IBM Planning Analytics vs Tableau Enterprise comparison

The compared IBM and Salesforce solutions aren't in the same category. IBM is ranked #4 in BPM , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 4.5% mindshare in the category. Salesforce is ranked #2 in BIT , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 6.2% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Salesforce users who would recommend it.

IBM Planning Analytics

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92% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

7.3

IBM Planning Analytics enhances budgeting efficiency and decision-making, providing cost savings and business insights despite pricing concerns.

Sentiment score

6.9

Tableau Enterprise provides rapid ROI through efficient report generation, cost savings, and streamlined operations with minimal integration challenges.

I have seen a return on investment, as the accuracy has really improved in my organization since everything is automated.

Sai Tilak

Team Lead Manager at Finlays

Since using this tool, I can now make decisions faster, even when there is just a small change in the data.

Gladys Njeri

Key Account Manager at DHL

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This saves a significant amount of time, particularly for reports that would have needed around fifty people.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

The ROI of using Tableau extends to its seamless integration across various platforms, as it's from Salesforce and thus not limited to any specific cloud provider.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

Tableau is saving me time, money, and resources, which I would rate as ten.

Satyavrat Nirala

Founder at Mindclick Consulting

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.0

IBM Planning Analytics support is generally rated well, though some users report slow response times and seek third-party help.

Sentiment score

6.1

Tableau Enterprise support is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with premium options and community resources highly rated by users.

We have a multi-level support system, with the initial level handled by the company we bought the license from and subsequent support from IBM.

reviewer1517922

Responsable B.I at a retailer with 51-200 employees

Instead, we rely on third-party partners recognized by IBM, who provide cost-effective support.

Ayman Alshabani

Financial Performance Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

They have been very dedicated and provided top-notch solutions.

reviewer2798436

Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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They provide quick email and phone responses and have Thai-speaking personnel.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

There should be consistent standards for all users.

reviewer2543046

Associate Technical Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The technical support for Tableau is quite good.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.9

IBM Planning Analytics is highly scalable, efficiently handling large data sizes and users, despite potential SaaS costs per user.

Sentiment score

6.7

Tableau Enterprise offers strong scalability and improved performance with recent updates, despite potential cost and complexity challenges.

IBM Planning Analytics' scalability is impressive, as it is able to gather data from multiple sources and handle huge amounts of data without any lagging or downtime.

Sai Tilak

Team Lead Manager at Finlays

Scalability is quite hard to implement in TM1, largely since the on-premise installation chosen back in 2014.

reviewer1517922

Responsable B.I at a retailer with 51-200 employees

Scalability is straightforward but it is pricey since it's a SaaS model priced per user.

Ayman Alshabani

Financial Performance Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Tableau is easy to use across various dimensions, whether on-premises or on the cloud.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

The solution is fully scalable and performs well even with large datasets, provided there is proper supporting hardware.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

Tableau is easy to scale.

Rivka Alexander

Content Specialist at PeerSpot

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.9

IBM Planning Analytics is highly stable, reliable, favored for forecasting, with minor issues related to configuration changes or server shutdowns.

Sentiment score

7.3

Tableau Enterprise is stable and reliable, with minor challenges tied to dataset size, server, or network factors.

The performance of IBM Planning Analytics has always been fast and reliable for my needs, even when dealing with huge volumes of data.

Gladys Njeri

Key Account Manager at DHL

This stability is really important as we use it for budget calculation, which is time-consuming.

reviewer1517922

Responsable B.I at a retailer with 51-200 employees

IBM Planning Analytics is stable because the reason we switched from IBM Cognos is that IBM Planning Analytics capability allows us to connect to multiple tools, which we could not do before.

reviewer2798436

Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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The application hangs after continuous use due to the buildup of cache.

Rivka Alexander

Content Specialist at PeerSpot

I rate the stability a five or six because Tableau updates very often with new versions or patches.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

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Room For Improvement

IBM Planning Analytics needs better integration, enhanced visuals, simplified interface, stable data extraction, and improved pricing and release management.

Tableau Enterprise struggles with performance, integration, and features, with users seeking better analytics, data management, and cost efficiency.

The abundance of features results in complexity, requiring strict guidelines for developers to ensure simplistic approaches are adhered to.

reviewer1517922

Responsable B.I at a retailer with 51-200 employees

IBM's visualization needs significant improvement.

