Oracle SQL Developer vs. Tableau Desktop

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle SQL Developer
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Oracle SQL Developer is an integrated development environment (IDE) which provides editors for working with SQL, PL/SQL, Stored Java Procedures, and XML in Oracle databases.N/A
Tableau Desktop
Score 8.3 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.
$75
per month
Pricing
Oracle SQL DeveloperTableau Desktop
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Tableau
$75
per month per user
Tableau Enterprise
$115
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle SQL DeveloperTableau Desktop
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll pricing plans are billed annually.
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Community Pulse
Oracle SQL DeveloperTableau Desktop
Considered Both Products
Oracle SQL Developer
Chose Oracle SQL Developer
Oracle SQL Developer is neck and neck with other tools. It offers all the required features and is much more reliable than many other vendors. Since it’s developed by Oracle, it works well with Oracle. It’s ultimately down to individual selection but Oracle SQL Developer offers …
Chose Oracle SQL Developer
I have started to use Toad for Oracle recently because it is easier to sort and filter results, due to their memory sort feature that puts the results from your query in memory so that you don't have to rerun your query. I have used SQL Developer to easily update records in …
Chose Oracle SQL Developer
SQL Developer is the primary tool we use to develop queries for our Jaspersoft reports. It integrates seamlessly with the tools in our environment making it the logical tool for our applications.
Chose Oracle SQL Developer
Toad and SQL developer are often compared and we considered both at the beginning. Arguably, Toad outperforms SQL developer in terms of many functionalities. The biggest reason we encouraged our engineers to use SQL developer was cost. Although it is not enriched like Toad, it …
Chose Oracle SQL Developer
SQL developer is not my favorite but it is better than others that I have used, using it versus a different system was not an option that I had, but I'm happy with it
Chose Oracle SQL Developer
I write SQL scripts in notepad++ due to ease of access and saving capabilities but I could certainly do the same in SQL Developer. I encourage the rest of my team in prospect development to customize my scripts in SQL Developer so that they are not saving over files that I have …
Tableau Desktop

No answer on this topic

Features
Oracle SQL DeveloperTableau Desktop
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.4
174 Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.1144 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.9173 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.1150 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.2
171 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.3166 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.3169 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.4164 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.1
165 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.8154 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.7153 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.9119 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.277 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.1
163 Ratings
2% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.3161 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.4155 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.5130 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.7
148 Ratings
2% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.8144 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.5124 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.5135 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.982 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
7.8
140 Ratings
0% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.0100 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.4121 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Oracle SQL Developer
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.1
66 Ratings
5% above category average
REST API00 Ratings7.958 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.152 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.950 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings9.147 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.054 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.547 Ratings
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User Ratings
Oracle SQL DeveloperTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(74 ratings)
8.5
(203 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(5 ratings)
7.5
(41 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(4 ratings)
8.0
(72 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
1.1
(57 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.2
(2 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
Oracle SQL DeveloperTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
Almost all development activities (the tool is called "SQL Developer", not "DBA Toolset") can be done easily and quick with [Oracle] SQL Developer. From data model creation (tables, views) to development (creation of procedures, functions, packages) and then testing (SQL Developer includes an easy to use debugger), all tasks can be performed in a single tool.
It may not be as complete as other solutions for DBA tasks like instance monitoring, but it is usually OK for development and testing environments if you want to do some basic troubleshooting.
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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
Oracle
  • Object Browser in SQL Developer allows you to explore the contents of your database using the connection tree.
  • The SQL Worksheet is an editor that allows for execution of SQL statements, scripts, and PL/SQL anonymous blocks. SELECT statements can be executed to return results in a spreadsheet-like 'grid' or can be executed as a script such to emulate SQL*Plus behavior and output
  • DBA Console allows users with administrative privileges to access DBA features such as database init file configuration, RMAN backup, storage, etc.
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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
Oracle
  • Inability to run multiple queries on the same database. You can only run one query on a given database.
  • Analytical models created from complex tables isn't accurate, and needs work.
  • Inability to view multiple tables of a database side-by-side. When trying to find correlations between tables, it would help to be able to see them at once on the same page.
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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
Oracle
We had already thought of changing to TOAD, but we decided to stick with Oracle SQL Developer until the end.
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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
Oracle
Oracle SQL Developer is very easy to use and there are a wide range of courses available which can help you get started just within a day. Data can be exported in multiple formats based on user requirements. Organizational data can be stored and management effectively using Oracle SQL Developer. All the data, tables, sequences, indexes can be easily created and updated in Oracle SQL Developer.
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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
Oracle
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
Oracle
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
Oracle
Large user community support
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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
Oracle
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
Oracle
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
Oracle
Just download and uncompress!
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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
Oracle
I have started to use Toad for Oracle recently because it is easier to sort and filter results, due to their memory sort feature that puts the results from your query in memory so that you don't have to rerun your query. I have used SQL Developer to easily update records in tables that I need to fix. I haven't found an easy way to do this in Toad other than writing SQL insert statements.
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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
Oracle
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
Oracle
  • It gives 100% return on investment as it is free of cost.
  • No need to have multiple tools for each database
  • Considering the employee training, so one can save money on training, as it is not very hard to use so still savings.
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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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