{"id":10364,"date":"2021-03-19T11:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T03:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/?p=10364"},"modified":"2021-05-27T21:15:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:15:14","slug":"power-bi-vs-tableau-comparison-of-self-service-bi-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/power-bi-vs-tableau-comparison-of-self-service-bi-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Power BI vs. Tableau Comparison of Self-Service BI Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t waste time searching the internet and check the most important differences between Power BI Desktop and Tableau products. In this blog post, we discuss the most important aspects that will allow you to decide which product is better suited to the needs of your organization.<\/p>\n

Today we will talk about two products that are currently popular when it comes to Business Intelligence, i.e. Power BI Desktop and Tableau. These are the two most popular programs right now, and we’d like to talk about which one and why should you choose. The first thing we will say is the list of what this presentation contains. This is a list of the advantages and disadvantages of these two applications<\/a>, there are strengths and weaknesses of both of these programs. We will not choose a better product here, but we will only check which one is better suited to our needs. At the end of each stage discussed, we will list the 3 to4 key elements and identify the winner among these three, four key elements. We begin.<\/p>\n

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Where These Products Are Located In Your Organization?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To begin with, we would like to find out where these products, i.e. Tableau and Power BI Desktop, are used in our organization – so we have to look at the very center of our organization where we have Business Intelligence, Analytical, and Reporting Tools, we have Big Data or even Presentation and Graphics. Also, these two tools support a lot of processes in the company and of course, we must say that it is a crucial application, both when it comes to business decisions or any analytical decisions. If we will look at the position of these two programs on the Gartner chart, as we can see both Tableau and the Microsoft product, i.e. Power BI Desktop are absolute leaders, leaving other products far behind, this is why we decided to compare the two solutions.<\/p>\n

To compare both the tools, we will consider what their integration with other systems looks like, i.e. how easy it is to import, export, and how to easily combine it with the already existing elements in the organization. Or maybe, how frequent the updates are and what they bring new, what language they can support which product will be easier to do with it, data of data imports and of course the costs.<\/p>\n

Integration With Other Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning with the integration of Power BI and Tableau with other systems, both of these programs have great possibilities of connecting to many sources. Here, in Power BI Desktop, the Power Query tool that is already built-in, which is used to transform data, deserves attention, which, unfortunately, in the case of Tableau is a separate product and additionally payable. There is only a small element of data improvement in Tableau, but it does not equal either the Tableau Preb or the Power Query built into the Desktop. Power BI Desktop is developing extremely fast in terms of the number of sources from which you can draw – literally from update to update, the list is extremely long for us. Also, of course, we have full integration with Office 365, it is, after all, a product from the same banner. Tableau already has a lot of these connections, so if you do not see such a huge increase, while both tools allow you to connect to a multitude of data sources. In such summary – if we work with low-quality data, BI Desktop has a plus, because it has a built-in service tool when it comes to things like connecting to SalesForce<\/a> or Google Analytics, it will also be a little easier on the Desktop. However, large data sources are assumed to be easier and more pleasant to handle in Tableau.<\/p>\n

Updates & Environment <\/strong><\/p>\n

The second element we will talk about is updates and the environment. BI Desktop is a very dynamically developing product so these updates are frequent. Most often monthly. However, the paid users in the Pro version have the most and the most help; there is a small, but very, very active group of enthusiasts, Microsoft cares about their problems, although it is quite a fresh product. In the case of Tableau, these updates are less frequent; usually, twice a year, although that may also change. It is a very mature product, it has been on the market for a long time and has a very developed help and also a huge crowd of enthusiasts around the world, so it’s much easier to learn about it. If you were to look at these key aspects, if we want to support, if we want a large society associated with this product, Tableau is a better choice. If we like new products, greater possibilities, because BI Desktop is developing very, very dynamically, so potentially there may be more of these options, here Desktop, however, takes the lead. Of course, Tableau gives this certainty and stability to this environment, so in this respect, it is definitely in the lead.<\/p>\n

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