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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (54.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (42.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10000 Sessions Per Month
$70.00 1 User Per Month
Heap
Star Rating
(1,094)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (54.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10000 Sessions Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansTableau
Star Rating
(3,405)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$70.00 1 User Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansHeap vs Tableau
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Tableau easier to use. However, Heap is easier to set up and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Heap overall.
- Reviewers felt that Tableau meets the needs of their business better than Heap.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Heap is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Tableau over Heap.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Heap
Free
Free
10000 Sessions Per Month
Find product-market fit
- Up to 10K monthly sessions
- Core analytics charts
- Unlimited enrichment sources
Tableau
Creator
$70.00
1 User Per Month
- Includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and one Creator license on Tableau Cloud (SaaS) or Tableau Server (self-hosted).
Free Trial
Heap
Free Trial is available
Tableau
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
856
8.7
2,390
Ease of Use
8.1
865
8.3
2,783
Ease of Setup
8.5
313
8.2
1,448
Ease of Admin
8.6
317
8.2
776
Quality of Support
8.7
679
8.3
2,042
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
299
8.5
754
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
794
8.8
2,367
Features by Category
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
1721
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1583
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
1762
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
1359
Not enough data
9.1
1746
|
Verified
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
1676
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1707
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
1622
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1420
Not enough data
8.2
1508
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1325
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
7.8
1280
Not enough data
9.1
1716
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1291
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.3
1003
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
965
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
834
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
844
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
1721
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1583
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
1762
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
1359
Not enough data
9.1
1746
|
Verified
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.6
860
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
849
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
8.5
886
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
909
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
876
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4
426
Not enough data
7.5
453
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
7.4
131
Not enough data
7.5
134
Not enough data
7.8
133
Not enough data
7.6
131
Not enough data
7.7
129
Not enough data
7.4
128
Not enough data
7.8
128
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
1676
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1707
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
1622
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1420
Not enough data
8.2
1508
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1325
|
Verified
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.3
114
Not enough data
8.3
110
Not enough data
8.1
109
Not enough data
8.4
110
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
7.8
1280
Not enough data
9.1
1716
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1291
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.0
113
Not enough data
8.2
109
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.1
109
Not enough data
8.0
107
Not enough data
7.8
108
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
7.6
106
Not enough data
7.7
105
Not enough data
7.8
105
Not enough data
7.7
106
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
7.8
108
Not enough data
7.9
109
Not enough data
7.9
107
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.3
1003
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
965
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
834
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
844
|
Verified
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
1721
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1583
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
1762
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
1359
Not enough data
9.1
1746
|
Verified
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
1676
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1707
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
1622
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1420
Not enough data
8.2
1508
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1325
|
Verified
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.3
1003
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
965
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
834
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
844
|
Verified
Metrics
8.6
397
Not enough data
8.4
365
Not enough data
8.3
327
Not enough data
9.0
398
Not enough data
8.8
391
Not enough data
8.0
305
Not enough data
8.1
279
Not enough data
8.7
347
Not enough data
8.7
368
Not enough data
Reporting
8.6
365
Not enough data
8.0
293
Not enough data
8.7
330
Not enough data
8.3
358
Not enough data
8.2
205
Not enough data
8.4
225
Not enough data
8.3
375
Not enough data
Other
8.4
339
Not enough data
8.0
185
Not enough data
7.6
192
Not enough data
8.2
214
Not enough data
8.1
149
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
