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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Cloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATableau 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

    Toad Data Point

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AToad Data Point is a cross-platform, self-service, data-integration tool that simplifies data access, preparation and provisioning. It provides data connectivity and desktop data integration, and with the Workbook interface for business users, it provides simple-to-use visual query building and workflow automation.

    $365

    Pricing
    Tableau CloudToad Data Point
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Tableau+
    Contact Sales
    Base Edition
    $365
    Pro Edition
    $528
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tableau CloudToad Data Point
    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
    Tableau CloudToad Data Point
    Considered Both Products
    Tableau
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    Quest Software
    Chose Toad Data Point
    I have not used another tool that allows for these seamless connections so it is unfair to rate Tableau and Hyperion against this becuase they have different uses. But if I had to compare, Tableau does not make it as easy to connect to multiple datasources and definitely has …
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    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
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    Features
    Tableau CloudToad Data Point
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Cloud and Toad Data Point
    Feature
    Tableau Cloud
    7.6
    74 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Toad Data Point
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports7.656 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.774 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.663 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Cloud and Toad Data Point
    Feature
    Tableau Cloud
    7.6
    74 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Toad Data Point
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.574 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.672 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Cloud and Toad Data Point
    Feature
    Tableau Cloud
    7.8
    72 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Toad Data Point
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.668 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.567 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.655 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.559 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers6.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Cloud and Toad Data Point
    Feature
    Tableau Cloud
    7.9
    70 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Toad Data Point
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.366 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Tableau Cloud and Toad Data Point
    Feature
    Tableau Cloud
    8.4
    69 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Toad Data Point
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.756 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.659 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.754 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Tableau Cloud and Toad Data Point
    Feature
    Tableau Cloud
    7.5
    59 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Toad Data Point
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.457 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.744 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.851 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Tableau Cloud and Toad Data Point
    Feature
    Tableau Cloud
    7.0
    41 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Toad Data Point
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API7.534 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames6.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API5.729 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)6.735 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Tableau CloudToad Data Point
    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
    AWS Glue
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Datameer
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tableau CloudToad Data Point
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (76 ratings)
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (29 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    7.9
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (49 ratings)
    9.8
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tableau CloudToad Data Point
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Quest Software
    Appropriate for general querying and some DBA work. It's the universal least-offensive solution for most environments - not best of breed, but not subject to unusual/extensive requirements. It just works. On the other hand, some functionality (e.g. data import/export, snippets) are perfunctory and minimal and seem to be either difficult or impossible to automate. If you need to streamline those operations, you'll be forced to rely on third-party solutions that mostly work on top of (instead of with) TOAD.
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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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    Quest Software
    • Export data into excel.
    • Export data into excel using a pivot table functionality.
    • Navigation between windows is intuitive and easy to understand.
    • Good for SQL novices and experts alike.
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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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    Quest Software
    • The workflow is a relatively new feature. Quest is adding additional functionality and the workflows are useful now.
    • Would be nice if the 'Automate' feature was a bit easier to use.
    • Would be nice if some of the SQL Editor features in the traditional interface worked better in the new workflow interface (although, these are being fixed with each release).
    • Would be nice if there were fewer releases.
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    Usability
    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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    Quest Software
    I find Toad Data Point easy to use for both the novice and the experienced business analyst. If all you desire is to access data and create spreadsheets...this is a snap. Toad Data Point actually has cool data analysis features built into it. The newer workflow interface makes automating steps a snap
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    Support Rating
    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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    Quest Software
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Quest Software
    Although Toad and UltraEdit are both great products, from an SQL standpoint Toad is a much better editor and troubleshooter.
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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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    Quest Software
    • It is the least common denominator - not particularly optimized for our environment or workflows.
    • Hangs or slowdowns add anywhere from 5% - 7% for projects utilizing large/complicated data setts. (This could be due to other IT-imposed constraints and not entirely due to TOAD.)
    • Trying to perform some operations requires reading documentation and experimenting in order to figure out the TOAD-specific approaches and commands.
    • It just works (when we understand it). Updates don't break things and things don't suddenly start behaving differently. Best of all, we don't mysteriously lose functionality.
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