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Lightdash vs Tableau
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
Tableau
Enterprise data visualisation platform.
Business Intelligence & DataPaid · $15/user/mo (Viewer)
At a glanceLightdashTableau
At a glance
- Pricing
- Lightdash$400/mo (Pro)
- Tableau$15/user/mo (Viewer)
- Pricing model
- LightdashFreemium
- TableauPaid
- Founded
- Lightdash—
- Tableau2003
- Location
- LightdashLondon, UK
- Tableau—
- Bootstrapped
- Lightdash—
- Tableau—
- Open source
- LightdashYes
- Tableau—
- Category
- Lightdash—
- TableauBusiness Intelligence & Data
- Indie alternatives
- Lightdash0
- Tableau8
- Founders
- LightdashOliver Laslett, Hamzah Chaudhary
- TableauPat Hanrahan, Chris Stolte, Christian Chabot
Key differences
Pricing
Tableau starts cheaper at $15/user/mo (Viewer); Lightdash starts at $400/mo (Pro).
Funding
Lightdash is bootstrapped / open source; Tableau is venture-backed.
Open source
Lightdash is open source; Tableau is closed source.
Indie alternatives
Lightdash has 0 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Tableau has 8.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founders of Tableau
- Pat HanrahanCo-founder
- Chris StolteCo-founder
- Christian ChabotCo-founder & former CEO
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