Likelihood to Recommend Tableau Desktop 2025

Name: Top Business Intelligence Tools (Qlik Sense, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, IBM Cognos Analytics)
Uploaded: 2022-12-21T21:31:09.000Z
Duration: 6 min 50 s
Description: In this video, the TrustRadius team will be discussing the top business intelligence tools available: Qlik Sense, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, and IBM Cognos Analytics.

Overview

What is Tableau Desktop?

Tableau 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…

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Tableau user review

Rating: 10 out of 10

March 13, 2025

Vetted ReviewVerified User

I use Tableau Desktop every day and daily basis. I built business and analytics dashboards and analysis with the tool. It visualises my analysis and allows users to help thems...

Jannika Rasi

Analyst - Product Management

Senior Business Analyst

Schibsted Marketplaces

5 years of experience

A Powerful Tool for Visualization and predictive analysis

Rating: 8 out of 10

March 7, 2025

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

I use Tableau to analyze the asset data of our clients to manage the inventory lifecycles and monitor hardware and software usage. Tableau helps in generating reports with liv...

Verified user

Analyst

2 years of experience

The perfect tool for presenting data.

Rating: 8 out of 10

February 24, 2025

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use Tableau Desktop as an application that presents statistics. The first advantage is that you can group different sources of statistics in one place. The second is that t...

Karol Kozłowski

Project Manager - Product Management

Project manager

WOLTERS KLUWER POLSKA S A

7 years of experience

Easy to Use Data Visualization Software

Rating: 9 out of 10

February 24, 2025

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use Tableau Desktop to build dashboards for several of our internal and syndicated data sources. It is used by members of out sales, marketing, and finance teams to give th...

Liz Brandon

Analyst - Information Technology

Sr Manager Performance Analytics

Suntory Global Spirits

10 years of experience

Tableau Desktop is a huge timesaver and way easier to learn from scratch than most

Rating: 9 out of 10

February 24, 2025

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use Tableau Desktop to analyze engagement and ROI for clients, create interactive and aesthetically pleasing custom reports as requested by clients, and to examine various ...

Amanda McCombs

Analyst - Other

Director Client Operations & Analysis

Usherpa

5 years of experience

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Pricing

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Tableau Creator

$70.00

On Premise

Per User / Per Month

Entry-level set up fee?

No setup fee

For the latest information on pricing, visithttp://www.tableau.com/products/desktop

Offerings

Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

$70 per month

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Product Demos

Tableau Desktop Tutorial | Tableau Desktop Training | Online Tableau Desktop Training - Youtube

YouTube

- Tableau Demo: Quick Tutorial to Getting Started with Tableau Desktop

YouTube

Tableau Desktop Naming Conventions Part 1

YouTube

Tableau Desktop Introduction Part 1

YouTube

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8.4

Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

8.3

Avg 8.0

8.4
Drill-down analysis
(165) Ratings
Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.
8.3
Formatting capabilities
(168) Ratings
Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.
8.1
Integration with R or other statistical packages
(124) Ratings
Integration with the open-source R predictive modeling environment.
8.5
Report sharing and collaboration
(163) Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.1

Avg 8.3

7.9
Publish to Web
(153) Ratings
7.7
Publish to PDF
(152) Ratings
8
Report Versioning
(118) Ratings
Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.
8.9
Report Delivery Scheduling
(126) Ratings
Report Delivery Schedule is the ability to have reports delivered to a destination at a specific data and time.
8.3
Delivery to Remote Servers
(76) Ratings
Ability to deliver reports to remote servers

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8

Avg 7.9

8.3
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
(160) Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats are canned visualization types that can be selected to visualize different kinds of data.
8.3
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
(154) Ratings
Location analytics is the visualization of geographical or spatial data.
8.4
Predictive Analytics
(129) Ratings
Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.
6.9
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
(5) Ratings
Pattern recognition and data mining mean the ability to recognize hidden patterns in large quantities of data.

