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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tableau Server

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ATableau Server allows Tableau Desktop users to publish dashboards to a central server to be shared across their organizations. The product is designed to facilitate collaboration across the organization. It can be deployed on a server in the data center, or it can be deployed on a public cloud.

    $12

    Per User Per Month

    Zoho Analytics

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Zoho Analytics (formerly Zoho Reports) is a self-service BI and analytics platform that allows users to analyze their business data and create reports and dashboards. It is designed to help users create and share reports quickly, without IT assistance.

    $30

    per month 2 users

    Pricing
    Tableau ServerZoho Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    Viewer
    $12.00
    Per User Per Month
    Explorer
    $35.00
    Per User Per Month
    Creator
    $70.00
    Per User Per Month
    Basic
    $30
    0.5M rows, 2 users
    Professional
    $30
    per user per month billed annually
    Standard
    $60
    1M rows, 5 users
    Premium
    $145
    5M rows, 15 users
    Enterprise
    $575
    50M rows, 50 users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tableau ServerZoho Analytics
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—There is a 20% discount for all plans if subscribed yearly. Customers can buy add-on rows and users, in addition to the plans listed above.
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    Community Pulse
    Tableau ServerZoho Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Tableau
    No answer on this topic
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    77 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    78 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    71 Answers
    Features
    Tableau ServerZoho Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Tableau Server and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    9.5
    94 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.7
    131 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.129 Ratings8.8102 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.793 Ratings8.5131 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.780 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Tableau Server and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    9.1
    94 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.1
    133 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.994 Ratings8.0127 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.892 Ratings7.6132 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.058 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.888 Ratings8.6133 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Tableau Server and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    90 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.4
    125 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web9.884 Ratings8.1104 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.783 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.376 Ratings8.4108 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers5.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Tableau Server and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.7
    89 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.0
    80 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.985 Ratings8.276 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.984 Ratings8.568 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.563 Ratings7.462 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Tableau Server and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.3
    94 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.5
    125 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.392 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.389 Ratings8.968 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.391 Ratings8.5118 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.361 Ratings8.670 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Tableau Server and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    6.3
    93 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.276 Ratings7.367 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.160 Ratings4.069 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.067 Ratings5.882 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Tableau Server and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    Tableau Server
    7.2
    45 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.3
    61 Ratings
    6% above category average
    REST API9.039 Ratings8.157 Ratings
    Javascript API9.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames9.039 Ratings8.549 Ratings
    Java API5.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)6.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)4.67 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Cyfe
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tableau ServerZoho Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (110 ratings)
    7.1
    (135 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    5.2
    (16 ratings)
    7.8
    (79 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    5.4
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    7.7
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    6.6
    (82 ratings)
    8.8
    (51 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (67 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tableau ServerZoho Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tableau
    Whole funnel and specific channel performance from upper to lower funnel metrics. The ability to view full channel performance for some time, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly, has truly been monumental in how my team optimizes specific channels and campaigns. Daily performance tracking is a bit overwhelming, with load times and having to refresh specific live views over time. It can be challenging to do so at times, as extensive dashboards take much longer to load.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Analytics is the best way to consume data created by Zoho products . It's robust and quick build formula libraries and auto generated reports. A data source can be integrated and be ready for consumption within minutes. This gives a well developed baseline for organizing to develop advance analytics. It's mobile dashboards are very intuitive and useful for leaders who are on the move.
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    Pros
    Tableau
    • It's good at doing what it is designed for: accessing visualizations without having to download and open a workbook in Tableau Desktop. The latter would be a very inefficient method for sharing our metrics, so I am glad that we have Tableau Server to serve this function.
    • Publishing to Tableau Server is quick and easy. Just a few clicks from Tableau Desktop and a few seconds of publishing through an average speed network, and the new visualizations are live!
    • Seeing details on who has viewed the visualization and when. This is something particularly useful to me for trying to drive adoption of some new pages, so I really appreciate the granularity provided in Tableau Server
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Analytics’ predictive analytics capabilities can help forecast future trends, allowing for proactive planning and risk management.
    • Performance Monitoring: We can track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments, such as sales, marketing, finance, and HR. This aids in identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
    • Decision making regarding resource allocation.
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    Cons
    Tableau
    • Tableau Server has had some issue handling some of our larger data sets. Our extract refreshes fail intermittently with no obvious error that we can fix
    • Tableau Server has been hard to work with before they launched their new Rest API, which is also a little tricky to work with
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    Zoho
    • I'm guessing it's out there somewhere but I really could have used a 'quick start guide' or guided start.
    • Once I figured it out, it makes sense how to make sure the right data is provided in order to make dashboards quite flexible--- but without examples, I found it quite a challenge
