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What are the best SQL-based analytics tools for data visualizion?

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9 Options Considered

Best SQL-based analytics tools for data visualizion	Price	Platforms	Last Updated
-- Metabase	Free / paid	Windows, Linux, Mac, Web	Oct 20, 2021
-- Tableau	$35-70/MO	-	Dec 15, 2017
-- Google Data Studio	Free / paid	-	Jun 24, 2020
-- Looker	-	-	Sep 3, 2018
-- Xplenty	-	-	Oct 8, 2015

Metabase

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SQL access for more advanced queries

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Java

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RickZeeland's Experience

Metabase is a free and open source analytics tool written in Javascript and Clojure which lets anyone learn and make decisions from their data. No technical knowledge required. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac, Web

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Multi database

Postgres MySQL Druid SQL Server Redshift MongoDB Google BigQuery SQLite H2 Oracle Vertica Presto Snowflake. See More

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Free and open source

Metabase is licensed under GPLv3 with source code available on GitHub. See More

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Very powerful user friendly interface

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Can send a set of metrics to Slack

Metabase includes a feature called Pulses that can send a set of metrics to Slack daily. See More

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Tableau

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Powerful

Tableau makes it easy to SEE your data and make business decisions based on it. See More

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Hard to maintain server infrastructure

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Easy to learn

You don't have to be super techy to understand it. You can learn how to use Desktop over the course of two days. See More

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Addictive

Once you start using Tableau you don't want to use any other software anymore. So if your manager is obsessed with e.g. Excel, you may have issues. See More

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Great support

Both Tableau's support team AND the user community are super helpful and enthusiastic about the product. See More

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No complex installations / IT approvals needed

If you want to start using Tableau at your company, you don't need huge IT resources or start a big BI deployment. Just purchase the software, install, and you're ready to go. Maybe you don't need ANY IT help at all. See More

Looker

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Have to assume schemas won't change

Business requirements change over time. Looker UI essentially assumes that any view you add will never have any new columns or measures, an impossibility in any business See More

Xplenty

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