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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Deltek Vision (legacy product)

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ADeltek Vision is enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for project based companies. It is a legacy product, and has been superseded by Deltek Vantagepoint.N/A

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $168

    per year per user

    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
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)Microsoft Power BITableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Tableau Creator License
    $115
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)Microsoft Power BITableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Power BI Desktop is the data exploration and report authoring experience for Power BI, and is available as a free download.All 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
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)Microsoft Power BITableau Desktop
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    69 Answers
    93%
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    38 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
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    73 Answers
    100%
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    44 Answers
    Features
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)Microsoft Power BITableau Desktop
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.0
    16 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Pay calculation6.914 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.09 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.213 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.5
    12 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    API for custom integration8.011 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.08 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    8.0
    24 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Single sign-on capability8.018 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.023 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    6.0
    29 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Dashboards5.027 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.029 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.029 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.6
    29 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable9.025 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable7.024 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.07 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.014 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.015 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting8.012 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.016 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    5.4
    2 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Inventory tracking6.52 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering3.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management6.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Pricing7.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry7.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration8.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.1
    17 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Billing Management7.015 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management6.010 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management8.015 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting4.013 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close8.014 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.7
    13 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Budgeting and Forecasting8.012 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing8.013 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture8.011 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management8.07 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance7.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition7.012 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    7.0
    12 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Project Planning and Scheduling8.08 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers8.08 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality8.07 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools8.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Award Lifecycle Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Bids Analyzed and Compared10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring7.31 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository8.21 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Risk Repository6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Fulfillment Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    6.2
    6 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
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    Tableau Desktop
    -
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    Proposal Management7.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management4.51 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.1
    198 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    175 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.1169 Ratings8.0145 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.6197 Ratings9.2174 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.7180 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    196 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.4193 Ratings8.6167 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.7193 Ratings8.6170 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.4143 Ratings8.1126 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.1191 Ratings8.6165 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    166 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.1179 Ratings8.1155 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.7174 Ratings8.2154 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.7145 Ratings8.6120 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.3148 Ratings8.6128 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.9111 Ratings9.078 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.7
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    164 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.3183 Ratings8.7162 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.1168 Ratings8.6156 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.1138 Ratings8.7131 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.339 Ratings7.87 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.3
    180 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    9.1
    149 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.6169 Ratings9.1145 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.1148 Ratings9.1125 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.1160 Ratings8.9136 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.149 Ratings9.210 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.5141 Ratings9.383 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    162 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    7.9
    141 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.5152 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.5133 Ratings7.5101 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.8155 Ratings7.5122 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Deltek Vision (legacy product) and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.6
    116 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    7.7
    67 Ratings
    1% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings7.7104 Ratings8.559 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.485 Ratings7.653 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings6.751 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings6.669 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.291 Ratings7.154 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings8.548 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    9.6
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    7.5
    (41 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
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    8.3
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    8.4
    (73 ratings)
    Availability
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    8.0
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
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    1.0
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    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.4
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    Online Training
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    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    9.0
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    8.0
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    Configurability
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    7.0
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
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    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
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    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    Deltek Vision (legacy product)Microsoft Power BITableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    It is very well suited for Project Accounting - we have thousands of Project codes in the system. I wish it were easier to make changes to data already entered. You have to jump through hoops to make any changes or corrections and timing is everything.
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    Microsoft
    Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
    Incentivized
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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
    • Deltek is a very integrated system for accounting purposes. It stores documents as support for postings (e.g. AP invoices) so you can easily access the source information.
    • Time tracking for our consultants is a must and Deltek has a good platform for tracking time and for accounting for time.
    • Deltek has the ability to run almost any kind of report that you could possibly think of! There are fields for almost everything and if there aren't specific fields you can add them.
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    Microsoft
    • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
    • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
    • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
    Incentivized
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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
    Discontinued Products
    • Deltek Vision's use of the desktop browser interfaces could use some major upgrades. It's not very user-friendly. When a field is left blank it would prevent the user from saving the timesheet but would not clearly inform the user where the error has occurred.
    • Deltek Vision should provide a simple method to print summaries like have its own built-in pdf export program instead of relying on a 3rd party program like Adobe.
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    Microsoft
    • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
    • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
    • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
    • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
    Incentivized
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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
    Because we are looking to upgrade to the next software level of Deltek.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    It's on the verge of being awesome. Right now it's a matter of money -- if you have the money to hire consultants round the clock, yeah this is awesome.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Discontinued Products
    99% of the customer service specialists and technicians that I've encountered are quite awesome!
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    Microsoft
    It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
    Incentivized
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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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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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
    We have used Deltek Vision and previous versions (names) of the product since the early 1990's. We are engaged in the system and are committed to the continued use of the product. I have long supported the value added to our company and benefits realized by our users.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
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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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    • We went from using a DOS-based accounting system that all the management had to go to Accounting for a weekly printout of status reports, and there wasn't much visibility into the network. Deltek Vision gave our PMs and management information at their fingertips, without having to wait on someone else to get the info.
    • A lot of quality control was handled outside of an electronic system through Microsoft Excel forms. With Deltek Vision's user-defined functions, we were able to bring those functions into a system that could then be reported on, send automatic reminders, and create dashboards. This has been hugely beneficial in not losing sight of action items etc.
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    Microsoft
    • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
    • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
    • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
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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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