We performed a comparison between Informatica PowerCenter and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Visualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability to scale through partitions helped us to improve the performance."
"We have found the PowerCenter and B2B data transformation most valuable."
"It is very comprehensive in terms of connector and transformation capabilities from both a source and target perspective."
"The solution is stable."
"It's a very powerful tool you can use to load data, get data, do the drawing between the tables, and put into the packet in a very fast way."
"Informatica PowerCenter has good user feedback. The developers can easily make mappings in the solution."
"I like the automated scheduling feature."
"It provides monitoring and we can therefore be aware of what is happening when we are handling jobs."
"The most valuable features are the visualizations, the way they show the combination charts."
"It is an excellent tool for data capture, processing, and visualization."
"Tableau Prep tool for data preparation is a most valuable tool."
"Tableau is easy to use compared to some other solutions, such as Excel."
"I believe one of the most valuable features of the solution is trend analysis."
"Tableau has many good features. It is user-friendly, has a simple-to-use interface, and has a customizable dashboard."
"It is a very stable product. It doesn't break."
"The solution helps users create dashboards and analyze data without relying on IT or product teams."
"Informatica PowerCenter could improve the data threshold for large sets of data. Additionally, they should add real-time integration."
"Support could be better."
"It would be nice to have all tools in one place. CDC needs more effort, as it's only easy to develop if you are familiar with Linux."
"I found it is kind of weird that not all of the mapping changes are treated as true changes."
"The reputation of Informatica is that it is expensive."
"Informatica, in my opinion, is very rigid and not very flexible, whereas platforms like Alteryx or Matillion are very flexible and agile."
"Integration with Artificial Intelligence would benefit this solution."
"Integrating new tools can be tricky and challenging."
"The charts in Tableau are quite limited."
"The solution needs to improve its integration capabilities."
"In the next release, there should be more information describing each chart because users have a difficult time telling them apart. They should also include the animations/videos, similar to Power BI."
"The process of embedding the dashboards on external portals and websites could be improved."
"The data processing in Tableau is pathetic compared to Qlik."
"I have noticed that Tableau is not very compatible with ClickHouse. There's no direct connection to ClickHouse; you have to set up an ODBC connection."
"Lacks machine learning algorithms that you can implement using R, SPSS Modeler, and Python."
"The performance could be better."
Informatica PowerCenter is ranked 5th in Data Visualization with 78 reviews while Tableau is ranked 1st in Data Visualization with 293 reviews. Informatica PowerCenter is rated 8.0, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Informatica PowerCenter writes "Stable, provides good support, and integrating it with other systems is very fast, but its pricing is expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tableau writes "Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time". Informatica PowerCenter is most compared with Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Databricks and StreamSets, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our Informatica PowerCenter vs. Tableau report.
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