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Tableau is the most easy-to-use and visually impressive data visualization tool I've ever used.
What do you like best about the product?
The visuals are stunning! I've used a lot of different software for run and/or visualize data analytics and none of them come close to this level of quality in the output. It's also incredibly easy to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
Automation isn't as simple/useful as it is with other software, such as R. Another strange, yet very real, dislike it that the software may be too easy to use. The only reason that's a problem is because I've see people without experience in data analytics/statistics create charts, interpret the results, and deliver very inaccurate insights to their DMs. This isn't really a problem with the software, but companies need to make sure that their analysis is run by qualified employees. It's also a big expensive, but maybe that's because I'm used to open source software (R).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We run analytics for other companies, and our clients are frequently blow away by the level of depth and quality of our reports. It's great with marketing/sales data, product data, operations/financial data, Research Data, and anything else you can throw at it. We use it most frequently to visualize Customer Lifetime Value to our clients.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Tableau offers a free trial. Download it and toss in some data to seem what it's capable of, how much better its output looks than other software's output, and how easy it is to use. Unless you need frequent automation, you'll like the product.
Very good BI software
What do you like best about the product?
Very Versatile software with a lot of great features. Ease of Use
What do you dislike about the product?
Can have a bit of a learning curve when first starting
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reporting, Analytics, Budgeting, Forecasting
Tableau review
What do you like best about the product?
I like how you can upload your raw data into tableau to do advanced analysis. There's a big time saving from having to manually analyze the data in Excel.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's pretty easy to use, and the learning curve is small, but it does take a little time to learn.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quick analysis and clear visualization of data. Easy to share data analysis.
Makes tracking trends a cinch
What do you like best about the product?
Salesforce takes all of the little bits and bobs that we used to have to track manually and puts them in one central location so we can accurately and quickly identify trends in customer base.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is frustrating to search for a name and have multiple entries pop up for the same customer.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We'd been able to identify which leads re most likely to turn into paying customers, make that conversion and then anticipate future needs for them.
Tableau - the BI Giant
What do you like best about the product?
Efficient servers are necessary in the business world today so that the vast quantities of information being transmitted to, through, and from businesses can be delivered to the right people at the right time. Servers need to transmit data, perform data analysis and manipulate data. The transformation of raw data into something meaningful and an insightful presentation of this data is crucial to a business’s success.Tableau Software provides a solution to this server need. In addition to their desktop, online and mobile products, Tableau delivers a server product called Tableau Server. Tableau Server provides solutions to all of the basic server needs while adding details that make it one of the best options on the market today. The Server operates by housing and sharing dashboards created in Tableau Desktop in a matter of minutes. These dashboards can be accessed by users from mobile devices like tablets and phones as well as from individual PCs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Initial Data Preparation: Companies need to have strong technical skills to build the initial structure. This is typically done by IT or a consulting organization. Once the integration with the data source is done, though users with no or very little SQL knowledge can also access the tool create the dashboards and analyze data.
Features: Some argue that not all statistical features are provided by Tableau. Business–centric solution such as Tableau are used broadly throughout the organization, though they do have narrower set of capability.
Financial Reporting: Although great for analytical purposes, Tableau and other BI tools cannot replace Financial Reporting applications. This does require financial analyst to be proficient in a number of reporting tools and to use them interchangeably.
Can be cost prohibitive
Like most BI vendors, Tableau offers a few different software licensing options. There’s a free version of Tableau for personal use, but its functionality is limited. To download Tableau to your desktop, you’ll pay in the range of $1000 and $2000 per year. Online or hosted access to Tableau costs $500 per person, per year.
Features: Some argue that not all statistical features are provided by Tableau. Business–centric solution such as Tableau are used broadly throughout the organization, though they do have narrower set of capability.
Financial Reporting: Although great for analytical purposes, Tableau and other BI tools cannot replace Financial Reporting applications. This does require financial analyst to be proficient in a number of reporting tools and to use them interchangeably.
Can be cost prohibitive
Like most BI vendors, Tableau offers a few different software licensing options. There’s a free version of Tableau for personal use, but its functionality is limited. To download Tableau to your desktop, you’ll pay in the range of $1000 and $2000 per year. Online or hosted access to Tableau costs $500 per person, per year.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Dashboard generation for Visual Analytics
Tableau Server - Great for Data Visualization
What do you like best about the product?
Best for high level data visualization and cohort analysis
What do you dislike about the product?
Load times can vary with large underlying data sets
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Identification of trends within large data sets
As a basic user, I find Tableau straightforward and simple
What do you like best about the product?
I like that everything has a purpose, there isn't any unnecessary clutter. I like that each icon gives a description when hovering and it's always been simple to find my way around.
What do you dislike about the product?
One frustration i've experienced is lag time while selecting multiple filters, when there are a significant amount of options, it always brings me back to the top after selecting 2-3 boxes. The interface could use some updates in terms of visual appearance, font size, etc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Viewing and interacting with data. I run reports for my personal performance metrics as well as using it to find project status reports.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I can only speak to it from a basic user standpoint, but it is easy to find and run reports, the data visualization / charts are very intuitive and user-friendly.
Great tool for beautiful reports
What do you like best about the product?
This is the one of the best data visualization tool i have used. The ability of it to connect to multiple data sources makes it unique in the market and of course with the ease of implementation.
What do you dislike about the product?
The memory needed to run these reports can be an issue sometimes, of course there are workarounds but they take time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps in distributing reports which are time sensitive in a quick manner. Nothing better than that.
Complex but incredibly powerful
What do you like best about the product?
Huge options for power users. Great visualizations.
What do you dislike about the product?
Extremely complicated. If you don't get something "right," it's hard to make the visualization do what you want.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data visualization. Helps everyone see results in the same way.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely need to be committed to learning this software if you're going to buy it.
Graphical Data Visualization
What do you like best about the product?
Efficient graph generation making interactive dashboards
What do you dislike about the product?
Creation of data feeds in a format to obtain desired graph
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Create dashboards for excel based reports . It’s more presentable
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