Cube vs Power BI vs Tableau

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Cube

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Power BI

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Tableau

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Pros of Cube
Pros of Power BI
Pros of Tableau
  • 8
    API
  • 6
    Caching
  • 6
    Open Source
  • 6
    Visualization agnostic
  • 4
    Rollups orchestration
  • 18
    Cross-filtering
  • 2
    Database visualisation
  • 2
    Powerful Calculation Engine
  • 2
    Access from anywhere
  • 2
    Intuitive and complete internal ETL
  • 1
    Azure Based Service
  • 6
    Capable of visualising billions of rows
  • 1
    Intuitive and easy to learn
  • 1
    Responsive

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Cons of Cube
Cons of Power BI
Cons of Tableau
  • 1
    Incomplete documentation
  • 1
    Doesn't support filtering on left joins
  • 1
    Poor performance
  • 1
    No ability to update "cubes" in runtime
  • 1
    Cannot use as a lib - only HTTP
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      Very expensive for small companies

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    What is Cube?

    Cube: the universal semantic layer that makes it easy to connect BI silos, embed analytics, and power your data apps and AI with context.

    What is Power BI?

    It aims to provide interactive visualizations and business intelligence capabilities with an interface simple enough for end users to create their own reports and dashboards.

    What is Tableau?

    Tableau can help anyone see and understand their data. Connect to almost any database, drag and drop to create visualizations, and share with a click.

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    What are some alternatives to Cube, Power BI, and Tableau?
    GraphQL
    GraphQL is a data query language and runtime designed and used at Facebook to request and deliver data to mobile and web apps since 2012.
    Metabase
    It is an easy way to generate charts and dashboards, ask simple ad hoc queries without using SQL, and see detailed information about rows in your Database. You can set it up in under 5 minutes, and then give yourself and others a place to ask simple questions and understand the data your application is generating.
    Google Analytics
    Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications.
    Google Tag Manager
    Tag Manager gives you the ability to add and update your own tags for conversion tracking, site analytics, remarketing, and more. There are nearly endless ways to track user behavior across your sites and apps, and the intuitive design lets you change tags whenever you want.
    Mixpanel
    Mixpanel helps companies build better products through data. With our powerful, self-serve product analytics solution, teams can easily analyze how and why people engage, convert, and retain to improve their user experience.
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