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# About Tableau Enterprise

Tableau Enterprise is our advanced software package to help you explore and manage data faster with Tableau Cloud. It also makes it easier to purchase the capabilities needed by organizations that require advanced data and deployment management options.

## Tableau Enterprise Licensing

As of March 2026, Tableau Enterprise is sold in the following models:

- **Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud Role-Based Edition**
    
    The role-based edition is sold on a per-User role-based licensing model, including Creators, Explorers, and Viewers. This model is structured around the specific roles within an organization, each requiring different levels of functionality. With Tableau Enterprise, each role-based license includes Data Management, Advanced Management, and eLearning for Creators and Explorers. Available for Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.
- **Tableau Server Core Edition**
    
    The core edition is capacity-based and sold in 8-core increments, and bundles Advanced Management and Data Management into the license. Available only for Tableau Server.

Starting in July 2026, Tableau Enterprise customers can purchase Capacity-based Viewer Blocks alongside Tableau Enterprise. Capacity-based Viewer Blocks replace the per-user Viewer license. Capacity-based licensing provides unlimited Viewer user accounts and defines capacity based on concurrent usage rather than named users. Creators and Explorers continue to be licensed per user. A deployment can use either capacity-based or role-based Viewer licensing, but not both. For more information, see [Capacity-based license model](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/license_product_keys.htm#capacity).

## Tableau Enterprise Feature Table

The following table lists the features that are included with the Tableau Enterprise license edition. Feature availability below is noted for Creator. There are differences in available functionality between Creator, Explorer, and Viewer.

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                            <td>Feature</td>
                            <td>Description</td>
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                            <td><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/default.htm" target="_blank" title="Tableau Desktop and Web Authoring Help">Tableau Authoring</a>
                            </td>
                            <td>Use <span class="mc-variable Variables.TabsProductDesktop variable">Tableau Desktop</span> or Tableau web authoring on Tableau Cloud to create, collaborate, and share insights about your data. Tableau provides you a way to identify and solve problems, or highlight key findings in a visual and easily understandable way.</td>
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                            <td><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_welcome.htm" target="_blank" title="Tableau Prep Help">Tableau Prep</a>
                            </td>
                            <td>Tableau Prep is a data preparation tool for cleaning, shaping, and combining data for analysis.</td>
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                            <td><a href="https://www.tableau.com/learn/training/elearning-courses" target="_blank" title="Tableau eLearning">eLearning</a>
                            </td>
                            <td>Role-based training
Tableau Learning Paths provide a clear track to proficiency with the most up-to-date Tableau training content. Assessments help you evaluate where you are in your learning path and give you confidence in your new skills. Accelerate the onboarding process for new employees and help more experienced users get the most out of Tableau capabilities.</td>
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                            <td>
                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/pulse_intro.htm" class="xref">Tableau Pulse Release Notes</a>
                                </p>
                                <p>(Tableau Cloud only)</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                        Tableau Pulse provides insights about your data as a digest sent to subscribed members of an organization. These digests of Pulse insights can  surface trends, outliers, and other changes, keeping you up to date on the data relevant to your work. 
                        <p>For information about setting Pulse up, see <a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/pulse_set_up.htm" class="xref">Set Up Your Site for Tableau Pulse</a></p></td>
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                            <td><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/dm_overview.htm" target="_blank" class="xref">About Data Management</a>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                        Data Management is a collection of features and capabilities that helps customers manage Tableau content and data assets in their  Tableau Cloud environment. 
                        <p>One Resource Block Node is included with Tableau Enterprise.</p></td>
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                            <td><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/itm_intro.htm" class="xref">About Tableau Advanced Management on Tableau Cloud</a>
                            </td>
                            <td>Advanced Management is a collection of features and capabilities designed to  provide  enhanced security, manageability, and scalability for Tableau Cloud.</td>
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                            <td>
                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/cloud_manager_intro.htm" class="xref">Use Tableau Cloud Manager</a>
                                </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Tableau Cloud Manager (TCM) provides administrators with a centralized management interface for overseeing their organization's Tableau Cloud sites. With TCM, cloud administrators can create and edit sites, manage users, and monitor license consumption across multiple sites in their tenant, all from a single location.</p>
                                <p>Cloud administrators can manage up to 10 sites with an Enterprise license.</p>
                            </td>
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                            <td><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/data_connect_about_overview.htm" class="xref">About Data Connect</a>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                        Data Connect allows seamless access to data across on-premises and private cloud environments in Tableau Cloud without significant increases in IT overhead.
                        <p>Not included by default in Tableau Enterprise, but available for purchase separately.</p></td>
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                            <td><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/private_connect.htm" target="_blank" class="xref">Private Connect</a>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Private Connect for AWS (Amazon Web Services) allows cloud administrators to create secure, private, and dedicated connections between Tableau Cloud and AWS-hosted data providers. These private connections are provisioned on top of AWS PrivateLink, using private IP address space, meaning that data traffic doesn't traverse the public internet. The private and secure nature of private connections addresses a key requirement of restricting data traffic to private networks.</p>
                                <p>Not included by default in Tableau Enterprise, but available for purchase separately.</p>
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                            <td><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/to_external_kms.htm" target="_blank">External KMS for Extract Encryption</a>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>External key management empowers organizations to encrypt their extracts using keys controlled in their own AWS Key Management Service (KMS). This enhances security, helps meet compliance requirements, and provides greater data sovereignty by allowing customers direct control over their encryption keys.</p>
                            </td>
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