Free Tableau Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Tableau for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Grafana, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Tableau and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to Tableau are Microsoft Power BI, Gephi, Plotly and LinceBI.

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  1. Grafana icon
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    Grafana provides a powerful and elegant way to create, explore, and share dashboards and data with your team and the world.

    64 Grafana alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Node.JS
     
    • Grafana is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Tableau.

    • Grafana is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Tableau.

    • Grafana is Freemium and Open SourceTableau is Paid and Proprietary
    • Grafana is Privacy focusedTableau is not according to our users
  2. Utilize Microsoft's Power BI to convert varied data sources into interactive visual insights. It includes Power BI Desktop, online services, and mobile apps, allowing the creation, sharing, and consumption of business insights on any device, tailored to diverse business needs.

    164 Microsoft Power BI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Power BI
    • Microsoft 365
    • Microsoft Excel
     
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    Free, easier to use, lot's of possibilities and grows fast, contains ETL tool, MDX, DAX and m-language (aka powerquery)

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    Power BI will get quicker to a result, furthermore there is an ETL tool integrated which laks in Tableau

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Microsoft Power BI is a great Tableau alternative, some don't.

    • Microsoft Power BI is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Tableau.

    • Microsoft Power BI is Freemium and ProprietaryTableau is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Gephi icon
     61 likes

    Gephi is the leading visualization and exploration software for all kinds of graphs and networks. Gephi is open-source and free.

    48 Gephi alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Gephi as an Alternative to Tableau
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    Gephi is for exploring one type of graph, while Tableau is a dashboard for combining and looking at multiple datasets through a variety of customizeable graphs and reports.

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    Tableau is a tool for much more than visualisation, and gephi is a good tool for certain kind of data visualisation but not so prolific.

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    Gephi is exclusively directed towards network graphs. It does not offer analysis of any other kind of data.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. Gephi is a legitimate Tableau alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Gephi is Free and Open SourceTableau is Paid and Proprietary
    • Gephi is LightweightTableau is not according to our users
  4. Plotly icon
     37 likes

    Plotly is the easiest way to graph and share data online. Open-source libraries for JavaScript (comparison with HighCharts at https://plot.ly/highcharts-alternative/), Python, R, and MATLAB.

    94 Plotly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
     
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    Comments about Plotly as an Alternative to Tableau
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    Plotly is library for javascript

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Tableau is much more sophisticated and offers unparalleled ease of use.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Quality and type of visualizations is too different.

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    • This alternative is disputed. Plotly is a legitimate Tableau alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Plotly is Freemium and Open SourceTableau is Paid and Proprietary
  5. LinceBI icon
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    The most complete OpenSource Bussines Intelligence platform including BI Portal, Reports, OLAP Analysis, Dashboards and Scorecards It´s fully customizable and you can include other BI tools in LinceBI BI Global Portal like PowerBI, Metabase...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Pretzel icon
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    Pretzel is an open-source, offline browser-based tool for fast and intuitive data exploration and visualization. It can handle large data files, runs locally in your browser, and requires no backend setup.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
  7. Zebra BI icon
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    Advanced visualization toolkit for creating interactive dashboards, business reports, and presentations in Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint. Features include dynamic comments, focus mode, drill-through, automated comparatives, and ready-made templates for fast setup.

    23 Zebra BI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft PowerPoint
    • Microsoft Power BI
    • Microsoft 365 (Office)
    • Microsoft Excel
     
  8. Talend icon
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    Talend leverages the open source model to make data integration available to all types of organizations, regardless of their size, level of expertise or budgetary constraints. Talend’s solutions connect to all source and target systems and they can be downloaded at no cost.

    93 Talend alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. KNOWAGE icon
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    Knowage inherits the long history of SpagoBI, the well known open source BI suite. The Community Edition continues this tradition, providing value to the community of developers and users.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. NVD3 icon
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    This project is an attempt to build re-usable charts and chart components for d3.js without taking away the power that d3.js gives you. This is a very young collection of components, with the goal of keeping these components very customizeable, staying away from your standard...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  11. SolidSheets icon
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    SolidSheets offers a user-friendly interface and powerful features to manage and analyze your data. Easily open, edit, and print CSV, SSFS/SSFS64, and XLSX files. With advanced formulas, charts, and machine learning algorithms, accelerate your workflow.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. NumeRe icon
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    Open source framework for numerical computations and advanced statistical analysis, featuring nonlinear curve fitting, ODE solving, 1D/2D publication-quality visualization, Fourier and wavelet transforms, intuitive syntax, and namespace-based code organization for research.

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    • Windows
     
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