We performed a comparison between Sisense and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Embedded BI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We like that this solution allows us to use data cubes to set up specific visualizations."
"This solution is easy to learn how to use."
"No issues with stability. It is a very stable solution."
"There are many built-in connectors, which allow us to easily add new sources of data, often in minutes."
"The best part about this solution is how easy it is to mash up the data from many sources. Sisense is fast compared to other solutions."
"Support is very responsive and clearly one of the strengths of Sisense. I have always received a fast response and the staff is very helpful."
"ElastiCube Manager is a very easy to use ETL tool, which includes the ability to easily transform raw data into reusable data."
"Sisense has helped us gain knowledge about our customers, as well as highlighting data quality issues to correct."
"Although Tableau isn't the best for us when it comes to processing and working on live data, it is very good at extracting data for analysis."
"Data Interpreter: Which can identify issues or potential errors with your imported data."
"The solution deployment was straightforward."
"This solution has improved insights into quantitative data."
"Analysis is now more visual than in the past."
"It has made the reporting stage simple and enabled us to focus mainly on the ETL part"
"There is a lot of APIs available, which means that Tableau can be customized to a large extent."
"Good data flow and management."
"I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums."
"This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution."
"The solution's setup process could be easier."
"I would like Sisense to improve its performance, particularly when we are dealing with large-scale data."
"The administrative side of Sisense is a little cumbersome and confusing."
"The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release."
"At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed."
"They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."
"If they could add global filters in the stories, more chart types, and default colours, it would help."
"We need big servers to perform the operations that we are doing. They should probably relook at its architecture."
"Tableau is a company that does not respect partners."
"Its integration with Microsoft products such as Teams should be improved."
"Licensing and pricing options could be made better so that more users would be able to use it."
"I take a long time to process the hundreds of thousands or millions of records that must be processed every day."
"It should have more integration with different tools and technologies. Its licensing cost should also be improved."
"To be the best in the market, Tableau has to improve its user interface and also look into developing implementing the best machine learning algorithms."
Sisense is ranked 9th in Embedded BI with 39 reviews while Tableau is ranked 1st in Embedded BI with 292 reviews. Sisense is rated 8.8, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Sisense writes "Business intelligence solution that has improved automation and provided meaningful insights". 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". Sisense is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Apache Superset, Qlik Sense, Amazon QuickSight and QlikView, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our Sisense vs. Tableau report.
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I was in the same boat. Sisense said if you have any single table of more than half a billion rows, its big data and costs are 25k plus for server version. Though Sisense said they would offer discount later, I was put of by their price for 10 licenses. Tableau scored better when we try to weight average the features for our requirements.
Dear Peter,
Your analysis is so ever helpful. The imaginary TCO as broken down is quite helpful too. Will definitely incorporate your insights into my final analysis.
Thank you.
I work with a competing product, QlikView, but the rules are similar. Tableau and QlikView are 1 and 2 respectively in the Gartner Leadership quadrant and are similar in design, hence my answering specific issues as follows:
Licensing costs are normally your outright purchase plus 20% for annual maintenance, and then 20% of the purchase price going forward. There should be nothing "hidden" in the licensing costs.
Where you do have the potential to have cost creep is with the models required. It is obviously not feasible to put all information for all areas of a company in a single model, so what you might find is that as the product gains traction in the organisation, more models are required. to use an example:
You buy a Small Business edition with 10 license at $20,000 incl 1st year maintenance. Year two will cost you $4,000 assuming no price increase.
You have one model created at $8,000. Then you need a 2nd, third, and 4th to cater for different needs. All of a sudden you have spent R20,000 on the licenses and $32,000 on models. There is some backwards compatibility with new versions, but assume maintenance on those models of $2,000 per model in say year three. Year three then costs you $4,000 annual maintenance plus $8,000 model maintenance.
Next scenario, the data source - lets say an ERP or Accounting system, releases a major upgrade. fields are changed, and you need to do changes on all your models another = $8,000. the key then is to try to ensure you align both source and BI software upgrades to minimise costs.
Obviously each implementation is different, and these numbers tend towards a worst case scenario, but have occurred with many companies.
My final thought though is you mustn't be focused solely on the costs. You are using BI because it adds value to the business either through increased profit margins or reduced costs - either of which should cover the BI costs many times over.
We are using Tableau and satisfying our more than 250 clients. Its easy to handle & strong product in the manner of BI.
Regarding Tableau
There are 2 versions of the software Desktop and Server
The Desktop version may be licensed in Europe at 1600 euro per seat and the server has an initial cost of 6250 euro for 10 seats , after the initial 10 seats the server licences are 625 euro per seat
Desktop provides a full blown analysis and design and visualisation capability for analysts
Server provides report and dashboard scheduling and distribution capabilities and allows visualisations created in desktop to be shared in a web portal.
Most organisations require both types of licence and to understand the best fit for your organisation means that you should understand the needs of your business and analytical users.
You can obtain a trial licence for 14 days form the tableau website that will enable you to evaluate the capabilities of the product.
Regarding training, lots of online training resources are available on the tableau website and it is a very intuitive tool and so IU would highly recommend hat you give it a try before you buy.
I hope that this helps
Kind Regards
Andrew McSwiggan
I'm in the middle of a Tableau implementation going from desktop to server. It's a great product and our team went through a review of several products for about 8 months before deciding on this one. Very easy to install and use. We conducted an end-user test with one of our managers who is not very tech savvy. With outlined tasks he was able to complete all tasks in independent visuals with limited support in about 20 minutes. In 10 additional minutes was able to gather those visuals into a dynamic dashboard. The R site integration was perfect for our I/O analysts to conduct predictive analysis. If the start up company ends up moving this from desktop to server the costs are low in comparison to the other options out there. No signs of upcharging and costs are spelled out clearly in their quotes. Good luck with your selection process!
I forgot to mention-
Tableau Desktop Installs by clicking setup.exe - very easy and fast. To show your already made visualization you can use Tableau Reader - it is free of charge - www.tableausoftware.com
To publish your visualization you can use Tableau Server ($999 per user, but at first you should buy license for 10 user min) or Tableau Online - it is cloud service by Tableau - $500 per year per user.
Hi, Tableau Desktop - $1999. You can use one license key for two PCs. Your PCs, I think, should have 4 CPU and 8 Gb ROM for feeling you comfortable during working with Tableau Desktop. About trainings - a lot of free online training sessions. Also they have online trainings from $200 to $600 depends on level (you will get a certificate:)). Classroom - $1390 - www.tableausoftware.com