# Plotly-Dash v Tableau

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-dash-v-tableau/13957>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [September 25, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-dash-v-tableau/13957 "2018-09-25T21:22:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![thedatasleuth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/thedatasleuth/32/4159_2.png) [@thedatasleuth](https://community.plotly.com/u/thedatasleuth)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-dash-v-tableau/13957/1 "2018-09-25T21:22:34Z")

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Hi all,

I’ve been able to put together my first Dash apps and now I’m a total convert. I’ve been told that Tableau has a similarly beautiful design and layout (without all of the coding), so I’m wondering what Dash has on Tableau that I can take back to the Tableau converts in my life.

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**Author:** ![mikesmith1611](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/mikesmith1611/32/2130_2.png) [@mikesmith1611](https://community.plotly.com/u/mikesmith1611)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 8:38am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-dash-v-tableau/13957/2 "2018-09-26T08:38:52Z")

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- It’s open source
- It has a Python back-end so you can manipulate data in any way you like (many data science packages)
- You can deploy it to e.g. Heroku/Docker/Kubernetes very easily
- You can build a whole website using Dash 🙂

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**Author:** ![thedatasleuth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/thedatasleuth/32/4159_2.png) [@thedatasleuth](https://community.plotly.com/u/thedatasleuth)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-dash-v-tableau/13957/3 "2018-09-26T13:29:15Z")

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Awesome, thank you so much. Can’t wait to keep building out my Dash skills.

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**Author:** ![NickClarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@NickClarke](https://community.plotly.com/u/NickClarke)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-dash-v-tableau/13957/4 "2018-10-05T19:49:45Z")

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Tableau is great for analysing an existing data set, but it is pretty weak at actually calculating things based on user input. Dash is great for that. You have to write code for Dash but that means you can do almost anything with it.

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**Author:** ![jack](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/jack/32/11_2.png) [@jack](https://community.plotly.com/u/jack)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-dash-v-tableau/13957/5 "2020-10-27T00:34:27Z")

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> **[Dash Enterprise for Python vs Common BI Software](https://plotly.com/comparing-dash-tableau-powerbi-einstein-analytics/)**
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> Learn how Dash Enterprise, Tableau, Power BI, and Einstein Analytics compare as analytics platforms. This chart breaks down each according to data product delivery, deployment & dev ops, ease of use, design, data science integration, security,...

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