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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Public

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ATableau Public is a free edition of the Desktop product. With this edition, data can only be published to the Tableau public website and does not allow work to be saved or exported locally.

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    Tableau Public
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tableau Public
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Tableau Public
    Considered Both Products
    Tableau
    Chose Tableau Public
    The determining factor in us deciding to go with Tableau Public over Power BI Free was the ease of Tablueau's ability to easily process larger datasets in comparison to Power BI Free's limitations.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau public is Free and no subscription is required whereas Tableau Desktop is a paid subscription. if there is no private or confidential data it's easy to Tableau public and share reports with people. Tableau public has same features and options same as desktop. its easy …
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    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau Public's primary advantage is its lack of cost. That's really what it excels at; otherwise, it's functionally just another Tableau Server.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau Public provides a variety of visualization and point-and-click functionality, with little or no scripting, gives Tableau the advantage. Also, being lightweight, Tableau Public finds the ease of use from our PSU bank-clients that use low-end hardware and devices. Tableau …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau Public allows users to upload their work to a designated place online, where others can view and download it. This feature does not available in OriginLab, which is also a useful and popular program to do data analysis.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau Public is most similar to Google Data Studio in terms of being freely available for public use. However, its capabilities and sophisticated visualizations are far and beyond anything offered by Data Studio: Tableau is ideal for creating professional caliber workbooks …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Google Charts/Drive is sufficient for simpler data sets, but it does not integrate with other web platforms and the visualization does not look as professional. I'm not aware of any other competitors that offer the same package as Microsoft.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau's core competency is to create a singular analytics platform and while Google and Microsoft provide viable alternatives, they don't quite match up. Tableau delves deeper into categories than Google and thus doesn't supply deep enough information. Microsoft on the other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Salesforce can be a black box when it comes to CRM and even though Tableau isnt a CRM program our organization started using it for customer relations.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau Public lacks data connectors to Oracle/SQL Server or just about any. No ability to share non-public data nor to package into Tableau Reader. No ability to connect to Tableau Server or Tableau Online to secure your information. However, if you want basic visualization …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tableau Public
    We evaluated about 15 products when we selected Tableau 7 years ago, and periodically review products from other vendors (e.g. Microsoft, QlikView, Tibco Spotfire, Birst, Pentaho, etc.). To date, Tableau offers the widest variety of options and functionality at a reasonable …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Tableau Public
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Public
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    12 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.710 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.012 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.712 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Public
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.7
    12 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Drill-down analysis9.812 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.712 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.59 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.811 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Public
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Publish to Web10.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.09 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.69 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.17 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Public
    Feature
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    11 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.811 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.811 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.79 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Tableau Public
    Small Businesses
    Looker Studio
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Grafana
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tableau Public
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tableau Public
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tableau
    Tableau public is the best platform to build dashboards for your personal profile and share with recruiters. It's always good to keep ourselves updated on the latest features, create sample dashboards and save them to a personal profile. Tableau public is free and doesn't need any subscription. anyone can create an account and start building reports.
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    Pros
    Tableau
    • Data visualization: lots of different options, including bar, scatter, pie, waterfall charts to explore relationships between variables, and to present findings/trends to different teams
    • Integrates readily with limited, though different data sources: TXT, CSV, TDE, Access
    • Exports reports for review of different dashboards: client-ready/team-ready, with a clean and tidy presentation in PDF format (or hardcopy)
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    Cons
    Tableau
    • Tableau Public (both Desktop and Server) like their "for a fee" counterparts offer very easy to learn and use tools to transform data into pictures and gain insights into your data. Most organizations report a reduction in development time of 10x vs. other similar tools, due to the intuitive user interface. That said, with Tableau Public, published workbooks are "disconnected" from the underlying data sources and require periodic updates when the data changes. Users are limited to 1 Gb of storage space per user ID and password as well.
    • I would like to see better options for public sharing of visualizations and data from within the "for a fee" products as more and more organizations are moving in the direction of data sharing with partners and their communities.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Tableau
    It's free, right? I'll keep using the free version. So the real question to ask is this? Will I pay $999 for the Personal version or $1,999 for the Professional? Yikes! That is a big stretch. I'm not sure about that. The product comparison chart is at: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/comparison
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    Usability
    Tableau
    Tableau public is a great training tool to understand the basics of Tableau before buying it. A great tool to extend Excel's visualization and to publish data for others. Not useful for anything you need secure. No ability to access databases. Static information only.
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    Support Rating
    Tableau
    I have not yet required to contact support as the documentation and help i found online has always worked so far
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    Online Training
    Tableau
    I found it sufficient, and fast. I could easily "kick the tires" with Tableau on my data so I got up and running fast.
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    Implementation Rating
    Tableau
    Start at the end and work backward. Identify the business case / issue and questions the end users have, then identify the data needed, and where to get it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tableau
    Google Charts/Drive is sufficient for simpler data sets, but it does not integrate with other web platforms and the visualization does not look as professional. I'm not aware of any other competitors that offer the same package as Microsoft.
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    Return on Investment
    Tableau
    • Tableau Public visualizations have helped drive traffic to our content and sites
    • The lack of cost means it's easy to demonstrate our experience to attract paying clients
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