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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Salesforce CRM Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce CRM Analytics (formerly Tableau CRM) is a cloud-based business intelligence solutions and analytics software. It provides users with automated data discovery, CRM-connected analytics, top-down views of data, augmented analytics, predictive insights, and customizable data visualization tools.

    $125

    per month

    Tableau Prep

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/ATableau Prep enables users to get to the analysis phase faster by helping them quickly combine, shape, and clean their data. According to the vendor, a direct and visual experience helps provide users with a deeper understanding of their data, smart features make data preparation simple, and integration with the Tableau analytical workflow allows for faster speed to insight. Tableau Prep allows users to connect to data on-premises or in the cloud, whether it’s a database or a…

    $15

    per month billed annually per user

    Pricing
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsTableau Prep
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Viewer
    $15
    per month billed annually per user
    Explorer
    $42
    per month billed annually per user
    Creator
    $70
    per month billed annually per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsTableau Prep
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsTableau Prep
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    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    73%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsTableau Prep
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Tableau Prep
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports7.541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.546 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Tableau Prep
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.537 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.546 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.1
    47 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tableau Prep
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web9.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.543 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.540 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.534 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.4
    45 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Tableau Prep
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.540 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Tableau Prep
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.546 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    6.7
    45 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Tableau Prep
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.543 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.539 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and Tableau Prep
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.2
    33 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Tableau Prep
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.525 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsTableau Prep
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Toad Data Point
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Datameer
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsTableau Prep
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (51 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    5.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.1
    (41 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsTableau Prep
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    For us it really comes down to that book management and next best contact for our advisors. When we're thinking about a book of business that may range, depending on the advisor, from 400 clients to a thousand clients, how do they really optimize their time? Who do they call next? Who do they work with to make sure not only they're keeping those clients engaged, they're not leaving the firm going to other advisors who they haven't talked to in a while who might need their attention. That's really where that CRM analytics is really proven pretty powerful for us.
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    Tableau
    If your data sets are coming in without much stewardship then Tableau Prep can help to clean the data before you start trying to create visualizations for your end users. You will save a lot of time this way - rather than seeing problems once you are creating dashboards. If you don't have large data sets or your data is relatively simple, then Tableau Prep may not be needed.
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • Interactive Dashboards, it [consists] of wide variety of charts
    • Data from different sources can be easily integrated with it
    • Security, it provides easy way to secure and share the information with the users
    • Support actions like opening hyperlink etc
    • Almost everything can be done from configuration
    • Data can easily be managed from dataflow.
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    Tableau
    • Display the raw data coming in from the data warehouse
    • Point out situations that might be erroneous
    • Show the distribution of raw data figures
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    Cons
    Salesforce
    • Implementation takes time and resources. It is a heavy lift to implement and at first, it can take a little bit of time to understand what you are looking at. But once it's implemented it's easy to get started.
    • Without any BI expertise or resources available to your organization, the implementation of this is difficult. If you aren't used to BI tools and don't have an expert in house, the terminology can be difficult to understand at first.
    • Their support is not on hand to help you if you encounter any issues, at least not on all the plans or the basic plans. Real-time support service is an add-on, so you'll need to be patient if you require help or pay extra money.
    • More functionality for the tool is needed to compete with other heavyweights in the arena like Tableau, Qlik, and Microstrategy. Still lacks the robustness, functionality, and flexibility other competing products possess.
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    Tableau
    • Use of Macros within Workflow (and more types of automation)
    • Join Editor also giving a SQL Update Query
    • More types of visuals
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    It is a valuable tool for generating and cleaning files for multiple purposes.
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    Usability
    Salesforce
    For someone who don't have coding background, this could be a useful tool and fairly easy to learn and use given the good support. However, if you know other open source tools, it would be much easier to use the other tools and the knowledge is more transferable in the future.
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    Tableau
    It works well and is user friendly for the basics but needs more options for bring in data (using SQL queries for example) and export format options.
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    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    I was not able to be in interaction much with Salesforce support team since every feature works the way it should be working. So far I have not experienced any bug or major glitches that would delay the result of my work and performance. There is also a hotline in our company for Salesforce issue but so far I have not used it.
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    Tableau
    I have not really had to reach out for any kind of customer support for Tableau Prep, so I can't really say. However, the support that Tableau has given for their other products has been great, so I would assume it would be the same here. They are also constantly adding new features and providing software updates, and that is always a plus.
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    Implementation Rating
    Salesforce
    An implementation partner would certainly result in greater output in a more efficient amount of time. However, I have found implementation partners to be extremely expensive for the output received (at least working for a non-profit company they are frequently unaffordable). Internal implementation does help with usable output though since internal knowledge would better know the data architecture and business processes
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    Tableau
    Live connections to cloud services (Google Sheets for example) and cloud hosted databases (cloud hosted SIS for example) for scheduled flows are not supported
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    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    Tableau is the absolute top of the class when it comes to business intelligence, but it doesn't make sense for every business case. In our case, we needed a simple data visualization platform for our CRM platform and sales pipeline. Salesforce Analytics, while nowhere near as robust, did the job we needed it to do perfectly in a significantly more cost-effective manner.
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    Tableau
    Before Prep, we had to do all the data joining and connecting in a Tableau Workbook. Not only did this cause workbooks connected with live data to run frustratingly slowly, a new connection and set-up had to be established every time a new workbook as created, even if you were working with the same data. The extracts produced by Prep allow several workbooks to be working from the same data set-up without any additional work, saving time and stress.
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    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • I would say it's been positive just because as a company, anyone that has access to it can go in there and pull any company information and we're very up to date then on all of our client base. So I would say it's been a very positive impact.
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    Tableau
    • Quicker data sets for online reports
    • More efficient data cleaning Ad Hoc reports
    • Costly if using data management to schedule data pull and cleaning (priced per viewer accounts not creator accounts)
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