Lusting for Tableau

July 29, 2009 3:27 PM

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 comments total)

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

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

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

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