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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM InfoSphere QualityStage

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere QualityStage is a data quality offering from IBM.N/A

    Tableau Prep

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/ATableau 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
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    Community Pulse
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
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    IBM
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
    Data Quality
    Comparison of Data Quality features of IBM InfoSphere QualityStage and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStage
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Tableau Prep
    -
    Ratings
    Data source connectivity9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data profiling7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Master data management (MDM) integration8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data element standardization8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Match and merge7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Address verification9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    5.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere QualityStageTableau Prep
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Standardization of data using rules for names and addresses. Possibility of building our own rules to standardize other data. Contruction of complex rules of matching and consolidation of data. Native integration with ETL tools and data governance.
    Incentivized
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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
    • Create rules
    • Standardization and normalization of data
    • Integration with DataStage
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Should include all the data profiling functionality
    • Better features to tune matching capability
    • Include AI to automatically recommend actions to improve processes
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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
    It is a robust tool. It can be integrated with several DB. It works very well with DS. You can create your rules, and define the percentage of standardization or normalization
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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
    • Improving Data Quality
    • Reducing costs due to better Data Quality
    • Single view of customer / product
    • Better data governance
    Incentivized
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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)
    Incentivized
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