We performed a comparison between Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is easy."
"The SQL Server Reporting Services makes it very easy to get the data whenever we need it."
"I mainly use the solution for the ease of reporting and for executive dashboards."
"We were able to embed the report builder within our internal proprietary systems, improving our reporting capabilities."
"The solution's features are all just wrapped up in one nice easy package. I don't need a lot of toolsets to get everything I need done."
"In Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, the installation and configuration are easy."
"We get good support from Microsoft."
"The tool's valuable features are its drill-down feature, graphs, and charts."
"The product offers an intuitive user interface, detailed screens and widgets, and the absence of data limitations"
"Scheduled extract and the multiple connectors are fantastic!"
"We found Tableau has the quickest learning time out of the few other BI reporting tools that we have used."
"Tableau's initial setup was straightforward."
"The use of a storyboard helps the flow of the data visualisation."
"I like Tableau's heat maps and the storyboard. You can create data stories and tons of visuals with it, and it goes together really well. Tableau lets you manipulate the data in various ways."
"Tableau is easy to use and it has great predictive features."
"The most valuable feature is the drag and drop, then the simplicity to build dashboards which allows us to provide more usable data to our customers."
"In this solution, the cost should be reduced for the enterprise edition."
"It doesn't have quite the flexibility of a Tableau or something like that. Many users are more comfortable with Tableau and I'm not quite sure why that is right now, but it seems to be the case."
"It is not easy to integrate the product with other tools in the market."
"I would like the solution to add the scheduling feature for reports."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"Technical support is in minor need of improvement so that they can solve problems in a more timely manner."
"Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services needs to improve performance."
"We have had issues with the refresh interval since we have too many reports scheduled. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is also expensive."
"It will be good if the server, could be more stable, and I would like to have the technical service to be more reliable."
"There could be improvements on the mobile application, it is lacking features."
"The setup was easy but we are having some problems with the configuration that is taking a long time. We have done some initial tests and some of the delays could be from bandwidth issues. However, the whole installation process should be simplified."
"The customization requires a lot of effort and should be simplified. The performance could be better."
"Tableau is an end-to-end analytics platform, and it is doing a pretty good job in terms of connecting to the data and analyzing it. It can, however, do better in terms of data management and the ETL features, which are not on the advanced analytics or machine learning side. Tableau Prep is where users would want to see more advancements. They can improve Tableau Prep, which is an analytic platform tool for data cleansing. People who work with data spend most of their time curating the data. Cleaning up the data and getting it ready for analysis is what takes the most time. If Tableau can invest more time in improving the Tableau Prep platform, it would be great. Previously, Tableau didn't have the functionality for writing to a database. So, you couldn't really alter the database tables and write to your database, but they fixed that in one of the very recent releases. However, it isn't really advanced and should be improved."
"There should be more widgets that would help less trained individuals create charts with less difficulty."
"I would like them to include the Italian language, as I can see there are other foreign language in the product."
"The data processing in Tableau is pathetic compared to Qlik."
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 8th in Reporting with 15 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in Reporting with 293 reviews. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.6, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services writes "Offers useful templates but needs to improve the connectivity offered". 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". Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, TIBCO Jaspersoft, SAP Crystal Reports, Oracle OBIEE and IBM Cognos, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services vs. Tableau report.
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