Ayman Alshabani

Financial Performance Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

The advanced features are somewhat complex to understand, and if the data set is very large, it takes a lot of time to process, which causes performance to become slower.

reviewer2798436

Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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We cannot send the entire Excel file reports via email within Tableau.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

The product owner should enhance its benefits or clarify its role.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

It sometimes requires extensive investigation to determine why the data does not appear correctly.

reviewer1293936

Group Finance Head Of Investment Bank Product Control at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Setup Cost

IBM Planning Analytics is considered fairly priced, though setup costs are high, with potentially advantageous negotiation options for larger projects.

Tableau Enterprise is pricier but valued for functionality, offering flexible licensing and discounts for larger purchases.

TM1 is quite expensive, and I'd rate the pricing as an eight out of ten.

reviewer1517922

Responsable B.I at a retailer with 51-200 employees

While IBM's solutions were costly before, the introduction of SaaS models has reduced prices significantly.

Ayman Alshabani

Financial Performance Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for IBM Planning Analytics is that the pricing and licensing cost can be somewhat on the higher side, especially for small organizations.

reviewer2798436

Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Power BI as a much cheaper alternative.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

A license for 150 users costs around $17,000 USD per year.

Rivka Alexander

Content Specialist at PeerSpot

Looker is known to be quite expensive.

reviewer2543046

Associate Technical Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Valuable Features

IBM Planning Analytics enhances decision-making with flexibility, real-time calculations, Excel integration, and AI-driven scenario analysis and automation.

Tableau Enterprise simplifies data visualization and integration, enhancing decision-making and collaboration with secure, intuitive tools for organizations.

Its stability helps controllers win time in their planning processes.

reviewer1517922

Responsable B.I at a retailer with 51-200 employees

It also integrates machine learning and AI engines, enabling us to use algorithms for inventory forecasting which optimizes our inventory and replenishment rates.

Ayman Alshabani

Financial Performance Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Some of the valuable features of IBM Planning Analytics are its intuitive and user-friendly interface, reporting output and scheduling, access control and security, and mobile capabilities.

reviewer2798436

Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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A significant feature for me is the real-time connection to data sources because it effectively manages large data sets.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

Tableau serves as a stable dashboarding tool for higher management, aiding in quick decision-making.

reviewer2695221

solution architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Building hyper extracts and visualization capabilities make Tableau a robust tool for data analysis.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Planning Analytics

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Performance Management (4th)

Tableau Enterprise

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

309

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (2nd), Reporting (2nd), Data Visualization (1st), Embedded BI (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. IBM Planning Analytics is designed for Business Performance Management and holds a mindshare of 4.5%, down 9.1% compared to last year.
Tableau Enterprise, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 6.2% mindshare, down 18.1% since last year.

Business Performance Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Planning Analytics	4.5%
Anaplan	6.9%
CCH Tagetik	5.1%
Other	83.5%

Business Performance Management

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Tableau Enterprise	6.2%
Microsoft Power BI	8.9%
Amazon QuickSight	3.7%
Other	81.2%

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

Featured Reviews

Gladys Njeri

Key Account Manager at DHL

Data-driven planning has transformed financial decisions and now saves major reporting time

IBM Planning Analytics helps with collaboration between teams by allowing us to gather data from various departments, analyze it, and collaborate on the data to make data-driven decisions between different departments easily. As I mentioned previously, I mainly use IBM Planning Analytics to visualize the existing data to generate meaningful report dashboards and use it during stakeholder meetings to arrive at the right decision. The best features IBM Planning Analytics offers include budgeting, forecasting, and what-if scenario analysis. The scenario modeling feature in IBM Planning Analytics is probably the most robust planning and forecasting solution we use, especially for what-if scenarios, where we are able to forecast using Watson Studio, which helps in better prediction. I really appreciate the Excel integration in IBM Planning Analytics because it keeps things familiar and adds more power.

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Uzair Faruqi

Head Of Analytics at Mjunction Services

Ease of developing dashboards and receiving strong technical support have enabled efficient data visualization

Introducing custom features, such as NLP-based reports, is not very good in Tableau. My MD has been asking us for a way to write in natural language to request reports that the system should generate, but that isn't very effective with Tableau. As a developer, I can develop an on-demand report in Python quite easily, but exposing a REST API on the Tableau platform is not a very easy task. AI enablement is an area for improvement for Tableau, and that is something they might have to work upon. I have heard that ThoughtSpot is quite better in this regard, but the cost of ThoughtSpot is much higher. ThoughtSpot has lots of natural language-based report generation features that Tableau lacks.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Retailer

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	15

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	117
Midsize Enterprise	67
Large Enterprise	184

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Planning Analytics?

