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About Tableau
Tableau is an integrated business intelligence (BI) and analytics solution that helps to analyze key business data and generate meaningful insights. The solution helps businesses to collect data from multiple source points such as SQL databases, spreadsheets, cloud apps like Google Analytics and Salesforce to create a collective dataset.
Tableau's live visual analytics and interactive dashboard allow slicing & dicing datasets for generating relevant insights and exploring new opportunities. Users can create interactive maps and analyze data across regions, territories, demographics and more. Tableau helps to create a narrative story of the data analysis with interactive visualizations that can be shared with their audience.
Tableau can be customized to serve a number of industry verticals including banking, communication, education, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing and technology. The solution can be either installed on-premises or hosted on the cloud as a SaaS application. Users can also view and analyze data on their Android and iOS smartphones with Tableau Mobile app.
Tableau pricing
Tableau has a free version and offers a free trial. Tableau paid version starts at US$15.00/month.
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Pawan
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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5
Reviewed on 27/01/2025
Excellent tool for visualizing data and making sense of large datasets.
My Experience with Tableau is very Positive. Easy to use and Drag Drop features. Number of connecting source available in Tableau like Excel, SQL and etc
Pros
Great for creating interactive dashboard to share with team. Easy Drag and drop Features in tableau. Connects to multiple data sources like Excel, databases, and cloud platforms.
Cons
Performance Issue with very large database
Camille
- Industry: Executive Office
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 19/02/2025
Tableau Review
Very positive. This is a great software for data viz!
Pros
I love how user friendly it is. This is also my favorite software I've used for visualizing data.
Cons
I would've appreciated a tutorial on how to use Tableau when I first got it. There's a lot of features I would have loved to know about sooner!
ash
- Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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3
Reviewed on 30/05/2024
Great Reporting Software
Pros
Great for Reporting, dashboard and KPI metrics.
Cons
user license cost is expensive compared to features.
Robert
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 02/12/2024
Tableau for shared dashboards
I've used Tableau for creating dashboards tailored to the unique needs of different teams within the company. Most data sources used by Tableau were SQL Server databases, local Excel files, and Box files. What people used to create locally, in some very elaborated Excel files, was transferred in Tableau, shaped into interactive dashboards showing the important KPIs, visualizations on trends, etc. This way, the same dashboard could be shared to more people, so that each can explore data as per provided filters.
Pros
Tableau it's a powerful tool for data analysis and data visualizations. It provides powerful drill downs and calculations. Also, it can load data from a wide range of data sources (local files, SQL databases, Azure, etc).
Cons
The learning curve is quite steep. Also, it is rather difficult to embed Tableau dashboards into web pages and provide interactive action from the web page level; the Tableau.js library and support is slightly limited.
Patti
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 10/02/2025
Powerful Knowlege at Your Fingertips
I am an end user, not an administrator of Tableau, so I have the advantage of using reports designed by someone else. Our administrator is able to produce any report we request within a matter of minutes. My job is to present the resulting facts to Surgical Center Administration. Allowing them to see what's really happening at their facility is invaluable information that we were unable to present before using Tableau. I find this program easy to use and can show the results to clients in minutes.
Pros
Ease of use, power of knowledge. This program produces colorful, easy to understand reporting for clients. The range of report formats seems almost unlimited. Easy to filter fields, dates, and data for client review.
Cons
It's a huge, powerful product and can be a bit intimidating to use at first.
Anilkumar
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 04/03/2025
Tableau: Robust Data 📊 Visualization and BI Program
Pros
Tableau makes it super easy to transform raw data into dashboards and reports which help in visualization and in long run decision making.
Cons
Lack of built-in data warehousing is the only flaw but I have successfully connected with external databases.
Anthony
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 24/02/2025
Easy to use and visualise data for all our internal stakeholders
Overall been good, quite an easy learning curve when you know how and community provides good support even if customer service doesn't.
Pros
Easy to use, customise and create dashboards. One of the best pieces of software I've used to visualise data. A one stop shop for our internal stakeholders to monitor items important to them. Handles big amounts of data well.
