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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Logi Symphony

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ALogi Symphony is a business intelligence and data visualization software that includes customizable dashboards, reporting, and visual data analytics. It can be integrated into users’ existing business applications and its visualization and reporting tools can be customized.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
    Logi SymphonyMicrosoft 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
    Logi SymphonyMicrosoft Power BITableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    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
    Logi SymphonyMicrosoft Power BITableau Desktop
    Considered Multiple Products
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Chose Logi Symphony
    The feature set is richer, and price is reasonable. We felt we were paying more for Tableau's name than their features, as updates are slow.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Dundas ticks all the relevant boxes:
    - set up actually easy and works (was not the case for Pentaho)
    - you do not need one license per email address you want to send reports to (as for Tableau)
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    We have tested Tableau prior to Dundas BI and though Tableau is a great package in itself, Dundas BI is much more cost-effective for our needs and requirements and hence zeroed in on Dundas BI.

    We have also tried microstrategy but it has a very dated UI and doesn't suit our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony

    I have used dozens of BI tools, a ew for many years like IBM Cognos and other for several months POCs like microstrategy, Panorama, Tableau etc...

    For our industry and our daily use Dundas BI wins since it is very flexible and can bring us the greater value we can achieve from a …

    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Found Tableau was powerful, but did not have some of the more beneficial feature sets (like sharing links, and notes) that Dundas BI offers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    QLIK, Tableau, Cognos, BIRST, MicroStrategy, PowerBI from Microsoft, OBIEE and BO.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Tableau is too hard to code changes. Domo is cloud only.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    We evaluated Tableau as an alternative to Dundas BI during our product selection process. Tableau, arguably a market leader in this space, fell short in a number of key areas. We were not impressed with the extensibility and scalability of the Tableau product. In contrast, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Across the board Dundas BI was superior to its competitors. It's way way easier to use and develop relative to MicroStrategy and Microsoft, and their team was much easier (and better) to work with than Tableau.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    We choose Dundas mainly because:
    - Dashboard flexibility
    - Data preparation features
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Per dollar spent, it offers the widest range of features of the tools that we evaluated. It offers lots of options for how to configure your environment, though they are not always intuitive to figure out. Having an ETL layer was a must have for us, as well as the ability to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Much better for multi-tenancy. Power bi just doesn't have many features and is just lackluster. Telerik doesn't look as good although slightly more powerful with data manipulation. Too many BI reporting tools out there don't offer multi-tenancy and I have no idea why. It is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    It is the Powerful bi tool with many features to quickly build up reports, dashboard etc. You can customize everything and it is easy to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    These other products tend to do quite a poor job of allowing you to embed them into other products. Either the architecture is not suited to embedding or they make it too expensive to do this. Dundas is designed and priced to do this (embedding) well. We found Dundas …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    I selected Dundas BI to be our preferred partner since we saw that it the most flexible tool that allows our customers to design their dashboards in they way that they are not restricted in their development process.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    We found that Dundas BI struck the perfect balance between ease of use and flexibility, while still remaining within a reasonable budget. Other products were either to technical, lacked functionality, or "broke the bank".
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    It is much more powerful to build more interactive and feature rich dashboards. Most of the above are great at ad hoc analysis but not for providing a full feature and rich guided dashboard experience. Dundas BI is great to build a suite of dashboards and easy to deploy …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    We looked into Tableau, Qlikview also. These tools are doing all the same basically. There are some items which DundasBi does do really well. Next to the product the organzation behind is really dedicated and commited with their customers. They treat you as a customer and just …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Since the release of Dundas BI, Dundas has raised the bar of what you can get for your money. If you are even considering any of the other players, you would be doing your company a disservice by not putting Dundas head to head against any product out there. It is a lot more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Dundas BI provided all of the connectivity, flexibility, and visualizations we needed - all at the right price. We compared total cost of ownership over 5-years, and Dundas was the clear winner. In our experience, they also had the strongest sales support staff. After using …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    We've tested many BI products over the years and when it comes to dashboards we have yet to find anything that comes close to Dundas BI in terms of features, component library and self-service.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Dundas BI was selected for its ease of use and web service integration tools to other internal and external tools. When compared the API call from Dundas took just a few lines of code versus hundreds of lines of code. Dundas BI provides the backbone and structure needed for a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Dundas stacks up particularly well against other platforms when it comes to business user friendliness.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Symphony
