Great for Data-Viz-Wizzes, Painful for Others
Updated October 23, 2019
Great for Data-Viz-Wizzes, Painful for Others
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop is used at our organization by most of our analysts, who then publish the reports to Tableau Server for distribution to everyone else in the organization to consume the information. This enables our analysts, myself included, to use Tableau Desktop to create helpful insights which can then be used by anyone at any technical level.
- Allows for complex dashboards to be made and then presented to less-technical audiences
- Stories help highlight important information in the information, allowing a presentation to stand on its own without having to be explained in person
- Recommends different visualizations based on the type of data inputted
- Very steep learning curve for those who haven't used it previously.
- Because it's a powerful tool, getting it to do simple things can be extremely difficult.
- A jack-of-all-trades solution, sometimes it's hard to find or create industry-specific visualizations, such as NPS gauges.
I've used Domo in the past and while their sales/account management is a mess, the actual product is powerful, intuitive and above all else, easy. I much prefer Domo to Tableau because it's easier for me, as a viz-novice, to pick up and start. I was able to create wonderful visualizations that answer questions without me having to input a storyboard or explain it: the drill-down features of Domo stand unchallenged.