Tableau vs Vega and Vega-Lite
| Tableau | Vega and Vega-Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | |
| Free trial | No | |
| Paid from | $15/mo | Free |
| Platforms | self-hosted | api, Linux, Web |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | $15/user/mo | |
| Dashboard type | Agentic analytics | interactive |
| Embedded dashboards | Yes | Yes |
| Data sources | Any type of data | Inline data, URL-loaded data, runtime-bound data; JSON, CSV, TSV, DSV, TopoJSON |
| Platform | Cloud, Server, CRM, Slack, Teams, Claude, and ChatGPT | web |
| Deployment | hybrid | |
| Refresh frequency | real-time | |
| Row-level security | Yes | |
| Scheduled reports | Yes | |
| Viewer seats | 1 seats | |
| Embedded analytics | Yes | |
| Natural-language queries | Yes |
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