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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ayasdi Core

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAyasdi Core is a business intelligence software offering from Ayasdi.N/A

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $75

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    Pricing
    Ayasdi CoreTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
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    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ayasdi CoreTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll pricing plans are billed annually.
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    Community Pulse
    Ayasdi CoreTableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    Ayasdi
    Chose Ayasdi Core
    We had a working group that has been using R studio for the general purpose of statistical analysis in our organization. Although it is a great tool that provides enriched function sets, it is time-consuming for our clinical analysts to learn the tool to see the first result. R …
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    Tableau
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    51 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    Ayasdi CoreTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Ayasdi Core and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.01 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.01 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.01 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Ayasdi Core and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.01 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.01 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.01 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Ayasdi Core and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Publish to Web9.01 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.01 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.01 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.01 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.01 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Ayasdi Core and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.01 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics5.01 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Ayasdi Core and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.01 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.01 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.01 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.01 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Ayasdi Core and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Ayasdi Core and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    14% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.446 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Ayasdi CoreTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (56 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ayasdi CoreTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ayasdi
    Well suited: 1. If data set is not yet well organized. 2. Hypothesis is not yet established. 3. Need to visually explore to find patterns of data (often when analysts have no good understanding of data) 4. When [you need] to analyze events with a timeframe (specifically a sequence of events as a transaction) Less appropriate 1. If a data set is very large, such as Hadoop data, it becomes hard to manage data pipeline and process to feed the data into Ayasdi. To be feed into Ayasdi, data should be aggregated or organized to some level.
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    Tableau
    The best scenario is definitely to collect data from several sources and create dedicated dashboards for specific recipients. However, I miss the possibility of explaining these reports in more detail. Sometimes, we order a report, and after half a year, we don't remember the meaning of some data (I know it's our fault as an organization, but the tool could force better practices).
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    Pros
    Ayasdi
    • Ayasdi Core provides an easy way to get some insight on data. Typically analytics may require having a model or hypothesis before starting to look into the data, but Ayasdi lets you just feed the data first then start seeing what the data looks like.
    • Ayasdi Core's topological network visualization is quite unique. It allows you to explore patterns and potential relations between multiple data elements. A user can also dynamically navigate data with different aspects on the web.
    • The Web version of Ayasdi is easy to use, stable, and fast. It hasn't crashed even when we feed it a lot of data sets, although it took time.
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    Tableau
    • An excellent tool for data visualization, it presents information in an appealing visual format—an exceptional platform for storing and analyzing data in any size organization.
    • Through interactive parameters, it enables real-time interaction with the user and is easy to learn and get support from the community.
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    Cons
    Ayasdi
    • Use of Python SDK is required to feed data into Ayasdi, but it lacks training materials or sample codes for a novice to get started.
    • Although Web UI of Ayasdi is looking good, often it freezes when the user runs an analysis. It doesn't crash but the web page needs to be refreshed to see the progress of analysis.
    • Algorithms provided by Ayasdi, such as metrics types, lens types need to be explained (what they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are). We had to Google or do research on our own to understand what they are.
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    Tableau
    • Pricing should be more user-friendly and usage-driven
    • Making edits to the production reports is fairly tough and has a vast scope of additional capabilities
    • Tableau Desktop should be able to differentiate itself from the Tableau server else there is no major meaning of two different products being offered
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.
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    Usability
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop has proven to be a lifesaver in many situations. Once we've completed the initial setup, it's simple to use. It has all of the features we need to quickly and efficiently synthesize our data. Tableau Desktop has advanced capabilities to improve our company's data structure and enable self-service for our employees.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.
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    Performance
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast
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    Support Rating
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Tableau support has been extremely responsive and willing to help with all of our requests. They have assisted with creating advanced analysis and many different types of custom icons, data formatting, formulas, and actions embedded into graphs. Tableau offers a weekly presentation of features and assists with internal company projects.
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    In-Person Training
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.
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    Online Training
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    I think the training was good overall, but it was maybe stating the obvious things that a tech savvy young engineer would be able to pick up themselves too. However, the example work books were good and Tableau web community has helped me with many problems
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    Implementation Rating
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ayasdi
    We had a working group that has been using R studio for the general purpose of statistical analysis in our organization. Although it is a great tool that provides enriched function sets, it is time-consuming for our clinical analysts to learn the tool to see the first result. R is somewhat of a developer-oriented/friendly tool. Ayasdi is friendly to a domain analyst or end users. Plus, support and consulting from Ayasdi were excellent so that we could get knowledge from them immediately whenever we needed.
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    Tableau
    I have used Power BI as well, the pricing is better, and also training costs or certifications are not that high. Since there is python integration in Power BI where I can use data cleaning and visualizing libraries and also some machine learning models. I can import my python scripts and create a visualization on processed data.
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    Scalability
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.
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    Return on Investment
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    • Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
    • Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
    • Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.
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