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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $1,380

    per year (purchased via a Creator license)

    TARGIT

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ATARGIT Decision Suite is a business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform used to automate reporting, boost operational visibility, and give teams insights that support data-driven decisions. The solution combines data from multiple source systems, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, and all other data sources to give organizations a complete picture of their operations. …N/A
    Pricing
    Tableau DesktopTARGIT
    Editions & Modules
    Tableau Creator License
    $115
    per month (billed annually) per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tableau DesktopTARGIT
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll pricing plans are billed annually. A Creator license includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and Tableau Pulse. Discounts sometimes available for volume.—
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    Community Pulse
    Tableau DesktopTARGIT
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    Tableau
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    TARGIT
    Chose TARGIT
    TARGIT seemed to have all the BI tools , but they are not scalable to larger solutions.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
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    Features
    Tableau DesktopTARGIT
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Desktop and TARGIT
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    175 Ratings
    4% above category average
    TARGIT
    8.3
    7 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.0145 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.3174 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.1151 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Desktop and TARGIT
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    TARGIT
    6.0
    8 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.7167 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.6170 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.2126 Ratings2.03 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.7165 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Desktop and TARGIT
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    8.6
    166 Ratings
    4% above category average
    TARGIT
    5.0
    7 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Publish to Web8.2155 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.3154 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.7120 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.6128 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.078 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Desktop and TARGIT
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    164 Ratings
    6% above category average
    TARGIT
    6.0
    6 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.7162 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.6156 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.7131 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Tableau Desktop and TARGIT
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    9.2
    149 Ratings
    8% above category average
    TARGIT
    5.0
    7 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.2145 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.1125 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.9136 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.483 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Tableau Desktop and TARGIT
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    7.9
    141 Ratings
    2% above category average
    TARGIT
    4.8
    6 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.6130 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.6101 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.6122 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Tableau Desktop and TARGIT
    Feature
    Tableau Desktop
    7.8
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    TARGIT
    5.0
    4 Ratings
    43% below category average
    REST API8.659 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Javascript API7.753 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    iFrames6.751 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Java API8.048 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.154 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.648 Ratings5.03 Ratings
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    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tableau DesktopTARGIT
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (204 ratings)
    7.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (41 ratings)
    7.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (73 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (57 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tableau DesktopTARGIT
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tableau
    The best scenario is definitely to collect data from several sources and create dedicated dashboards for specific recipients. However, I miss the possibility of explaining these reports in more detail. Sometimes, we order a report, and after half a year, we don't remember the meaning of some data (I know it's our fault as an organization, but the tool could force better practices).
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    TARGIT
    Targit is very strong when the data is presented to the system. Because of this, we are able to report on almost all of the information that is valuable to us. When we have questions or ideas on how to better leverage Targit, they are great to work with. We track our sales progress/process in Targit and AP tracks things such as outstanding invoices, open invoices, etc
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    Pros
    Tableau
    • An excellent tool for data visualization, it presents information in an appealing visual format—an exceptional platform for storing and analyzing data in any size organization.
    • Through interactive parameters, it enables real-time interaction with the user and is easy to learn and get support from the community.
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    TARGIT
    • Quick start-up and report turnaround time.
    • Easy drag and drop capabilities as well as user friendly command options.
    • Ability to share reports among other users making it easy to use an already created report and simply changing the criteria to suit your own needs.
    • Ability to save a base report that can be modified as needed repeatedly, instead of recreating from scratch.
    • Easy visual for final layout.
    • Ability to run multiple reports within one screen without jumping around.
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    Cons
    Tableau
    • Pricing should be more user-friendly and usage-driven
    • Making edits to the production reports is fairly tough and has a vast scope of additional capabilities
    • Tableau Desktop should be able to differentiate itself from the Tableau server else there is no major meaning of two different products being offered
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    TARGIT
    • Probably one of our biggest complaints from the user community is the inability for the user to see the details behind the data. I know with the tool you can write reporting services reports that would allow users to see the detail by right clicking on a measure and selecting Actions, but for a very lean IT shop there simply has not been time to build these Actions for every possible scenario a user might want to see detailed reporting on.
    • Another complaint I've heard is the inability for the user to know exactly what the data represents from the source. If Targit had maybe some type of capability to hover over a measure or dimension and see a pop up of a more detailed description this might help resolve that issue.
    • The most difficult concepts to teach our users is how and when to use comparisons and the syntax for calculations. Creating comparisons has become much simpler with the 2k11 release but it is still difficult for my users.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Tableau
    Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.
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    TARGIT
    It is very easy to use and I am proficient at this point to be able to figure out how to run most of the reports I need. I have had the time to "play around" in TARGIT and really teach myself about the visibility settings and other aspects - though other users have needed help with some of these aspects - but once you conceptually understand how to build the reports, it is very simple from a power user perspective.
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    Usability
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop has proven to be a lifesaver in many situations. Once we've completed the initial setup, it's simple to use. It has all of the features we need to quickly and efficiently synthesize our data. Tableau Desktop has advanced capabilities to improve our company's data structure and enable self-service for our employees.
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    TARGIT
    Everything on the back end needs to be correct, which sometimes it may not be set up or missing some variables. Some of the more difficult parts of Targit require a lot more attention and object creation to work properly
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    Reliability and Availability
    Tableau
    When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.
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    TARGIT
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    Performance
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast
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    TARGIT
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    Support Rating
    Tableau
    Tableau support has been extremely responsive and willing to help with all of our requests. They have assisted with creating advanced analysis and many different types of custom icons, data formatting, formulas, and actions embedded into graphs. Tableau offers a weekly presentation of features and assists with internal company projects.
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    TARGIT
    Everyone I've dealt with at Targit genuinely cares about me and my success, and they respond to questions quickly and accurately. There is literally nothing more I could ask for from their support.
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    In-Person Training
    Tableau
    It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.
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    TARGIT
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Tableau
    I think the training was good overall, but it was maybe stating the obvious things that a tech savvy young engineer would be able to pick up themselves too. However, the example work books were good and Tableau web community has helped me with many problems
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    TARGIT
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    Implementation Rating
    Tableau
    Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
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    TARGIT
    Make sure all of the back end work is done prior to getting Targit set up. Every variable you may need for calculations needs to be correct and every item needs to be uniform so it is read properly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tableau
    I have used Power BI as well, the pricing is better, and also training costs or certifications are not that high. Since there is python integration in Power BI where I can use data cleaning and visualizing libraries and also some machine learning models. I can import my python scripts and create a visualization on processed data.
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    TARGIT
    It really met our business requirements when we were searching for a reporting/Bi tool and the flexible business model of being able to introduce additional functionally as your organization grows and requires it made the investment decision the right one for us. The functionality available in comparison to the investment is well worth it.
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    Scalability
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.
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    TARGIT
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    Return on Investment
    Tableau
    • Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
    • Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
    • Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.
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    TARGIT
    • We have been looking at our Product Hit Rate by Customer instead of just looking into Customer hit rate and adjusted our offerings accordingly.
    • Giving people the ability to run their own ad-hoc reports rather than to request them from IT is a great benefit to my department.
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    ScreenShots

