Tableau, Hands down best in the pack for self-serve data visualization tool
August 24, 2016

Tableau, Hands down best in the pack for self-serve data visualization tool

Ravi Ada | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop

All business users at the companies that I consulted with use Tableau Desktop as their data visualization tool.
  • Data visualizations using array of charts etc.
  • Ability to connect to multiple data sources.
  • Support of mobile and tablet devices with pinch, zoom and drill down capabilities.
  • It is like a UI interface for iPhone.
  • Enterprise federated security for deployed scenarios.
  • Its primarily self-serve tool works well within a department, but if IT has to roll it out enterprise wide, it lacks some of those capabilities.
User experience wise Tableau is hands down the winner.
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira, QlikView
Business users love it because they don't have to depend on IT to support it. It creates that WOW factor. IT hates it because its deployed and used at a department level, and there is no control on who and how it's being used in the organization.

Tableau Desktop Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
10
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
10
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
9
Integration with R or other statistical packages
9
Report sharing and collaboration
4
Publish to Web
9
Publish to PDF
9
Report Versioning
3
Report Delivery Scheduling
3
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
Predictive Analytics
5
Multi-User Support (named login)
3
Role-Based Security Model
3
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
3
Responsive Design for Web Access
10
Mobile Application
10
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
10