The most valuable features of IBM Planning Analytics for streamlining planning processes include a unified database where all data are centralized.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Planning Analytics?

While IBM's solutions were costly before, the introduction of SaaS models has reduced prices significantly. Comparatively, IBM rates may be better than those of competitors, such as Hyperion ( /pro...

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What needs improvement with IBM Planning Analytics?

IBM is behind competitors like Tableau ( /products/tableau-reviews ) and Power BI in terms of visualization. Their visuals are less innovative and practical with fewer varieties. IBM's visualizatio...

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Seeking lightweight open source BI software

It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik Sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau, etc. I have recently started using Cognos Enter...

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Tableau vs. Business Objects - Which is a better solution for visualization and analysis?

Both tools have their positives and negatives. First, I should mention that I am relatively new to Tableau. I have been working on and off Tableau for about a year, but getting to work on it consta...

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Which would you choose - Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud?

Tableau is easy to set up and maintain. In about a day it is possible for the entire platform to be deployed for use. This relatively short amount of time can make all the difference for companies ...

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Comparisons

Microsoft Power BI vs IBM Planning Analytics

Compared 13% of the time

SAP Analytics Cloud vs IBM Planning Analytics

Compared 12% of the time

Anaplan vs IBM Planning Analytics

Compared 8% of the time

IBM Cognos vs IBM Planning Analytics

Compared 5% of the time

IBM Watson Explorer vs IBM Planning Analytics

Compared 3% of the time

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Microsoft Power BI vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 17% of the time

Domo vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 7% of the time

Amazon QuickSight vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 4% of the time

Julius AI vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 3% of the time

Databricks vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

Cognos TM1, IBM Cognos TM1

Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Tableau Online

Overview

IBM Planning Analytics is an integrated planning solution that uses AI to automate planning, budgeting, and forecasting and drive more intelligent workflows.

Built on TM1, IBM’s powerful calculation engine, this enterprise performance management tool allows you to transcend the limits of manual planning and become the Analytics Hero your business needs. Quickly and easily drive faster, more accurate plans for FP&A, sales, supply chain and beyond.

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Tableau Enterprise offers powerful features for creating interactive visualizations, dashboards, and maps, including drag-and-drop functionality and easy integration with multiple data sources, promoting real-time collaboration and self-service analysis.

Tableau Enterprise stands out with its ability to create user-friendly, interactive visualizations, making it pivotal for business intelligence applications. Users benefit from its seamless connectivity and advanced analytical functions, facilitating data blending and storytelling. Despite a complex learning curve and high licensing costs, its features like geospatial analysis and efficient content distribution drive its indispensable value for data-driven insights. Enhancements in predictive analytics and support integration with machine learning tools further its capabilities across industries.

What are the most valuable features?

Interactive Visualizations: Enables users to create engaging reports.
Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Simplifies data analysis processes.
Data Integration: Offers seamless connectivity with multiple sources.
Real-Time Collaboration: Supports synchronous data sharing.
Advanced Analytics: Provides predictive analytics and geospatial analysis.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Informed Decision-Making: Facilitates data-driven insights.
Efficiency in Reporting: Streamlines dashboard and reporting tasks.
Cost-Effectiveness: Despite high licensing, value in robust analytics tools.
Customizable Options: Tailors analytics to specific needs.

Tableau Enterprise is widely used for business intelligence, supporting industries like healthcare, telecommunications, and finance. Organizations utilize it to analyze performance indicators, operational insights, and financial analytics, enhancing decision-making through interactive reports and real-time data integration.

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Sample Customers

ManpowerGroup, Convergys, AIG, Orchard Brands, Citibank, InterGen, Northwestern University, EF Education First, Ironside, Bazan Group, CSOB Insurance, Macquarie Group, Charles Stanley, SATO, Government of Sint Maarten, BMW Financial Services

Accenture, Adobe, Amazon.com, Bank of America, Charles Schwab Corp, Citigroup, Coca-Cola Company, Cornell University, Dell, Deloitte, Duke University, eBay, Exxon Mobil, Fannie Mae, Ferrari, French Red Cross, Goldman Sachs, Google, Government of Canada, HP, Intel, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Macy's, Merck, The New York Times, PayPal, Pfizer, US Army, US Air Force, Skype, and Walmart.

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