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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ClicData

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AClicData is a 100% cloud-based business intelligence platform that allows users to connect, process, blend, visualize and share data from a single place. As an automated platform, users are able to rely on the latest version of company data, to ensure users make the right decisions. Hundreds of data connectors ClicData has connectors that allow users to pull data automatically from hundreds of business applications and databases. Data warehousing and ETL…

    $79

    per month

    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

    per month

    Pricing
    ClicDataTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    Premium
    $79
    per month
    Team
    $269
    per month
    Business
    $525
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClicDataTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$71 data volume, type of data source and level of automationNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll plans include multiple users licenses but dashboards can be shared with external users via live links, no license needed. Plans and pricing vary based on the data connectors, refreshes, and the level of automation needed. A few hours of Expert Service are including in all plans but more hours can be purchased. A white label option is also available for consultants and agencies.All pricing plans are billed annually.
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    Community Pulse
    ClicDataTableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    ClicData
    Chose ClicData
    We tried and trialed everything we could before choosing ClicData and there's two main points that ClicData is just absolutely head and shoulders above the rest. Most importantly it's by far the easiest to use. We had working dashboard giving us meaningful data and insight in …
    Incentivized
    Chose ClicData
    We chose ClicData over some other options because it was cost-effective and relatively easy to implement. It didn't require a server to set-up or manage which was nice.
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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
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    ClicDataTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of ClicData and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ClicData
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports10.01 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.03 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of ClicData and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ClicData
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.03 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.03 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.02 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of ClicData and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ClicData
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Publish to Web10.02 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.02 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.02 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.01 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of ClicData and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ClicData
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.03 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.02 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of ClicData and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ClicData
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of ClicData and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ClicData
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.02 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Mobile Application1.01 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.02 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of ClicData and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    ClicData
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    14% above category average
    iFrames10.01 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.01 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.446 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClicDataTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 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
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.0
    (2 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
    ClicDataTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ClicData
    We used ClicData dashboards in a somewhat unorthodox way: we used "Indicators", or icons within tables to represent data, and the results looked great. The ability to integrate 3rd party HTML into dashboards was valuable (although Clic Data correctly warns that response time may suffer). The ability to start small and release dashboards incrementally suited our needs very well. We also valued the responsive account team getting us quickly pointed in the right direction.
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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
    ClicData
    • Ease of use, I can put together a dashboard in about an hour that is used by daily.
    • Support, their support team is super helpful and always has detailed insight.
    • Connectors, they have a huge number of connectors that allow easy integration of your data sources.
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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
    ClicData
    • More widgets.
    • Sometimes it takes a while to refresh.
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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
    ClicData
    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
    ClicData
    Like I mentioned before, the ease of use means we not only get very quick results and beautiful dashboards in minutes, it means my team is actually using it because they aren't frustrated in the learning curve or wasting time trying to accomplish simple tasks.
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    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
    ClicData
    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
    ClicData
    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
    ClicData
    We've only needed support a couple times in the beginning as we were learning the system and how to display our data in interesting ways. Every time we reached out we got very detailed responses and were connected to someone that you could tell was very interested in making sure we were happy with how things were going.
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    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
    ClicData
    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
    ClicData
    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
    ClicData
    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
    ClicData
    ClicData was the most flexible. It is cloud-based and even has WebService access. You can publish your data for access from other applications. The sheer number of data connectors is amazing. The ability to not only create dashboards, but you can schedule them to be delivered to specific recipients on a scheduled basis via PDF or a static HTML page.
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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
    ClicData
    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
    ClicData
    • ClicData was by far the most reasonable cost-wise, and we were able to get ROI within just minutes of using it.
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    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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    ScreenShots

    ClicData Screenshots

    Product screenshotScreenshot of ClicData's data warehouse where all your company's data is centralized.Screenshot of Some of ClicData's connectors. 250+ data connections are available.Screenshot of Preview of a joint between datasets from two different sources. Do basic or advanced data transformations with ClicData's ETL features.Screenshot of Daily Sales Productivity dashboard exampleScreenshot of Financial KPIs Dashboard example