    Dundas BI definitely matched all of the functionalities we were after.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Tableau having pure visuals, we can't make custom visuals. Power BI costs around $10 per month, but Tableau costs around $30-$40 per month, so comparing with Power BI it is costly. Using Power BI is very easy for everyone (technical/non-technical), but Tableau is only can …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI vs. Tableau Power BI cheaper and works well with Microsoft tools. Tableau has better visuals but is costly. Microsoft Power BII vs. Looker Looker is good for big data, but Microsoft Power BI is easier to use. Microsoft Power BI vs. Qlik Qlik is fast for big …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI is much simple to use, and more modern than BusinessObjects, which has now been discontinued. It costs much less to license than Tableau which is perhaps more niche and designed better. It is also much more powerful for data analysis than excel, Smartsheet, Airtable, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    It's got a larger user base and seems better supported. Personally it feels like alot more work getting comparable results from Tableau. Microsoft Power BI will be WAY easier to work with all your various data sources, if you are working in an environment with M365 already. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Each has a different function. I think Microsoft Power BI is easier to use than Tableau and cheaper but SQL and databricks have so much more versatility
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    I prefer Power BI because of its affordability and fewer complicated tools than Tableau. It's easy to use and compatible with other Microsoft products, which are mostly used in the IT industry. It's not limited to only one platform like Looker Studio, which is mostly used in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI excels against its competition in being a great combination between feature set and scalability. Tableau is more integrated with Salesforce but it has a high starting price point whereas Microsoft Power BI can start out with a single license for less than $20 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is more easy to use, easily understandable, it's User Interface is good. We can connect to More number of data sources. where as in Qlik Sense it is not providing Row level security like Microsoft Power BI and it is bit costly than Microsoft Power BI. Tableau …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    In the case of Tableau or Google Charts, thay have a lack on customization and on the options they have. For Qlik Sense, you need to spend too much time on the data model for doing quick tests or data validation when comparing it to Microsoft Power BI. Also, Microsoft Power BI …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Due to microsoft user and all the data into excel it was found more feasible from the organization to get Microsoft Power BI. Also due to access of microsoft licence we don't need to survey other vendors and feasibility. Also price wise it was more competitive then Tableau.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Just because we wanted single-party integration environment and a player which can take ownership of Big Data Analysis. Microsoft Power BI is better in these features as compared to other key BI players like Tableau.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Much more instinctive
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Same need to be large scale.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is easier to learn, a lot of examples on YouTube, internet documentation books helps to the implementation and personalization of the dashboards easier to use than other platforms.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Some of the strengths are 1. User-Friendliness 2. Self-Service BI (Caters to all levels of the employees 3. Cost-effective. 4. Easy integration with Microsoft Suits. 5. DAX Calculations 6. Familiar Interface like traditional Excel. 7. Easier Self-Service platform for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    It's the most widely used tool in most organizations
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    We have used Microsoft Power BI for almost seven years. When looking for a reporting platform, remember that you are about to make a long-term choice. Moving reports to another system isn't easy. If you have, for example, more than 100 reports, the move to a different platform …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft PowerBI is easy to use, has leadership alignment, and is liked by everyone using it in the past and in the current setup. Thus, we decided to continue renewing Microsoft Power BI. We had also evaluated some competitors, but those platforms were not as easy to onboard. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Overall Microsoft Power BI has more capabilities, it is more customizable and it also has it's own query language DAX which is really powerful for complex calculations and that's something you just don't get in their competitors, also when integrated with the other power apps, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    It Improve business process agility.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI is a great tool to create reports and share data. However, it does not have the budgeting, forecasting and predictive modeling tools we need for our Financial Planning and Analysis part of our business. So we also implemented Vena for our financial reporting, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    I selected Power BI because it is the best in all because of its ecosystem and its ability to connect with multiple data source like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft SQL Server, web, analysis services etc. Moreover, its available on both Cloud and Desktop with some pro and cons …
