Nintex Process Platform vs Tableau Server | TrustRadius

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Score 8.1 out of 10

Based on 242 reviews and ratings

Score 7.9 out of 10

Based on 713 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Process designer

Process simulation

Business rules engine

SOA support

Process player

Support for modeling languages

Form builder

Model execution

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Social collaboration tools

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Content management

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Nintex Process Platform

Tableau Server

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Nintex workflows provide a robust interface that's not only intuitive but easy to learn with little to no coding experience.
Nintex forms are particularly powerful and provide a great alternative to InfoPath forms which is being deprecated.
Upgrading between versions of Nintex is easy to do with their nwadmin tool and robust documentation provided on their support portal.
The user adoption rate of their products is extremely high and doesn't require a selling point or an explanation of benefits in converting their existing workflows and forms.

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SharePoint Engineer

LeidosDefense & Space, 10,001+ employees

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Tableau server's portal and general look is really convenient and pretty. Users feel comfortable using it.
The learning curve of Tableau Server from an end-user perspective is really short. For the creator of content, it is a little more complex but easy to learn. Tableau has really succeeded in creating a user-friendly software.
From an administration point of view, Tableau is great. Installation and housekeeping are really easy and quick.
Visuals are really appealing and will help "sell" your presentations.
Tableau allows connectivity to a huge selection of data sources and data formats.
Online training for software is free and of very good quality.

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Mathieu Gaouette

Consultant BI senior/Administrateur - spécialité SAS

Prospective MG inc.Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Forms: Some functionality about validation, or buttons need to be implemented using JAVASCRIPT. It would be welcomed to include more functions in this area.
Forms: The parent-child relationship is another area to improve. Repeating sections don't have the required performance to make a strong relationship between two or more tables (Sharepoint lists).
Workflow: Using an on-premise environment, there is not a good system to manage workflows: versions, insights, purge, etc.

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Francisco Falomir

Process Control Systems Manager

UBE SpainCommercial Real Estate, 501-1000 employees

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Tableau Server is sometimes referred to as simply Microsoft Excel with a power boost. I understand the reason analysts say this. It is because the software is almost exclusively a visualization software. If you're looking for truly advanced analytics combined with cutting-edge visualization, Tableau Server isn't it.
Tableau Server limits the type of graphs a user can create. There are numerous workarounds for different graph types, but they are not easy to implement.
Tableau Server can sometimes be slow to render graphics with lots of data and calculated fields.

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Owner, previous CEO

Econometric StudiosFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Nintex Process Platform 7.0

Based on 18 answers

Unfortunately, we will not be using Nintex going forward because the experience in on-prem Nintex and SharePoint 2016 is not replicable in Office 365 / SharePoint online. Also, the licensing model is different and would not be cost-effective to scale in the new environment with a lower-functioning version of Nintex (Nintex online is not as robust and user-friendly as the on-prem version). Our parent company assesses capability, licensing models, cost, and security to weigh in on whether a tool can exist in our portfolio. While on-prem Nintex was a great solution for our business when connected to SharePoint 2016, the online version that connects to SharePoint online is feature-weak, in development, and does not march capability forward for us in a meaningful way. The parent operating company has opted to go with Microsoft Flow instead.

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Chris Carpenter

Staff Project Manager, Awesomizer, Fixer, Maker, Collaboration Enabler

Beckman Coulter, IncBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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Tableau Server 10.0

Based on 20 answers

We will continue our use of Tableau server due to the following factors:- Cost effectiveness. This persists from year-to-year. Tableau consistently gives us the best value for the cost- Reliability. Tableau server has been rock-solid for our users, particularly during emergencies.- Innovation. You can bet that Tableau will release stable new versions on a regular basis.We have often experienced the need for a function in Tableau that will be included in a future release.

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Program Manager

Department of Health & HospitalsGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Nintex Process Platform 7.7

Based on 11 answers

Nintex Workflow does exactly what it is advertised to do: make workflow development fast and easy. It doesn't provide very much new functionality, but it isn't really supposed to.When I am working with a client on a SharePoint project, I am always happy if I hear that they use Nintex Workflow, as it makes workflows much easier.

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Business Analyst

Razorleaf CorporationInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Tableau Server 9.0

Based on 11 answers

User experience is the most important factor to consider whenever considering capabilities for non-technical business users. If the learning curve is so steep business users must be advanced users to be productive, you hit the wall of diminishing returns, this is exceptionally true when it comes to analyzing data. Transforming data analysts into BI development experts shifts the focus of the analyst from analyzing data to mastering software. Tableau does a masterful job at minimizing the technology and maximizing the users understanding of their data.

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Principal

Bezaleel Consulting LLCE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Nintex Process Platform 8.5

Based on 12 answers

I have never encountered a Nintex outage.

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Sr. Web Developer

MWAInsurance, 201-500 employees

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Tableau Server 9.0

Based on 9 answers

Over the past few years our company has expanded the use of Tableau. We've moved from 250 interactors to well over 1500 server interactions during that timeframe. During the expansion interactors we've yet to expereince any significant degradation of service

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George McCarrolle

Senior Business Intelligence Developer- Tableau

ARCADIS U.S.Environmental Services, 10,001+ employees

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Performance

Nintex Process Platform 8.0

Based on 8 answers

I give this a 9 because Nintex overall has been exemplary, except for responsive design forms seem to be a little slow when getting complex.

