interactive visualizations and accurate data, from any browser or mobile device.
$15
per month per user
Pricing
CausalTableau Cloud
Editions & Modules
Pro
$50
per user, per month
Business
Contact Sales
Tableau Viewer
$15
per month billed annually per user
Enterprise Viewer
$35
per month billed annually per user
Tableau Explorer
$42
per month billed annually per user
Enterprise Explorer
$70
per month billed annually per user
Tableau Creator
$75
per month billed annually per user
Enterprise Creator
$115
per month billed annually per user
Tableau+
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CausalTableau Cloud
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
CausalTableau Cloud
Features
CausalTableau Cloud
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Causal
9.3
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Tableau Cloud
7.7
74 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.01 Ratings8.056 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.01 Ratings8.974 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.01 Ratings6.363 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Causal
8.3
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Tableau Cloud
7.7
74 Ratings
4% below category average
Drill-down analysis9.01 Ratings8.774 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.01 Ratings7.070 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.01 Ratings8.672 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.447 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Causal
8.0
1 Ratings
4% below category average
Tableau Cloud
7.5
72 Ratings
10% below category average
Publish to Web8.01 Ratings8.468 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.01 Ratings7.566 Ratings
Report Versioning8.01 Ratings7.555 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.01 Ratings8.259 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.01 Ratings6.038 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Causal
8.0
1 Ratings
0% above category average
Tableau Cloud
7.8
70 Ratings
2% below category average
Predictive Analytics8.01 Ratings7.757 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.01 Ratings7.25 Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.167 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.366 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Causal
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
8.2
69 Ratings
4% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.163 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.656 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.459 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.47 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.654 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Causal
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.7
59 Ratings
2% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.757 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.844 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.051 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Causal
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
6.9
41 Ratings
12% below category average
REST API00 Ratings7.736 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.134 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.033 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings5.629 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.735 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.432 Ratings
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User Ratings
CausalTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(75 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(28 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(21 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CausalTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Causal, Inc
Definitely suited best for B2B / B2B2C product modelling. We used this for B2B / B2B2C / C2C and the C2C side of things was always more complex to model out due to this being dependent on marketing spend (CAC) and factors around virality which really cannot be forecasted (not a shortcoming of Causal, just implied by the mechanics of modelling)
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Tableau
If you're using Tableau as the primary BI tool, then Tableau Cloud is well suited to publish and share the results with a wide(r) audience. It is well suited for various degrees of self-service proficiency, from pure consumers of analytical work to more advanced users who can use web editing for smaller or larger adjustments, and even for desktop power users who will publish their work to Tableau Cloud. It has many good ways to organize the content and make it easily accessible via search, favorites, folders, collections ("playlists for your data"), or history ("recents"). It might not be ideally suited if there are many on-prem sources to be used (even though there are options to connect them) or if you have very special requirements regarding custom server setup, which is limited in a shared cloud environment like Tableau Cloud.
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Pros
Causal, Inc
No answers on this topic
Tableau
  • Tableau Online is completely cloud based and that's why the reports and dashboards are accessible even on the go. One doesn't always need to access the office laptop to access the reports.
  • The visualizations are interactive and one can quickly change the level at which they want to view the information. For example, one person might be more interested in looking at the country level performances rather than client level. This is intuitive and one doesn't need to create multiple reports for the same.
  • The feature to ask questions in plain vanilla English language is great and helpful. For quick adhoc fact checks one can simply type what they are looking for and the Natural Language Programming algorithms under the hood parse the query, interpret it and then fetch the results accordingly in a visual form.
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Cons
Causal, Inc
No answers on this topic
Tableau
  • Can be a steep learning curve for new users
  • Modeling and building algorithms aren't always intuitive and take some testing/retesting to ensure it's working as it should
  • Inability to integrate easily with our HRIS platform. Reports are pulled from HRIS at various intervals and uploaded into Tableau
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Likelihood to Renew
Causal, Inc
No answers on this topic
Tableau
The tool's capacity to handle complex data sources.
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Usability
Causal, Inc
No answers on this topic
Tableau
Based on comments from our clients, I awarded it this grade. Non-technical customers frequently compliment us on the ease with which they can utilize Tableau Online. Usability is rarely a source of contention amongst our customers. Few complaints have come from me as a user of our internal products.
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Support Rating
Causal, Inc
No answers on this topic
Tableau
I have not had any issues that require customer support from Tableau at this time, which speaks well to Tableau. I have taken an online course with Tableau and it was very professional and well done, so based on that I would assume a similar level of quality for their customer service.
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Implementation Rating
Causal, Inc
No answers on this topic
Tableau
I wasn't part of the implementation team
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Alternatives Considered
Causal, Inc
No answers on this topic
Tableau
In determining whether to go with Tableau Online versus Alteryx, two important factors stood out in determining our go-to solution. First, while Alteryx is an impressive tool for data cleansing, it did not stack up in terms of data visualization capabilities. Tableau, on the other hand, provided us everything we needed in terms of visualizing our data and analytics. The second factor is cost. Well neither solution would be considered cheap, Tableau was the more cost effective solution for our needs.
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Return on Investment
Causal, Inc
No answers on this topic
Tableau
  • When we release new products, we are now able to quickly see data and toggle between current periods and previous to see performance
  • Generating new reports requires less IT time to build
  • Data can be shared across many different device types
  • We now have integration where our customers can extract data from our software more easily-this was a big ask from our customers
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