Tableau vs Power BI

TABLEAU VS POWER BI // Tableau and Power BI have a lot of similarities when you look at them. But if you’re looking for a tool to implement in your business or want to learn data visualization, you might not be sure which one to pick. We’ll look at Tableau vs Power BI so you can understand how they compare.

Data visualization is rapidly growing in popularity and with it has come multiple platforms to make analysis easy even in the absence of knowing a programming language.

Let’s look at the similarities and differences of Tableau vs Power BI. We’re going to look at 6 criteria in this comparison. These are:
• availability / use
• ease of learning & using
• quality of data visualizations
• performance - or how does it handle large datasets
• data sources
• cost / ease of setup

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[dcodework]

I am not sure if you are right here.
Power BI can handle much more data and Tableau takes way more time to load the data so I dont know where you are coming from when you say power BI cant handle large data.
I am using 100 million rows in my reports on power bi

[richardpearcephotography]

I mostly use a folders as a data source with multiple CSV files in the folders. Power BI effortlessly connects to the folder and combines the files. I just haven’t found another BI tool that does this so well.

[ericet]

Thank you for this, more then 2 years ago I chose Power BI. It was the right tool for me. The first thing for me was Power BI did not cost anything to have on the Desktop to learn. Tableau on the other hand wanted $$$ to download and learn. Paying for a tool to be able to learn it just does not make sense to me. After companies are moving from Excel to Power BI. Microsoft is doing a great job with Power BI. So for me, Power BI is the winner and with the Power BI Online service and all the different data source connectors it’s a great tool and getting better every single month with each update.

[kirillperian]

Very skewed towards Tableau. Power BI is for small businesses? Really? It can process billions of rows of data with no sweat.

[jesse]

Very good information.
I started using Tableau a couple years ago and found it very easy to start using off the bat. About 5 months ago I started working with Power BI as well. At first, I found it a little clunky compared to the elegance of Tableau. Both have great features. After using Power BI, I think I honestly like it a little better than Tableau now. To me, the DAX language it uses is more robust and expansive than what is included in Tableau. When I started working with Power BI, I found myself thinking, 'well it doesn't have this feature or ability like Tableau' only to find that it does in fact.
I do agree with the sizes of datasets that each can handle - Tableau can work with hundreds of thousands or even millions of records with aplomb. However, Power BI is able to have a live connection to SharePoint list data, something that still requires using an Extract in Tableau.

[eugeny]

Very superficial and misleading review of both products. As someone who has used both products, I can surely say that this video has a ton of misinformation. Particularly with respect to performance of PBI, no mentioning of hundreds of free additional visuals available from Microsoft AppSource for PBI to begin with. Why create a video about something that you don't really have experience with?

[learnspreadsheets]

Power bi is better with data modelling and data clean up which are indespensible I think

[TyraHigh]

I’d love an update on this since Microsoft made changes to handle more data and sources.

[sreekanthoriginal]

real impressed by your continous speech without voice breaking

[marshal]

I must say the description about Performance of Power BI is quite misleading because Power BI can handle trillion of rows if the data model has been properly set. Tableau is trying hard on handling larger data sets, aka the transition from single data table to Data Modeling, relational database, while power BI has been the emperor of this field for decades. If the performance of Power BI is slow for let’s say, 10M rows, then it should either be attributed to wrong design of Data Model or poor DAX syntax, the Power BI language, written by the beginners. After all, it’s all about the cardinality of the dataset that defines the performance of the model.

[wgalloPT]

You definitely helped with my decision with this video..thank you so much...

[wmfexcel]

I stopped watching once i heard Power BI cannot handle million of excuse me

[kumkumkalaa]

Which specialized data set you are saying power bi doesn’t support and tableau does

[mueez]

This video could actually be misleading. Powerbi can easily handle billions of rows of data. You need to have good grips on data modeling skills.

[jesse]

Tableau is probably easier to use right off the bat for a non-technical user who wants to create some data visualizations. I work with both. Tableau, now owned by Salesforce, is an expensive product. Power BI on the other hand is free, and you don't need to have a subscription to use the Desktop version of the software. Power BI is much more powerful than Tableau from my perspective, because the DAX language is much richer and extensive than Tableau. I used to think there were certain features in Tableau that simply didn't exist in Power BI, such as LOD expressions. But there are; they are just called something different and coded slightly differently. As far as Tableau vs. Power BI in visualization choices, I have to disagree Jenn. For example, the clunky way to have to create a simple donut chart in Tableau is insane. Whereas Power BI includes both pie and donut charts. Plus, you can easily download additional visualizations, whereas with Tableau you're pretty much stuck with what you have, unless you're willing to pay.

[saojoaomeriti]

Hi!
Your video is so cool. Can you prepare a video explaining how building "First Pass Yield" chart?

[raymondlee]

How about a caparison between Google Data Studio vs Power BI ❓

[shubs]

I do not agree with Tableau being better than Power BI for large data sets. When the connection is live vs import, it depends on how the underlying DB or datalake is implemented, how fast is that to query. But when it comes to import I found that Power BI is snappier, any filtering and slicing applied on the dashboard results in quick change to the visualizations.

[pedrojorge]

Jenn, I almost signed up for the IBM Cognos Analytics course but I see that Tableau and Power BI are also great tools. Have you used Cognos, if so, what are your thoughts? Which tool would you recommend to someone transitioning into Data Analytics? Thank you.

[Memento-Mori-]

Good review and fair representation of the tools. Tableau fantastic visualization the Apple Mac of visualization. Power BI is the PC flavor, widespread especially if its a Microsoft centric org. Tableau if you are a SalesForce shop. For data sharing, embedding and availability of third party tools Power BI. Also don't discount Microsoft who are masters at constant improvement and adding new features each new release.