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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Public

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ATableau Public is a free edition of the Desktop product. With this edition, data can only be published to the Tableau public website and does not allow work to be saved or exported locally.

    $0

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    UserBob

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AUserBob provides remote user testing. The vendor recruits users to try out an organization's website and records the tester's screen and feedback. Organizations can provide instructions on what will be tested and can also select the demographic groups from which the users will be chosen.N/A
    Pricing
    Tableau PublicUserBob
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tableau PublicUserBob
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing is $1 per requested user testing minutes.
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    Features
    Tableau PublicUserBob
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Public and UserBob
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    12 Ratings
    19% above category average
    UserBob
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Public and UserBob
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.7
    12 Ratings
    21% above category average
    UserBob
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    Drill-down analysis9.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Public and UserBob
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    UserBob
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    Publish to Web10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Public and UserBob
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    11 Ratings
    23% above category average
    UserBob
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.79 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Tableau PublicUserBob
    Small Businesses
    Chartio (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Dovetail
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Optimal
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tableau PublicUserBob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    6.5
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tableau PublicUserBob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tableau
    Tableau public is the best platform to build dashboards for your personal profile and share with recruiters. It's always good to keep ourselves updated on the latest features, create sample dashboards and save them to a personal profile. Tableau public is free and doesn't need any subscription. anyone can create an account and start building reports.
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    UserBob
    some specific scenarios where UserBob may be suitable is for testing delivery apps, short trip apps like uber, clothing sales apps, and banking service apps where it is less suitable is for service apps or sites legal, medical, consulting, insurance sales, sale of products for vehicles, sale of houses, sale of construction materials.
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    Pros
    Tableau
    • Data visualization: lots of different options, including bar, scatter, pie, waterfall charts to explore relationships between variables, and to present findings/trends to different teams
    • Integrates readily with limited, though different data sources: TXT, CSV, TDE, Access
    • Exports reports for review of different dashboards: client-ready/team-ready, with a clean and tidy presentation in PDF format (or hardcopy)
    Incentivized
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    UserBob
    • Cheap, but high quality user testing.
    • Bare bones - just the basics of what you need. It lets you customize questions, customize audiences, and then see results!
    • Fast.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Tableau
    • Tableau Public (both Desktop and Server) like their "for a fee" counterparts offer very easy to learn and use tools to transform data into pictures and gain insights into your data. Most organizations report a reduction in development time of 10x vs. other similar tools, due to the intuitive user interface. That said, with Tableau Public, published workbooks are "disconnected" from the underlying data sources and require periodic updates when the data changes. Users are limited to 1 Gb of storage space per user ID and password as well.
    • I would like to see better options for public sharing of visualizations and data from within the "for a fee" products as more and more organizations are moving in the direction of data sharing with partners and their communities.
    Incentivized
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    UserBob
    • Haven't had any issues with UserBob.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Tableau
    It's free, right? I'll keep using the free version. So the real question to ask is this? Will I pay $999 for the Personal version or $1,999 for the Professional? Yikes! That is a big stretch. I'm not sure about that. The product comparison chart is at: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/comparison
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    UserBob
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Tableau
    Tableau public is a great training tool to understand the basics of Tableau before buying it. A great tool to extend Excel's visualization and to publish data for others. Not useful for anything you need secure. No ability to access databases. Static information only.
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    UserBob
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Tableau
    I have not yet required to contact support as the documentation and help i found online has always worked so far
    Incentivized
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    UserBob
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Tableau
    I found it sufficient, and fast. I could easily "kick the tires" with Tableau on my data so I got up and running fast.
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    UserBob
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Tableau
    Start at the end and work backward. Identify the business case / issue and questions the end users have, then identify the data needed, and where to get it.
    Incentivized
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    UserBob
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Tableau
    Google Charts/Drive is sufficient for simpler data sets, but it does not integrate with other web platforms and the visualization does not look as professional. I'm not aware of any other competitors that offer the same package as Microsoft.
    Incentivized
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    UserBob
    UserTesting allows for better user segmentation that's not just based on the honor system of the user but UserBob is cheaper and it's quicker to get data back so it makes collecting data easy and fast so you can move quicker and experiment more. UserBob is great for a first audience or a general audience.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Tableau
    • Tableau Public visualizations have helped drive traffic to our content and sites
    • The lack of cost means it's easy to demonstrate our experience to attract paying clients
    Incentivized
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    UserBob
    • increase in electronic branch users
    • Increased use of platforms by providers
    • more credit card sales
    Incentivized
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