Tableau desktop has a rich feature set and allows you to design and customise reports, charts and visualisations and blend them all together to form a dashboard.

This makes it extremely easy for users to analyse their data by using colours, labels and shapes all coupled with interactive drill-down functionality to explore on a granular level.

By making use of pioneering “what if” queries you can adjust data hypothetically and compare with real-time data on the fly. Being specifically designed for users with no coding experience or advanced skills such as data science, it’s a great fit for business users, executives and technology alike.

Working in tandem with Alteryx your business is able to repeatedly pull data from anywhere and visualise it in any way.

Fully hosted in Tableau maintained cloud server, outside of your business’s firewall. Very quick start-up time.

No need to configure servers, manage software updates or scale. Data not hosted on-site.

Invite colleagues or customers to view dashboards and visualisations

Authenticates users through Tableau ID (email address and password), not integrated with existing IT security groups.

No guest access, all users must be authenticated via email/password.

Supports mobile app to allow users to access dashboards via their mobile phones

Integrates directly with Alteryx.

You install the software and maintain systems on your own hardware inside your businesses firewall. Slower start up time.

Manage server hardware and software updates yourself.

Greater control of security policies and authentication.

Data hosted on-site.

Can be configured for local authentication with Active Directory integration making use of existing IT security groups.

Provides core licensing option which allows for guest access.