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SAP Lumira [EOL] vs Tableau Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

SAP Lumira [EOL]
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tableau Enterprise
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
309
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (2nd), Reporting (2nd), Data Visualization (1st), Embedded BI (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

Rafal Zaborowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Supply Chain Manager, Proxy, Matw Global D&I Council Memeber at SAUERESSIG Group
It's stable, it keeps on improving and the technical support is excellent
I think a lot of users aren't having fun using SAP because it requires putting in a lot of information by keyboard directly because it requires some coding, so this is one area for improvement. From a user point of view, SAP is a complex system where you can learn and teach, so another area for improvement in the solution is that it needs to be more user-friendly. In the next release of SAP, I want it to have a friendlier menu for its users.
Uzair Faruqi - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Data Science at Mjunction Services
Ease of developing dashboards and receiving strong technical support have enabled efficient data visualization
Introducing custom features, such as NLP-based reports, is not very good in Tableau. My MD has been asking us for a way to write in natural language to request reports that the system should generate, but that isn't very effective with Tableau. As a developer, I can develop an on-demand report in Python quite easily, but exposing a REST API on the Tableau platform is not a very easy task. AI enablement is an area for improvement for Tableau, and that is something they might have to work upon. I have heard that ThoughtSpot is quite better in this regard, but the cost of ThoughtSpot is much higher. ThoughtSpot has lots of natural language-based report generation features that Tableau lacks.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW."
"I like the integration, so it's easy to integrate different data sources."
"This is a tool that gives more power to the user."
"We chose it because of its ability to have a selection of data from various sources, and it's an easy reporting tool for business analysts to use."
"I would recommend using SAP Lumira because the development of dashboards is easy, and they have a good look and feel."
"This product is amazing and changes how people think of the relationship between IT and businesses."
"Now, it seems to be one of the best SAP dashboard/chart/data analysis tools available."
"Within an hour or so, we had actually a better visualization of the data."
"Tableau has provided visibility into patterns which I had not previously observed."
"It changed the way in which the data was consumed internally by enabling the business leaders to reduce the time for data discovery."
"It's very user-friendly; it's not like Power BI, Tableau is very user-friendly, anybody can use Tableau, it's very easy to adopt things, I can visualize the stats, it's one of the fastest-growing data visualization and data analytics tools, and you can simplify and convert raw data into a very understandable format."
"Its dashboarding is the most valuable."
"Tableau has improved my organization in a variety of ways, one of its uses being that of data analysis. A feature I have found most valuable is the ease of use and straightforwardness, in addition to the flexibility of Tableau."
"I really like the interactivity of the dashboards."
"While using this solution I have found the valuable features to be ease of use and the visualization. It is a complete solution."
"There are already connectors to almost every single major database and service that you can possibly think of."
 

Cons

"SAP Lumira's scalability is very limited. Every time we have to involve IT if there is a change in the dashboard."
"It needs the ability to drill down more. Analyzing data with Lumira at times becomes a bit difficult."
"I would look at the geospatial part of it which doesn't seem work well as when you look at converting that for your maps, it is a little cumbersome, and it's not as accurate."
"It has some limitations when operating BW data, and has limited functions when mixing different data sources."
"The Cloud/Edge version of SAP Lumira still needs to be more user friendly."
"It needs to have more complex and enriched chart functions."
"It needs an easier printing feature."
"I am happy with the product, but they could improve in the discovery of the product."
"We have products like Tableau, Power BI, Cognos, and QlikView in the data visualization segment. Compared to those, Tableau is quite costly."
"The process of embedding the dashboards on external portals and websites could be improved."
"They need to improve the bar chart position and width."
"Customer support always gets back to me within 24 hours. However, they are not always able to help me resolve my issue."
"Compared to those, Tableau is quite costly."
"Technical support through Tableau’s online forum might not be sufficient sometimes but somehow, I've always managed to overcome issues without calling support."
"Even Power BI is better than Tableau because there are many things that are good for the business."
"The setup was easy but we are having some problems with the configuration that is taking a long time. We have done some initial tests and some of the delays could be from bandwidth issues. However, the whole installation process should be simplified."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In terms of cost, SAP Lumira is less affordable."
"PowerBI is way more capable at a much better price point: $10 per user without all the associated setup costs."
"I recommend that you discuss your needs with the salesperson and try to negotiate the price."
"I rate the product price in the Indian region a seven to eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
"There is a license required, we pay an annual license which is priced fair."
"Tableau is an expensive solution, though it comes with its advantages."
"At $70 per month, I think the price is a bit scary. I have a small consulting firm in Ghana, working in about 15 different African countries, and when it comes to our part of the world, $70 a month is a lot of money for software."
"It is expensive when you compare it with Power BI. It should be cheaper."
"It is fairly expensive. I have no idea what they paid. We were on an enterprise license, so whatever it is they licensed at the enterprise level is what we paid."
"The price is definitely a point because smaller firms don't use Tableau as it's an expensive tool."
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Comparison Review

it_user79932 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - BI Head with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 4, 2015
Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho
1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business117
Midsize Enterprise67
Large Enterprise185
 

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Also Known As

SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Tableau Online
 

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