- Tableau deploys MDX for measures and dimensions while Power BI uses DAX for calculating and measuring columns.
- Tableau platform is known for its data visualization functionality whereas Power BI offers numerous data points to offer data visualization
- Tableau BI can handle a huge volume of data with better performance while Power BI can handle a limited volume of data.
- Tableau works best when there is a vast data in the cloud but Power Bl doesn’t work better with a massive amount of data
- Tableau is used by analysts and experienced- users mostly use for their analytics purposes and Power BI is used by both naive and experienced users.
- Tableau is a little difficult whereas Power BI Interface is very easy to learn.
Features of Tableau
Here are important features of Tableau:
- Data blending
- No need of technical knowledge
- Real-time analysis
- Data collaboration and data notifications
- DAX analysis function
- Patented technology from Stanford university
- Toggle view and drag-and-drop
- List of native data connectors
- Highlight and filter data
- Share dashboards
- Embed dashboards within
- Mobile-ready dashboards
- Tableau reader for data viewing
- Dashboard commenting
- Create “no-code” data queries
- Translate queries to visualizations
- Import all ranges and sizes of data
Features of Power BI
Here, are essential features of Power BI
- Customizable dashboards
- Datasets
- Reports
- Navigation pane
- Q&A question box
- Help & feedback buttons
- Ad Hoc reporting and analysis
- Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
- Trend indicators
- Interactive reports authoring
- Complete reporting & data visualization tools
- Real-time dashboards that help business owners solve problems as they occur
- Offers Power BI embedded, azure service that allows applications to interact with Power BI
- Q&A feature of Power BI allows users to ask questions using natural language to get answers in a specific graphical form.
- Content Packs: for sharing dashboards with team