UW-IT’s Tableau Licensing service enables faculty, staff, and students to purchase Tableau Creator licenses to build and publish amazing data visualizations.
There are many different options available depending on your characteristics. Please choose your role below to see the best option for your scenario.
To request a UW Tableau License, visit our Service Catalog entry: Tableau Software Licensing
Roles:
Choose your role to see the options and costs:
- Everyone (No Cost*)
- Staff
- Faculty (teaching with Tableau)
- Faculty (not teaching with Tableau)
- Researcher (commercial research)
- Researcher (non-commercial research)
- Student (Non full-time)
- Student (Full-time)
Availability:
Everyone (No Cost*)
*UW data restrictions apply
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Build/Develop visualizations
- Product: Tableau Public Desktop
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Download Tableau Public Desktop
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Publish visualizations for sharing
- Product: Tableau Public Server
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Publish to Tableau’s Public Server from within Tableau Public Desktop
Staff:
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Interact with existing visualizations
- Product: UW Tableau Server and UW Tableau Public Server
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Browse the catalog of all UW Tableau Server visualizations
(Note: Users must have access to the EDW and to the UW Tableau Server) Visualizations published on the UW Tableau Public Server are shared by embedding them within a webpage. No special permissions are required to access the visualization.
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Build/Develop visualizations
- Product: Tableau Creator – Desktop and Prep
- Cost: License Cost: $60 per month
- Includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep, Tableau support, software upgrades, online publishing to UW’s Tableau Server and UW’s Tableau Public Server.
- Obtain: Request a License
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Publish visualizations for sharing
Faculty (teaching with Tableau):
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Interact with existing visualizations
- Product: UW Tableau Server and UW Tableau Public Server
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Browse the catalog of all UW Tableau Server visualizations
(Note: Users must have access to the EDW and to the UW Tableau Server) Visualizations published on the UW Tableau Public Server are shared by embedding them within a webpage. No special permissions are required to access the visualization.
-
Build/Develop visualizations
- Product: Tableau Desktop
- Cost: Free (see requirements at Tableau for Teaching)
- Obtain: Download from Tableau for Teaching
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Publish visualizations for sharing
Faculty (not teaching with Tableau):
-
Interact with existing visualizations
- Product: UW Tableau Server and UW Tableau Public Server
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Browse the catalog of all UW Tableau Server visualizations
(Note: Users must have access to the EDW and to the UW Tableau Server). Visualizations published on the UW Tableau Public Server are shared by embedding them within a webpage. No special permissions are required to access the visualization.
-
Build/Develop visualizations
- Product: Tableau Creator – Desktop and Prep
- Cost: License Cost: $60 per month
- Includes Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep, support, software upgrades, online publishing to UW’s Tableau Server and UW’s Tableau Public Server.
- Obtain: Request a License
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Publish visualizations for sharing
Researcher (commercial research):
-
Interact with existing visualizations
- Product: UW Tableau Server and UW Tableau Public Server
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Browse the catalog of all UW Tableau Server visualizations
(Note: Users must have access to the EDW and to the UW Tableau Server.)Visualizations published on the UW Tableau Public Server are shared by embedding them within a webpage. No special permissions are required to access the visualization.
-
Build/Develop visualizations
- Product: Tableau Creator – Desktop and Prep
- Cost: License Cost: $60 per month
- Includes Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep, Tableau support, software upgrades, online publishing to UW’s Tableau Server and UW’s Tableau Public Server.
- Obtain: Request a License
-
Publish visualizations for sharing
Researcher (non-commercial research):
-
Interact with existing visualizations
- Product: UW Tableau Server and UW Tableau Public Server
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Browse the catalog of all UW Tableau Server visualizations
(Note: Users must have access to the EDW and to the UW Tableau Server) Visualizations published on the UW Tableau Public Server are shared by embedding them within a webpage. No special permissions are required to access the visualization.
-
Build/Develop visualizations
- Product: Tableau Desktop
- Cost: Free (see requirements at Tableau for Teaching)
- Obtain: Download from Tableau for Teaching
-
Publish visualizations for sharing
Student (Non-full time*):
*UW data restrictions apply
-
Build/Develop visualizations
- Product: Tableau Public Desktop
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Download Tableau Desktop Public
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Publish visualizations for sharing
- Product: Tableau Public Server
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Publish to Tableau’s Public Server from within Tableau Public Desktop
Student (Full time*):
*UW data restrictions apply
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Build/Develop visualizations
- Product: Tableau Desktop
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Download from Tableau for Students
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Publish visualizations for sharing
- Product: Tableau Public Server
- Cost: Free
- Obtain: Publish to Tableau’s Public Server from within Tableau Desktop
UW Data Restrictions:
Tableau workbooks saved on the Tableau Public Server are open to the world. UW institutional data may not be published to Tableau Public Server.