Tableau Server vs. SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Tableau Server
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Tableau 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
SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Seekwell, now from ThoughtSpot (acquired April, 2021) is presented as a data analytics and visualization tool for analysts and product managers who are looking to share SQL across their team, write SQL faster, and automate reports in Google Sheets. Seekwell connects SQL databases to Google Sheets and Slack and automatically updates reports and surfaces relevant past queries.
$50
per month
Pricing
Tableau ServerSeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
Editions & Modules
Viewer
$12.00
Per User Per Month
Explorer
$35.00
Per User Per Month
Creator
$70.00
Per User Per Month
Starter
$50.00
per month
Pro
$150.00
per month
Team
$300.00
per month
Company
$500.00
per month
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Tableau ServerSeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Tableau ServerSeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
Features
Tableau ServerSeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Tableau Server
8.4
95 Ratings
3% above category average
SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
-
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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Server
7.8
95 Ratings
3% below category average
SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
-
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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Server
7.2
91 Ratings
13% below category average
SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
-
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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Server
8.3
90 Ratings
4% above category average
SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
-
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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Server
10.0
95 Ratings
16% above category average
SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
-
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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Server
8.1
79 Ratings
4% above category average
SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
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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 Product A and Product B
Tableau Server
6.4
46 Ratings
19% below category average
SeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
-
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
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User Ratings
Tableau ServerSeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(111 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.1
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.0
(18 ratings)
-
(0 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)
User Testimonials
Tableau ServerSeekWell, from ThoughtSpot
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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ScreenShots

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.