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Alternatives to Tableau, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 388 of the 432 answers collected in the two categories where Tableau holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
ChartMogul68
ProfitWell Metrics33
Looker Studio22
Databox18
Baremetrics15
QuickBooks Online15
First choices in the 388 answers that did not name Tableau, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

SaaS metrics and analytics

Planning and analysis. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Tableau is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessTableau holds 8 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Tableau; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, ten products in all, the eight most named:

ChartMogul27 of 72Head to head →
ProfitWell Metrics24 of 72Head to head →
Baremetrics9 of 72Head to head →
Databox8 of 72Head to head →
Looker Studio4 of 72Head to head →
Geckoboard1 of 72
Mixpanel1 of 72
Paddle Retain (formerly ProfitWell Metrics1 of 72
2 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketTableau is #7 of 11 here at 2% of first choices, 11 labels.

Seventy of the seventy-two answers did not name Tableau; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

ChartMogul28 of 70Head to head →
ProfitWell Metrics7 of 70Head to head →
Looker Studio6 of 70Head to head →
Baremetrics4 of 70Head to head →
Databox4 of 70Head to head →
Fairview1 of 70
PostHog1 of 70
Subscript1 of 70
1 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseTableau is #7 of 10 here at 2% of first choices, 26 labels.

Fifty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name Tableau; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those fifty-eight answers, twenty-three products in all, the eight most named:

ChartMogul13 of 58Head to head →
Maxio6 of 58
Amplitude3 of 58
Baremetrics2 of 58Head to head →
ProfitWell Metrics2 of 58Head to head →
Reveal2 of 58
Torii2 of 58
BetterCloud1 of 58
15 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Financial reporting and dashboards

Planning and analysis. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Tableau is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessTableau is #11 of 11 here at 0% of first choices, 13 labels.

Sixty-nine of the seventy-two answers did not name Tableau; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-nine answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

QuickBooks Online15 of 69
Looker Studio12 of 69
Zoho Books8 of 69
Databox6 of 69
Fathom6 of 69
Wave6 of 69
Clockwork1 of 69
Geckoboard1 of 69
5 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketTableau is #9 of 14 here at 0% of first choices, 19 labels.

Sixty-three of the seventy-two answers did not name Tableau; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those sixty-three answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

Sage Intacct13 of 63
Fathom6 of 63
Wave6 of 63
Zoho Books4 of 63
Vena3 of 63
Datarails2 of 63
Pigment2 of 63
Acumatica1 of 63
11 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseTableau is #5 of 10 here at 2% of first choices, 26 labels.

Fifty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name Tableau; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those fifty-six answers, twenty products in all, the eight most named:

OneStream8 of 56
Microsoft Power BI4 of 56
Workday Adaptive Planning3 of 56
Acumatica2 of 56
Anaplan2 of 56
Maxio2 of 56
Workiva2 of 56
Drivetrain1 of 56
12 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Tableau neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Tableau only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Tableau's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Tableau was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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