Best BI Desktop Tool on the Market
February 26, 2025

Best BI Desktop Tool on the Market

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

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop

We use Tableau Desktop to setup our ETL processes for transforming, extracting, and loading our data from different data sources into one master data source. Tableau Desktop is also very useful for visualizations and reporting purposes. They have interactive charts and graphs that are user friendly and non-technical users have been able to utilize the platform effectively.

Pros

  • Creates effective dashboards and reports to analyze performance
  • Easy to teach to non-technical users
  • Easy to import data from multiple sources

Cons

  • Sometimes takes too long to load data which can be frustrating
  • If one chart or element breaks, it can affect the whole report and can be difficult to locate to fix
  • There are limited export options.
  • We are able to get actionable insights from our dashboards that help us make informed business decisions
  • We use the chart & different elements to spot trends in the data and make optimizations on our marketing campaigns
  • Tableau Desktop has helped us setup our ETL process visually so our users can understand where all the data sources are coming from and what cleaning processes they go through.
I give it this rating because I think it is the best product on the market currently. It is seamlessly integrated with the Tableau web version, the dashboards & reporting capabilities are top notch, and it is relatively user friendly. The reason I deduct 2 stars is that it can be slow sometimes when the dashboard has a lot of different elements or sources to be considered. Also, if one person breaks something, it can be difficult to locate what happened and what to fix.
Tableau Desktop is older and just better overall. It has more capabilities and is more useful to have. I don't think you could have Alteryx as a standalone product like you can with Tableau Desktop. You'd want another bi tool.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of Tableau Desktop go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Tableau Desktop again?

Yes

Tableau Desktop is well-suited for security reasons and if users are going to want to use the platform on their computer as an application. If users are not going to be using it on a regular basis or security isn't as much of an issue, or they do not need all of the capabilities of desktop, than the web version is just fine.

Tableau Desktop Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
8.3
Pixel Perfect reports
7
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
9
7.7
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
7
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
8
7.4
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
7
Report Versioning
6
Report Delivery Scheduling
8
Delivery to Remote Servers
8
7.8
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
Predictive Analytics
7
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
7
7.0
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Role-Based Security Model
6
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
7
Report-Level Access Control
7
Single Sign-On (SSO)
7
7.3
Responsive Design for Web Access
7
Mobile Application
7
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
8
7.0
REST API
Not Rated
Javascript API
Not Rated
iFrames
7
Java API
Not Rated
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Not Rated
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
Not Rated

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