Tableau - The Big Boss of Visualization tools.
February 12, 2016

Tableau - The Big Boss of Visualization tools.

Sridhar Akkineni | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Server

Tableau is an excellent visualization tool we use here. I believe for the fourth year, Tableau is a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms Report by Gartner. We use Tableau in several departments for reporting. The charts, maps and web-interface of Tableau are very user friendly.
  • Charts
  • In-built maps
  • Extract based reporting
  • Server maintenance
  • User maintenance should be much easier ( For ex: Maintaining common users b/w Tableau Sites)
  • Fail Over Setup
  • Patch Releases are TOOOO Often.
QlikView can't connect to live data (in general)
Licensing Costs of QlikView and Cognos are expensive.
Cognos doesn't have excellent Graphics embedded within the tool
Tableau is a user friendly tool
Tableau has a single platform for development.
Tableau can connect to various database types with ease and less effort.
Embedding maps in Tableau workbooks is an easy process
Well suited for visualization, when users are expecting great quality for their charts, maps and other graphical forms.
Not suited for reporting on huge DWH, when users are expecting scheduled reports.

Tableau Server Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
9
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
5
Drill-down analysis
5
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
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
5
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
Predictive Analytics
5
Multi-User Support (named login)
5
Role-Based Security Model
7
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Responsive Design for Web Access
9
Mobile Application
9
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
8