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Both power bi and Tableau Desktop has its own pros and cons. Microsoft Power BI is best to work with Microsoft products. however for fast connection with diverse range of integration with data sources Tableau Desktop is best. if you are cost sensitive power bi is best option …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    It has a better user interface compared to Microsoft Power BI. The Tableau integration process is quite simple and clear with the third-party application whereas Power BI is not easily integrated with other tools and requires a complex process to follow for integration. DAX …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau Desktop is preferred over other BI software because it allows for more data visualization, storytelling, and dashboards. Microsoft Power BI may be a better option if you need to perform data modeling, however. Tableau Desktop is an excellent tool for nearly all other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau Desktop can be preferred more over the other Business Intelligence software as it provides data visualization, storytelling and dashboards to a great extent. If you need to do data modelling it might lack a bit and you might prefer going for Microsoft Power BI but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau Desktop is older and just better overall. It has more capabilities and is more useful to have. I don't think you could have Alteryx as a standalone product like you can with Tableau Desktop. You'd want another bi tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau Desktop has a more easy to use drag and drop interface and is easier to learn. It also allows greater customization of charts than Power BI. However, Tableau Desktop costs more than Power BI which is bundled into our Microsoft contract at no additional charge. Power BI …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    The visualizations are far and away more powerful and it is more user friendly than Power BI. It would take 3-4 times as long to create the types of reports in Excel that I can create in Tableau Desktop and there are a slew of ways I can present the data in Tableau Desktop that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Can handle large amounts of data
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau can create visually attractive customizable dashboards than can quickly by drag-drop while in power bi we can create simple dashboard. Power bi support lesser data source while in Tableau there is a lot of options
    When we talk about data handling tableau is a clear …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau Desktop is clearly one of the best in the business. It has incredible capabilities, and many features are extremely useful. The intuitiveness of the dashboards and the graphical nature of the visualizations are widely used features and super helpful. One of the other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau Desktop provides some state of the art feature and capabilities that are just awesome. Its support, online blog, and tutorials are better than its competitors. That was the best selling point for me.
    Incentivized
    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
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    It does have a lot of potential when using Microsoft other technologies - in integration/Embedded, Visuals and connectivity to data sources. Advanced analytics is also smooth when working on python/r scripts. Automated insights are better in Tableau/Alphaa AI. NLG/NLQ - …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    For complex data visualization, Tableau Desktop shines. Even though it uses highly granular databases, it has a powerful engine that can process large amounts of data quickly and produce high-quality charts. It has the broadest range of APIs and is extremely simple. The …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    We preferred Tableau over Power BI due to its user-friendly interface and interactive GUI. Since we work with large datasets, we observed that Power BI can deal with only a limited amount of data when compared to Tableau which creates complex visualizations in a time-efficient …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    We also use Power BI for small projects and teams that can't afford to pay for Tableau licenses. Tableau has more features and is more robust compared to Power BI. They also provide better and faster support compared to Microsoft. It is the standard visualization tool, but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau offers many more tools and features compared to Power BI. The ability to use third-party development languages such as R has been extremely useful in our organization. Other tools such as Power BI can be fast to learn and create simple graphs, but they lack some of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau Desktop allows for a lot more customisation then the other products which are more targeted at being easier to use. Tableau is also easy to use for standard analytics and dashboards, but allows advanced users to create more powerful data driven dashboards through its …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau wins when it comes to the features and flexibility it brings to the table. microstrategy seems out-dated in comparison to Tableau and Dundas BI

    But, it loses out to Dundas BI in terms of cost-effectiveness due to Dundas BI's low-cost offering in case of a larger number …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau hands-down wins based upon functionality, interoperability with a wide variety of enterprise-class data connections, end-user support, and quality of visualizations. Tableau Desktop offers a substantially more robust, refined, and mature product. It became quickly …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    It is a much lighter, easier to understand tool that can be used by anyone, even non tech people. Also, it doesn't need a Microsoft suite or Oracle suite or any other tools to operate it, unlike other tools. But it is good till the basic reporting. For deep level analytics …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    We have chosen Tableau [Desktop] for its ability to extract live information from any data source, for its simplicity and simplicity that it has a very short learning curve.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    We shifted to Tableau as it performs better than power BI. Tableau can handle data from multiple data sources while Power BI is restricted to limited data sources.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    I use both in my Organisation. Both of them have advantages and disadvantages. I prefer Tableau [Desktop] as it provides larger options to play around with the data. Power BI has an advantages that it connects well with the MS application where Tableau lacks.
