Question

What are differences between Tableau's Desktop/Server/Public/Online versions? Does Tableau server/online versions need Tableau Desktop?

Answer 1

1. Tableau Desktop:

Tableau Desktop is data visualization software that lets you see and understand data in minutes. With other Tableau products, it comprises a complete business intelligence software solution.

2. Tableau Server:

It is more of a enterprise level Tableau software. You can publish dashboards with Tableau Desktop and share them throughout the organization with web-based Tableau server. It leverages fast databases through live connections.

3. Tableau Online:

It is a private version of tableau public which eliminates the need for the infrastructure.

4. Tableau Reader:

A free desktop application that allows you to open and view visualizations/workbooks built in Tableau Desktop. You can filter, drill down data but you cannot edit or perform any kind of interactions in it.

5. Tableau Public:

This is a free Tableau software which you can use to make visualizations with but you need to save your workbook or worksheets in the Tableau Server which can be viewed by anyone.

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Answer 2

hi, a small brief about Tableau software's available,

Tableau Desktop:  It is the professional tool which provides all features and functions required for data analysis and virtualization for organizations and provide Business intelligence solutions.

Tableau Server: is the place or a platform which is used to store,share and publish the dashboards,virtualization done using Tableau Desktop by big organizations and the data is secured by user/organization.

Tableau Online : is a cloud based version of Tableau Desktop that allows user to develop and perform analysis without any physical infrastructure in your system/computer.

Tableau Public is the free version of Tableau desktop, which has a subset of Tableau desktop features and functions with a few restrictions,all the workbooks,dashboards are saved in Tableau server and cannot be saved locally,the virtualization can be accessed and used by anyone i.e does not provide data security.

Tableau Reader: is a software by tableau only for read only purpose i.e, any workbook or worksheet from tableau server can be used to perform operations like slice/dice ,roll up or filter operations.