Mendix vs. Tableau Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mendix
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Mendix is a low code platform-as-a-service offering with mobile and social extensions. Mendix was acquired by Siemens August 2018.
$0
Tableau Cloud
Score 8.1 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.N/A
Pricing
MendixTableau Cloud
Editions & Modules
Free Edition
$0
Pro Edition
1,250
per month (billed annually)
Pro Edition
1,250
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise Edition
1,675
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise Edition
1,675
per month (billed annually)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MendixTableau Cloud
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
MendixTableau Cloud
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
8.3
8 Ratings
4% below category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Visual Modeling7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Security8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform User Management8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
Reusability8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Scalability8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
8.8
67 Ratings
7% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.650 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.267 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.656 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
8.7
67 Ratings
7% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.167 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.564 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.742 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.565 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
8.8
65 Ratings
5% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.761 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.760 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.849 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.653 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.932 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
8.8
63 Ratings
9% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.760 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.059 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.551 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
8.5
62 Ratings
1% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.456 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.049 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.652 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.147 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.7
52 Ratings
3% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.950 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.038 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.745 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
9.1
34 Ratings
14% above category average
REST API00 Ratings9.729 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.727 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.824 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings9.728 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.827 Ratings
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User Ratings
MendixTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(65 ratings)
9.7
(68 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(11 ratings)
9.4
(21 ratings)
Support Rating
7.6
(13 ratings)
8.8
(20 ratings)
User Testimonials
MendixTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Siemens AG
Mendix excels in scenarios involving Business Process Automation, making it a strong choice for applications requiring workflow automation, including processes like request approvals, document management, and other business workflows.Conversely, Mendix may be less suitable for projects that demand highly customized solutions with extensive custom coding. Its primary focus on low-code development may not align well with the requirements of projects that heavily rely on intricate and specialized coding.
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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
Siemens AG
  • We're able to really easily develop different views that are very specific to a customer's needs or customer's different types of user needs. So for example, the production managers can have a certain view that's relevant to them and then certain line managers can have views that are specific to them that allow them to run different scenarios which they define. So it allows us to easily build customized apps for each different type of user.
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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
Siemens AG
  • Earlier versions lacked in UI/Ux. This is still improving.
  • Since everyone and anyone can create custom add ons (widgets), Mendix could improve their quality checks (but not as rigid as eg Apple).
  • Upgradeability used to be somewhat of an issue. Version 7 looks to be handling this better than previous versions.
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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
Siemens AG
A 10 would say I have nothing to wish for. A 9 means I haven't seen anything better.This tool really helps you in the whole creation and maintenace cycle, so from requirements to building/modeling to testing to deploying to capturing feedback.
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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
Siemens AG
Response times are quick and you will get updates regularly about the status of your request. Even with very technical questions they have specialists that can help you with your problems it will give you an answer or help you with a work around.
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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
Siemens AG
Mendix would be my preferred system all the way. The system is designed for these kinds of works. I've worked with WP and DNN but they should be used just for websites. To create an app for a business value, I would suggest Mendix. Also, the offline capabilities of Mendix have greatly improved since the deployment of Mendix 7.13.
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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
Siemens AG
  • It helps to speed up application development because of its low code by the fact that it's low code. It allows professional developers to focus more on specialized application development rather than the more routine application development that business IT and super users can do for themselves with some coaching from the IT department. So it's just allowing the more specialist professional developers.net, for example, Java in our organization to focus on more complex engineering application developments.
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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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ScreenShots

Mendix Screenshots

Screenshot of Agile Project Management: Collaborate. Manage. Iterate.Screenshot of Central App Management: Application Management Made Easy.Screenshot of App Store: Hundreds of building blocks to get you out of the gate.Screenshot of 1-Click Deployment: Efficient DevOps. Enabled.