Cons
If you're trying to get a lot of data onto a crosstab can become clunky to set up. The Customer Support also isn't great.
Iddy
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 27/01/2025
Great Analytical software
Tableau connects seamlessly with a variety of data sources, such as Excel, SQL databases, and cloud-based platforms like AWS and Google Sheets.
Pros
Its a user-friendly interface and ability to transform raw data into visually compelling dashboards with minimal effort.
Cons
Tableau can be quite expensive, especially for individuals, as both the licensing and subscription fees are on the higher side.
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 30/01/2025
Good tool for data analytics and visualization
Tool for made for data maintenence and easy to learn to navigate and use anyway we can.
Pros
The ability to visualize data and maintain the database where it can be filtered in an easy way.
Cons
Formatting is bad some data cant be copied easily and need to click multiple buttons to just copy a single thing.
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 06/02/2025
Exploring the Robust Analytics and Navigation Ease of New Software
Great analytics functionality and relative ease of navigation. The interface, though, seemed relatively old-fashioned and required some avoidable back-and-forth.
Pros
Great analytics functionality and relative ease of navigation. Requires virtually no preparation/training to start using the tool.
Cons
The interface, seemed a bit outdated and required going back and forth.
Joao
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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5
Reviewed on 11/11/2024
Tableau help get precise insights from our business data.
Tableau has shown us why it is the greatest tool for analyzing business data by offering us a very solid five star experience. It has showed us the way of making the right decisions based on the actual real data. With Tableau, we have been able to have in-depth analysis on our data which help get the insights to guide us on how to improve our business.
Pros
It was impressively easy to customize Tableau to fit our analytics needs and have it integrate to our working infrastructure. Tableau has very superior AI analytics that help us get in-depth analysis on our data to extract the most useful insights. It also easy to visualize the insights using easy to understand visual dashboards. The reporting function in Tableau allow us to document our insights for easier sharing and future referencing.
Cons
Everything about Tableau has been so on point so far. There has been nothing negative to report about it.
Nico
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Specific, relevant and contextual tool that helps in identifying growth opportunities
Insightful experience. Best for turning data into actionable and strategic insights.
Pros
Tableau helps us understand and appreciate data and what it means to the organization in improving operations and efficiency. Familiarizing ourselves with data filtering, grouping and segmenting. It is key in improving the process of data analysis by eliminating defects. It has eventually improved customer experiences, allows us to make better decisions and helps guide our marketing strategies towards success.
Cons
Sending larger files especially to multiple destinations can end up catastrophic. It can stop and you end up losing your files.
Brian
- Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 28/09/2024
Modern platform
The data is clearer and more accessible to everyone, giving a better, more fluid analysis. It helps to have a faster explanation of the real data.
Pros
Tableau uses artificial intelligence and makes all data easier to analyze and better understood by each user. Sometimes not all data is understood by everyone and what Tableau does is make its presentation easier to understand with its presentation design. Its integration of all data in a single platform helps make it more understandable and better organized.
Cons
It has always worked well, there is nothing wrong at the moment or something to correct.
Nsogbu
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 22/07/2024
What I Experience with Tableau in Data Visualization
Pros
Manual data analysis is prone to errors and way too tedious. Tableau automate data modeling, preparation, cataloging and visualization.
Cons
Some features on free version are weak compared to premium plan.
Olivia
- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 28/05/2024
Great for data storage and visulation
Pros
My team was able to successfully set up a nightly data feed from Technolutions Slate to Tableau to store historical admissions data. It was important to implement Tableau because there's no way that takes snapshots of data in Slate as it's always changing. Once the data storage was set up my team was able to create many different dashboards to display complicated data to other team members to use. One dashboard we were able to create uses slate data from many different storage tables and pulls together appointment data over time so I can monitor workload volume. This has been a really useful visualization tool.
Cons
You will definitely need a data and Excel expert to set up the dashboard and reporting initially as there's a little clunkiness and set it up charts but it still does the job.
Luis
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 09/03/2024
A short review of Tableau
I found it comfortable to use, the only notable drawback is its support which is paid. But the rest is very remarkable.
