Tableau Desktop vs. Ventaforce

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Tableau Desktop
Score 8.6 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)
Ventaforce
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Ventaforce software helps direct selling companies to grow globally. A secured MLM software meant for entry to enterprise level direct selling companies, boasting the utmost security, as well as being hack-proof. Ventaforce's pluggable architecture aims to make it scalable & adaptable for future requirements. It has an Array of 151+ features with coverage of more than 25+ compensation plans. Features A Comprehensive MLM software Package Full-Fledged…N/A
Pricing
Tableau DesktopVentaforce
Editions & Modules
Tableau Creator License
$115
per month (billed annually) per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Tableau DesktopVentaforce
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$2,200 Per Installation
Additional DetailsAll pricing plans are billed annually. A Creator license includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and Tableau Pulse. Discounts sometimes available for volume.An array of exclusive features with minimal cost, under one roof
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Community Pulse
Tableau DesktopVentaforce
Features
Tableau DesktopVentaforce
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
8.5
175 Ratings
4% above category average
Ventaforce
-
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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
8.5
172 Ratings
6% above category average
Ventaforce
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis8.6167 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.5170 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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
8.5
166 Ratings
3% above category average
Ventaforce
-
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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
8.4
164 Ratings
5% above category average
Ventaforce
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.6162 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.6156 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.7131 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
9.1
149 Ratings
7% above category average
Ventaforce
-
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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Desktop
7.9
141 Ratings
2% above category average
Ventaforce
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access8.6130 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.5101 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
Ventaforce
-
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
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Tableau DesktopVentaforce
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Score 10.0 out of 10
OutboundEngine
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Kyvos Semantic Layer
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Tableau DesktopVentaforce
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(204 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.5
(41 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(73 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(57 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Tableau DesktopVentaforce
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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Sankalp
I would like to draw attention to their exceptional domain expertise, which is a valuable asset. They possess a plethora of powerful features that can undoubtedly enhance any business. Furthermore, their team provided thorough support in selecting a compensation plan that would maximize my business's potential.
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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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Sankalp
  • Timely Support 24*7
  • Great features, and functionalities
  • Expert team member and polite
  • Fully secured and trustworthy software
  • Responsive & Attractive UI
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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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Sankalp
  • Some critics argued that it is costlier than old version.
  • Now I feel that it is not wrong to pay a slightly higher amount for a superior product rather than settling down with a sub-optimal outcome.
  • Country wise Payout calculation is challenging for us But you opt for multi currency integration as an add on which solves this problem very effectively.
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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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Sankalp
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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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Sankalp
No answers on this topic
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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Sankalp
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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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Sankalp
No answers on this topic
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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Sankalp
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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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Sankalp
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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Sankalp
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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Sankalp
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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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Sankalp
1) Ventaforce solved the problem of my Payout calculations which is very important in MLM business 2) It delivered a speedy website & software 3) It made easy system of product dispatch 4) It has provided easy to use UI of the software
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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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Sankalp
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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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Sankalp
  • It gives proper calculations, it saved a lot of my time
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ScreenShots

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