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Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M

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Re: Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M

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Post by tensor »

ineedasername wrote: post #2

Not really a threat. this article is mostly about Looker, which is a very different product with a significantly higher entry level price tag. Tableau on the other hand is part of the curriculum in many information science programs in colleges, and is significantly embedded in the enterprise sector. it will take significant stagnation on Tableua's part or a black swan type of event to dislodge them any time soon.

We're going through the process of getting a BI solution. There are many players and Tableau doesn't fair well against them. I can see them holding on to existing customers because switching is hard, but they absolutely have a lot of competition for new sales.

Re: Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M

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Post by sailfast »

mwexler wrote: post #10

This is another "Forbes Contributor" post. This means that it's just a blog post, though, admittedly, Cohan is a smart guy. Does anyone else think Forbes should do more to separate volunteer content from editorially directed and reviewed journalistic content? Or is this just a moot point since folks don't trust "Forbes" as a brand? It feels like, to me, someone saying "I went to Stanford" in a conversation because th…

I typically ignore things on Forbes for this reason. In this case, Mr. Cohan works in venture capital for SoFi (according to his Twitter bio) and it's not immediately clear if he has a stake in any of these companies or why he's taking a shot at Tableau other than for the clickbait. It would be nice to know whether his current employer has any material stake in either company before reading. I understand he is also a business school professor but I would expect a disclaimer for an article like this.

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Post by zhobbs »

mwexler wrote: post #10

This is another "Forbes Contributor" post. This means that it's just a blog post, though, admittedly, Cohan is a smart guy. Does anyone else think Forbes should do more to separate volunteer content from editorially directed and reviewed journalistic content? Or is this just a moot point since folks don't trust "Forbes" as a brand? It feels like, to me, someone saying "I went to Stanford" in a conversation because th…

There is a really big metric on their dashboard, "Pageviews", and this is a best of all worlds solution (cheaper, more content, diverse content, diverse authors promoting their content, forbes.com SEO juice, etc).

Re: Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M

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Post by johnatwork »

mwexler wrote: post #10

This is another "Forbes Contributor" post. This means that it's just a blog post, though, admittedly, Cohan is a smart guy. Does anyone else think Forbes should do more to separate volunteer content from editorially directed and reviewed journalistic content? Or is this just a moot point since folks don't trust "Forbes" as a brand? It feels like, to me, someone saying "I went to Stanford" in a conversation because th…

Yeah I tend to ignore Contributor "articles" such as these, they are so one sided, and seem more like an ad than anything else.

Re: Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M

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Post by zhobbs »

ineedasername wrote: post #2

Not really a threat. this article is mostly about Looker, which is a very different product with a significantly higher entry level price tag. Tableau on the other hand is part of the curriculum in many information science programs in colleges, and is significantly embedded in the enterprise sector. it will take significant stagnation on Tableua's part or a black swan type of event to dislodge them any time soon.

"it will take significant stagnation on Tableua's part"

As a former customer of Tableau, it feels like this has already happened right? I worked at a company where many teams used it, and there were zero defenders of Tableua when it came time to decide whether to renew...it's a mess, especially on Mac.

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Post by georgewfraser »

My company shares a lot of customers with Looker, and from my point of view there’s a couple reasons why they’re so successful.

First, Looker has two layers. The dashboard layer gives you tables, charts and filters. The explore layer allows you to go in and build your own pivot tables off the same underlying models. No other BI tool has built an explore layer that’s as successful in practice as Looker’s.

Second, the underlying model of both layers is written in code and under version control. This probably makes sense to most HN readers but in the BI world this is very contrarian. If you ask most business users who make BI purchasing decisions, version control and pull requests are the last thing they’ll ask for. But it turns out it’s exactly what you need to maintain a complex BI deployment.

Re: Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M

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Post by stevecalifornia »

mwexler wrote: post #10

This is another "Forbes Contributor" post. This means that it's just a blog post, though, admittedly, Cohan is a smart guy. Does anyone else think Forbes should do more to separate volunteer content from editorially directed and reviewed journalistic content? Or is this just a moot point since folks don't trust "Forbes" as a brand? It feels like, to me, someone saying "I went to Stanford" in a conversation because th…

Forbes is cashing in their brand name, built over a long period of time, for quick wins. It's sad that they don't value their legacy.
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