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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Server

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ATableau Server allows Tableau Desktop users to publish dashboards to a central server to be shared across their organizations. The product is designed to facilitate collaboration across the organization. It can be deployed on a server in the data center, or it can be deployed on a public cloud.

    $12

    Per User Per Month

    Fathom by The Access Group

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AFathom is a management reporting, forecasting and financial analysis tool from the Access Group. It helps users to assess business performance, monitor trends and identify improvement opportunities. Fathom combines business planning with simple three-way cash flow forecasting.

    $44

    per month

    Pricing
    Tableau ServerFathom by The Access Group
    Editions & Modules
    Viewer
    $12.00
    Per User Per Month
    Explorer
    $35.00
    Per User Per Month
    Creator
    $70.00
    Per User Per Month
    Starter
    $44
    per month
    Silver
    $225
    per month
    Gold
    $325
    per month
    Platinum
    $575
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tableau ServerFathom by The Access Group
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Tableau ServerFathom by The Access Group
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    Tableau
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    The Access Group
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Tableau ServerFathom by The Access Group
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    95 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Fathom by The Access Group
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.081 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    7.8
    95 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Fathom by The Access Group
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.093 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.059 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.089 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    7.2
    91 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Fathom by The Access Group
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.085 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.084 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.070 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.077 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers5.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.3
    90 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Fathom by The Access Group
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.086 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.085 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    10.0
    95 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Fathom by The Access Group
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.093 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.090 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.092 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.1
    79 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Fathom by The Access Group
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.077 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.061 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.068 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    6.4
    46 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Fathom by The Access Group
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames6.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API5.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)6.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)4.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Budgeting Tools
    Comparison of Budgeting Tools features of Tableau Server and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Automated Budgeting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Financial Planning Collaboration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Budget Customization00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Departmental Budgeting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Import & Export Tools00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Tableau ServerFathom by The Access Group
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tableau ServerFathom by The Access Group
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (111 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    6.6
    (82 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tableau ServerFathom by The Access Group
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tableau
    Whole funnel and specific channel performance from upper to lower funnel metrics. The ability to view full channel performance for some time, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly, has truly been monumental in how my team optimizes specific channels and campaigns. Daily performance tracking is a bit overwhelming, with load times and having to refresh specific live views over time. It can be challenging to do so at times, as extensive dashboards take much longer to load.
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    The Access Group
    I have found Fathom to be well suited for all meeting types since you can control the visibility of each recording.
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    Pros
    Tableau
    • It's good at doing what it is designed for: accessing visualizations without having to download and open a workbook in Tableau Desktop. The latter would be a very inefficient method for sharing our metrics, so I am glad that we have Tableau Server to serve this function.
    • Publishing to Tableau Server is quick and easy. Just a few clicks from Tableau Desktop and a few seconds of publishing through an average speed network, and the new visualizations are live!
    • Seeing details on who has viewed the visualization and when. This is something particularly useful to me for trying to drive adoption of some new pages, so I really appreciate the granularity provided in Tableau Server
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    The Access Group
    • Xero Integration
    • Instant Financials Reports
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    Cons
    Tableau
    • Tableau Server has had some issue handling some of our larger data sets. Our extract refreshes fail intermittently with no obvious error that we can fix
    • Tableau Server has been hard to work with before they launched their new Rest API, which is also a little tricky to work with
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    The Access Group
    • Honestly I do not have any Cons to add.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Tableau
    It simply is used all the time by more and more people. Migrating to something else would involve lots of work and lots of training. The renewal fee being fair, it simply isn't worth migrating to a different tool for now.
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Tableau
    Tableau Server takes training and experience in order to unlock the application's full potential. This is best handled by a qualified data scientist or data analytics manager. Tableau user interface layout, nomenclature, and command structure take time and training to become proficient with. Integration and connectivity require proper IT developer support.
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    The Access Group
    User-friendly, precise transcriptions and efficient dashboard and interface
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    Reliability and Availability
    Tableau
    Our instance of Tableau Server was hosted on premises (I believe all instances are) so if there were any outages it was normally due to scheduled maintenance on our end. If the Tableau server ever went down, a quick restart solved most issues
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Tableau
    While there are definitely cases where a user can do things that will make a particular worksheet or dashboard run slowly, overall the performance is extremely fast. The user experience of exploratory analysis particularly shines, there's nothing out there with the polish of Tableau.
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Tableau
    We have consistently had highly satisfactory results every time we've reached out for help. Our contractor, used for Tableau server maintenance and dashboard development is very technically skilled. When he hits a roadblock on how to do something with Tableau, the support staff have provided timely and useful guidance. He frequently compares it to Cognos and says that while Cognos has capabilities Tableau doesn't, the bottom line value for us is a no-brainer
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    The Access Group
    I have not used customer support.
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    In-Person Training
    Tableau
    In our case, they hired a private third party consultant to train our dept. It was extremely boring and felt like it dragged on. Everything I learned was self taught so I was not really paying attention. But I do think that you can easily spend a week on the tool and go over every nook and cranny. We only had the consultant in for a day or two.
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Tableau
    The Tableau website is full of videos that you can follow at your own pace. As a very small company with a Tableau install, access to these free resources was incredibly useful to allowing me to implement Tableau to its potential in a reasonable and proportionate manner.
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Tableau
    Implementation was over the phone with the vendor, and did not go particularly well. Again, think this was our fault as our integration and IT oversight was poor, and we made errors. Would they have happened had a vendor been onsite? Not sure, probably not, but we probably wouldn't have paid for that either
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Tableau
    Today, if my shop is largely Microsoft-centric, I would be hard pressed to choose a product other than Power BI. Tableau was the visualization leader for years, but Microsoft has caught up with them in many areas, and surpassed them in some. Its ability to source, transform, and model data is superior to Tableau. Tableau still has the lead in some visualizations, but Power BI's rise is evidenced by its ever-increasing position in the leadership section of the Gartner Magic Quadrant.
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    The Access Group
    We also used Spotlight reporting before we tried out Fathom and we found Fathom much easier to navigate and Xero integration, consolidation are very strong feature of the product. Spotlight reporting is similar to Fathom however, Fathom is more flexible, there are better visual reports and grafts and we found it easier to customize the reports templates. You can also share the reports with multiple group of people online.
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    Return on Investment
    Tableau
    • Tableau does take dedicated FTE to create and analyze the data. It's too complex (and powerful) a product not to have someone dedicated to developing with it.
    • There are some significant setup for the server product.
    • Once sever setup is complete, it's largely "fire and forget" until an update is necessary. The server update process is cumbersome.
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    The Access Group
    • it saved us few hours a month to prepare consolidated reports.
    • it made is easy to understand the financials with visuals
    • Integration with Xero also made it much accurate
    Incentivized
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    Tableau Server Screenshots

    Screenshot of Tableau Server interface and administration view 1.Screenshot of Tableau Server interface and administration view 2.Screenshot of Tableau Server permissions view.Screenshot of Tableau Services Manager (TSM) view 1.Screenshot of Tableau Services Manager (TSM) view 2.