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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $1,380

    per year (purchased via a Creator license)

    TIBCO Data Virtualization

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATIBCO Data Virtualization is an enterprise data virtualization solution that orchestrates access to multiple and varied data sources and delivers the datasets and IT-curated data services foundation for nearly any solution.N/A
    Pricing
    Tableau DesktopTIBCO Data Virtualization
    Editions & Modules
    Tableau Creator License
    $115
    per month (billed annually) per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tableau DesktopTIBCO Data Virtualization
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll pricing plans are billed annually. A Creator license includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and Tableau Pulse. Discounts sometimes available for volume.—
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    Community Pulse
    Tableau DesktopTIBCO Data Virtualization
    Considered Both Products
    Tableau
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    Tableau has a great community engagement, and it's really great to find and connect with other Tableau users. I think that really sets them apart from other tools, where Tableau has invested in empowering local user groups and supporting users online through the Tableau …
    Incentivized
    Cloud Software Group
    Chose TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Tibco is a more mature environment that targets corporate requirements whereas Power BI has many built-for-purpose use cases at a department, division, or team level and Tableau is more geared toward custom visual development.
    Incentivized
    Chose TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Tableau Desktop is a tool that is used to visualize data from different data sources and develop dashboards that can be published on various platforms. Here integration is not required and data can be directly attached. In Tableau data mapping cannot be done where as TIBCO Data …
    Incentivized
    Chose TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Very versatile and user-friendly software that allows you to deploy results quickly, on the fly even. Data transparency and business efficiency are improved tremendously, without the need for an extensive training program or course. Snowflake, Tableau, and Yellowfin are better …
    Incentivized
    Chose TIBCO Data Virtualization
    We are existing customer, on-prem installation support
    Incentivized
    Chose TIBCO Data Virtualization
    The key decision to select TIBCO over other products was made by the client team in which I did not have any role, however after using the product I can say that the new age of data science calls for a new shift in data visualization tools. The incorporation of AI takes it to …
    Incentivized
    Chose TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Better integration.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    78%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    Tableau DesktopTIBCO Data Virtualization
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Desktop and TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    175 Ratings
    4% above category average
    TIBCO Data Virtualization
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.0145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.2174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.1151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Desktop and TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    TIBCO Data Virtualization
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.6167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.6170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.1126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.6165 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Desktop and TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    166 Ratings
    3% above category average
    TIBCO Data Virtualization
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.1155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.2154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.6120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.6128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.978 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Desktop and TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    164 Ratings
    5% above category average
    TIBCO Data Virtualization
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.7162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.6156 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.7131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Tableau Desktop and TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    9.1
    149 Ratings
    7% above category average
    TIBCO Data Virtualization
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.1145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.1125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.9136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.383 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Tableau Desktop and TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    7.9
    141 Ratings
    2% above category average
    TIBCO Data Virtualization
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.6130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.5101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.5122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Tableau Desktop and TIBCO Data Virtualization
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    7.7
    67 Ratings
    1% below category average
    TIBCO Data Virtualization
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.459 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API7.653 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames6.751 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Tableau DesktopTIBCO Data Virtualization
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Tableau DesktopTIBCO Data Virtualization
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (204 ratings)
    7.1
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (41 ratings)
    6.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (73 ratings)
    5.4
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    6.6
    (20 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (57 ratings)
    7.9
    (21 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tableau DesktopTIBCO Data Virtualization
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tableau
    The best scenario is definitely to collect data from several sources and create dedicated dashboards for specific recipients. However, I miss the possibility of explaining these reports in more detail. Sometimes, we order a report, and after half a year, we don't remember the meaning of some data (I know it's our fault as an organization, but the tool could force better practices).
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    Cloud Software Group
    TIBCO Data Virtualization is well suited for customers who are challenged to deal with extracting data from dozens of different sources and systems, and do not have the time and liberty to hire data engineers and/or ETL developers to write dozens or hundreds of complex ETLs. However, there are situations where TIBCO Data Virtualization severely underperforms, and those are where we are dealing with large volumes of data, in tera bytes or peta byte scale system. For example, a messaging queue which sends 200 million messages every hour will choke TIBCO Data Virtualization if the technology is chosen to route the data.
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    Pros
    Tableau
    • An excellent tool for data visualization, it presents information in an appealing visual format—an exceptional platform for storing and analyzing data in any size organization.
    • Through interactive parameters, it enables real-time interaction with the user and is easy to learn and get support from the community.
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    Cloud Software Group
    • Connecting to different data silos and presenting the data as a singled unified layer of data.
