Tableau is a good entry-level visualization tool, not great for multi-user, customizable solutions or big datasets
September 09, 2016
Tableau is a good entry-level visualization tool, not great for multi-user, customizable solutions or big datasets
Score 6 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop
Tableau is used for a lot of analytics and dashboard by pricing, merchants (buyers), finance and other functions. The mapping capabilities are heavily used.
- Mapping
- Simple dashboards
- Visualizations
- Not in-memory, very slow when published
- Not enough customization available to create dashboards and analytical views; filters types and their positioning are limited
- Not enough formulas
- Lack of filtering schemes where one set of filters or individual's filters can apply to any views across multiple tabs or only to a specific view within a tab; lack of customization with filters
Tableau has a little less learning curve for developers but this is because fewer functions and customization options are available vs. Spotfire. Spotfire is a much more scalable solution, works many times faster with huge databases with over millions of rows.
We selected Tableau because of the lower price and perceived ease of use and shorter learning curve.
We selected Tableau because of the lower price and perceived ease of use and shorter learning curve.