GoodData vs. Tableau Desktop

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoodData
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
GoodData is a cloud-based data and analytics platform, bringing AI-fueled data-driven decision-making to organisations across the globe. With a platform that leverages the potential of automation and AI, GoodData empowers its customers to make data analytics available to end users via real-time, self-service data insights right at the point of work. The vendor states that over 140,000 businesses and 3.2 million users rely on GoodData to drive meaningful change and achieve more through…
$30
per month per user
Tableau Desktop
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Tableau 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.
$70
per month
Pricing
GoodDataTableau Desktop
Editions & Modules
Internal Analytics Startup
$30
per month per user
Tableau Creator
$70.00
Per User / Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GoodDataTableau Desktop
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll pricing plans are billed annually.
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Community Pulse
GoodDataTableau Desktop
Considered Both Products
GoodData
Chose GoodData
Good Data is faster to use than Tableau. Therefore leaner and more user friendly. It allows people to manipulate the visualization in a way that makes sense. And it doesn’t depend so much on tutorials like Tableau does. The learning curve is much faster.
Chose GoodData
All platforms have great features and strengths, but I particularly enjoyed the ease of use of the GoodData platform. Most tools like Tableau and Power BI have a bit of a learning curve, but GoodData was simple and easy from the start.
Chose GoodData
For analysts, Tableau is far better because of better graph visualization. Tableau does not need to deal with the amount of uploaded data. Our company uses Gooddata because of its unbeatable price.
Chose GoodData
I was involved in the decision making but not final decision maker. Ease of implementation for GoodData vs Cognos (used for 15 years in multiple companies). I think Tableau's visualizations are better, but there is much that just can't be done in Tableau that GoodData handles …
Chose GoodData
GoodData is best among every other platform I used because it's a cloud based platform and way to easy to use. Its robust predictive analytics and unified data view set it way apart. While Power BI and Tableau excel in visualization, GoodData's focus on comprehensive business …
Chose GoodData
Tableau is fantastic for visuals, and Zoho Analytics is user-friendly, but GoodData takes the cake with its seamless integration and powerful analytics. It stacks up well because it's not just about pretty graphs but it's about making data work for you. It's the perfect fit for …
Chose GoodData
GoodData stands out for its seamless integration and scalability, excelling in providing comprehensive analytics solutions. I have used Power BI in past which impresses with Microsoft integration and user-friendly features. Tableau is renowned for its robust data visualization …
Chose GoodData
I have used all softwares in my past 10 years of experience. GoodData stands out with its seamless data integration, advanced predictive analytics, and collaborative features. Unlike Tableau and Power BI, GoodData offers scalable solutions with a user-friendly interface for …
Chose GoodData
Choosing between GoodData and other platforms was clear for me as the superiority of GoodData over others due to our needs. GoodData stands out for its awesome dashboards, robust predictive analytics, reports, and analysis. Data integration helps us for business intelligence …
Chose GoodData
GoodData was more cost effective and did not necessitate additional spend on internal resources. The end user interface was easy to use and did not require additional set up or customization. The clients required little support from the Prometric staff to use the product.
Chose GoodData
GoodData has the perfect mix of usability, power, and price that made it the desirable choice vs the competitors.
Chose GoodData
In GoodData we really liked the fact that sales and engineering were on our side from the beginning, the calls were very easy to book and were efficient with clear agenda and participants. We also got invited on Slack were we had support from the team and also we liked the …
Chose GoodData
GoodData can handle the large data sets without the use of a Data Warehouse. But it is expensive compared to its competitors. We also use and like Power BI and TARGIT dashboards as well.
Chose GoodData
I wasn't involved in the process to decide on GoodData but for our purposes GoodData is more robust than the other two and we needed that to build our LDM in a robust, reliable and scalable way
Chose GoodData
I actually investigated around 20 options and in most part the embedding + multi tenant mode that became a key concern. They either do not have the support or the price scaling is terrible or the startup cost is prohibitive.
On the average startup cost is around 50k per year and …
Chose GoodData
For the feature sets we were needing and most importantly aligning around a common culture and vision, GoodData easily made the most sense.
Chose GoodData
GoodData had the best price to value ratio
Chose GoodData
Select Good data because it has simpler options, the other tool has, from my point of view, many options that are not clear and what I look for for my clients in the small business sector is ease of implementation, simple data loading and immediate dashboard generation , …
Chose GoodData
Most of the have high upfront cost and the scaling model is extremely complicated.
Chose GoodData
Already described before....
Simple platform, easy sharing the dashboards and simple for business users...
Tableau Desktop
Chose Tableau Desktop
With Tableau Desktop, it's easy to create a report in the context quickly. It allows for the seamless management of the data sources, which is convenient for the data users. Because it is simple to use, it is
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
GoodDataTableau Desktop
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.6
51 Ratings
9% above category average
Tableau Desktop
8.5
166 Ratings
4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.735 Ratings8.3138 Ratings
Customizable dashboards7.851 Ratings9.0165 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.441 Ratings8.3144 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.8
50 Ratings
1% above category average
Tableau Desktop
8.9
163 Ratings
9% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.749 Ratings9.2158 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.950 Ratings8.9161 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.746 Ratings9.3156 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.3121 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.1
49 Ratings
6% below category average
Tableau Desktop
8.6
155 Ratings
6% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.347 Ratings8.9153 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.138 Ratings8.8148 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.628 Ratings8.7125 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.59 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.4
51 Ratings
0% below category average
Tableau Desktop
8.7
141 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)7.451 Ratings8.8138 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.144 Ratings8.4118 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.450 Ratings8.7128 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)7.629 Ratings8.976 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.0
29 Ratings
7% above category average
Tableau Desktop
8.6
63 Ratings
8% above category average
REST API7.924 Ratings8.555 Ratings
Javascript API8.022 Ratings8.350 Ratings
iFrames8.123 Ratings8.848 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.745 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.452 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.845 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.8
157 Ratings
5% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.2148 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.4148 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.6115 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.1122 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.572 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.4
134 Ratings
6% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.6123 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.396 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.7116 Ratings
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
GoodDataTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(79 ratings)
8.8
(193 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(14 ratings)
8.9
(39 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(58 ratings)
8.6
(63 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
6.1
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(6 ratings)
6.9
(56 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(34 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoodDataTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
GoodData
GoodData excels for my sales team in scenarios such as real-time performance tracking and sales metrics. The customizable dashboards help me to monitor lead conversion, revenue and individual performance. Along with huge data we also have insights. We can get most of our decisions based on it's analysis and optimize our strategies, and enhance overall sales.
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Tableau
Tableau Desktop is one the finest tool available in the market with such a wide range of capabilities in its suite that makes it easy to generate insights. Further, if optimally designed, then its reports are fairly simple to understand, yet capable enough to make changes at the required levels. One can create a variety of visualizations as required by the business or the clients. The data pipelines in the backend are very robust. The tableau desktop also provides options to develop the reports in developer mode, which is one of the finest features to embed and execute even the most complex possible logic. It's easier to operate, simple to navigate, and fluent to understand by the users.
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Pros
GoodData
  • GoodData helps in simplifying complex data into easy-to-understand visuals. We can create personalized dashboards & tailor them as per requirements. This data can be used from an executive level employee to a team lead employee in the business
  • GoodData is a very user friendly platform. The collaborative features simplify sharing and discussing reports among team members which promotes a culture of data-driven decision-making.
  • GoodData connects with various data sources and consolidate information from multiple platforms. This flexibility proves invaluable for businesses dealing with data spread across different systems as they can access large amount of data on a single platform.
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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
GoodData
  • Firstly I would like to mention about it's setup which took us more than a month to integrate and get things started.
  • Not that easy for beginner to start using the platform.
  • Some features are hard to find at setup due to it's complexity but later it went well.
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Tableau
  • 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
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Likelihood to Renew
GoodData
Each client I have worked with and spoken too has renewed their GoodData subscription. I know of not one to date that has cancelled. The GoodData platform has a very high rate of renewal from the discussions I have had with their internal teams as well
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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
GoodData
GoodData provided us with strong overall usability and provided us a platform for various business analytics. Its user-friendly and insightful reports and also the dashboards. Me and my team really appreciate the platform's ability to streamline decision-making processes. However, there is a learning curve during initial setup as I mentioned before. Continuous improvements in the onboarding could further enhance GoodData's usability as well.
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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
GoodData
We are approximately one month since go-live. There has been one short outage.
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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
GoodData
Performance on refreshing metrics works well.
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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
GoodData
Support team has been highly responsive and helpful from our first initial deployment to present day. They engage and work with us. know when to escalate for more challenging problems. They also follow up. Overall have had a very good experience with support
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Tableau
I have never really used support much, to be honest. I think the support is not as user-friendly to search and use it. I did have an encounter with them once and it required a bit of going back and forth for licensing before reaching a resolution. They did solve my issue though
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In-Person Training
GoodData
Petr was a rock star - patient, knowledgeable, clear and easy to work with.
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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
GoodData
GoodData implementation team was professional and courteous
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Tableau
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
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Implementation Rating
GoodData
Thorough, professional and on time.
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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
GoodData
GoodData was more cost effective and did not necessitate additional spend on internal resources. The end user interface was easy to use and did not require additional set up or customization. The clients required little support from the Prometric staff to use the product
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Tableau
If we do not have legacy tools which have already been set up, I would switch the visualization method to open source software via PyCharm, Atom, and Visual Studio IDE. These IDEs cannot directly help you to visualize the data but you can use many python packages to do so through these IDEs.
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Scalability
GoodData
No answers on this topic
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
GoodData
  • We have been able to quickly go to market with a feature-rich version of our application.
  • The licensing costs are manageable but make our offering more expensive than alternatives.
  • The possibility to horizontal scaling with Kubernetes is a bright outlook for our business.
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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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ScreenShots

GoodData Screenshots

Screenshot of GoodData's array of tools and AI features to dig into data for needed insights.Screenshot of GoodData’s AI-powered features (like NLQ) and drag-and-drop UI, used to build and interact with charts and dashboards.Screenshot of GoodData's pro-code, low-code, and no-code interfaces, available so users with all skill levels can collaborate to share insights and findings.Screenshot of forecasting tools that let users predict trends for key business metrics for the next month, quarter, and year.Screenshot of NLQ, used to ask questions of data, automatically create new visualizations, and discover new insights using natural language via an AI chatbot.Screenshot of an AI-powered explanation of what is driving the values, in dashboards and visualizations.