Tableau Public alternative

Public when you want. Private when you need.

Tableau Public is a great free gallery with one hard rule: everything you publish is public, data included. Datastripes gives you the same free public tier, embeds and gallery, with no desktop app to install, and a simple upgrade when a project has to stay private.

No card. No install. Drop a spreadsheet and you are already writing.

0 installs
everything runs in the browser
Story-first
narrative, not just a dashboard
1 click
from public to private (Pro)
€0
for the public gallery tier

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A story and a dashboard from the same data, published in the browser, with no desktop app involved.

Same data, same file, two ways to read it. Sample data, built for this page.

The limits people hit with Tableau Public

Publishing with Datastripes

  1. 01

    Open the browser

    No download. Drop a CSV or Excel file and start immediately.

  2. 02

    Build

    Charts, maps and tables, suggested by AI or picked by hand.

  3. 03

    Choose public or private

    Public projects go to the gallery for free. Pro keeps them private and unbranded.

  4. 04

    Embed and share

    Responsive embeds for any site, or a password-protected link.

A public gallery, without forcing your data public

Public galleries are a wonderful way to learn and build a portfolio, and Datastripes has one too: free projects are listed there and carry a “Made with Datastripes” credit. The difference is that private is a €19 monthly upgrade, not a different enterprise product. With private plans, the rows are processed in your browser and are not stored on our servers.

Stories, not only dashboards

Tableau’s strength is exploration. Datastripes adds the narrative layer: a scrollable story with text between charts, guiding readers to the point before letting them explore the dashboard. That is what publishers and communicators need.

Who should switch

Students, researchers, journalists and marketers who want to publish interactive work quickly without learning a full BI tool, and anyone whose next project contains data that cannot be public. Analysts who need Tableau’s advanced calculations and data modelling will still find it more powerful for that work.

“Free shouldn’t mean your data belongs to everyone. It should mean you can start today.”

Vincenzo Manto, founder of Datastripes

Pay or not pay?

Every free embed carries a small “Made with Datastripes” credit. Pay only when you need your brand, your privacy, or your team.

Public

€0forever

Unlimited public stories. Perfect for open data and portfolios.

  • Unlimited data stories, charts and dashboards
  • Interactive, responsive embeds for any CMS
  • CSV, Excel, Google Sheets and JSON import
  • “Made with Datastripes” credit on every embed
  • Projects listed in the public gallery
Start free
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Pro

€19/ month

For journalists, freelancers and marketers who publish for clients.

  • Everything in Public
  • No watermark, your brand only
  • Private projects, kept out of the gallery
  • Rows stay in your browser, never on our servers
  • Password-protected links
  • Export PNG, SVG, PDF and PowerPoint
  • Live update when the source sheet changes
Go Pro

Team

€199/ month

For newsrooms, agencies and content teams.

  • Everything in Pro, for up to 10 seats
  • Shared templates and house style
  • Embeds on your own custom domain
  • Shared workspaces and review flow
  • Priority support on launch and election nights
Start a Team trial

Prices in EUR, VAT excluded. Annual billing saves two months. Student and nonprofit discounts on request.

Tableau Public alternative: common questions

Is there a private alternative to Tableau Public?

Yes. Datastripes Pro (€19/month) makes projects private and unbranded, with data processed in your browser.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Datastripes runs entirely in the browser on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS.

Can I import Tableau workbooks?

Not directly, but you can export the underlying data as CSV or Excel and rebuild the visualization in minutes.

Is there a public gallery?

Yes. Free projects appear in the Datastripes public gallery, which helps others discover your work.

Your data already has a story.
Give it ten minutes.

Open Datastripes, it’s free
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