Compare BOARD BI and Tableau - Aug 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Aug 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - BOARD BI or Tableau?

BOARD BI is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Tableau, and Tableau is rated higher (90/100) than BOARD BI (81/100). Tableau offers users more features (14) than BOARD BI (6). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Tableau!

Looking for the right Business Intelligence solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

BOARD International Vs. Tableau Software

BOARD International: Founded in 1994 BOARD International is the provider of the industry’s only programming-free toolkit for rapid and cost-effective development of Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence applications.  A toolkit approach to Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) represents a new, unique and cost effe...

Tableau Software: Tableau Software provides easy-to-use software applications for fast analytics and visualization. Its products include Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server

Who is more expensive? BOARD BI or Tableau?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for BOARD BI and Tableau.

BOARD BI accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 BOARD Business Intelligence is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Tableau price starts at $15 per user/month , When comparing Tableau to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: BOARD BI cost is around the same cost of Tableau.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared BOARD BI Vs. Tableau based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

BOARD BI: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Dashboarding, OLAP, Predictive-Analysis, Trend Indicators.

Tableau: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Customizable Dashboard, Customizable Features.

Target customer size

BOARD Management Intelligence Toolkit is best for companies of all sizes: small, large and medium. Tableau is ideal for small to large scale industries, freelancers and nonprofit organizations.

BOARD BI

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

BOARD Management Intelligence Toolkit is a business intelligence and corporate performance management suite that offers programming-free functions needed to build any business intelligence software or CPM solut...

Categories: BI & Analytics, Business Intelligence, Business performance management, Cloud BI.

Tableau

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $15 per user/month

Tableau is a family of data visualization software designed for business intelligence that includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Online, Tableau Server, Tableau Public and Tableau Reader. The Tableau suite is inten...

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, BI & Analytics, Dashboards & KPIs, Data analysis, Data visualization.

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BOARD BI: 6 Features

Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
Dashboarding
OLAP
Predictive-Analysis
Trend Indicators

Tableau: 14 Features

Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Features
Dashboarding
Forecasting & Budgeting
Graphic Benchmark
Issue Indicators
Multy Languages
OLAP
Performance Measurements
Predictive-Analysis
Trend Indicators
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
Software review
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BOARD BI
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
81/100
Pricing
3.8/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
13
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Tableau
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$15 per user/month
Functionality
24
Qlik Sen...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
15
SuiteAna...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$499 per month + $99 per user
Functionality
10
Sisense
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$83 per employee/month
Functionality
35

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.