    • Exposing data to Technical and non technical users through Web UI or reporting tools
    • Secured exposure of data as web services.
    • Row level and column level data security
    • Multi tenancy data security.
    • Real time data by connecting to the operational databases
    • Historical data generation
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    Cons
    Tableau
    • Pricing should be more user-friendly and usage-driven
    • Making edits to the production reports is fairly tough and has a vast scope of additional capabilities
    • Tableau Desktop should be able to differentiate itself from the Tableau server else there is no major meaning of two different products being offered
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    Cloud Software Group
    • Performance of TDV Studio (its own IDE) is poor.
    • Performance of TDV repository database is rather poor for larger numbers of objects .(Note: We have approx. 9tsd objects introspected in TDV and approx. 20tsd objects generated in upper DV layers.)
    • Propagation of privileges to parent/child dependencies does not work when applying recursively on a folder. (It's a huge setback when working with large number of objects organized semantically into subfolders.)
    • Lack of command line client interface for scripting at the time of version 8.4 (I had to write my own CLI.)
    • TDV Studio does an absolutely horrible job with its own code editors when indentation is in place. Also, the editor is brutally slow and feature-poor.
    • Tracking privileges on the level of table/view columns causes occasional problems when regranting.
    • TDV's stored programs ("SQL scripts" in their own terminology) compiler leaves out many syntactic and semantic checks, making them hugely prone to run-time errors.
    • TDV Server's REST API is a very poor (in terms of features) and flawed cousin to its SOAP API (at the time of version 8.4).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Tableau
    Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.
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    Cloud Software Group
    It is useful for us to see the data and do analysis. Also we use it to generate reports and see trends or gather insights
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    Usability
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop has proven to be a lifesaver in many situations. Once we've completed the initial setup, it's simple to use. It has all of the features we need to quickly and efficiently synthesize our data. Tableau Desktop has advanced capabilities to improve our company's data structure and enable self-service for our employees.
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    Cloud Software Group
    TDV's interface is a bit dated and not entirely intuitive. Would recommend some UX design review as the interface leaves a bit to be better understood to be used by users without inherent knowledge of Tibco. Overall I'd suggest more improvement here to ensure usability by a lesser tech audience.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Tableau
    When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.
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    Cloud Software Group
    We have never encountered issues where it was unavailable when we needed it.
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    Performance
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast
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    Cloud Software Group
    This product's performance is very consistent. It is extremely rare for templates to fail. I've been using this software for 5 years and find it to be both simple and powerful. The impact within the company has been very positive as different processes in different areas, such as data analysis, development, and integrations, have been improved, and, best of all, it has not affected the users. Various systems with which it is connected in order to obtain information.
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    Support Rating
    Tableau
    Tableau support has been extremely responsive and willing to help with all of our requests. They have assisted with creating advanced analysis and many different types of custom icons, data formatting, formulas, and actions embedded into graphs. Tableau offers a weekly presentation of features and assists with internal company projects.
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    Cloud Software Group
    On a few occasions I have asked TIBCO technical support for help because I have adapted perfectly to their tools, but in those few that I have communicated with their technical team I have received personalized, attentive, responsible attention and I am always assisted by an expert staff the topic. A TIBCO technical support technician spent more than an hour helping me to solve a problem in the initial stage of implementation in my department and this is something that I always appreciate.
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    In-Person Training
    Tableau
    It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.
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    Cloud Software Group
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Tableau
    I think the training was good overall, but it was maybe stating the obvious things that a tech savvy young engineer would be able to pick up themselves too. However, the example work books were good and Tableau web community has helped me with many problems
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    Cloud Software Group
    The training was helpful. I was able to understand how to use TIBCO for the data load process that we implemented and how to perform various troubleshooting steps based on the training I received. The technician was thorough and took the time to answer any questions. Once we were shown how to use TIBCO in the test environment, we were able to configure the production environment ourselves.
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    Implementation Rating
    Tableau
    Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
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    Cloud Software Group
    Other vendors have clearer, more visual implementation documentation. We also did not have our data architect and and server administrator available full-time for implementation. In the future, we will secure the necessary internal resources.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tableau
    I have used Power BI as well, the pricing is better, and also training costs or certifications are not that high. Since there is python integration in Power BI where I can use data cleaning and visualizing libraries and also some machine learning models. I can import my python scripts and create a visualization on processed data.
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    Cloud Software Group
    We did not need to evaluate another technology in the same category for data virtualization, since we are 100% sure of the capabilities and benefits that we would have with TIBCO Data Virtualization, both for market positioning as well as success stories from other companies. great renown worldwide. From the first day of use, it meets our needs to provide the expected solutions.
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    Scalability
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.
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    Cloud Software Group
    Good scaling
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    Return on Investment
    Tableau
    • Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
    • Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
    • Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.
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    Cloud Software Group
    • We took spreadsheets that took hours a month to update and made them update automatically using TDV, saving hours a month of analyst time
    • The incremental cost of TDV relative to straight spotfire licensing made it a no-brainer due to the ease of data management
    • We continue to automate legacy business processes in TDV, saving time all over the organization.
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