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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MS SharePoint / SQL

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMS SharePoint / SQL refers to Microsoft Sharepoint, a web-based collaborative platform, being used in tandem with Microsoft SQL Server to provide business intelligence analytics and reporting. They can provide BI content such as data connections, reports, scorecards, dashboards, and more.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

    per month

    Pricing
    MS SharePoint / SQLTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MS SharePoint / SQLTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All pricing plans are billed annually.
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    Community Pulse
    MS SharePoint / SQLTableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Tableau
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    81%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    51 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    MS SharePoint / SQLTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    7.6
    58 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.639 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.055 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.348 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.1
    53 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.742 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.253 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.030 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.550 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.9
    58 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Publish to Web8.852 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.449 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.348 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.039 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.032 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.6
    36 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.834 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.032 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.330 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.53 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.860 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.064 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.168 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.84 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.854 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    9.4
    59 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.457 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.436 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.739 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.8
    38 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    14% above category average
    REST API9.229 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API9.228 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    iFrames9.027 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Java API9.025 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.033 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.024 Ratings8.446 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MS SharePoint / SQLTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (77 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (56 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (64 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (63 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
    MS SharePoint / SQLTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    As I mentioned in my previous answers, MS SharePoint is very useful as a shared drive for the organization and is very easy to manage. It also helps us import data from SharePoint directly into PowerBI for creating reports. According to my understanding, only share link features should be improved.
    Incentivized
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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
    Microsoft
    • Flexible - able to make any changes we would like vs traditional service desk system.
    • ROI - We were already using SharePoint for internal intranet, so we are simply getting more use out of licensing we had already committed to.
    • Easy to use for end users.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • It is hard to setup and nightmare
    • It requires a of infrastructure, thus it could be costly because of requirement and licensing required for everything to run smoothly
    • If it is not setup and organized properly from the beginning it could be maintenance nightmare
    • It is hard to have "test" environment to do patches or similar
    Incentivized
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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
    Microsoft
    This was a long-term buy-in from a corporate perspective, to remain in the SharePoint space. Migration is certainly possible, which is good for planning and having options further out. At this point, the only planned migration is to eventually move the architecture up to SharePoint/SQL 2013. At that point, we will be able to leverage some greater efficiencies, some enhanced content design and management features, and some more current social features. It is well worth a full consideration in any shop looking at a new implementation of or migration to SharePoint (although you will probably be considering 2013 versions or beyond in those discussions), but the platform should be a strong competitor to any alternatives. Realizing the capability of a fully-branded and customized website was not part of the original choice for the architecture at Lincoln, but seeing it implemented and functioning now with this capacity far beyond original expectations has certainly cemented plans to continue using it.
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    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
    Microsoft
    I gave this rating due to MS SharePoint being a big help with our userbase. We have a lot of users that are just old enough to not have much technical skills or they have been in this industry long enough to where they haven't really needed to utilize much technology. MS SharePoint helped us move beyond that barrier without too many bumps and bruises.
    Incentivized
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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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    I've only had to call in to support on one occasion but they were able to work though our issue and find a solution that did fully resolve the issue in a timely manner. I can't always say the same about support from other companies so it was a refreshing change to have support that did help.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    Not implemented in best practice way, there are many customizations
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    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
    Microsoft
    At the time of the two large projects, SharePoint was the enterprise solution so we were required to use that. We have since lobbied the enterprise teams to review and consider Atlassian Confluence and were successful. Confluence is cheaper than Sharepoint which is why we wanted to bring that in. The enterprise has now made Confluence an enterprise solution as an alternative to SharePoint. After using both I think SharePoint has many more add-ins than Confluence. It has much more customization ability than Confluence. SharePoint is not good for mobile readiness. Confluence is so there is a difference that might lead you to Confluence over SharePoint. I would also say that SharePoint is very document-centric and that Confluence has better KM than SharePoint does. even with the use of SQL Server. We were told that we could not use Google Drive even though it had features we liked.
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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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    • ROI for ms SharePoint/SQL considering that is the best database engine with excellent features that help you to have all information in your hand.
    • Something negative could be license format.
    • These are the best relational databases in the market with powerful features that complement your system.
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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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