Why pay for Tableau when Looker Studio
What you get free
Free dashboards with many Google and database connectors, shared by link or scheduled email.
What you miss
Advanced data modeling, enterprise governance and the richer chart options in Tableau.
All free options for Tableau, best first
- Tableau Public Drag-and-drop charts and dashboards, but every workbook you publish is public.
- Looker Studio Free dashboards with many Google and database connectors, shared by link or scheduled email.
- Metabase Open source BI with a no-code question builder, SQL editor and dashboards you can self-host.