Evaluation of Tableau

Strengths:

• The greatest strength of Tableau is its speed with which it analyzes hundreds of millions of rows and gives the required answers in seconds. This quality comes in very handy when fast business decisions need to be taken
• Another strength of Tableau is that it is very easy to use. It’s just basic drag and drop. One can start using Tableau even with no prior programming experience. With just basic MS Excel skills one can easily learn Tableau.
• The Dashboard of Tableau is very interactive and gives dynamic results. Rich visualizations can be created very easily.

Weakness:

• Tableau Software is an easy to use BI application, but still not a platform for developing analytic applications that can be broadly shared.
• Tableau Software allows users to only analyze what has happened. And, Tableau Software does not have any statistical or predictive capabilities (they do not support SAS, S+, R, ect. like Spotfire does). Therefore users cannot model or project the best cross-selling or up selling opportunities.
• Due to its not open-source based nature and market commodity, Tableau Software cannot be customized or integrated with other applications.