Lusting for Tableau
July 29, 2009 3:27 PM   Subscribe

What are some affordable alternatives to Tableau for data visualization, plotting, etc?

I am looking for some similar software that will produce awesome and easy to manipulate visualizations for the tons and tons of data I work with.

I adore Tableau (used the 7 day free trial), but there is absolutely no way I can afford a $999 license.

What are some cheaper alternatives? Besides, uh, Excel.
posted by ttyn to Technology (4 answers total) 8 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: R, for one. Add GGobi and Lattice for multivariate visualization and plotting. It's all free.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:05 PM on July 29, 2009


Another option is Aabel, but this costs about half the Tableau license.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:22 PM on July 29, 2009


Igor Pro is probably cheaper for you than MATLAB.
posted by fatllama at 12:48 AM on July 30, 2009


Protovis is a Javascript package that looks pretty good.
posted by fatllama at 4:33 AM on August 5, 2009


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