Gartner Magic Quadrant Report

Tableau Positioned as Challenger on Gartner 2010 Magic Quadrant Report for Business Intelligence Platforms

Read the full report "Magic Quadrant* for Business Intelligence Platforms" by Rita L. Sallam, Bill Hostmann, James Richardson, Andreas Bitterer, January 29, 2010.


"In 2009, megavendors held almost two-thirds of business intelligence platform market share. But impatient business users increasingly turned to pure-play BI platforms, particularly those of small innovative vendors, to fill usability and time-to-value needs unmet by the larger vendors.”

From the Gartner 2010 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms






Tableau is positioned as a challenger.

This Magic Quadrant graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research role and should be evaluated in the context of the entire report. The Gartner report is available upon request by clicking here.

Tableau Evaluated Based on Customer Survey Feedback

Gartner's highly regarded Magic Quadrant* for Business Intelligence is based on Gartner’s detailed customer surveys, interviews and analysis. Many organizations will only consider software vendors that appear on the Magic Quadrant.

More About Tableau’s Products

Tableau’s rapid fire business intelligence suite lets business users explore and analyze their data independently. And the tools leverage existing IT infrastructure and enforce IT controls and protocols. So IT can maintain control while delivering exactly the experience business users have been crying for. Tableau customers get:

  • Rapid analysis & discovery: explore, not just graph data, to identify trends and outliers.
  • Self service: get data when and how you want it -- IT doesn't have to create new reports.
  • Infrastructure fit: grow as you need it, once the tool has proven itself. The software fits into your existing database, security and IT architecture.
  • Ease of deployment and maintenance: install in minutes, without the need for professional services or a long implementation phase. Little ongoing maintenance is needed.

Read the top 10 reasons why IT loves Tableau Software.

Tableau is a software company that’s finally doing business intelligence right: giving business people the tools to get answers right now, right when it's needed. Based on breakthrough technology from Stanford University, Tableau is the next generation of business intelligence software. It’s fast, easy and beautiful.

Download our free trial and find out what Gartner’s clients already know.




* Magic Quadrant Disclaimer
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted January 29, 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.