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Tableau Desktop

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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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

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

YouTube

Tableau Desktop Naming Conventions Part 1

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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.

8.2
Avg 8.0

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.1
Avg 8.3

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.

8.1
Avg 7.9

Access Control and Security

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

8.7
Avg 8.5

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

7.9
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

8.2
Avg 7.8
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Product Details

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 TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

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 9.2.

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

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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

(1-5 of 72)

Tableau Desktop A Great Analytic Tool.

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 26, 2025
MK
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
3 years of experience
Tableau Desktop is best for data analyst and BI professionals. It is best for fast data explorations, wide range of data connectivity, drag and drop interface, beautiful interactive visuals. learning curve is minimum for dashboard creation. however there is strong learning curve for complex features. there is limited build-in themes. It is not ideal for large data set exploration and real time machine learning related projects.

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

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 24, 2025
AM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
5 years of experience
Overall, Tableau Desktop is very user friendly compared to competitors I've used. There is a not insignificant learning curve for total beginners, but it's manageable and the pieces do fall into place quickly. The drag and drop interface, ability to easily scale through different visualizations of the same data, extensive design customization available, and wealth of training resources are very important. But, as with any massive platforms, there are some frustrations with wonky features that are not intuitive (dashboard scaling, mass changing of design elements, custom Shapes being much too small in the Marks view to see details without adding them to a sheet, and the biggest frustration as a non-developer/data architect -- the language used to explain complicated calculated fields, and the use cases presented, are not true to life and don't use language that is immediately accessible.)

Tableau user review

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 13, 2025
JR
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
5 years of experience
I used to hate Tableau Desktop for the first year of using it. I have used it now for 4 years and it has grown on me. There is room for improvement and the logic is sometimes strange. Server version is sometimes having bugs. I hate to see the donut roll - it's sometimes painfully slow and I don't understand why.

Easy to Use Data Visualization Software

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 24, 2025
LB
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
10 years of experience
Tableau Desktop is very easy to use compared to other data visualization software. Anyone can learn how to visualize data using their simple drag and drop functionality. They also have many online resources to aid in learning the different functionality of the tool. Their knowledge base is quite extensive and I have found it extremely helpful.
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