    TARGIT Screenshots

    Screenshot of Heavy Equipment Dashboards: An overview on desktop and mobile. These are used to monitor performance, measure efficiency, and uncover new opportunities.Screenshot of Heavy Equipment: Parts (TARGIT BI Accelerator for IntelliDealer™ by VitalEdge Technologies). This offers a complete view of parts inventory, including stock on hand and Aging Inventory. It is used to monitor trends and ensure a dealership is stocked to meet demand.Screenshot of Heavy Equipment: A full overview of data (TARGIT BI Accelerator for IntelliDealer™ by VitalEdge Technologies). This offers visibility into a dealership from one dashboard that displays each department's latest numbers, top trends, and progress in target KPIs.Screenshot of TARGIT's Accelerator For Dynamics 365 Business Central/Navision. TARGIT's accelerator is swiftly operational and integrates with Business Central to generate up-to-date reports, design interactive dashboards, and track vital KPIs.Screenshot of an overview of yesterday's hours clocked; viewers can drill the details to ensure technicians reach full productivity, receptionists are invoicing correctly, and the after-sales department is staffed to meet demand.Screenshot of Automotive Dashboard: Open Orders with Aging. This is used to track open repair orders and see exactly how long each one has been pending. Viewers can evaluate how various order and invoicing delays impact overall cash flow.