Fathom vs. Tableau Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Fathom
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Fathom is a management reporting, forecasting and financial analysis tool from the Access Group. It helps users to assess business performance, monitor trends and identify improvement opportunities. Fathom combines business planning with simple three-way cash flow forecasting.
$44
per month
Tableau Cloud
Score 8.0 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
FathomTableau Cloud
Editions & Modules
Starter
$44
per month
Silver
$225
per month
Gold
$325
per month
Platinum
$575
per month
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FathomTableau Cloud
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
FathomTableau Cloud
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Features
FathomTableau Cloud
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
7.8
1 Ratings
18% below category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
8.0
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
KPIs8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Revenue Forecasting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting Tools
Comparison of Budgeting Tools features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
6.5
1 Ratings
26% below category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Financial Planning Collaboration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget Customization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Departmental Budgeting4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Import & Export Tools7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.0
69 Ratings
15% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.051 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.069 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.058 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
6.9
69 Ratings
15% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.069 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.066 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.043 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.567 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.1
67 Ratings
15% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.063 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.562 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.050 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.034 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
6.8
65 Ratings
15% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.562 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings6.561 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.553 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Access Control and Security
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Fathom
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.0
64 Ratings
19% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.058 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.051 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.054 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.549 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
6.4
54 Ratings
21% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings5.552 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings6.039 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.046 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Fathom
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
6.4
36 Ratings
20% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.031 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings6.529 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings6.529 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.530 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.029 Ratings
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User Ratings
FathomTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.4
(70 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(23 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(20 ratings)
User Testimonials
FathomTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
The Access Group
I always ask if the other attendees are ok with my using the app. If they were not comfortable, I would turn it off. This is likely over-cautious, but I also am hesitant to use it in extremely sensitive and confidential conversations. I use it as often as possible and am heavily reliant on it for any status meetings where there might be action items for any attendee, etc
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Tableau
We just need to refresh our data once a day for our unique use case, which allows the complete online system to run on extracts. For us, this is critical because our daylight hours are spent focusing on new updates and implementations rather than worrying about excessive database traffic (which would be required with a direct connection to the online system). The process of importing extracts is straightforward and sturdy enough to handle massive amounts of data.
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Pros
The Access Group
  • Xero Integration
  • Instant Financials Reports
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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
The Access Group
  • Honestly I do not have any Cons to add.
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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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Usability
The Access Group
Great dashboards and very easy to use.
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Tableau
From an end user perspective Tableau Online is overall very easy to navigate once you get used to it, my only complaint is that when expanding or contracting a graph, the "plus" and "minus" on the bottom left is sometimes hidden, and should always be visible. From a builder perspective, it can take some getting used to but the sheer depth of customization makes it all worthwhile.
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Support Rating
The Access Group
I have not used customer support.
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Tableau
In times where the system is down, support has always been quick to notify and keep us apprised of the latest developments. It's crucial for our system to always be available, but when emergencies have arisen, I don't recall a time where the Tableau Online Support hasn't been able to address our concerns in a timely manner.
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Alternatives Considered
The Access Group
otter is audio only, and doesn't monitor things like talk time. Both systems have great (relatively new) AI features. Fathom's is a little more functional (templates for notes that can be swapped out after the meeting. Otter's is a little more useful with the AI chat feature and the summaries are a bit stronger
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Tableau
Googles dashboard suite is very user-friendly and anyone can edit and make changes with very little knowledge or practice. But nothing I’ve worked with compares to the customization and multi streams of data in a user-friendly package like tableau does. It’s a really cool piece of software and I would choose that again.
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Return on Investment
The Access Group
  • it saved us few hours a month to prepare consolidated reports.
  • it made is easy to understand the financials with visuals
  • Integration with Xero also made it much accurate
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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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