Tableau Desktop Overview

Tableau Desktop connects, analyzes, and visualizes data for quick insights. It forms part of a comprehensive business intelligence solution with other Tableau products.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Funnel Analysis, Competitive Intelligence, Communication Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Tableau Desktop.

Other use cases:

  • Social Media Management
  • Engagement Management
  • Collaboration
  • Forecasting
  • Lead Analytics
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Workflow Management
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Business Priorities

Scale Best Practices and Enhance Customer Relationships are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Tableau Desktop.

Other priorities:

  • Acquire Customers
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve ROI
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Launch New Products
  • Grow Market Share
  • Manage Risk
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Increase Customer Life Time Value
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Improve Visibility
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Improve Consistency
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Improve Navigation
  • Shorten Ramp Up Time
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Tableau Desktop Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Tableau Desktop's features include Dashboard, Calculator, Personalization, etc. and Tableau Desktop support capabilities include AI Powered, Chat Support, Phone Support, etc. also Tableau Desktop analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"Having Tableau in the cloud like our other properties is a real asset for us. We get all the benefits of scalability and hands-off administration, and it demonstrates to our customers that we truly are cloud-first." - Raj Seenu

Tableau Desktop, CARTO Platform, Hevo, Phocas, Databox, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Business Intelligence. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Tableau Desktop

Top Industries

  • Computer Software
  • Education
  • Information Technology and Services

Popular in

  • Large Enterprise
  • Enterprise
  • Mid Market

Tableau Desktop is popular in Computer Software, Education, and Information Technology And Services and is widely used by Large Enterprise, Enterprise, and Mid Market.

Tableau Desktop Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

What makes Tableau Desktop ideal for Funnel Analysis?

How does Tableau Desktop address your Competitive Intelligence Challenges?

How can Tableau Desktop enhance your Communication Management process?

What solutions does Tableau Desktop provide for Social Media Management?

What benefits does Tableau Desktop offer for Engagement Management?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Tableau Desktop solved their Business Intelligence needs. Cuspera uses 30134 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Business Intelligence needs.

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Raj Seenu

Senior Director of Data Technologies

Splunk

Having Tableau in the cloud like our other properties is a real asset for us. We get all the benefits of scalability and hands-off administration, and it demonstrates to our customers that we truly are cloud-first. Testimonial By Raj Seenu
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Amy Sprangers

Chief Revenue Officer

The Seattle Seahawks

Our team shines a light on every single area across the organization. All our efforts to be the best in class in the NFL and in our community come to life in a visual way through Tableau in success that we can share. Testimonial By Amy Sprangers
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Team USA

Using Salesforce and Tableau helps us better understand our donors and prospects in an actionable way, and that success leads to more opportunities for the athletes and programs we support. Testimonial By Team USA
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Raj Seenu

Senior Director of Data Technologies

Splunk

Having Tableau in the cloud like our other properties is a real asset for us. We get all the benefits of scalability and hands-off administration, and it demonstrates to our customers that we truly are cloud-first. Testimonial By Raj Seenu
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Amy Sprangers

Chief Revenue Officer

The Seattle Seahawks

Our team shines a light on every single area across the organization. All our efforts to be the best in class in the NFL and in our community come to life in a visual way through Tableau in success that we can share. Testimonial By Amy Sprangers
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Team USA

Using Salesforce and Tableau helps us better understand our donors and prospects in an actionable way, and that success leads to more opportunities for the athletes and programs we support. Testimonial By Team USA

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Tableau Desktop

What is Tableau Desktop?

Tableau is a data visualization platform for sales, marketing, legal, data and analytics and operations teams to see and understand their data.

It primarily helps with analytics and reporting activities to track and measure outcomes. It supports desktop, mobile, server and web based access.

It comes with built in dashboards and widgets to provide analytics.

What is Tableau Desktop used for?

Tableau Desktop is a Business Intelligence Software mainly used by its customers to Scale Best Practices and Enhance Customer Relationships by Funnel Analysis, Competitive Intelligence and Communication Management .

What are the top features of Tableau Desktop?

Dashboard, Calculator and Personalization are some of the top features of Tableau Desktop.

Who uses Tableau Desktop?

Tableau Desktop is used by Computer Software, Education and Information Technology And Services among other industries.

What are Tableau Desktop alternatives?

CARTO Platform, Hevo, Phocas and Databox are popular alternatives for Tableau Desktop.

Where is Tableau Desktop located?

Tableau Desktop is headquartered at 1621 N 34th St. Seattle, WA 98103.
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Peers used Tableau Desktop for funnel analysis and competitive intelligence

Tableau Desktop Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.43/5 ★

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Analytics

4.30/5 ★

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Custom Reports

3.83/5 ★

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.43/5 ★

Read Reviews (169)
Analytics

4.30/5 ★

Read Reviews (3356)
Custom Reports

3.83/5 ★

Read Reviews (9775)

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Tableau Software, LLC News

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Executive

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Introducing Tableau Cloud Custom Domains

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Tableau Software, LLC Profile

Company Name

Tableau Software, LLC

Company Website

https://www.tableau.com/

Year Founded

2003

HQ Location

1621 N 34th St. Seattle, WA 98103

Employees

1001-5000

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Financials

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