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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pentaho

    Score6 out of 10
    N/APentaho is a suite of open source business intelligence and analytics products, now offered and supported by Hitachi Data Systems since the June 2015 acquisition.N/A

    Tableau Cloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATableau 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.

    $15

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    PentahoTableau Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Tableau Viewer
    $15
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Viewer
    $35
    per month billed annually per user
    Tableau Explorer
    $42
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Explorer
    $70
    per month billed annually per user
    Tableau Creator
    $75
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Creator
    $115
    per month billed annually per user
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    PentahoTableau Cloud
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PentahoTableau Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Hitachi Vantara
    Chose Pentaho
    Tableau is having some technical limitations in terms of reporting and integration. But, in the case of Pentaho, it is very effective in terms of cost and also very high user-friendly. I would strongly believe that it will add more value to the organization. That's the reason I …
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    Tableau
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    5 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    80%
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    Features
    PentahoTableau Cloud
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Pentaho and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    7.6
    74 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.618 Ratings7.656 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.918 Ratings8.774 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.718 Ratings6.663 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Pentaho and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    7.6
    74 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.618 Ratings8.574 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.319 Ratings7.371 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.312 Ratings6.147 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.717 Ratings8.672 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Pentaho and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    7.8
    72 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web9.618 Ratings8.668 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.819 Ratings7.567 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.713 Ratings7.655 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.917 Ratings8.559 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.310 Ratings6.738 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Pentaho and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    7.9
    70 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.916 Ratings8.267 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.216 Ratings8.366 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.314 Ratings7.857 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Pentaho and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    8.4
    69 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.320 Ratings8.363 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.619 Ratings7.756 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.918 Ratings8.659 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.610 Ratings8.754 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Pentaho and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    7.5
    59 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.710 Ratings7.457 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.97 Ratings7.744 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.711 Ratings7.851 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Pentaho and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    7.0
    41 Ratings
    10% below category average
    REST API8.310 Ratings8.136 Ratings
    Javascript API9.09 Ratings7.534 Ratings
    iFrames7.39 Ratings6.833 Ratings
    Java API8.79 Ratings5.729 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.910 Ratings6.735 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.610 Ratings7.232 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PentahoTableau Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    8.9
    (76 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.6
    (29 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    8.3
    (49 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PentahoTableau Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hitachi Vantara
    Pentaho is very well suited to perform data extraction & data mining from various cloud storage & transform that data using various available data models. However, the software struggles when it comes to visualizing the extracted data in an appealing manner & can be difficult for end-users to get an understanding of data tables created using those models.
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    Tableau
    If you're using Tableau as the primary BI tool, then Tableau Cloud is well suited to publish and share the results with a wide(r) audience. It is well suited for various degrees of self-service proficiency, from pure consumers of analytical work to more advanced users who can use web editing for smaller or larger adjustments, and even for desktop power users who will publish their work to Tableau Cloud. It has many good ways to organize the content and make it easily accessible via search, favorites, folders, collections ("playlists for your data"), or history ("recents"). It might not be ideally suited if there are many on-prem sources to be used (even though there are options to connect them) or if you have very special requirements regarding custom server setup, which is limited in a shared cloud environment like Tableau Cloud.
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    Pros
    Hitachi Vantara
    • Integrate and synchronize with big data easily
    • Import data from any sources and different databases
    • Managing data in on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments.
    • Compatibility and flexibility of the platform with any type of scenario and any business or industry
    • Various tools in the software suite to transformation of data
