Sisense vs. Tableau in Comparison

What is Sisense?

Sisense describes itself as the "end-to-end BI solution for data professionals, developers, and analysts", claiming to offer users the "most cost-effective, scalable hybrid-cloud platform in the industry". This is intended to enable the creation of interactive dashboards, self-service analytics, and other BI apps that can then impact business success. The software is suitable for a wide range of industries - from healthcare and finance to marketing & retail. Sisense offers an annual licensing model, with custom prices.

What is Tableau?

Tableau, a business intelligence and analytics platform founded in 2003 in California, offers various solutions for aggregating data in individual dashboards, visually processing it, and creating reports. One of these tools is Tableau Desktop. Interactive dashboards transform data, which can be added via drag and drop, live into diagrams. The data can come from varied sources such as Big Data, SQL databases, spreadsheets or cloud applications like Google Analytics and Salesforce. In mid-2019, Salesforce acquired Tableau for approximately 15.7 billion US dollars.

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