Tableau Desktop vs. Trello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Tableau Desktop
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Tableau 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)
Trello
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Trello from Atlassian is a project management tool based on a Kanban framework. Trello is ideal for task-management in a to-do list format. It supports sharing boards and cards across users or teams. The product offers a free version, and paid versions add greater automation, collaboration, and administrative control.
$6
per month per user
Pricing
Tableau DesktopTrello
Editions & Modules
Tableau Creator License
$115
per month (billed annually) per user
Standard
$6
per month per user
Premium
$12.50
per month per user
Enterprise
$17.50
per month per user
Free
Forever Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Tableau DesktopTrello
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
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.A discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Tableau DesktopTrello
Considered Both Products
Tableau Desktop
Chose Tableau Desktop
Tableau was already widely utilised at the point which I joined the organisation. Depending on how you have your site set up for tracking, Data Studio 360 (GA) is looking like a more effective solution for up to the minute results, and the beta interface has a similar look and …
Trello
Chose Trello
Based on the size and needs of our organization, the main reason we chose Trello of other alternatives simply comes down to cost. We use the free version and it meets our needs and then some. We've had team members use some alternatives and for the most part, the feature set of …
Features
Tableau DesktopTrello
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
8.4
175 Ratings
3% above category average
Trello
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports8.0145 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.1174 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.1151 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
8.3
172 Ratings
3% above category average
Trello
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis8.5167 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.4170 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.0126 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.5165 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
8.3
166 Ratings
1% above category average
Trello
-
Ratings
Publish to Web8.0155 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.0154 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.3120 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.5128 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.878 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
8.3
164 Ratings
4% above category average
Trello
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.5162 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.5156 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.6131 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
9.0
149 Ratings
6% above category average
Trello
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.0145 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.7136 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.283 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
7.9
141 Ratings
2% above category average
Trello
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access8.7130 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.3101 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.4122 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
7.7
67 Ratings
1% below category average
Trello
-
Ratings
REST API8.259 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API7.653 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames6.851 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API8.248 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.354 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.148 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Trello
8.5
222 Ratings
9% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings9.5222 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings9.3185 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.173 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings9.1168 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.2142 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings9.0218 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.9147 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.6115 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings8.2159 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings7.7146 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings9.1192 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings9.388 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.7102 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.773 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Trello
5.9
72 Ratings
27% below category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings6.149 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings5.042 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.658 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings6.144 Ratings
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User Ratings
Tableau DesktopTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(203 ratings)
9.4
(222 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.5
(41 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(73 ratings)
9.4
(60 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(11 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(10 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(57 ratings)
9.9
(81 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.4
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(34 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(3 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Tableau DesktopTrello
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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Atlassian
For teams or individuals with lots of individual tasks/details to track, Trello is perfect! It basically removes the need for a paper checklist. For those that need an overall project management tool that requires less tasks and more overarching goals, collaboration amongst various teams, and gantt charts I would suggest monday.com
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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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Atlassian
  • Helps track employees "to do before hire", "to do after hired," and "to do when employee leaves"
  • Provides important information on each employee like personal information along with data collected during the time of hire and during employment time
  • Allows more than one person to be assigned to a task per employee and will remain open until everyone involved has completed their task
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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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Atlassian
  • I use colour coding a lot so I would like a wider range of colour options.
  • Also as a visual thinker I would like to be able to easily add images to cards.
  • I would like to be able to attach a wider range of file formats to cards.
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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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Atlassian
I am very likely to renew Trello, because it doesn't cost anything to do so. I am also very likely to use Trello's upgraded features in the future because a lot of my team's data is stored on there and they have already gotten used to the platform. Trello is very easy for new team members to pick up, making the onboarding and usability very streamlined.
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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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Atlassian
Trello is incredibly intuitive, both on desktop and mobile right away. It is also full of helpful features that make it even easier to use, and is flexible enough to suit almost any organizational need. Onboarding for the software is thorough, but concise, and the service is frequently updated with even more QOL improvements.
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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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Atlassian
yes always support available when I need 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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Atlassian
Never experienced issues with the above!
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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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Atlassian
I haven't reached out to their support very often and their support is very limited anyway for the free users. They do have tons of great articles and videos in their Help Center and constantly send emails with updates and add-ons to the product. The fact that I've barely ever had to contact their support team means that they've developed a great product.
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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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Atlassian
It was helpful and informative! It was back before the pandemic in 2019 so I'm not sure if they still do it but I really enjoyed the experience
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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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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
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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Atlassian
For our small business, getting a few of us started well on Trello was the key, I think. As long as a couple of us were really comfortable with the interface, we could lead others and help them with any questions. From now on, anyone who works with us just naturally uses Trello for information sharing - it's just part of what we do.
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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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Atlassian
Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
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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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Atlassian
Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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Professional Services
Tableau
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Not sure if we use those
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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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Atlassian
  • Trello keeps me organized, focused, and on track. I could filter the Trello board to only see my issues and understand what I needed to work on and when.
  • Trello helped our team implement an agile structure. It's a very simple kanban method of viewing all of your team's tasks and statuses. You can completely customize the columns to your team's specific workflow and create tags relevant to your work.
  • Trello helps reduce unnecessary communications between teams. When I want to request translations, I simply create a card on the localization Trello board -- no need to directly message anyone on the team, and I can watch the status of the card change from "in progress" to "in review" to "translated," all without having to directly ask for updates.
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