Comparing tools head-to-head

We dived deep into six different tools that can be used for BI. As mentioned before, they generally fall under two main categories:

• Data discovery desktop applications

• Traditional programming languages

Deciding on the best tool or methodology for our organization largely depends on our needs as well as our BI maturity. Are the users at a level where they need to be spoon-fed the data in a format that is ready to go out the door? Are the users more tech-savvy that just require us to point them in the direction where the raw data is stored and they can do the rest on their own? These are all good questions and will vary based on the organizations, as well as users within the same organization.

Comparing the data discovery desktop applications

We covered three popular data discovery desktop applications:

• Power BI

• Tableau Public

• QlikSense

As we went through an entire exercise of developing a BI application with each one of these tools, we encountered similarities and differences...