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

8.7

Avg 8.5

9
Multi-User Support (named login)
(143) Ratings
Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.
8.6
Role-Based Security Model
(123) Ratings
Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.
8.4
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
(134) Ratings
Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.
8.8
Report-Level Access Control
(8) Ratings
Report-level access control means that the type of report determines who has access to it.
8.9
Single Sign-On (SSO)
(81) Ratings
Allows users to use one set of login credentials to access multiple applications

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

8

Avg 7.9

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

9

Avg 7.8

8.5
REST API
(57) Ratings
REST is an architecture style for designing networked applications
9
Javascript API
(51) Ratings
A Javascript API is a type of API
9.4
iFrames
(49) Ratings
An iFrame is an HTML document embedded inside another HTML document on a website
9.9
Java API
(46) Ratings
A Java application programming interface (API) is a list of all classes that are part of the Java development kit (JDK)
8.6
Themeable User Interface (UI)
(53) Ratings
A themeable user interface means that a specific visual them can be applied to it
8.8
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
(46) Ratings
A customizable, open source API Gateway is a fast and scalable type of API

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Product Details

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What is Tableau Desktop?

Tableau Desktop supports data-driven decisions by helping users to answer questions more quickly, solve harder problems more easily, and uncover new insights.

Tableau Desktop connects directly to hundreds of data sources, both on-premises or in the cloud, with the goal of making it easier to start analyses. Interactive dashboards, drag and drop functionality, and natural language queries help users of all skill levels quickly discover actionable insights, all from its visual interface. Users can ask deeper questions by quickly building calculations, adding trend lines and seeing statistical summaries, or clustering data to see relationships.

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Tableau Desktop Technical Details

Deployment Types	On-premise
Operating Systems	Windows, Mac
Mobile Application	No

Frequently Asked Questions

Tableau 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.

Tableau Desktop starts at $70.

IBM Cognos Analytics, SAP Lumira Discovery, and Qlik Sense are common alternatives for Tableau Desktop.

Reviewers rate Java API highest, with a score of 9.9.

The most common users of Tableau Desktop are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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The perfect tool for presenting data.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 24, 2025

KK

Karol Kozłowski

Project manager

WOLTERS KLUWER POLSKA S A (Legal Services, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

7 years of experience

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Likelihood to Recommend

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).

Tableau Desktop is a huge timesaver and way easier to learn from scratch than most

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 24, 2025

AM

Amanda McCombs

Director Client Operations & Analysis

Usherpa (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

5 years of experience

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Likelihood to Recommend

Tableau Desktop is very well suited for presenting data in meaningful and interactive ways. The learning curve is a bit steeper than expected for true beginners, but there is bountiful information available online and in their community. It would be helpful if their eLearning used some more in depth, real world examples of data -- as is, it's too clean and not representative of most databases. They would also benefit from having an archive of use cases so you can learn based on use cases as relevant to your needs as possible. For organizations who don't need to expose interactive dashboards to end users and only need to present static reports, it may be overkill. It would be nice if view-only didn't require a license.

Tableau user review

Rating: 10 out of 10

March 13, 2025

JR

Jannika Rasi

Senior Business Analyst

Schibsted Marketplaces (Consumer Services, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

5 years of experience

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Likelihood to Recommend

Wells suited for dashboards with moderate amount of data. Live connection is not actually that live - one needs to pay more attention to this because it created misunderstandings. It's great in visualisimg simple data stuff - creating funnels and more special views is hard- maybe could add feature here. Also would like to see AI suggest me charts.

Easy to Use Data Visualization Software

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 24, 2025

LB

Liz Brandon

Sr Manager Performance Analytics

Suntory Global Spirits (Consumer Goods, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

10 years of experience

Likelihood to Recommend

Tableau Desktop is an easy to use software for visualizing large data sets. It has a wide range of functions and chart types allowing the user the ability to create just about anything they can imagine. It is easy to connect to just about any type of data source and join multiple data sources as well. Easy to schedule automatic data refreshes as well.

A Powerful Tool for Visualization and predictive analysis

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

March 07, 2025

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

Likelihood to Recommend

I find Tableau useful to analyze and creation of creation of reports easy for daily analysis like the utilization of assets. It also helps find insights like how much assets of a client are going to expire and has to be renews in next 90 days. However, it could become difficult and complex for new joiners to configure the data refresh.

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