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Sr. Web Developer

MWAInsurance, 201-500 employees

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Tableau Server 8.1

Based on 8 answers

While there are definitely cases where a user can do things that will make a particular worksheet or dashboard run slowly, overall the performance is extremely fast. The user experience of exploratory analysis particularly shines, there's nothing out there with the polish of Tableau.

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Jonathan Drummey

Quality Management Data Analyst

Southern Maine Medical CenterHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Nintex Process Platform 7.0

Based on 24 answers

it seems to take a very long time to get anything completed Been using the platform now for two years and the system still does not work as purposed - not sure if this is a Nintex problem or an eternal company issue

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Scooter D Nelson

First Delivery Supervisor

ConocoPhillipsOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Tableau Server 9.1

Based on 12 answers

I think the folks that work in support are generally pretty good at what they do (when you get them on a WebEx). But the process of reporting issues to them and waiting for a response (via email only) is a hassle. I never understood why you can't just call them up and discuss the issues with them. It would take a handful of email exchanges before they would agree to a WebEx session. That was frustrating.

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BI Analyst

Kaiser Foundation Health PlanUtilities, 10,001+ employees

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In-Person Training

Nintex Process Platform 7.0

Based on 1 answer

No answer on this topic is available.

Tableau Server 8.0

Based on 4 answers

In our case, they hired a private third party consultant to train our dept. It was extremely boring and felt like it dragged on. Everything I learned was self taught so I was not really paying attention. But I do think that you can easily spend a week on the tool and go over every nook and cranny. We only had the consultant in for a day or two.

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BI Analyst

Kaiser Foundation Health PlanUtilities, 10,001+ employees

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Online Training

Nintex Process Platform 9.0

Based on 3 answers

I used the Nintex training software, it was easy to watch and follow along. It didn't go too fast and was descriptive enough to understand what the steps needed were in order to produce efficient workflows and user friendly forms.

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Sr. Web Developer

MWAInsurance, 201-500 employees

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Tableau Server 9.0

Based on 9 answers

The Tableau website is full of videos that you can follow at your own pace. As a very small company with a Tableau install, access to these free resources was incredibly useful to allowing me to implement Tableau to its potential in a reasonable and proportionate manner.

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MD

InterWorksComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

Nintex Process Platform 6.6

Based on 18 answers

test runs for key persons to insure the system is set up prior to rolling out I think the platform is good, I think the roll out and the local implantations is where we are failing as a company in using Nintex

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Scooter D Nelson

First Delivery Supervisor

ConocoPhillipsOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Tableau Server 9.1

Based on 13 answers

My department was largely Excel and paper-based when I started, so there's been a tremendous amount of work to get the data into shape, so when I look at the overall implementation of our visualization and reporting infrastructure, I'm less satisfied. Tableau has been wonderful, the one place that would get me to a 10 is if it was easier to tune workbook performance on Tableau Server, there are a huge number of variables to deal with across the workbook/application/hardware stack. In a small environment like ours that takes more effort than I'd like.

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Jonathan Drummey

Quality Management Data Analyst

Southern Maine Medical CenterHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Nintex WorkFlows seems to be a lot more user friendly, contrast to using SharePoint Designer. I had to spend a lot of time learning SPD and even more time troubleshooting SPD WorkFlows and InfoPath Forms. Though Microsoft offers lots of information on knowledge base (kbs) and "Tech Net" articles that can be an eye sore to read, Nintex has a lot of easy to understand online courses that empower administrators how each action works, WorkFlow terminology and mitigating errors. I appreciate the Nintex online community that also zeros in on troubleshooting when admins are stuck.

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Sharepoint Architect

LeidosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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There were a lot of reasons why we chose Tableau and the least is the cost but also the way Tableau stores data in the columnar fashion instead of in Cubes. We went through a painstaking selection process and at the end, came down to a couple of vendors and we ended up with the product that was least to pair up with Amazon Web Services to create a decent and cost-effective proof of concept and we landed with the solution we have today.

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Siggy Tetteh, CSSGB, MBA, MCP

Lead Systems Analyst/Project Manager

Navicent HealthHospital & Health Care, 5001-10,000 employees

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Scalability

Nintex Process Platform 8.5

Based on 3 answers

This product works well as you scale business processes but there is a point where things become too complex. Administratively it scales fine, number of users is no problem, and since Nintex relies on the build in SharePoint workflow manager, it falls under the same scalability perimeters. Business Process complexity is the limiter for scalability within Nintex.

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Sharepoint Consultant

Kiefer Consulting, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Return on Investment

Nintex has an ROI report that analysis all workflows in your environment and time spent on developing the workflows . We have paid off our investment in the first 12 months according to this report.
Once you have implemented it, you should probably have more than one person or have plans in place to get more people because the requests will start streaming in.

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Principle SAP: Support systems

ImplatsMining & Metals, 10,001+ employees

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It has helped improve reporting capabilities from traditional to modern ways to view data.
It has helped in terms of using new maps and charts for devices availability and which is unique and insightful.
Interactive features attracted our client to look up business intelligence and other areas.

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Business Analyst III - Consultant

Neo Prism Solutions LLCTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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Tableau Server

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