274
Not enough data
8.6
99
Not enough data
8.6
412
Not enough data
8.7
388
Not enough data
User Identification
8.1
41
Not enough data
8.6
94
Not enough data
8.5
68
Not enough data
Tracking & Reporting
8.6
102
Not enough data
8.4
93
Not enough data
8.1
80
Not enough data
8.1
97
Not enough data
8.2
96
Not enough data
8.4
90
Not enough data
Metrics
8.3
65
Not enough data
7.9
51
Not enough data
8.0
56
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.4
68
Not enough data
Cartography
Not enough data
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
9.6
27
Not enough data
9.4
27
Analysis
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.2
27
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
9.0
27
Reporting
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
9.1
26
User Behavior
9.4
83
Not enough data
9.0
73
Not enough data
9.0
69
Not enough data
A/B Testing
9.1
52
Not enough data
8.9
24
Not enough data
9.3
61
Not enough data
9.3
44
Not enough data
Visitor Information
9.3
66
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Session Replay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Source Access
Not enough data
8.6
234
Not enough data
8.8
233
Not enough data
8.3
234
Data Interaction
Not enough data
8.2
234
Not enough data
8.2
236
Not enough data
8.3
234
Not enough data
8.5
236
Not enough data
8.3
234
Not enough data
8.4
231
Not enough data
8.4
233
Not enough data
8.3
229
Data Exporting
Not enough data
8.5
228
Not enough data
8.4
228
Not enough data
8.4
230
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4
224
Product Analytics
8.3
300
Not enough data
8.7
358
Not enough data
8.5
327
Not enough data
8.7
351
Not enough data
7.9
105
Not enough data
8.4
223
Not enough data
7.8
92
Not enough data
8.3
254
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Product Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
9.3
62
Basics
Not enough data
9.2
62
Content
Not enough data
8.9
59
Data
Not enough data
9.3
61
Interoperability
Not enough data
8.9
59
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
62
Analytics
8.6
85
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.6
83
Not enough data
8.2
69
Not enough data
7.8
72
Not enough data
7.3
49
Not enough data
Administration
8.1
69
Not enough data
8.2
50
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - E-Commerce Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.2
30
Not enough data
9.2
31
Not enough data
Platform Data
9.1
32
Not enough data
8.7
34
Not enough data
9.2
33
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
9.2
33
Not enough data
8.9
31
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Customer Journey Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Survey Management
8.7
18
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
9.3
25
Not enough data
Process Management
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.3
25
Not enough data
System Management
9.4
20
Not enough data
9.3
14
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Connectivity & Federation - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Modeling & Metrics - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance Optimization - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Intelligence - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Enablement - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
8.4
251
Not enough data
8.4
254
Not enough data
8.4
244
Data Analysis
Not enough data
9.0
273
Not enough data
8.9
268
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.7
259
Not enough data
9.4
271
Not enough data
9.1
266
Not enough data
8.7
262
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
177
Not enough data
8.0
177
Metrics
8.3
65
Not enough data
7.9
51
Not enough data
8.0
56
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.4
68
Not enough data
Variation Testing
8.5
37
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
8.3
43
Not enough data
8.2
29
Not enough data
Reporting
8.4
64
Not enough data
8.2
65
Not enough data
Personalization
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
38
Not enough data
Administration
8.1
52
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
8.5
62
Not enough data
8.9
63
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Heap and Tableau share no categories
Unique Categories
Tableau is categorized as Analytics Platforms, Location Intelligence, Insurance Analytics, Embedded Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, Data Preparation, and Semantic Layer Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Heap
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Tableau
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
16.4%
Information Technology and Services
12.0%
Financial Services
9.1%
Marketing and Advertising
7.7%
Internet
5.4%
Other
49.4%
Information Technology and Services
11.7%
Computer Software
7.1%
Financial Services
7.1%
Hospital & Health Care
4.4%
Marketing and Advertising
4.4%
Other
65.2%
Discussions
Does Heap work with multiple domains or websites?
1 Comment
MM
yes it supports, for instance we have 5 different websites, and you can create each project for each websites and do you analysis, all you need is to just...Read more
Does Heap support multiple projects on the same account?
1 Comment
MM
yes it supports multiple projects, Under the menu accounts, settings u can add multi projects. Read more
Does Heap work well with single-page web apps built on Backbone, Angular, and other frameworks?
1 Comment
MM
It should work for sure, heap will look for user visit on the page, and event actions triggered on the components on the object the present in your page. Read more
why did saleforce by tableau? IS SFDC reporting going to change now?
2 Comments
TR
Perfect answer by Derrick. I totally agree.Read more
What does Tableau Desktop do?
2 Comments
NA
Tableau Desktop help create interactive Dashboards offline and publish it to the wider audience through Tableau public. Tableau Desktop is one of the version...Read more
Do I need Tableau Desktop if I have Tableau Server?
2 Comments
LT
Anyway, whether you need Tableau Desktop depends on your specific use case and requirements. If you're unsure, you can consider the following
Evaluate...Read more
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