We performed a comparison between ibi WebFOCUS 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."The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."
"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"It’s good for quick visualization and being able to quickly consume unstructured data to play around with."
"It's easy to use."
"Easy for beginners to use"
"The solution has a lot of customization when comparing to Microsoft BI."
"The best thing I like about Tableau is that you don't have to go for creating; it is calculated free."
"The most valuable features are the visualizations, the way they show the combination charts."
"There is a lot of APIs available, which means that Tableau can be customized to a large extent."
"The most important feature is the tool is very easy to use. This makes it simple to introduce it to CxOs. After a rapid demo, they are usual impressed by the results shown, because it has such a rare simplicity."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."
"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"Tableau is difficult to scale because of the cost, which makes it difficult to scale."
"There could be improvements on the mobile application, it is lacking features."
"If I have to develop any, for example, pie charts, I can develop them just fine. However, if I have to develop a donut chart, that I cannot do it in a simple way. There are tricks that I need to use if I have to design a donut chart. It should be more flexible and provide more visualization options."
"The pricing is a bit higher than the competition. They'll need to lower it to stay competitive."
"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 development part should be better. We are putting a lot of effort in during development, so if we face any struggles, we have to find workaround solutions on the internet."
"Licensing and pricing options could be made better so that more users would be able to use it."
"Lacks machine learning algorithms that you can implement using R, SPSS Modeler, and Python."
ibi WebFOCUS is ranked 10th in Embedded BI with 18 reviews while Tableau is ranked 1st in Embedded BI with 293 reviews. ibi WebFOCUS is rated 8.8, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of ibi WebFOCUS writes "A flexible mainframe product with unique file features and a rock solid scheduling feature". 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". ibi WebFOCUS is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Databricks and Amazon QuickSight, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Domo, Amazon QuickSight, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our Tableau vs. ibi WebFOCUS report.
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