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Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by phonon » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 2:00 AM UTC

mynameismonkey wrote: post #14

phonon wrote: post #11

https://quicksight.aws/ ?

Trying not to be totally locked in to AWS, although that's where we are for Redshift so it may be much simpler, but heck if I can get their page to work. These auto scrolling pages... I can get to two sections of their page but the rest doesn't work or auto scrolls past where I want to look. I could CTRL A and paste into something else to read it, but man that's annoying to work with. Thanks for the link, I'll circle…

It's super cheap--worth a look. The useful links are

https://quicksight.aws/resources/

You can connect directly to Redshift.

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by scapecast » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 3:28 AM UTC

so I hear a few things from you, also based on your comments in the thread so far. You're using Redshift as your DW, and you want to:

- find a (cheap) alternative to Tableau for data viz

- allow basic self-service analytics for your team

- embed charts into applications

- provide a professional growth platform for data engineers

It sounds a bit like you're trying to build what the folks at Clearbit covered in a blog post:

http://blog.clearbit.com/enterprise-grade-analytics-for-star...

Some suggestions (a few of these tools have been mentioned already):

Data viz:

- Metabase

- AirBnB's Superset http://airbnb.io/projects/superset/

those two are open source products; not that the PM on superset used to work at Tableau... just sayin'...

for data viz & embedding charts:

- Mode Analytics

- Looker

- Periscope Data

- grow.com

- reflect.io (highly recommended, built just for that purpose, but I think they want $60K / year too...)

shoot me a note at lars at intermix dot io - we have a spreadsheet with all the data viz tools out there, a list of some 40+ tools....

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by mynameismonkey » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 11:42 AM UTC

aceregen wrote: post #20

How did that happen? Wasn't their pricing for viewer accounts from their website at $35/viewer/mth?

I spent an hour on the phone with them yesterday, there are no viewer accounts. Basically I have Server, but it needs a named license to view. Named licenses are 1k down, $200 per year. To get a viewer account or to embed the content elsewhere for viewing I need a different kind of Tableau Server (core-based), of which there is no mention on the sales or pricing pages, but it starts at 72k/yr (non-profit pricing).

My completely misguided understanding was that I would pay for Desktop for the analysts, and Server was where folks could view the stuff. I was wrong. So everyone is now double-licensed, Desktop to do their work, Server to publish their work, and no-one but the very same analysts can actually look at the dashboards unless I add $1k licenses for everyone who needs to see data.

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by nagarajs » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 5:08 PM UTC

Using Power BI you can offer BI with rich visualization, mobile enabled with ability to connecf to multiple data sources, enrich your data with 3rd party data, provide row level security and publish the same on pbi.com. Cost USD9.99 per user. We can do embeded analytics, on prem bi, integrate powerbi to your SSRS comes available with ylu sqlserver EA. Need help reach out to us nagarajs@orioninc.com phone 7324220084. Orion systems integrators microsoft Gold Application Development, silver cloud platform, silver data analytics

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by nagarajs » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 5:09 PM UTC

Using Power BI you can offer BI with rich visualization, mobile enabled with ability to connecf to multiple data sources, enrich your data with 3rd party data, provide row level security and publish the same on pbi.com. Cost USD9.99 per user. We can do embeded analytics, on prem bi, integrate powerbi to your SSRS comes available with ylu sqlserver EA. Need help reach out to us nagarajs@orioninc.com phone 7324220084. Orion systems integrators microsoft Gold Application Development, silver cloud platform, silver data analytics

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by Habesha » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

Give Microsoft Power BI a shot. It has a free desktop tool to explore your data quickly, author reports,visualizations and Models and publish them to powerBI service. But you can also leverage Power BI embedded or Power BI as a service to share your reports. an on-premises version is also introduced recently. Research the licensing carefully. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/

There is a free course on edx Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI https://www.edx.org/course/analyzing-visualizing-data-power-...

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by officefapper » Thu, Aug 17, 2017, 6:53 PM UTC

I'm a fan of Kibana

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by aceregen » Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 5:55 AM UTC

mynameismonkey wrote: post #23

aceregen wrote: post #20

How did that happen? Wasn't their pricing for viewer accounts from their website at $35/viewer/mth?

I spent an hour on the phone with them yesterday, there are no viewer accounts. Basically I have Server, but it needs a named license to view. Named licenses are 1k down, $200 per year. To get a viewer account or to embed the content elsewhere for viewing I need a different kind of Tableau Server (core-based), of which there is no mention on the sales or pricing pages, but it starts at 72k/yr (non-profit pricing). My…

Hmm, the $1000/$200 was their old pricing.

How did they explain the difference between your pricing and what's on their website that says Tableau server is priced for $35/user?

https://www.tableau.com/pricing

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by tixocloud » Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 2:18 PM UTC

mynameismonkey wrote: post #23

aceregen wrote: post #20

How did that happen? Wasn't their pricing for viewer accounts from their website at $35/viewer/mth?

I spent an hour on the phone with them yesterday, there are no viewer accounts. Basically I have Server, but it needs a named license to view. Named licenses are 1k down, $200 per year. To get a viewer account or to embed the content elsewhere for viewing I need a different kind of Tableau Server (core-based), of which there is no mention on the sales or pricing pages, but it starts at 72k/yr (non-profit pricing). My…

I feel your pain. We're running into that issue and it just absolutely blows my mind why they have this pricing model in place especially when all people care about is data - be it on Tableau Server or through email.

Re: Alternatives to Tableau?

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Post by TumbleRoad » Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 6:18 PM UTC

Yikes. I have a lot of my clients who are using Tableau, now moving to Power BI. PBI's got all the functionality in one product so no integration issues. It's cheaper than Tableau but cost is only part of the equation. It's the ability to connect to older on-premises systems like SharePoint 2010 is huge for many that aren't in the cloud or are hybrid. Also, the integration with Microsoft Flow is very attractive. You can kick off Flows from Power BI automatically, when a metric crosses a threshold, making BI self-escalating. I think it's easier to learn Power BI if you know Tableau as well. Lastly, Power BI Mobile is included and is the fastest growing area of use. Executives want everything on their phones and Apple watches. Hope this helps.