PlanGuru vs Tableau Desktop

Likelihood to Recommend

The ease with which one can design and project promotional incentives to drive sales for new products is impressive. Another useful features of this program is that companies can optimize revenue using predictive analytics.

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Professional in Other

Writing & Editing Company, 51-200 employees

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Suitable scenarios:1. Big data that has very high number of rows can be handled easily by Tableau Desktop.

2. Unlike its competitors which crashes sometimes, Tableau is efficient and doesn’t crash even when we apply heavy features Less suitable scenario:1. It is costly so it should only be used if the output generated has a significant business impact

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Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Banking Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Fixed asset management

Multi-division support

Regulations compliance

Electronic tax filing

Self-service portal

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

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

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

PlanGuru

Tableau Desktop

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Allows for several different scenarios for the same company
Modification in specifications alterable
Allows for changes at any level with several criteria.

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Professional in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 11-50 employees

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Love the interface. It's very smooth and easy to connect multiple numbers of data points
Provided a lot of self-learning tutorials which are easy to follow
You can display info in different ways (categorical versus numerical)
User friendly and has clean display

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Ron Rothstain

Assistant Director, Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

USC Marshall School of BusinessHigher Education, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

High cost.
Limited scalability.

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Professional in Other

Writing & Editing Company, 51-200 employees

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Very steep learning curve for those who haven't used it previously.
Because it's a powerful tool, getting it to do simple things can be extremely difficult.
A jack-of-all-trades solution, sometimes it's hard to find or create industry-specific visualizations, such as NPS gauges.

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Analyst in Marketing

Telecommunications Company, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

PlanGuru 7.0

Based on 1 answer

It hasn't really been a viable program for our office.

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Professional in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 11-50 employees

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Tableau Desktop 8.9

Based on 39 answers

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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Manager in Information Technology

Mining & Metals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

PlanGuru 8.0

Based on 1 answer

No answer on this topic is available.

Tableau Desktop 9.2

Based on 27 answers

I am really a fan of tableau for its quick setup, data connection, dashboard creation time and very easy to use UI.As i have used multiple Bi tools like QlikView and SAP BO, i can say all other tools take really long time in performing above functionalities except QlikView which is really fast in term of performing analysis.

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Chandra Bhanu Pratap Singh

BI Developer

CognizantInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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Tableau Desktop 8.0

Based on 10 answers

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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Brad Llewellyn

Associate Data Analytics Consultant

MarinerInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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Tableau Desktop 6.1

Based on 9 answers

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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Professional in Research & Development

Biotechnology Company, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Tableau Desktop 8.5

Based on 20 answers

I still haven't found something that stumped me for long. The company materials are first-rate and their seems to be a natural affinity among the professionals using the product. It seems there are many who want to help those that are following them onto the platform. I've never noticed any condescension to new users or obvious questions in the forums or my personal exchanges.

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David Fickes

Decision Sciences - Modeling, Simulation & Analysis

San Francisco State UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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Tableau Desktop 9.4

Based on 4 answers

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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Jon Boeckenstedt

Associate Vice President

DePaul University, Division of Enrollment Management and MarketingHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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Tableau Desktop 8.0

Based on 4 answers

The training documents that are available online are very detailed and interactive. The instructors were very clear and concise in their presentations and demos and it was very easy to understand.

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Professional in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 201-500 employees

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Implementation Rating

PlanGuru 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Great tool for projections and forecasting.

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Professional in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 11-50 employees

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Tableau Desktop 8.0

Based on 36 answers

Time needs to be spent ahead of implementation to make sure data sources are set up and ready. Consultants need to understand the data sources and the goals before setting foot on-site. Installation is easy, learning to use it takes time. The training resources available are great.

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Phillip Smith

Sr. Financial Analyst (Finance Manager)

Spring MobileWireless, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

A must-have for all large corporations with intensive new product development programs to boost sales and revenue. It is better than others in terms of ease of operation and adaptability. The customer support lent to the buyers is excellent. All issues pertaining to the service or product are timely resolved.

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Verified User

Professional in Other

Writing & Editing Company, 51-200 employees

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When we first looked at getting a visualization software for analytics we looked into two options Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop, and even though Power BI is more cost-effective we decided to go with Tableau Desktop as it had more options that we are looking for such as free reader and Tableau Server and offers a very comprehensive and simple interface that is easier to learn for new staff.

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Clinton Shields

Health Information Analytics Analyst

Kings View Community Services, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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Tableau Desktop 7.0

Based on 3 answers

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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C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Improves business process agility.
Drives revenue growth.

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Professional in Other

Writing & Editing Company, 51-200 employees

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Tableau has provided my clients with the information necessary to allocate multi-million dollar research budgets effectively, ensuring the company is getting the most bang for its buck.
Tableau has given my office the ability to present data quickly and easily in a professional format that customers can understand, and has them returning frequently for additional analysis and projects.

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Tim McClelland

Innovation Research Manager

Wright Brothers InstituteDefense & Space, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

PlanGuru Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Tableau Desktop Editions & Modules

Edition

Tableau Viewer	$12¹
Tableau Explorer	$35¹
Tableau Creator	$70¹

Per User / Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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Tableau Desktop

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