Plotly Dash vs. Tableau Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Plotly Dash
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Plotly headquartered in Montreal creates data visualization and UI tools for ML, data science, engineering, and the sciences with language support for Python, R, Julia, and JS. Plotly's Dash aims to empower teams to build data science and ML apps that put Python, R, and Julia in the hands of business users. The vendor states that full stack apps that would typically require a front-end, backend, and dev ops team can be built and deployed in hours by data scientists with Dash.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
Plotly DashTableau 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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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Plotly DashTableau Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Plotly DashTableau Cloud
Considered Both Products
Plotly Dash
Chose Plotly Dash
Tableau is great for basic dashboard visualisations using an ETL transfer layer from production. However, Plotly Dash is specifically designed for visualisation of machine learning applications. That's the key difference.
Tableau Cloud

No answer on this topic

Features
Plotly DashTableau Cloud
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
8.9
3 Ratings
6% above category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
MDM Integration9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
9.0
4 Ratings
6% above category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Visualization9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
6.2
2 Ratings
27% below category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment4.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption3.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
8.4
2 Ratings
0% above category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
9.7
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Tableau Cloud
-
Ratings
Flexible Model Publishing Options9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.6
74 Ratings
7% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.756 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.774 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.563 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.6
74 Ratings
6% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.674 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.271 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.247 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.672 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
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Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.8
72 Ratings
5% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.568 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.567 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.655 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.559 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.538 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
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Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.8
70 Ratings
2% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.267 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.266 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.757 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
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
8.4
69 Ratings
1% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.363 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.756 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.559 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.654 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
7.5
59 Ratings
3% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.457 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.744 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.851 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Tableau Cloud
6.9
41 Ratings
11% below category average
REST API00 Ratings7.836 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.234 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings6.833 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings5.629 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.735 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.232 Ratings
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User Ratings
Plotly DashTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
9.3
(75 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(28 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(20 ratings)
User Testimonials
Plotly DashTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Plotly
Applicable for data visualization across disciplines. I have used it for data from buildings, building occupancy, public health, and statistics. It is a useful tool to use for big data. It has nice templates and a number of interesting visualization types. If you are familiar with R and python it is easy to use.
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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
Plotly
  • Powerful visualization options.
  • Ability to create in-browser interactive visualization apps.
  • Ability to create hosted apps.
  • Allows you to develop web-based reporting applications without requiring web application development expertise.
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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
Plotly
  • Would be good if Dashboard Engine was included in the Enterprise VPC plan
  • Would love to see ready made fintech apps
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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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Usability
Plotly
No answers on this topic
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
Plotly
No answers on this topic
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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Alternatives Considered
Plotly
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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
Plotly
  • A no-cost option as it is open sourced.
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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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