As of late 2020, there are many dashboarding/reporting/BI tools out there, with the most popular ones being Tableau, PowerBI, and R Shiny. The question quickly becomes — “How can I determine the right tool for my particular needs?” Today we’ll compare two of the most widely used tools at Fortune 500 companies:

• Tableau - an intuitive and straightforward drag and drop solution used for data analysisR Shiny - a web framework written in R, widely used to make dashboards and interactive web applications

Let’s get one thing out of the way — R Shiny is not a reporting/dashboarding tool. Most people use it to make dashboards, so we can consider this comparison fair. As mentioned earlier, R Shiny_ is_ a full web framework. With it comes some obvious benefits and some considerations you need to have in mind when comparing it to tools like Tableau_._We’ll examine the following areas where Tableau and R Shiny compete with one another and declare a winner (or tie) for each:

• ConnectivityChart typesEase of use: simple chartsEase of use: simple dashboardsUser input and interactivityVisual styling

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