Tableau Server Reviews & Pricing

Key Features

• Data Connectivity: Users can connect to data sources both on-premises or in the cloud, including enterprise sources like Cloudera, Oracle, AWS Redshift, Teradata, SQL Server and hundreds more via web data connectors and APIs. They can publish and share data sources as live connections or encrypted extracts. 
• Data Visualizations: Users can create data visualizations with ease. They can drag and drop data points into dashboards through a smooth, intuitive user interface. 
• Natural Language Processing: Through the Ask Data function, users can build data visualizations quickly by asking questions in natural language. The system will automatically generate graphics that answer those questions and then users can customize and adjust the visualizations to their needs.
• Explore Data: Interacting with data, in ways such as highlighting or filtering, lets users look at it in new ways and uncover trends and insights by digging deeper and exploring for themselves.
• Publish and Share Securely: Users can publish and share the custom views created in the Desktop version to the web. Others can view these dashboards through Tableau Server’s web interface, embed them on external websites, or share links to them via email. Permissions settings ensure that data access remains secure every step of the way.
• Collaboration Tools: Users can comment on insights and engage colleagues and other users in conversation with @mention tagging and interactive snapshots.
• Alerts: Users can elect to receive regular notifications in their e-mail inbox that update them on the views or workbooks that they subscribe to, via link or PDF snapshots. They can also choose to be alerted when data reaches certain defined thresholds. On Tableau Server, administrators can set the frequency that the system refreshes and checks alerts.
• Role-Based Permissions: Server Administrators can monitor and maintain security as well as install, configure and upgrade the system. They can also manage access to individual dashboards or their server as a whole through role-based permissions that ensure users can only interact with dashboards that they have been cleared to access. 
• Data Governance: Tableau Server grants users the peace of mind that all data remains governed, secure and accurate. With Tableau, metadata exists at the workbook level and allows for flexibility in working with enterprise data. Tableau Server validates and enriches data from the source and protects it via authentication protocols, row-level security, encryption and more. Tableau Catalog, available through the data management add-on, provides additional data governance by automatically indexing all Tableau content, gathering metadata and enabling users to quickly find the data they’re looking for, trace the source of data and understand the data that powers their visualizations.
• Customization: Administrators can customize web pages for their company or group with options that change the server name, logos, language, custom fonts, notes, messages and more, that appear to users. 
• Monitor Server Performance: Through email alerts and admin views, Tableau Server allows users to see the status of all running server processes and receive notifications if any processes fail. This helps users see exactly why tasks fail, take action and prevent future failures. The platform tracks load times and space utilization to help administrators understand usage patterns and manage capacity to improve performance.
• Multi-Tenancy: Through Tableau Sites, Tableau Server supports multi-tenancy by allowing administrators to create sites for multiple sets of users and content and manage content on a per-site basis. Each site with its own URL provides users a private workspace where they can publish workbooks and collaborate with colleagues. 
• Content Migration: The content migration tool helps users copy or migrate content between Tableau Server projects or installations. 
• Workload Management: Through node roles, users can configure where certain kinds of workloads are processed, allowing them to dedicate resources to specific workloads
• Developer Resources: Developers can extend the capabilities of Tableau with resources from the Developer Portal, including a suite of APIs, data connectors, documentation and examples, as well as discussions on the Tableau developer community forums.
• Mobile App: Tableau has an app with native mobile support for iOS and Android systems, optimized for touch. Through this app, users get a personalized view of the data stored on their organization’s Tableau site and see the KPIs that matter most to them first. Users can stay connected on-the-go and even in the air with offline sync. 

Limitations

• Slow start-up and processing speed, especially in loading large data sets and reports
• Can be expensive, not suitable for businesses with smaller budgets
• Server upgrade process is manual and can be cumbersome

Suite Support

Top Competitors

• QlikView
• Microsoft Power BI
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Cost of Ownership

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