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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Server

    Score7.6 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

    Whatfix

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AWhatfix is the AI-native Digital Adoption Platform built for the modern enterprise. The platform unifies pre-production simulation training, in-workflow guidance and support, and adoption analytics for continuous optimization.N/A
    Pricing
    Tableau ServerWhatfix
    Editions & Modules
    Viewer
    $12.00
    Per User Per Month
    Explorer
    $35.00
    Per User Per Month
    Creator
    $70.00
    Per User Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tableau ServerWhatfix
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—All Pricing models are customized and tailor-made according to the customer's requirement.
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    Community Pulse
    Tableau ServerWhatfix
    Considered Both Products
    Tableau
    No answer on this topic
    Whatfix
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    Tableau ServerWhatfix
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Server and Whatfix
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    95 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Whatfix
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    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 Whatfix
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    7.8
    95 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Whatfix
    -
    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 Whatfix
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    7.2
    91 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Whatfix
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    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 Whatfix
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.3
    90 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Whatfix
    -
    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 Whatfix
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    10.0
    95 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Whatfix
    -
    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 Whatfix
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.1
    79 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Whatfix
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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 Tableau Server and Whatfix
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    6.4
    46 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Whatfix
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    Tableau ServerWhatfix
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Pendo.io
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Appcues
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    WalkMe
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tableau ServerWhatfix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (111 ratings)
    8.2
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    6.6
    (82 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tableau ServerWhatfix
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Whatfix
    Currently, we are only using Whatfix with Salesforce but are in the process of implementing on other systems. It is an excellent tool to organize and provide in-app access to training materials already created. It excels at providing guidance about tasks users don't complete often and, therefore, forget what they were trained about the process. The only sort of system it might not work well is one that provides its own robust in-app assistance. More than one type of tip icon being displayed, for instance, could be confusing.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Whatfix
    • Whatfix is a vendor that listens to their client, understands their business challenges, and works with them to achieve their goals.
    • Feature enhancements are released every quarter, often with significant functionality improvements.
    • The support and engineering teams are outstanding - responsive, helpful and nothing is ever too much trouble. Literally, second-to-none!
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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
    Incentivized
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    Whatfix
    • The possibility to select content/widgets at the time for "push to production" (some we would like to p2p for one single content, that is not possible at the moment).
    • I wish the filters in the dashboard would stay when you choose a content, currently you have to filter again and again.
    • In the analytics area, I would like the system to remember this for a certain time window after selecting the start date.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Whatfix
    [We feel like] even though Whatfix has its flaws, we are impressed by the speed of development [and] their openness about their future improvements, [but] most important their proactive customer service and customer success team. Whatfix acts more like a partner than a supplier of a 3rd party tool, and we welcome that experience.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Whatfix
    While they've made a lot of improvements in the last year, there are still challenges with walkthroughs and how beacons can be created. They are aware of these limitations and are actively soliciting customer feedback to help them remedy these shortcomings.
    Incentivized
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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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    Whatfix
    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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    Whatfix
    Sometimes there is a delay to showcase all whatfix elements
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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
    Incentivized
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    Whatfix
    Whatfix is THE best vendor I've ever worked with when it comes to supporting their customers. The support team is friendly, helpful and always willing to listen to your suggestions and ideas. This also applies to the Engineering team who I've spent several hours on calls with debugging a few of the more challenging scenarios we have in place. Nothing is ever too much trouble for Whatfix and they are truly best-in-class when it comes to their support model.
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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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    Whatfix
    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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    Whatfix
    While helpful, the feedback from our employee was, that [they felt] the training was very high-level - sometimes confusing. It would be great to have some kind of sandbox environment for new users to train certain scenarios.
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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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    Whatfix
    Although Whatfix make the process relatively straightforward (they will provide Group Policy Scripts to install a Google Chrome extension specific to your organisation) its important to ensure your network deployment teams (if you have more than one) understand their role and what they need to do to test deployment once they undertaken the work.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Whatfix
    There is no comparison - Whatfix is the clear winner with us from the very beginning. As Whatfix continues to grow and innovate their product, engage with it's customers on a level beyond any I have every seen. They work as Partners with us, their teams from bottom to top are incredible - Customer Service, Collaboration Teams, Innovation, Sales, Success Mangers and everyone I missed are incredible. One team in particular I want to call out for there outstanding service, care and innovation to help us launch one of our systems is the Professional Services Team. Ganish, Joel, and everyone else who has been on our calls and worked behind the scenes to hit our incredible tight deadline in August - KUDOs for a job well done, You ROCK, THANK YOU words cannot describe how great you guys have been with us on this project, but on all of them. Whatfix's team definitely understands, the customer is first, they align with our values and we will continue to grow with them
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Whatfix
    • Reduced Training Costs: By cutting traditional training time by 40%, Whatfix has saved significant resources while increasing learning efficiency.
    • Improved User Productivity: Faster onboarding and fewer errors have led to a 25% improvement in user performance metrics, directly contributing to operational efficiency.
    • Decreased Support Requests: Self-service guidance has reduced support tickets by 30%, freeing up teams to focus on strategic initiatives and cutting support costs.
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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.

    Whatfix Screenshots

    Screenshot of the analytics of the Whatfix Digital Adoption Platform, that help determine what’s working (and what’s not) so  adjustments can be made to DAP content as necessaryScreenshot of Whatfix's Analytics. This produces reports on flow usage, queries served, drop-offs, and other engagement metricsScreenshot of Beacon - Used to create alerts to guide users to changes and new featuresScreenshot of Data validation - Tells users in real-time if the data they entered is accurate, based on pre-established criteriaScreenshot of In-app guidance - Step-by-step guided walkthroughs to take the user through every step of a taskScreenshot of Self-Help - Self-service support contextualized based on user role and location in the application