Pros
Most useful is being able to use the drag-and-drop function, which saves time creating data visualizations in a simple way. Analyzing the data is a plus, it can be done with filters or my favorite "trend analysis".
Cons
Tableau support is not free, you must pay for a plan to access it. And the stability issue itself is a negative factor as well, as it slows down for large amounts of data.
Chris
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 19/10/2024
Easiest way to turn data into visuals
Pros
I like the ease of turning data into visualization. There is probably no better tool for that.
Cons
For specific cosmetics and charts, workarounds tend to be necessary and can get complicated.
Tair
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 27/06/2024
Tableau review
Liked the product very much and used a lot during the projects
Pros
Easy to use, nice design, elegant features
Cons
probably the price comparing to free PBI
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 10/10/2023
Tableau: The powerful pack for data visulization
My overall experience with Tableau is very positive. I like the data visualization tools as they are very easy to use and learn. Its drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to create charts, graphs, and dashboards. Only problem I found that It is very expensive for the individual user
Pros
Drag and drop options for making interactive charts, graphs, and dashboards. The interface is very very user-friendly to technical and non-technical users. We can figure out various data using managing filters. We can connect Tableau from various data sources
Cons
Limited charts, graph options. Limited connector options, high pricing
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 02/04/2024
Make your life easy with Tableau
Pros
1. Outstanding SQL command
2. UX is very clear
3. Easy to deploy
4. Very quick
Cons
1. Not Mobile friendly
2. Needs frequent updates
3. Expensive
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 22/12/2023
Best data tool for visualization and reporting
I've been using Tableau for 9 years and I've tested other multiple options and no one like Tableau. If you put all pros and cons, Tableau always win!
Pros
Ease of use.
Learning curve.
Multiple options for visualizations.
Can be used from beginners to experts.
Cons
When your organization needs to have multiple users connected in real time, If data source is using live connections, the user experience could be bad.
Luisa
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 21/09/2023
Great Tool to gather and analze data in a visual and interactive way!
I use tableau to analyze data, create dashboards and report the inisghts taken from them. The major benefit is the freedom that you have to create any type of way you want to analyze your data and how interactive it can be to give you the best view/analysis you need for your business.
Pros
What I like the most is the fact that tableau is able to generate almost any type of dashboard in order to analyze data in a very easy and interactive way. It gives freedom for the employee to not only analyze the data in given dashboards but also to create their own with their tech team. Which increases ways of seeing the data, analyzing and reporting.
Cons
Since its a considerable amount of data that I use in my case, sometimes tableau "laggs" a bit and it doesn´t load very quickly. I think that would be the only downside of tableau in my perspective.
Nikola
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 01/03/2024
Great for maps, visualizations and dashboarding
I really love using it for maps and interactive dashboards but I prefer to prepare my data in another software (Excel or Alteryx) before using it in Tableau.
Pros
I love its map functionalities - it's so simple to create a detailed map of locations of company X in country Y or locations of various companies in country Y on a heatmap with population density. You can divide your map by different categories, use different colours for different categories and it just has so many possibilities that it's really fun to use.
Cons
Connecting different data sources can be a little frustrating - you need to be careful with your file extensions and always double-check your data types.
Alexis
- Industry: Utilities
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 13/09/2023
We love Tableau!
Tableau gives you the tools to create whatever reports you need for your business. It is very user friendly, and we use it daily for pulling information from our cooperative software.
Pros
What I love about Tableau is how easy it is to quickly change, modify and filter reports to produce the exact data visualizations that you need. In the office, we use it a lot for simple reporting measures.
Cons
It might just be our software, but we are unable to change the visuals for our reports. Font style, size and colors are not able to be changed from our view, but it would be nice to have the option.
Darren
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 30/04/2024
Tableau is great for dashboard visuals and KPI tracking
Overall, Tableau offers great visualization for KPI tracking
Pros
Tableau has a great user interface which is easy to navigate through
Cons
If the tool is being used to measure a multitude of global markets or sectors within the same business, sometime the selection of data takes a while to refresh
