IBM InfoSphere QualityStage vs. Tableau Prep

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage is a data quality offering from IBM.N/A
Tableau Prep
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Tableau Prep enables users to get to the analysis phase faster by helping them quickly combine, shape, and clean their data. According to the vendor, a direct and visual experience helps provide users with a deeper understanding of their data, smart features make data preparation simple, and integration with the Tableau analytical workflow allows for faster speed to insight. Tableau Prep allows users to connect to data on-premises or in the cloud, whether it’s a database or a…
$15
per month billed annually per user
Pricing
IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Viewer
$15
per month billed annually per user
Explorer
$42
per month billed annually per user
Creator
$70
per month billed annually per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
Data Quality
Comparison of Data Quality features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
9.0
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Tableau Prep
-
Ratings
Data source connectivity9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Data profiling9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Master data management (MDM) integration9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Data element standardization9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Match and merge9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Address verification9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.3
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
The best, flexible and powerful Cloud data classification and Cloud data management software and its capabilities are effective and very protective IBM solutions. Easy interface setting and its integration support are functional, allowing easy complex data pulling and the tool scalability and features performance, as well as data quality improvement, are the effective capabilities provided by this IBM platform.
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Tableau
If your data sets are coming in without much stewardship then Tableau Prep can help to clean the data before you start trying to create visualizations for your end users. You will save a lot of time this way - rather than seeing problems once you are creating dashboards. If you don't have large data sets or your data is relatively simple, then Tableau Prep may not be needed.
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Pros
IBM
  • Worldwide address and name rules for data standardization
  • Integration with other tools like DataStage
  • Graphical interfase to develop processes
  • Performance and scalability
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Tableau
  • Display the raw data coming in from the data warehouse
  • Point out situations that might be erroneous
  • Show the distribution of raw data figures
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Cons
IBM
  • You need to learn the language of pattern to create rules
  • Must be thorough for the definition of the rule, because it can give you unexpected results
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Tableau
  • Use of Macros within Workflow (and more types of automation)
  • Join Editor also giving a SQL Update Query
  • More types of visuals
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
No answers on this topic
Tableau
It is a valuable tool for generating and cleaning files for multiple purposes.
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Usability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Tableau
It works well and is user friendly for the basics but needs more options for bring in data (using SQL queries for example) and export format options.
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Support Rating
IBM
No answers on this topic
Tableau
I have not really had to reach out for any kind of customer support for Tableau Prep, so I can't really say. However, the support that Tableau has given for their other products has been great, so I would assume it would be the same here. They are also constantly adding new features and providing software updates, and that is always a plus.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
No answers on this topic
Tableau
Live connections to cloud services (Google Sheets for example) and cloud hosted databases (cloud hosted SIS for example) for scheduled flows are not supported
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
QualityStage is positioned as a world leader as a data cleaning tool, and competes face to face with PowerCenter. Particularly in Latin America we consider that QualityStage is better customized in terms of data cleaning rules for the region.
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Tableau
Before Prep, we had to do all the data joining and connecting in a Tableau Workbook. Not only did this cause workbooks connected with live data to run frustratingly slowly, a new connection and set-up had to be established every time a new workbook as created, even if you were working with the same data. The extracts produced by Prep allow several workbooks to be working from the same data set-up without any additional work, saving time and stress.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Easy on unleashing of potential revenue opportunities.
  • Our data on Cloud are easily managed through the platform.
  • Easy to monitor user activities and generate multiple reports.
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Tableau
  • Quicker data sets for online reports
  • More efficient data cleaning Ad Hoc reports
  • Costly if using data management to schedule data pull and cleaning (priced per viewer accounts not creator accounts)
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