NVIDIA RAPIDS vs. Tableau Desktop

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NVIDIA RAPIDS
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
NVIDIA RAPIDS is an open source software library for data science and analytics performed across GPUs. Users can run data science workflows with high-speed GPU compute and parallelize data loading, data manipulation, and machine learning for 50X faster end-to-end data science pipelines.N/A
Tableau Desktop
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Tableau 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
NVIDIA RAPIDSTableau Desktop
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Tableau Creator License
$115
per month (billed annually) per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NVIDIA RAPIDSTableau Desktop
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll 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
NVIDIA RAPIDSTableau Desktop
Features
NVIDIA RAPIDSTableau Desktop
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
9.1
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
MDM Integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
9.4
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Visualization9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
8.9
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
9.2
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
9.2
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Flexible Model Publishing Options9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.4
175 Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.0145 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.1174 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.3
172 Ratings
3% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.5167 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.4170 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.0126 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.5165 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.3
166 Ratings
1% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.0155 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.0154 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.3120 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.5128 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.878 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.3
164 Ratings
4% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.5162 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.5156 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.6131 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
9.0
149 Ratings
6% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.0145 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.0125 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.7136 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.283 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
7.9
141 Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.7130 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.3101 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.4122 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
NVIDIA RAPIDS
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
7.7
67 Ratings
1% below category average
REST API00 Ratings8.259 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.753 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings6.851 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.248 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.354 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.148 Ratings
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User Ratings
NVIDIA RAPIDSTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.8
(203 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(41 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(73 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(57 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(34 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NVIDIA RAPIDSTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
NVIDIA
NVIDIA RAPIDS drastically improves our productivity with near-interactive data science. And increases machine learning model accuracy by iterating on models faster and deploying them more frequently. It gives us the freedom to execute end-to-end data science and analytics pipelines.
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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
NVIDIA
  • Visualization
  • Deep learning pipeline
  • State of the art libraries
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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
NVIDIA
  • Its not flexible and cost effective for all sizes of organizations.
  • I appreciate it has hassle-free integration.
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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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
RAPIDS GPU accelerates machine learning to make the entire data science and analytics workflows run faster, also helps build databases and machine learning applications effectively. It also allows faster model deployment and iterations to increase machine learning model accuracy. The great value of money.
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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
NVIDIA
No answers on this topic
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
NVIDIA
  • Efficient way to complete tasks
  • De-facto GPUs standard
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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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