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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sigma

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASigma Computing headquartered in San Francisco provides a suite of data services such as code free data modeling, data search and explorating, and related BI and data visualization services.N/A

    Tableau Public

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ATableau Public is a free edition of the Desktop product. With this edition, data can only be published to the Tableau public website and does not allow work to be saved or exported locally.

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    SigmaTableau Public
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SigmaTableau Public
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SigmaTableau Public
    Considered Both Products
    Sigma Computing
    Chose Sigma
    Sigma Computing had better functionality and is beginner friendly. While Tableau is a more well known product, Sigma Computing has a better user interface that is easier to comprehend for those without a non-technical background. This makes it easier to showcase dashboards to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sigma
    sorta in the middle.
    One thing that differs than Domo or power bi, is that those softwares bring in the data into the platform, instead of how sigma runs a query against our data warehouse each time a user interacts with the dashboard (there is some small caching, so not always)
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    118 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    116 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    77 Answers
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    Features
    SigmaTableau Public
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Sigma Computing and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    163 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    12 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports5.4104 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.3161 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.7133 Ratings9.712 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Sigma Computing and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    166 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Tableau Public
    9.7
    12 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.0155 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.0163 Ratings9.712 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.35 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.7162 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Sigma Computing and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    156 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Tableau Public
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Publish to Web7.3103 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.7130 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.0120 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.6132 Ratings9.69 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.968 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Sigma Computing and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    6.8
    149 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    11 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.6147 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.626 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.218 Ratings9.79 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SigmaTableau Public
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (170 ratings)
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (48 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (47 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SigmaTableau Public
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sigma Computing
    We were able to set up client-facing embedded reports with ease and security. The interface is not difficult to learn, although we may not be aware of or lack the necessary expertise to utilize more advanced features that would likely benefit us.
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    Tableau
    Tableau public is the best platform to build dashboards for your personal profile and share with recruiters. It's always good to keep ourselves updated on the latest features, create sample dashboards and save them to a personal profile. Tableau public is free and doesn't need any subscription. anyone can create an account and start building reports.
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    Pros
    Sigma Computing
    • Allows end users to easily dive into the data without having direct access to the table in our database management software.
    • Can easily turnaround dashboards that are detailed and visually pleasing.
    • Sigma is intuitive and as new features are rolled out it is easy to adopt and incorporate them into new and existing dashboards.
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    Tableau
    • Data visualization: lots of different options, including bar, scatter, pie, waterfall charts to explore relationships between variables, and to present findings/trends to different teams
    • Integrates readily with limited, though different data sources: TXT, CSV, TDE, Access
    • Exports reports for review of different dashboards: client-ready/team-ready, with a clean and tidy presentation in PDF format (or hardcopy)
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    Cons
    Sigma Computing
    • Sigma Computing does not allow custom ordering of pivot fields in pivot tables easily
    • Sigma Computing lacks functionality for creating tables or sections that dynamically adjust to the browser window's height while maintaining a fixed height textbox at the bottom
    • Sigma Computing does not provide straightforward options for formatting totals in tables, such as renaming 'Total' to 'Average', 'Team Total', etc
    • Sigma Computing does not support searching by individual tab names within a workbook
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    Tableau
    • Tableau Public (both Desktop and Server) like their "for a fee" counterparts offer very easy to learn and use tools to transform data into pictures and gain insights into your data. Most organizations report a reduction in development time of 10x vs. other similar tools, due to the intuitive user interface. That said, with Tableau Public, published workbooks are "disconnected" from the underlying data sources and require periodic updates when the data changes. Users are limited to 1 Gb of storage space per user ID and password as well.
    • I would like to see better options for public sharing of visualizations and data from within the "for a fee" products as more and more organizations are moving in the direction of data sharing with partners and their communities.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Sigma Computing
    Sigma has helped us a lot and has become an integral part of our daily workflow. It would be difficult to switch to another platform and have to rebuild the numerous metrics and performance reports that we have already established
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    It's free, right? I'll keep using the free version. So the real question to ask is this? Will I pay $999 for the Personal version or $1,999 for the Professional? Yikes! That is a big stretch. I'm not sure about that. The product comparison chart is at: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/comparison
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    Usability
    Sigma Computing
    It has a clean and modern interface. However, it is not completely intuitive. I think it would be better and easier to navigate with more Windows style drop down menus and/or tabls. There is a significant learning curve, but that may be due in part to the technical nature of this type of software tool.
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    Tableau
    Tableau public is a great training tool to understand the basics of Tableau before buying it. A great tool to extend Excel's visualization and to publish data for others. Not useful for anything you need secure. No ability to access databases. Static information only.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Sigma Computing
    Yes, as long as you don’t conduct user error sigma is always up and running and waiting for you to complete your dashboards
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    Tableau
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    Performance
    Sigma Computing
    It depends, it loads quickly for smaller dashboards but when loading larger amounts of data it takes more time to do so
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    Tableau
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    Support Rating
    Sigma Computing
    They are very friendly and informative. They are quick in resolving our queries and help us understand very minute things as well. They are quick in creating feature tickets based on our custom requirements, and they would also create a bug ticket if there is any discrepancy and get that checked on time.
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    Tableau
    I have not yet required to contact support as the documentation and help i found online has always worked so far
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    Online Training
    Sigma Computing
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    I found it sufficient, and fast. I could easily "kick the tires" with Tableau on my data so I got up and running fast.
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    Implementation Rating
    Sigma Computing
    Was not involved in implementation
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    Tableau
    Start at the end and work backward. Identify the business case / issue and questions the end users have, then identify the data needed, and where to get it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sigma Computing
    With Looker, to be effective, a substantial amount of coding & modeling needs to happen in LookML. Being another language to learn, users have to context switch again from at a minimum either SQL or Python into LookML. The concept of being able to source control, code review, and deploy your models is a plus though.
    Tableau is the gold standard for data visualization, no question. Power users will be able to create dazzling content that Sigma won't necessarily be able to easily match. However, since development usually happens via an extract, helping other users troubleshoot is an arduous process. Trying to re-do or un-do all the transformations and calculations that cause a certain number is very difficult.
    With Sigma, all the queries happen directly against Snowflake and you can see the query logs. The data modeling happens right in a tabular, spreadsheet-like manner, so within only a few minutes, substantial transformations can happen, with visualizations just a few more clicks away.
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    Tableau
    Google Charts/Drive is sufficient for simpler data sets, but it does not integrate with other web platforms and the visualization does not look as professional. I'm not aware of any other competitors that offer the same package as Microsoft.
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    Scalability
    Sigma Computing
    It is a cloud service offering that is able to expand based on your usage
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    Tableau
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    Return on Investment
    Sigma Computing
    • Monitoring health of cloud platform has allowed the company to anticipate issues before they affect customers – Sigma prompted us building a canary monitoring process that provides customer container health.
    • Customer success has used an activity report to discover customers running runaway processes that they were unaware of, creating an alert to contact the customer and prevent an embarrassing situation.
    • Customer success uses the activity report to prompt conversations regarding increases or declines in behavior that led to increasing contract limits or addressing churn concerns.
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    Tableau
    • Tableau Public visualizations have helped drive traffic to our content and sites
    • The lack of cost means it's easy to demonstrate our experience to attract paying clients
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