Abre is a data platform built specifically for K-12, and a partnership where all the tech is handled for you. Tableau is a business intelligence (BI) tool that was not designed to support K-12 stakeholders, and requires data science expertise to implement.
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What It Is | A one-stop shop platform + partnership to use K-12 data to support the Whole Child. | A visual data analytics company focused on business intelligence. | |
Visualizing Data |  The Abre team meets with you to understand the questions you're trying to answer, then Abre does the work to connect the right data sources and build the right visualizations to help you answer them. |  You can create any type of data visualization you want, but you have to build it entirely on your own. | |
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Our Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) model means you not only get a platform built by former educators, but the guidance and support needed to maximize it—without having to do any of the setup or data management work yourself.
A one-stop-shop that consolidates all your sources of data, allowing for real-time insights into the Whole Child.
Get expert advice on everything from making your data actionable to implementing frameworks like MTSS.
Data is available to everyone in the learning community. Dashboards and views are customized to what each stakeholder needs to see.
Abre is highly customizable, and can create reports and dimensional dashboards for your district to ensure you can answer any question you may have about student outcomes.
There was a definite benefit from the very beginning that this platform is made by educators. They're not a technology company molding their product for the education world. It's the other way around.
- MEGAN MCGUIRE, WAYNESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT
We make it easy to start using Abre. Our dedicated team is here to help you confidently move your data into our platform, with minimal disruption to your school.
No formatting or organizing needed. Just give us the raw files.
We'll get together to understand your use cases and determine the most important questions you want to answer with data.
We'll do all the heavy technical lifting. After determining your goals and needs, we'll import your data into Abre so you can start using it.
K-12 Data-as-a-Service (Daas) solutions allow you and your staff to breathe a sigh of relief. They don’t just provide dashboards, they set you on a path to success when it comes to understanding what’s working and what’s not within your district.
Tableau does not offer DaaS, so you will likely get stuck at frequent moments in your data journey. You’ll spend more time wrestling with the data and trying to make it fit within platform needs, providing you less time taking actionable steps that support student success. Since Tableau was never designed to be a K-12 data platform, nothing comes out-of-the-box. You are required to build everything yourself, and oftentimes, districts need to hire a data scientist to interpret their data and make it useable.
Abre invented DaaS for K-12—no data scientist required. As your partner, Abre guides you through developing a solid foundation for your K-12 data and building upon each step to take it to the next level in a manageable, sustainable way. Abre does the heavy lifting of consolidating your data and making it usable. No matter how messy or raw the data file is, we create formats and data visualizations that are easy to share and understand. You’ll have more capacity to focus on what matters most: your students.
Tableau’s access is limited to the number of licenses purchased, and data has to be disseminated manually. It’s not clear or easy for other stakeholders to get data they need to better support the Whole Child.
Unsupported stakeholders causes major communication breakdowns and does not allow the entire learning community to stay informed on students’ progress and support the Whole Child.
Abre supports ALL stakeholders with straightforward reports and data visualizations. Abre users utilize a single sign on link for login while EduClimber users have separate links potentially leading to confusion.
Since Tableau does not specialize in K-12, many users have reported that the UX does not feel intuitive. There are no stock or ready-to-use dashboards, everything has to built from scratch.
Abre offers 50+ easy-to-use dashboards that other districts have seen success from. Additionally, Abre was designed to be an extension of Google for Education, and you’ll find the user experience to be intuitive like Google. With one product for the entire process, getting to actionable data becomes a seamless experience.
Tableau does not provide dedicated dashboards for different stakeholders. In fact, many key stakeholders—such as families, students, and community partners—have no access to Tableau at all.
Abre provides tailored dashboards to each stakeholder group with views like District360, Building360, Class360, and Student360.
Performance Matters users have reported that the platform is not user-friendly and can be glitchy.
Abre was designed to be an extension of Google for Education, and you’ll find the user experience to be intuitive like Google. With one product for the entire process, getting to actionable data becomes a seamless experience.
If you’re using Tableau, all custom dashboards will need to be created by your team, without regular meetings or consultation from their team.
Our Data-as-a-Service model means Abre partners with you to understand your needs and create dashboards with the exact type of visualizations that you need. Plus, our strategic consultants are experts and former educators. We’ll help you through the entire process and leverage our experience with hundreds of schools across the country.
Since Tableau does not offer DaaS for K-12 nor was it specifically designed for K-12 education usage, they do not provide any guidance on how to implement frameworks like MTSS or PBIS.
Conversely, Abre was created by former educators, for TODAY’S educators. Our team has extensive knowledge and experience in student intervention, as well as the ability to visualize student progress and show your districts exactly how effective your interventions are.
