TABLEAU SOFTWARE www . tableau . com The industry-leading BI software for its ease of use is widely agreed to be made by Seattle , WA-based company Tableau Software . With its analytics interface powered by the company ’ s own VizQL technology , Tableau was described by ITPro as having “ more sophisticated visualisation tools and deeper controls ” ( than Microsoft ’ s competitor product ). After switching company-wide to Tableu ’ s business intelligence analytics platform in 2016 , German airline Lufthansa reported an efficiency in report-processing and logistics management of 30 % in a single year .