Tableau Cloud vs. Tableau Public

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Tableau Cloud
Score 8.1 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.N/A
Tableau Public
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Tableau 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.
$0
per month
Pricing
Tableau CloudTableau Public
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Tableau CloudTableau Public
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Tableau CloudTableau Public
Considered Both Products
Tableau Cloud
Chose Tableau Cloud
I feel like Tableau is easier to use compared with the SAP Business Objects. Both have a bit of a learning curve but I felt that Tableau Online was still more intuitive and user friendly. Tableau Desktop is a powerhouse. It has a very steep learning curve but once you master …
Tableau Public
Chose Tableau Public
Tableau public is Free and no subscription is required whereas Tableau Desktop is a paid subscription. if there is no private or confidential data it's easy to Tableau public and share reports with people. Tableau public has same features and options same as desktop. its easy …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Tableau CloudTableau Public
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
8.8
67 Ratings
7% above category average
Tableau Public
9.8
12 Ratings
15% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.650 Ratings9.710 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.267 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.656 Ratings9.712 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
8.7
67 Ratings
7% above category average
Tableau Public
9.7
12 Ratings
19% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.167 Ratings9.812 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.564 Ratings9.712 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.742 Ratings9.49 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.565 Ratings9.811 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
8.8
65 Ratings
5% above category average
Tableau Public
9.5
11 Ratings
13% above category average
Publish to Web8.761 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.760 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Report Versioning7.849 Ratings9.89 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.653 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.932 Ratings8.17 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
8.8
63 Ratings
9% above category average
Tableau Public
9.7
11 Ratings
17% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.760 Ratings9.811 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.059 Ratings9.811 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.551 Ratings9.79 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
8.5
62 Ratings
1% below category average
Tableau Public
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)8.456 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.049 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.652 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.147 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
7.7
52 Ratings
3% below category average
Tableau Public
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access7.950 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.038 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.745 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
9.1
34 Ratings
14% above category average
Tableau Public
-
Ratings
REST API9.729 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API9.727 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API8.824 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)9.728 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.827 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Tableau CloudTableau Public
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(68 ratings)
8.5
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(21 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(20 ratings)
9.5
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Tableau CloudTableau Public
Likelihood to Recommend
Tableau
We just need to refresh our data once a day for our unique use case, which allows the complete online system to run on extracts. For us, this is critical because our daylight hours are spent focusing on new updates and implementations rather than worrying about excessive database traffic (which would be required with a direct connection to the online system). The process of importing extracts is straightforward and sturdy enough to handle massive amounts of data.
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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
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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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
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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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
Tableau
No answers on this topic
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
Tableau
From an end user perspective Tableau Online is overall very easy to navigate once you get used to it, my only complaint is that when expanding or contracting a graph, the "plus" and "minus" on the bottom left is sometimes hidden, and should always be visible. From a builder perspective, it can take some getting used to but the sheer depth of customization makes it all worthwhile.
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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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Support Rating
Tableau
In times where the system is down, support has always been quick to notify and keep us apprised of the latest developments. It's crucial for our system to always be available, but when emergencies have arisen, I don't recall a time where the Tableau Online Support hasn't been able to address our concerns in a timely manner.
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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
Tableau
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
Tableau
No answers on this topic
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
Tableau
Googles dashboard suite is very user-friendly and anyone can edit and make changes with very little knowledge or practice. But nothing I’ve worked with compares to the customization and multi streams of data in a user-friendly package like tableau does. It’s a really cool piece of software and I would choose that again.
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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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Return on Investment
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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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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