Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PitchBook
Score 8.6 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
PitchBook is a resource for data, research, and insights spanning the global capital markets. Founded in 2007 and acquired by Morningstar in 2016, PitchBook's data on the private and public markets helps business professionals discover and execute opportunities.N/A
Tableau Cloud
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Tableau 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
per month per user
Pricing
PitchBookTableau Cloud
Editions & Modules
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
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
Tableau+
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PitchBookTableau Cloud
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PitchBookTableau Cloud
Considered Both Products
PitchBook
Chose PitchBook
Much cheaper. Much broader data set. Let reliable.
Tableau Cloud

No answer on this topic

Features
PitchBookTableau Cloud
Financial Research
Comparison of Financial Research features of Product A and Product B
PitchBook
6.6
46 Ratings
11% below category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Private Company Data8.046 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry-Specific Information7.144 Ratings00 Ratings
Independent Research Access6.540 Ratings00 Ratings
M&A Analysis6.544 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain Data7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
ESG Data5.627 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit Ratings Reports5.326 Ratings00 Ratings
Macroeconomic News6.336 Ratings00 Ratings
Search Tools7.741 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
PitchBook
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.7
75 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.957 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.875 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.564 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
PitchBook
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.7
75 Ratings
4% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.575 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.271 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.548 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
PitchBook
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.6
73 Ratings
8% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.469 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.667 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.656 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.160 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.339 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
PitchBook
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.8
71 Ratings
2% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.168 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.367 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.758 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
PitchBook
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
8.2
70 Ratings
3% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.064 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.657 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.460 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.48 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.555 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
PitchBook
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.6
60 Ratings
2% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.558 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.745 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.952 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
PitchBook
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.0
42 Ratings
9% below category average
REST API00 Ratings7.837 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.335 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.034 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.030 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.736 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
Best Alternatives
PitchBookTableau Cloud
Small Businesses

No answers on this topic

Yellowfin
Yellowfin
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
S&P Capital IQ
S&P Capital IQ
Score 7.7 out of 10
Reveal
Reveal
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
S&P Capital IQ
S&P Capital IQ
Score 7.7 out of 10
Kyvos Semantic Layer
Kyvos Semantic Layer
Score 9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
PitchBookTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(53 ratings)
9.3
(76 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(44 ratings)
8.6
(29 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(21 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PitchBookTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
PitchBook
Well rounded tool useful for all aspects of VC ranging from deal sourcing and portfolio support to fund advertisement and LP search. The quality of data is not nearly as comprehensive as what you'd find on Bloomberg or other public market tools. But that is probably more of a private market issue than a PitchBook issue. Other than that, if used properly, the platform and the team have the ability to greatly enhance your productivity.
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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
PitchBook
  • PitchBook provides a very comprehensive database of not just companies and investors but also M&A activity, financials, funds and LPs.
  • Pitchbook is multi-dimensional it how it can be used. For example, it can help to accomplish various business objectives, including deal sourcing, due diligence, private market intelligence and fundraising.
  • PitchBook has an easy-to-navigate user interface. It enables the user to quickly find the data and information that he or she needs.
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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
PitchBook
  • The categories for funds/investors are sometimes too general - therefore makes it hard to do specific sub-asset class searches
  • Some of the info is wrong / lacking for certain managers/firms
  • Some of the market info could be more consistent and general
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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
PitchBook
No answers on this topic
Tableau
The tool's capacity to handle complex data sources.
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Usability
PitchBook
The matching process is fairly simple and comprehensive. The search and filter functions are clear and easy to use. We are able to export all information so that we do not miss any details when consuming the information. The layout of the extracts is sensible and the data easy to consume.
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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
PitchBook
The overall support for PitchBook is about average. It is not excellent for two primary reasons. First, PitchBook can run slow from time to time, and I cannot copy and paste from the Chrome extension. I have found neither of those issues to be a function of the computer I am using. However, the PitchBook support team has proved helpful on several occasions.
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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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Implementation Rating
PitchBook
did not participate
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Tableau
I wasn't part of the implementation team
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Alternatives Considered
PitchBook
Certain regards, such as comprehensiveness and ability to store and export searches and data related to searches PitchBook performs better than the above and remains our go to tool. However we also use DealRoom to supplement some of that data to ensure comprehensiveness and accuracy. Crunchbase appears less sophisticated and hence less relevant for us
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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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Scalability
PitchBook
we can give access to anyone interested
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Tableau
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
PitchBook
  • I'll pull ~25 company descriptions on occassion instead of writing them myself. Each time I grab one of those I'm saving myself 2-3 minutes. Easily save an hour+ on this simple / repetitive task related to a daily / weekly work product.
  • If I want to understand other companies in the industry, PB's search function will save me from skimming the internet for hours. This can result in 4-7 hours of time savings across a more macro or industry-wide project.
  • Quickly finding who invested in an asset can save sometimes 30-45 minutes of searching the internet. While I wish it provided more details on the specific fund that invested (i.e., Fund IV), it provides sufficient direction for me to begin searching internal databases.
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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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ScreenShots

PitchBook Screenshots

Screenshot of where PitchBook provides the critical insights needed to navigate complex decisions, from small asset allocation adjustments to multi-billion-dollar investments. PitchBook lets users stay informed on private and public market trends as well as company and deal updates specific to any focus.Screenshot of where to customize and visualize PitchBook data. Through the iOS or Android PitchBook app, users have the breadth and depth of private market data at their fingertips.