Tableau Reviews

Pros

I like how powerful it is in creating dashboards that leverage very large datasets.

Cons

It can be a bit cumbersome for non-technical folks. In particular, I had a challenge connecting my data source (in a live sort of way) to my dashboard.

Pros

Tableau it's a powerful tool for data analysis and data visualizations. It provides powerful drill downs and calculations. Also, it can load data from a wide range of data sources (local files, SQL databases, Azure, etc).

Cons

The learning curve is quite steep. Also, it is rather difficult to embed Tableau dashboards into web pages and provide interactive action from the web page level; the Tableau.js library and support is slightly limited.

Pros

Great for Reporting, dashboard and KPI metrics.

Cons

user license cost is expensive compared to features.

Pros

Easy to use.
Industry standard.
Value for money.
Large community.
Recognised certificates.
A year free plan for Students and Instructors.
Can handle huge size of data.
Charts and Visualizations can be embedded on websites and other spftwares like power point.

Cons

Tableau prep is not as easy to use as MS Excel.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Excel

Reasons for Switching to Tableau

Tableau has many advanced features for data Visualizations and business intelligence. You can use free third party charts and extensions as well as the paid ones.

Pros

It was impressively easy to customize Tableau to fit our analytics needs and have it integrate to our working infrastructure. Tableau has very superior AI analytics that help us get in-depth analysis on our data to extract the most useful insights. It also easy to visualize the insights using easy to understand visual dashboards. The reporting function in Tableau allow us to document our insights for easier sharing and future referencing.

Cons

Everything about Tableau has been so on point so far. There has been nothing negative to report about it.

Pros

It's can be integrated with any database to provide useful insights.

Cons

Do nut chart not available like powerbi. Hard to connect with power app data.

Pros

A lot of customizations for data visualization

Cons

It can be slow to load and no company ive worked with seems to optimize dashboards

Pros

Easy to use and intuitive, making it accessible for beginners. It also offers fast connectivity and quick response times when working with databases.

Cons

Tableau has seen a decline in popularity compared to Power BI. While it remains a robust and capable software, its higher cost makes it less competitive.

Pros

It is a great tool for visualization and data analysis.

Cons

I haven't noticed anything wrong with it for now.

Pros

Connectivity to a live data source and ability to spot trends in informative dashboards

Cons

Tableau lacks robust version control features

Pros

Tableau provides a very intuitive data analytics workspace making it easy to surf through the data. It has super enhanced analytical functions with AI tools which help acquire very detailed and accurate insights from data. Tableau security features are very powerful and makes it possible to keep all data safe to avoid any data losses.

Cons

There could not be anything to dislike about Tableau, it has worked perfectly with no negative encounters.

Pros

With Tableau, it is easy and straightforward to collect, prepare, model and visualize data across multi-cloud and on-premise sources.

Cons

Unavailability of iOS and Android mobile apps is the only issue.

Pros

Tableau automates data catalog, preparation, modeling and visualization which saves time.

Cons

I use Tableau on a daily basis and I barely face challenges on my end.

Pros

Pro:
A) Data Visualisation Capabilities - great tool for data visualisation
B) self explanatory and intuitive
C) advanced tools provides
D) huge variety of visualisations can be created
E) ease of using large excel file and Combining them to use for visualisation
F) drag and drop features
G) story

Cons

Does not have much of cons but listing them as much as I know:
A) bit tricky when it come to work with date and time functions
B) some specific charts not available
C) cannot write sql queries directly into tableau
No statistical analysis possible
Sometime it is difficult to operate and navigate through calculated fields

Pros

Visualisation and ease of automized dashboard creation. It was simple to connect it to other tools and it connected and consolidated everything in one place.

Cons

The inputs had to be very exact in order for the outputs to be correct. Sometimes this made consolidation challenging. Uniformity was required across all inputs and sources.

Pros

Easy to use, nice design, elegant features

Cons

probably the price comparing to free PBI

Pros

What I like the most is the fact that tableau is able to generate almost any type of dashboard in order to analyze data in a very easy and interactive way. It gives freedom for the employee to not only analyze the data in given dashboards but also to create their own with their tech team. Which increases ways of seeing the data, analyzing and reporting.

Cons

Since its a considerable amount of data that I use in my case, sometimes tableau "laggs" a bit and it doesn´t load very quickly. I think that would be the only downside of tableau in my perspective.

Pros

Tableau has great functionality. 'Everything under one roof' I find myself enjoying Tableau each and every time i use it my work has become easier and I feel like my dashboards look crisp and professional.

Cons

Tableau desktop requires to be paid for and to be honest it's quite expensive. I'd recommend it to companies and not individuals unless you can afford it for personal use.

Pros

The reporting feels very accurate, which gives me confidence in our weekly/monthly/yearly results

Cons

It is very slow to load reports, especially when result is required as matter of urgency, and the lack of live data

Pros

It enable one to create interactive dashboards.

Cons

The free trial period is too short. This may inconvenience the analysis.

Pros

It is a great tool to organize data. It happens to help with gathering data and allowing us to really invent a great way to come through

Cons

it can be constructed in a more automated way

Pros

One of the best data visualization software out there. It can collect data from a variety of sources, and then create beautiful reports and dashboards out of it. Almost every data person I know swears by Tableau for its feature depth and functionality.

Cons

Learning curve can be steep for advanced functionality. Since tableau has existed for a long time, the UI hasn't improved very much.

Pros

The most impactful features are interactivity and dashboarding, data blending and integration and powerful visualization. IT is easy to use and has a very simple and easy-to-understand UI for a first-timer.

Cons

Native data manipulation is missing. Sometimes I would like to transform my data on the go and avoid spending time using other applications just for transformation purposes.

Pros

Tableau is one of the best data visualization tools out in the market, it allows you to produce highly customizable, appealing visualizations and dashboards. I have used plenty of data visualization tools, but Tableau takes the cake.

Cons

Nothing I can think of, Tableau is a great tool, very easy to use and share with teams

Pros

Tableau is easy to use, and makes data easy to compare year to year with charts. It takes so much of the manual work away! Being able to see figures for a specific area we recruit in and compare those figures year to year allows us to make more strategic decisions for travel, budget for mailers to those areas and help with overall decision making in next years recruitment cycle.

Cons

It was hard to use at first, but then after using it for some time it's easy!