Tableau Cloud vs. Watershed LRS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Watershed LRS
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Watershed LRS is a learning management software solution built to help employers identify skills and competencies.
$0
Pricing
Tableau CloudWatershed LRS
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
Essentials
$0
Watershed
Custom Pricing
Watershed Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Tableau CloudWatershed LRS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Tableau CloudWatershed LRS
Features
Tableau CloudWatershed LRS
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
7.6
74 Ratings
7% below category average
Watershed LRS
9.3
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.656 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.774 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.563 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
7.6
74 Ratings
5% below category average
Watershed LRS
9.3
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.674 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.271 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.147 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.672 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
7.8
72 Ratings
5% below category average
Watershed LRS
8.8
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Publish to Web8.568 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.567 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Versioning7.655 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.559 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers6.638 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
7.9
70 Ratings
1% below category average
Watershed LRS
9.3
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.267 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.366 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.857 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
8.4
69 Ratings
1% below category average
Watershed LRS
8.3
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.363 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.756 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.559 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.754 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
7.5
59 Ratings
3% below category average
Watershed LRS
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access7.457 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile Application7.744 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.851 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Cloud
6.9
41 Ratings
11% below category average
Watershed LRS
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
REST API7.936 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Javascript API7.334 Ratings10.01 Ratings
iFrames6.833 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Java API5.629 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)6.735 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.232 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Tableau CloudWatershed LRS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(76 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(29 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(20 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Tableau CloudWatershed LRS
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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Watershed Systems, Inc
Watershed is a great platform that helps you to understand the overall impact of learning programs on your business and where the improvements are needed.
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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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Watershed Systems, Inc
  • Amazing Data Quality Control.
  • Master Data Management is very helpful.
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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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Watershed Systems, Inc
  • Scheduling performance can be improved.
  • Price is little bit high.
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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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Watershed Systems, Inc
It has all the features that we were trying to get from any other software for our business problems.
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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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Watershed Systems, Inc
Every time we got the proper support from Watershed.
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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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Watershed Systems, Inc
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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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Watershed Systems, Inc
  • Nice Reporting & Statistics.
  • KPI Monitoring and Visual analytics.
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ScreenShots

Watershed LRS Screenshots

Screenshot of Identify & Eliminate Scrap Learning: Stop wasting time and money on learning that isn’t used or applied on the job.Screenshot of Demonstrate Improvements: Show knowledge acquisition and performance improvements to ensure training effectiveness.Screenshot of Compare Groups & Cohorts: Break out results across your organizational hierarchy to identify patterns in learning performance.Screenshot of Correlate Training with Performance Outcomes: Find out if increased and/or improved training is indeed correlated with higher performance.Screenshot of Find Common Search Terms & Popular Topics: Find the topics people want to learn about to ensure you’re providing the most relevant and comprehensive resources.