    • Simple interface appearance and creative UI graphics
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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
    Hitachi Vantara
    • I think the relative obscurity of the tool is a downside, not as many developers, consultants or peers you can tap into.
    • Lack of a solid user community held us back, looking at Power BI and Qlik, they have huge user communities that help each other out. Would have liked that here.
    • Smaller company means smaller sales force, and the lack of a local presence made it hard to only interact online with the account rep. Other companies have someone local who often stops by with pre-sales developers to just pitch in free of charge when they have time.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hitachi Vantara
    I will use Pentaho until I find a better tool with a better, easier to use report designer client. For now, Pentaho has been the most powerful reporting tool for our clients because of its ability to connect to Odoo, integrate in Odoo (reports are accessible in Odoo) and the flexibility in report design and parameter integration
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    Tableau
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Hitachi Vantara
    The Pentaho tools are designed so you can start playing around on your own. Of course, you will need guidance at some point, but the training teams are good at guiding new users, and the online documentation is usually pretty up-to-date.
    Some of the tools, such as the Pentaho Data Integration tool and the Pentaho Server, are pretty self-explanatory. The other tools maybe are not so quickly and obvious to use, but again, with some documentation and some customer support, you can find your way around them.
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    Tableau
    Based on comments from our clients, I awarded it this grade. Non-technical customers frequently compliment us on the ease with which they can utilize Tableau Online. Usability is rarely a source of contention amongst our customers. Few complaints have come from me as a user of our internal products.
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    Support Rating
    Hitachi Vantara
    They were responsive to our questions when we raised issues. They gave us workarounds when required. They were quite knowledgeable when it came to issue analysis and providing fixes. They were forthright in informing us if a bug was not due for release soon.
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    Tableau
    I have not had any issues that require customer support from Tableau at this time, which speaks well to Tableau. I have taken an online course with Tableau and it was very professional and well done, so based on that I would assume a similar level of quality for their customer service.
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    Online Training
    Hitachi Vantara
    Course Taken: DI1000 Pentaho Data Integration Fundamentals Setup A week before your class started, the instructor will start sending out class material and lab setup instructions. This is helpful so that you understand how the environment is laid out and can start reviewing the content. Ultimately it saved about a 1/2 day trying to setup with 10 other people online which was great! The Course The 3-day course was laid out like many other technical classes with 15-30 minutes instruction and 15-60 minutes of lab exercises. The instructor was very knowledgeable with the functionality from version to version and answered questions as we went along. I was amazed at some of the functionality that was available that I was not using at the time and quickly implemented changes to many existing transformations and jobs. The novice users seemed to catch on quickly and more experienced users explained how some of the functionality was used in their home environments. Towards the end there was enough time so that we were able to ask very directed questions about our own environments. Overall, I really found the class to be informative and deliver enough information to be dangerous. My skills improved and I was able to design better and efficient transformations for the HIE. Course Description: https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/pentaho-data-integration-fundamentals-di1000
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    Tableau
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Hitachi Vantara
    Get the right people in before starting implementation. Start small and build as you go approach is time consuming and involves lot of rework. Evangalize within the organization the capabilities and limitations equally so that correct delivery expectations are set. Set expectations with the Customer that the tool cannot replace proprietary software in terms of stability/usability and that timelines could change given the new ness of the product.
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    Tableau
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hitachi Vantara
    Since the Pentaho platform offers a range of broad functionality across data preparation and advanced analytics, it also can be easily integrated to support many data sources and machine-learning frameworks. Based on that fact, we selected Pentaho to be used in our internal department. It also supports many of our BI use cases as required by company management or the business user. Last but not least, the Pentaho license is cheaper than their competitor.
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    Tableau
    In determining whether to go with Tableau Online versus Alteryx, two important factors stood out in determining our go-to solution. First, while Alteryx is an impressive tool for data cleansing, it did not stack up in terms of data visualization capabilities. Tableau, on the other hand, provided us everything we needed in terms of visualizing our data and analytics. The second factor is cost. Well neither solution would be considered cheap, Tableau was the more cost effective solution for our needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Hitachi Vantara
    • Pentaho has improved our overall business process.
    • Pentaho has helped the Managers and Directors to analyze the numbers going up and down from time to time.
    • We have a started a big project using Pentaho that is going to include all the business processes in the organization.
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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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