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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Metabase

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMetabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.

    $85

    per month

    Tableau Public

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ATableau Public is a free edition of the Desktop product. With this edition, data can only be published to the Tableau public website and does not allow work to be saved or exported locally.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    MetabaseTableau Public
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $85
    per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
    Starter
    $85
    per month up to 5 users
    Pro
    $500
    per month up to 10 users
    Growth
    $749
    per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
    Enterprise
    15,000
    per year
    Open Source
    Free
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MetabaseTableau Public
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    MetabaseTableau Public
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Metabase and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Metabase
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    12 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.02 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.04 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.34 Ratings9.712 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Metabase and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tableau Public
    9.7
    12 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.54 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.44 Ratings9.712 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.92 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.54 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Metabase and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Tableau Public
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Publish to Web9.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.02 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.01 Ratings9.69 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Metabase and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    11 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.54 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.02 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.92 Ratings9.79 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Metabase and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Tableau Public
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Metabase and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Tableau Public
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Metabase and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Tableau Public
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score4 out of 10
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    Score7.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MetabaseTableau Public
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MetabaseTableau Public
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Metabase
    Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
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    Tableau
    Tableau public is the best platform to build dashboards for your personal profile and share with recruiters. It's always good to keep ourselves updated on the latest features, create sample dashboards and save them to a personal profile. Tableau public is free and doesn't need any subscription. anyone can create an account and start building reports.
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    Pros
    Metabase
    • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
    • Data representation from database directly.
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    • Data visualization: lots of different options, including bar, scatter, pie, waterfall charts to explore relationships between variables, and to present findings/trends to different teams
    • Integrates readily with limited, though different data sources: TXT, CSV, TDE, Access
    • Exports reports for review of different dashboards: client-ready/team-ready, with a clean and tidy presentation in PDF format (or hardcopy)
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    • Tableau Public (both Desktop and Server) like their "for a fee" counterparts offer very easy to learn and use tools to transform data into pictures and gain insights into your data. Most organizations report a reduction in development time of 10x vs. other similar tools, due to the intuitive user interface. That said, with Tableau Public, published workbooks are "disconnected" from the underlying data sources and require periodic updates when the data changes. Users are limited to 1 Gb of storage space per user ID and password as well.
    • I would like to see better options for public sharing of visualizations and data from within the "for a fee" products as more and more organizations are moving in the direction of data sharing with partners and their communities.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    It's free, right? I'll keep using the free version. So the real question to ask is this? Will I pay $999 for the Personal version or $1,999 for the Professional? Yikes! That is a big stretch. I'm not sure about that. The product comparison chart is at: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/comparison
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    Usability
    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    Tableau public is a great training tool to understand the basics of Tableau before buying it. A great tool to extend Excel's visualization and to publish data for others. Not useful for anything you need secure. No ability to access databases. Static information only.
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    Support Rating
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    I have not yet required to contact support as the documentation and help i found online has always worked so far
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    I found it sufficient, and fast. I could easily "kick the tires" with Tableau on my data so I got up and running fast.
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    Implementation Rating
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Start at the end and work backward. Identify the business case / issue and questions the end users have, then identify the data needed, and where to get it.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    Google Charts/Drive is sufficient for simpler data sets, but it does not integrate with other web platforms and the visualization does not look as professional. I'm not aware of any other competitors that offer the same package as Microsoft.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Metabase
    • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
    • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    • Tableau Public visualizations have helped drive traffic to our content and sites
    • The lack of cost means it's easy to demonstrate our experience to attract paying clients
    Incentivized
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