Tableau Desktop Review
April 27, 2021

Tableau Desktop Review

Akhilesh Arya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop

We are using it in the department of computer science and engineering for analytics in R&D. Drag and drop facilities make this tool easy to use.
With few clicks you can add your data from cloud to the platform for the analysis part. This tool allows you to find the granule details and insight of the data which is huge in nature. Further different charts makes the presentation of analysis more effective and clear.
  • Direct import of excel data sheets and other data sources.
  • Various charts makes the data presentation much better.
  • It can connect to multiple data sources simultaneously.
  • Price is the major factor, costing is a bit high.
  • Version support is poor.
  • One needs proper training in order to use this tool effectively.
  • We adopted the tool after free 14-day trial for our organization. ROI is positive as we are using this tool extensively in research papers.
We shifted to Tableau as it performs better than power BI. Tableau can handle data from multiple data sources while Power BI is restricted to limited data sources.

Do you think Tableau Desktop delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Tableau Desktop's feature set?

Yes

Did Tableau Desktop live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Tableau Desktop go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Tableau Desktop again?

Yes

It's a good tool for presenting multiple data in a single graph which is often required when you are writing a research paper.
They have all the manuals and support on their website which is where I get help whenever I am stuck with something.
If you want to fetch data from multiple data sources for the analysis and they are heterogeneous in nature this is the best tool.

Tableau Desktop Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
7
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
8
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
9
Report sharing and collaboration
8
Publish to Web
9
Publish to PDF
9
Report Versioning
7
Report Delivery Scheduling
8
Delivery to Remote Servers
8
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
10
Predictive Analytics
10
Multi-User Support (named login)
5
Role-Based Security Model
8
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
8
Single Sign-On (SSO)
9
Responsive Design for Web Access
10
Mobile Application
10
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
10
REST API
8
Javascript API
8
iFrames
8
Java API
8
Themeable User Interface (UI)
8
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
8