    • The initial organization of Analytics is NOT intuitive. Once in context, the organizational features make sense, but (at least initially) it would have been most useful if the organization of Analytics reports in Zoho Analytics had saved me a lot of time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Tableau
    It simply is used all the time by more and more people. Migrating to something else would involve lots of work and lots of training. The renewal fee being fair, it simply isn't worth migrating to a different tool for now.
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    Zoho
    I'd give this an 11 if I could! As our business moves forward we hope to use Zoho Analytics more then we do now. Creating better reports and dashboards for our management team to evaluate the health of our business and to provide more insightful reports for our customers. The possibilities are endless with this tool
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    Usability
    Tableau
    Tableau Server takes training and experience in order to unlock the application's full potential. This is best handled by a qualified data scientist or data analytics manager. Tableau user interface layout, nomenclature, and command structure take time and training to become proficient with. Integration and connectivity require proper IT developer support.
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    Zoho
    For an end user, Zoho Analytics is pretty easy to use and very easy to access the dashboard. Linking data from multiple sources is very convenient. Multiple people can work on preparing and publishing the dashboards simultaneously, which helps delegate tasks.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Tableau
    Our instance of Tableau Server was hosted on premises (I believe all instances are) so if there were any outages it was normally due to scheduled maintenance on our end. If the Tableau server ever went down, a quick restart solved most issues
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    Zoho
    ZOHO is a very reliable company/product. We never had any issues with downtime or inaccessibility to our data. Any type of maintenance that they had to perform was clearly communicated and never an issue. We use a lot of external hooks and we've never had any issues with getting ZOHO to communicate with any of those hooks.
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    Performance
    Tableau
    While there are definitely cases where a user can do things that will make a particular worksheet or dashboard run slowly, overall the performance is extremely fast. The user experience of exploratory analysis particularly shines, there's nothing out there with the polish of Tableau.
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    Zoho
    ZOHO has obviously invested a lot of time effort and money in to creating a reliable infrastructure with high availability. We've never had any issues with performance and all of our data crunching small to large has always been well within reason. We have come to appreciate the performance of ZOHO and will continue to use it for all of our data needs.
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    Support Rating
    Tableau
    We have consistently had highly satisfactory results every time we've reached out for help. Our contractor, used for Tableau server maintenance and dashboard development is very technically skilled. When he hits a roadblock on how to do something with Tableau, the support staff have provided timely and useful guidance. He frequently compares it to Cognos and says that while Cognos has capabilities Tableau doesn't, the bottom line value for us is a no-brainer
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    Zoho
    The support team is honestly not that great. At times, it seems as if members of our own team know more about the product than the support team. They must not have a lot of training or the turnaround is quick
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    In-Person Training
    Tableau
    In our case, they hired a private third party consultant to train our dept. It was extremely boring and felt like it dragged on. Everything I learned was self taught so I was not really paying attention. But I do think that you can easily spend a week on the tool and go over every nook and cranny. We only had the consultant in for a day or two.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Tableau
    The Tableau website is full of videos that you can follow at your own pace. As a very small company with a Tableau install, access to these free resources was incredibly useful to allowing me to implement Tableau to its potential in a reasonable and proportionate manner.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Tableau
    Implementation was over the phone with the vendor, and did not go particularly well. Again, think this was our fault as our integration and IT oversight was poor, and we made errors. Would they have happened had a vendor been onsite? Not sure, probably not, but we probably wouldn't have paid for that either
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    Zoho
    If your external data sources are previously organized and correlated (e.g.: in your datawarehouse or database) your implementation will be easier. Of cource some not previously predicted correlation would be necessary to be done during the implementation, but if your organization let it to be all done into Zoho Analytics, it will take more time from your team.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tableau
    Today, if my shop is largely Microsoft-centric, I would be hard pressed to choose a product other than Power BI. Tableau was the visualization leader for years, but Microsoft has caught up with them in many areas, and surpassed them in some. Its ability to source, transform, and model data is superior to Tableau. Tableau still has the lead in some visualizations, but Power BI's rise is evidenced by its ever-increasing position in the leadership section of the Gartner Magic Quadrant.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Analytics has the best UI and user friendly to create reports and dashboard along with features like Zia Assistance that guide in creating reports and dashboard and also help in the forecasting of the data based on the past records.
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    Scalability
    Tableau
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    As far as I know, Zoho Analytics has been able to fulfill every need we've had for it. Our reports have gotten better and more detailed with pretty much every new issue of our magazine. It just keeps getting better, and we keep feeding it more data to digest and present to us.
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    Return on Investment
    Tableau
    • Tableau does take dedicated FTE to create and analyze the data. It's too complex (and powerful) a product not to have someone dedicated to developing with it.
    • There are some significant setup for the server product.
    • Once sever setup is complete, it's largely "fire and forget" until an update is necessary. The server update process is cumbersome.
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    Zoho
    • Analytics has been the foundation of my role. I manage 2000 accounts myself, so I need analytics to help me know whom to serve first.
    • Analytics provides a lot of visualization options that I need to serve my customers.
    • Analytics has excellent options for accountability with our training team to know where each account is in their customer journey.
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    ScreenShots

    Tableau Server Screenshots

    Screenshot of Tableau Server interface and administration view 1.Screenshot of Tableau Server interface and administration view 2.Screenshot of Tableau Server permissions view.Screenshot of Tableau Services Manager (TSM) view 1.Screenshot of Tableau Services Manager (TSM) view 2.

    Zoho Analytics Screenshots

    Screenshot of Zia Insights, which provides contextual intelligence with detailed diagnostics.Screenshot of where OpenAI's large language models (LLMs) are leveraged within Ask Zia to build complex queries, construct metrics and formulas, and discover public datasets.Screenshot of key metrics with KPI charts.Screenshot of streaming data, which is available for real-time insights. Users can process streams from Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, PubNub and APIs.Screenshot of reports accessed from iPad and Android tablets.Screenshot of custom machine learning models, available with a no-code assistant.