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> Tableau is an integrated business intelligence (BI) and analytics solution that helps to analyze key business data and generate meaningful insights. The solution helps businesses to collect data from multiple source points such as SQL databases, spreadsheets, cloud apps, such as Google Analytics and Salesforce to create a collective dataset.&#10;&#10;Tableau's live visual analytics and interactive dashboard allow slicing \&amp; dicing datasets for generating relevant insights and exploring new opportunities. Users can create interactive maps and analyze data across regions, territories, demographics and more. Tableau helps to create a narrative story of the data analysis with interactive visualizations that can be shared with their audience.&#10;&#10;Tableau can be personalized to serve a number of industry verticals including banking, communication, education, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing and technology. The solution can be either installed on-premises or hosted on the cloud as a SaaS application. Users can also view and analyze data on their Android and iOS smartphones with Tableau Mobile app.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 2348 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 2348 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Salesforce
- **Location**: San Francisco, US
- **Founded**: 2003

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: USD 15.00
- **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: For Individuals&#10;&#10;Tableau Creator: $70 USD/user/month, billed annually&#10;&#10;For Teams \&amp; Organizations &#10;&#10;(On-premises or public cloud)&#10;Tableau Creator: $70 USD/user/month, billed annually&#10;Tableau Explorer: $35 USD/user/month, billed annually&#10;Tableau Viewer: $12 USD/user/month, billed annually | min. 100 Viewers required&#10;&#10;Fully hosted by Tableau&#10;&#10;Tableau Creator: $70 USD/user/month, billed annually&#10;Tableau Explorer: $42 USD/user/month, billed annually&#10;Tableau Viewer: $15 USD/user/month, billed annually | min. 100 Viewers required
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise)
- **Supported Languages**: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
- **Available Countries**: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, India, Ireland, Japan, Jersey, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and 3 more

## Features

- A/B Testing
- AI/Machine Learning
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Ad hoc Analysis
- Ad hoc Query
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Alerts/Escalation
- Alerts/Notifications
- Annotations
- Association Discovery
- Authentication
- Bayesian Analysis
- Behavioral Analytics
- Benchmarking
- Campaign Tracking
- Categorisation/Grouping
- Charting
- Collaboration Tools

## Integrations (25 total)

- Altair AI Studio
- Alteryx Designer
- Anaplan
- Attivio
- ClickTale
- CloverDX
- Datameer
- Google Analytics 360
- Google Sheets
- Infor OS
- Jedox
- Khoros Marketing
- Kognitio
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft SQL Server

... and 10 more integrations

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Business Intelligence (BI) Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4336/bi/software)

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## Alternatives

1. [Microsoft Power BI](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/23530/microsoft-power-bi) — 4.6/5 (1870 reviews)
2. [Google Analytics 360](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/137155/google-analytics) — 4.7/5 (8089 reviews)
3. [MATLAB](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/264043/matlab) — 4.6/5 (2090 reviews)
4. [Google Charts](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/180388/google-charts) — 4.6/5 (740 reviews)
5. [Looker](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/140986/looker) — 4.5/5 (282 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Great visualization tool" — 5.0/5

> **Radek** | *20 March 2026* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Great options for data visualization, interactive Dashboards. Generating is fast once you get familiar with the process.
> 
> **Cons**: Guide for beginners could simplified. Currently there are too many options, which can be misleading.

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### "Tableau Review" — 5.0/5

> **Camille** | *19 February 2025* | Executive Office | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I love how user friendly it is. This is also my favorite software I've used for visualizing data.
> 
> **Cons**: I would've appreciated a tutorial on how to use Tableau when I first got it. There's a lot of features I would have loved to know about sooner\!
> 
> Very positive. This is a great software for data viz\!

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### "Impressive business intelligence visualization platform" — 5.0/5

> **Anonymous User** | *19 March 2026* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I really appreciate the ease of analyzing large amounts of data, identify trends and how easy it is to quickly compile clear and concise reports without requiring programming experience.
> 
> **Cons**: Concern regarding requiring the use of a VPN is still a challenge. It slowed the connection a few times and created a performance bottleneck.
> 
> I continue to be impressed with Tableau's various functions. You can easily transform complicated spreadsheets into easy-to-read graphs or charts.&#10;Conducive to data-driven decision-making for all stakeholders within an organization across various departments.

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### "My experience with Tableau" — 5.0/5

> **Brian** | *15 January 2026* | Computer Networking | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Tableau excels at visual storytelling, helping teams uncover insights, track performance, and make data-driven decisions efficiently.
> 
> **Cons**: The thing I like least about Tableau is that it can become slow with very large datasets, and mastering some of its advanced features requires a bit of a learning curve.
> 
> Overall I believe it's a great tool and great at visualizing data and helping teams understand insights at a much deeper level. Highly recommend.

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### "Tableau Experience" — 5.0/5

> **Amber** | *16 October 2025* | Business Supplies & Equipment | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Tableau was a product my organization implemented years ago that we utilize within our day to day workflow. We use this software to track out orders, create reports to analyze our purchasing usage, and create dashboards.
> 
> **Cons**: Now I am used to it, but I found in the beginning it was hard to navigate the setup of site. When we onboard new users I see them struggling as well when trying to learn all the features. It also has a high cost.
> 
> Tableau has great reporting functionality and is super helpful when needing to review certain data or trends within your organization. The dashboard is completely customizable, which I find myself using in meetings and presentations.

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