Amazon QuickSight vs. Tableau Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon QuickSight
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$5
per month
Tableau Cloud
Score 8.1 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.N/A
Pricing
Amazon QuickSightTableau Cloud
Editions & Modules
Readers
$5.00
per month
Authors
$24.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon QuickSightTableau Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Amazon QuickSightTableau Cloud
Considered Both Products
Amazon QuickSight

No answer on this topic

Tableau Cloud
Chose Tableau Cloud
[My selection was more determined] by the legacy files from the previous data scientists who build the dashboard with Tableau rather than I decided to choose Tableau from all other options.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Amazon QuickSightTableau Cloud
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
8.0
5 Ratings
2% below category average
Tableau Cloud
8.8
67 Ratings
7% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.04 Ratings8.650 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.05 Ratings8.267 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.05 Ratings9.656 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
7.2
5 Ratings
12% below category average
Tableau Cloud
8.7
67 Ratings
7% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.05 Ratings8.167 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.05 Ratings8.664 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.03 Ratings8.742 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.05 Ratings9.565 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
6.9
5 Ratings
19% below category average
Tableau Cloud
8.8
65 Ratings
5% above category average
Publish to Web8.03 Ratings8.761 Ratings
Publish to PDF6.32 Ratings8.760 Ratings
Report Versioning6.04 Ratings7.849 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.04 Ratings9.653 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings8.932 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
5.8
5 Ratings
33% below category average
Tableau Cloud
8.8
63 Ratings
9% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.05 Ratings8.760 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.04 Ratings8.059 Ratings
Predictive Analytics3.52 Ratings9.551 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
8.0
5 Ratings
7% below category average
Tableau Cloud
8.5
62 Ratings
1% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.05 Ratings8.456 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.05 Ratings9.049 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.05 Ratings7.652 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.04 Ratings9.147 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
3.9
4 Ratings
68% below category average
Tableau Cloud
7.7
52 Ratings
3% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access4.03 Ratings7.950 Ratings
Mobile Application3.52 Ratings7.038 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.84 Ratings8.745 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
6.0
3 Ratings
28% below category average
Tableau Cloud
9.1
34 Ratings
14% above category average
REST API6.12 Ratings9.729 Ratings
Javascript API6.62 Ratings9.727 Ratings
iFrames7.03 Ratings8.027 Ratings
Java API6.12 Ratings8.824 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.03 Ratings9.728 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.03 Ratings8.827 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon QuickSightTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
9.7
(68 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(21 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(20 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon QuickSightTableau Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
Amazon Quicksight is a truly cloud-based solution so it works perfectly fine and saves a lot of expense in terms of hardware and maintenance. We can maintain it by ourselves by giving commands on UI. If you have connectivity issues then it can cause headaches because it's a cloud platform and it's a bit costly as compared to other services
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Tableau
We just need to refresh our data once a day for our unique use case, which allows the complete online system to run on extracts. For us, this is critical because our daylight hours are spent focusing on new updates and implementations rather than worrying about excessive database traffic (which would be required with a direct connection to the online system). The process of importing extracts is straightforward and sturdy enough to handle massive amounts of data.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Easily to set up for data sources, already supports quite a few of AWS and non-AWS data sources
  • Cost friendly since users are charged only for basis of usage
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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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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
  • Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
  • Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.
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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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Usability
Amazon AWS
It is easy to use and set up no need to put in so much effort. Once build, the dashboard can be used with multiple clients with the same domain. It provides multiple connectivity options which makes it a versatile option for reporting.
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Tableau
From an end user perspective Tableau Online is overall very easy to navigate once you get used to it, my only complaint is that when expanding or contracting a graph, the "plus" and "minus" on the bottom left is sometimes hidden, and should always be visible. From a builder perspective, it can take some getting used to but the sheer depth of customization makes it all worthwhile.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.
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Tableau
In times where the system is down, support has always been quick to notify and keep us apprised of the latest developments. It's crucial for our system to always be available, but when emergencies have arisen, I don't recall a time where the Tableau Online Support hasn't been able to address our concerns in a timely manner.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
All of the other reporting platforms my organization has used previously were within our CRM and not a standalone program. In that we were very limited in being able to slice and dice the data the way that we wanted to
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Tableau
Googles dashboard suite is very user-friendly and anyone can edit and make changes with very little knowledge or practice. But nothing I’ve worked with compares to the customization and multi streams of data in a user-friendly package like tableau does. It’s a really cool piece of software and I would choose that again.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Reduce lots of setup and maintenance cost.
  • Latest technology in market.
  • Full eco system provided under on roof.
  • Cost effective.
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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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