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Tableau pricing (2026)

Tableau starts at $15/mo (Tableau Viewer) as checked on 2026-09-05, read from Tableau's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Large enterprises needing mature self-service BI. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.

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At a glance

  • Entry price: $15/mo (Tableau Viewer)
  • Free tier: No · 14-day trial
  • Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR —
  • Best for: Large enterprises needing mature self-service BI; Salesforce ecosystem shops; Teams requiring rich visualization breadth

As of · every figure below links to its source

Tableau plans & pricing

All published Tableau plans. Sourced per row; quote-only tiers show no price.
PlanMonthlyAnnualBillingNotesSource
Tableau Viewer $15 per_seat Read-only access: interact with dashboards, download data, receive alerts. Price from GetApp aggregator; official page inaccessible (403). tableau.com
Tableau Explorer $42 per_seat Author from curated data; edit existing workbooks; manage permissions. Price from GetApp aggregator. tableau.com
Tableau Creator $75 per_seat Full access including Tableau Desktop and Prep Builder; create new data sources and workbooks. Price from GetApp aggregator. tableau.com

Last verified 2026-09-05. Official tableau.com/pricing page returned HTTP 403 on all fetch attempts (2026-06-14). Prices sourced from GetApp aggregator at getapp.com/business-intelligence-analytics-software/a/tableau/pricing/ — Viewer $15, Explorer $42, Creator $75 per user per month — corroborated by a second independent GetApp fetch returning identical figures. Annual vs. monthly billing distinction not disclosed on the aggregator page; Tableau historically bills annually but GetApp lists these as monthly rates without qualification. Re-verified 2026-09-02 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged. Cross-checked against getapp.com.

Price changes

Price on record

$15/mo

First on record 2026-06-27

A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.

Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.

Capabilities

Integrations: Salesforce, Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Azure, SAP, Slack, Tableau Prep.

Key features: Drag-and-drop visual analytics; Tableau Prep for data wrangling; Natural language Ask Data queries; Embedded analytics via Tableau Embedded API; Live and in-memory data connections.

Plan limits: Viewer: read-only, no authoring; Explorer: cannot connect new data sources; Creator: minimum 1 Creator required per site.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Tableau cost?

Tableau starts at $15/mo (Tableau Viewer); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-09-05.

What are cheaper alternatives to Tableau?

Cheaper BI / analytics than Tableau (entry $15/mo) include Microsoft Power BI at $14/mo. Verified 2026-09-05.

Does Tableau support HIPAA?

Tableau HIPAA support: —. SOC 2: —. GDPR: —.

Does Tableau have a free plan?

Tableau free tier: No; 14-day free trial.

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