Tableau

“I have no idea why so many people give this a bad review other than perhaps they don't know how to use it yet. There is a steep learning curve, but the things that you can do with Tableau once you know how to use it are priceless. Spend the time to learn it. Then you'll love it. Is it quirky? Are there some usability issues that can be improved? Definitely. But it can take millions of rows of complex data and get you the information and/or visualizations you need to make sense of all but the hug”

“Easily the worst software i have ever been forced to use, in the corporate environment. Ive been in IT support for > 20 years. The whole concept of storing data connections within these tableau workbooks means you basically cannot copy workbooks between environments. So its useless for regulated environments. The overly complex user permissions, The incredibly unintuitive tableau desktop development environment.. the list of problems is endless . I could spin up a node webserver with express js”

“Tableau is one of the most powerful analytics software including drop screens and dynamic filters. But the customer support for us has been very poor and unstructured.”

“For someone who has worked last 7 years building tableau dashboards for HR teams. They do t care about this. All they will care about is- pin point where is attrition happening, is this available as a excel and finally when I calculate it my results are different”

“If I'm understanding this blog post correctly, I should be able to create a visualization online without paying anything? I tried downloading the Tableau Public Desktop app, but I'm using Linux, and I don't think Tableau supports that... And according to ChatGPT, I do NOT need to pay for Tableau Cloud to work online...Thank you for your help!”

“Review: I tried to explore Tableau to learn data visualization — but without clear warnings, I was redirected into creating a Salesforce account and got unknowingly enrolled in a paid subscription. As someone new to the platform, I had no idea that Tableau and Salesforce shared accounts or billing systems, and I never agreed to any paid service. I reached out immediately to cancel, but both Tableau and Salesforce ignored my requests until I was eventually billed $120 — for a service I never use”

“We have had a really bad customer service issue with getting this software billed correctly and are really disappointed with the lack of accountability with the sales rep and good luck with getting a refund on software (Tableau) if you have problems. My boss and I were excited to try Tableau with our business data to make reports and get better data analysis as their ads imply. We bought a one year trial and got connected to a sales rep that created another account and proceeded to charge us for”

“Aggressive, unpleasant experience. Until this week I was a big advocate for Tableau - as a data consultant, it was my preferred tool for clients to use. Not anymore. For one client renewal they've acted unreasonably, threatened debt collectors etc. Suffice to say I'll be warning everyone to avoid them. What a stupidly short-sighted move over a single license at renewal. The client won't use them again, and we won't advocate for them. Avoid!”

“My employer’s setting is private as well, and we ran into this issue a few months ago after an update. After spending weeks discussing the issue with Salesforce, it was determined that Our security settings were preventing Tableua to connect. Once they were able to correct the issue, it has worked flawlessly. I can’t give you any specifics but it was an issue on our end.”

“I had the same issue yesterday and it is still not working today. I have tried on different internet connections and different PCs. I have been using the desktop version of Tableau Public. All large workbooks fail to update, even if I have not refreshed the data. Very small files are fine.”

“Wrong data: Doesn’t updated, constantly not working with issues”

“Trash: Servers are always down. Never loads.”

“My employer’s setting is private as well, and we ran into this issue a few months ago after an update. After spending weeks discussing the issue with Salesforce, it was determined that Our security settings were preventing Tableua to connect. Once they were able to correct the issue, it has worked flawlessly. I can’t give you any specifics but it was an issue on our end.”

“ I had been using Tableau Cloud since 2021 under Tableau for Teaching program, but suddenly, in May 2026, I lost access to my Tableau Cloud site without any notification whereas my one year licence is due to expire on December 2026. Since then, I have repeatedly contacted them to resolve and restore my access. Despite consistently following up by email for over five months, they have not even bothered to restore my access or provide any clear reply with explanation. This has been an incredibly”

“Review: I tried to explore Tableau to learn data visualization — but without clear warnings, I was redirected into creating a Salesforce account and got unknowingly enrolled in a paid subscription. As someone new to the platform, I had no idea that Tableau and Salesforce shared accounts or billing systems, and I never agreed to any paid service. I reached out immediately to cancel, but both Tableau and Salesforce ignored my requests until I was eventually billed $120 — for a service I never use”

“Worst customer service I ever experienced in my professional life. Don’t buy this product!!”

“The ease of translating complex data into easy to read dashboards. I am able to pull in different databases, use filters and then generate visual reports that allow everyone to wrap their minds around the trends without having to go through the excel spreadsheets. The dashboard's drag and drop interface makes it easy to design visualizations without having to code everything. Tableau learning might be a bit complex for some learners, particularly around calculated fields, advanced filters and so”

“This is my first-ever review. And I'm doing it because I'm tired of dealing with this software. I've worked in many tech companies, some of which have Tableau as their reporting system. For god's sake, the hours of my life I lost trying to set up, navigate, and work with this software won't ever come back to me. It's insane how such a bad system can turn into a standard industry. If you have a chance, please try any other modern reporting tool, AI integrated with a modern and simpler UI, omn”

“Slow, glitchy, confusing, and overall horrendous software. Feels like it was made in 1995 and never updated since.”

“Easily the worst software i have ever been forced to use, in the corporate environment. Ive been in IT support for > 20 years. The whole concept of storing data connections within these tableau workbooks means you basically cannot copy workbooks between environments. So its useless for regulated environments. The overly complex user permissions, The incredibly unintuitive tableau desktop development environment.. the list of problems is endless . I could spin up a node webserver with express js”