R vs. Excel vs.Tableau

In this section, we compare the three most commonly used Data Representation Tools.

Feature	R	Excel	Tableau
Application	R is used for Data Visualization & Statistical Analysis (Machine and Deep Learning)	Primarily used for structural Data presentation.	Tableau is used to translate queries into visualization.
Cost and community	R is open-source and free software and has an effective support community.	Microsoft Excel is expensive, and its community is not adequately involved in support.	Tableau is not open-source software, and it's expensive. The community is not involved in support.
Area of Analysis	Descriptive, Predictive and prescriptive Analysis	Mainly Descriptive Analysis	Mainly Descriptive Analysis.
Coding Concept	R is a complete low-level programming language.	Knowledge of scripting (VB) and macros to use it full-fledged.	No coding skills required.
Business purpose	Represent insight from data, Prediction of profit, classify or cluster the domain, and many more.	Quick on-off reports	Self-service functions that would pull the insights of the data
Machine Learning	It’s very popular for Machine learning Algorithms like regression, Classification, Clustering	Use a bit of ML algorithms like Regression	ML capable software integrates it for data visualization.
Deep Learning	Very effective for Deep learning	It’s only used for data presentation	It’s just a visualization tool