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Tableau Desktop vs Apache Superset: catalog facts
Tableau Desktop	Apache Superset
Freemium Free to download, with Creator licenses and Tableau+ sold to organizations.	Free Free and open source as an Apache Software Foundation project.
Windows, macOS	Web, Self-hosted
Drag-and-drop exploration without writing code Connects directly to many data sources	No-code chart builder alongside a SQL IDE Connects to many SQL-based databases and engines
Team and sharing features sit in paid Creator licenses A successor product, Tableau Studio, has been announced	Must be installed and operated on a server More of a BI platform than a quick desktop database client
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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