    Incentivized
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    Features
    Logi SymphonyMicrosoft Power BITableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Logi Symphony and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Symphony
    8.4
    51 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.1
    198 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    175 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.443 Ratings8.1169 Ratings8.0145 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.651 Ratings8.6197 Ratings9.2174 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.139 Ratings7.7180 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Logi Symphony and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Symphony
    8.1
    51 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    196 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.951 Ratings8.4193 Ratings8.6167 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.250 Ratings7.7193 Ratings8.6170 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.633 Ratings7.4143 Ratings8.1126 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.645 Ratings8.1191 Ratings8.6165 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Logi Symphony and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Symphony
    7.9
    49 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    166 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web8.442 Ratings8.1179 Ratings8.1155 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.845 Ratings7.7174 Ratings8.2154 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.838 Ratings7.7145 Ratings8.6120 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.337 Ratings8.3148 Ratings8.6128 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.23 Ratings7.9111 Ratings9.078 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Logi Symphony and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Symphony
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    2% below category average
    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.)8.148 Ratings8.3183 Ratings8.7162 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.941 Ratings8.1168 Ratings8.6156 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.432 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 Logi Symphony and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Symphony
    8.2
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    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)8.648 Ratings8.6169 Ratings9.1145 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.045 Ratings8.1148 Ratings9.1125 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.246 Ratings8.1160 Ratings8.9136 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.25 Ratings8.5141 Ratings9.383 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.149 Ratings9.210 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Logi Symphony and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Symphony
    8.2
    45 Ratings
    6% above category average
    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 Access8.344 Ratings7.5152 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.140 Ratings7.8155 Ratings7.5122 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.5133 Ratings7.5101 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Logi Symphony and Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Symphony
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.6
    116 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    7.7
    67 Ratings
    1% below category average
    REST API8.25 Ratings7.7104 Ratings8.459 Ratings
    Javascript API8.66 Ratings7.485 Ratings7.653 Ratings
    iFrames7.05 Ratings8.055 Ratings6.751 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.76 Ratings7.291 Ratings7.154 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.52 Ratings8.444 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings6.769 Ratings8.048 Ratings
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Usability
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    In-Person Training
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
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    Data Sources
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    For all the scenarios I have so far worked on or I am currently working on, Dundas BI has proved to be more than adequate and apt to handle all of those. It is a very easy-to-use tool with quick shortcuts enabling you to prepare ad-hoc reports or dashboards in a matter of minutes.
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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
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Project organization from Development to Production, you get a production and development license but I think the best way to do it is with DEV and Prod project in the Production box. Use the development box for testing updates and really crazy things. With the Dev and Prod projects on the same box, you just publish from Dev to Prod and you are done. Users only have access to the Prod projects so no one can mess up what you are working on.
    • Security - If you have a hierarchy (subsidiaries, divisions, department, teams) and you want each group to see only their data, then Security hierarchies are for you!
    • Dependent filters! What's this you ask? Here is an example of how it can be used, in your company you have departments and who works for what department is in your database. You make a dashboard that has a department filter (only show these departments), a managers filter, and employee filter. Not every manager or employee is in multiple departments usually only one. With dependent filters you can say that the manager and employee filter are dependent on what is selected in the departments filter so when you go to filter them they only show the managers or employees that are part of that department, and you can even it do so employees are not only dependent on department but on manager as well. Then it gets even better as it can be done in reverse as well so when you select a manager then go to the department it only shows the departments he works for (there are better situations where this is more useful).
    • It is scriptable! From calculate columns, null replacements, button actions, load actions, hover over events there a way to do what you want.
    • They are constantly improving and listens to your suggestions.
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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.
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Not too many cons for how we use the application. It really is easy and powerful. Very powerful.
    • Licensing is one thing that could be looked into. It is simple, but a little confusing. For example, if I get a license today, but a new release comes out tomorrow, it seems that the license doesn't work with the new release. Maybe that is by design, but it would be nice to clearly understand.
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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.
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
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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.
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    Usability
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    We are still in the implementation phase, but so far we are finding it to be easy to use and learn. The eLearning courses that they have made available for free, as well as User Forums and other training videos have made even difficult concepts easier to understand.
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    Microsoft
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    Microsoft
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    We have bi-weekly calls with our Success Manager, as well as access to support as needed. Any question that I have had, multiple people have been willing and able to jump on a call to talk me through it, or send an email with the solution
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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.
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    Microsoft
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    Microsoft
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    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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Providing that you have the client's needs well known, creating BI content using Dundas BI is a walk in the park!
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    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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Per dollar spent, it offers the widest range of features of the tools that we evaluated. It offers lots of options for how to configure your environment, though they are not always intuitive to figure out. Having an ETL layer was a must have for us, as well as the ability to host to secure HIPAA compliance. It is not a replacement for ad hoc reporting, but does a great job of creating parameterized reports and dashboards that look great.
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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
    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    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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    Return on Investment
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Coming from an SQL based standard delivery model, Dundas BI has provided a fantastic rate of ROI.
    • The preparation and delivery time has reduced from weeks to just a few hours.
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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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