0Power BI vs Tableau
Tableau is considered as one of the leading tools in the BI market. Power BI is considered as an emerging tool in close competition with Tableau because of its backend data manipulation features and connectivity with the list of data sources. Tableau is one of the best data visualization tools in the market and is used by medium and large enterprises. Power BI is closely integrated with Office 365 suite, and hence it is compatible other sources such as SharePoint.
| Feature | Tableau | Power BI |
|---|---|---|
| Data Visualization | Tableau provides strong data visualization and is one of the main data visualization tool in the market. | Power BI provides a strong backend data manipulation feature with access to simple visualizations. |
| Size of Dataset | Tableau can connect much larger datasets as compared to Power BI. | Power BI has a limit of 1GB data in free version. |
| Data Sources | Tableau covers a vast range of data sources to connect with for data visualization. In Tableau, you select the dataset first and visualizations are used on the fly. | Power BI covers most of the data sources available in Tableau. It is closely integrated with Office 365, hence provides connectivity to SharePoint. Power BI online version also supports direct visualization on Search Engine, though, only Bling is supported at this point. |
| Costing | Tableau is expensive as compared to Power BI but still under budget for small and medium enterprise. | Power BI provides a free version with 1GB limit on dataset. Power BI Pro is also a cheaper solution when compared with any other BI tool. |
| License and Pricing | Tableau Desktop Profession: USD70/user/month and it can connect to hundreds of data sources. Tableau Desktop Personal: USD35/user/month and it can connect to data sources such as Google Sheets and Excel files. Tableau Server: Minimum 10 users with the cost of USD35/user/month Tableau Online with private cloud: USD 42/user/month | Power BI: Free 1 GB storage 10k rows/hour data streaming Power BI Pro: USD9.99/user/month 10 GB storage 1 million rows/hour |
| Implementation | Tableau provides different implementation types as per organizational needs panning from few hours to few weeks. | Power BI uses cloud storage and includes simple implementation process. |
