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SAP Lumira vs Tableau Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 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
Ranking in Data Visualization
26th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tableau Enterprise
Ranking in Data Visualization
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
309
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (2nd), Reporting (2nd), Embedded BI (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of SAP Lumira is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tableau Enterprise is 11.0%, down from 27.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tableau Enterprise11.0%
SAP Lumira0.9%
Other88.1%
Data Visualization
 

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

"The best feature is the ease of developing dashboards."
"The most value that Lumira provides is in its ability to consume the Business Objects universe."
"We’ve created several dashboards that display large sets of data in an insightful and easily digestible way."
"It is fairly easy and fast when it comes to using it."
"Now, it seems to be one of the best SAP dashboard/chart/data analysis tools available."
"The ability to merge enriched data from different sources and also to connect to SAP HANA live data is also embedded in SAP HANA live analytics which cuts down time to deliver a solution to users and helps power users to design their own Lumira stories without any need for IT."
"I think rapid development, geospatial coding, using it to connect to multiple data sources are all good selling points for it."
"It's very easy to import data and also to create formulas and so on, and it made creating charts, especially bubble charts, really easy and very powerful, helping me build impressive metrics for the team around surgery times, supplies used, and expense analysis."
"Since Tableau is on the cloud, we haven't faced any challenges around scalability."
"This service is the combination of very pleasant, interactive graphical visualizations along with the application of advanced statistical models (in some cases)."
"I believe one of the most valuable features of the solution is trend analysis."
"The solution has a lot of customization when comparing to Microsoft BI."
"The speed with which it is possible to explore data is, for me, the best thing about Tableau, as it is extremely easy to drill into data, which in turn shortens the time from having raw data to having useful, actionable insights."
"All the reports that we develop using Tableau are complimented by our directors, as the information is visualized well."
"It has a shallow learning curve and so you can go to market very, very, very quickly."
"The most valuable features are the ability to use various data sets from different platforms, the intuitive graphs, and the ability to play around with the data and graph selections for different views of the data."
 

Cons

"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."
"A lot of bugs keep coming up when we connect to HANA or create our custom color palette."
"It would be great to have more ETL capabilities so that the user can do more cleansing/mining on his/her side."
"Lumira's capabilities feel like that of a store app with the intuitiveness of a desktop app, which is not a good combination."
"Lumira was very useful for me, but now I have more needs, and I have to move faster because I am responsible for a lot of data, and a lot of information that I have to provide to the directors and VPs."
"It needs the ability to drill down more. Analyzing data with Lumira at times becomes a bit difficult."
"Occasional users will always have trouble coping with such a feature-rich product."
"The solution needs to improve its integration capabilities."
"Tableau's data modeling, mining, and AI library features need improvement."
"Sometimes it crashes because of the huge database."
"The SQL programming functionality needs to be improved."
"The charts in Tableau are quite limited."
"The key feature of Tableau that has room for improvement is its performance with structured and unstructured data."
"They need to improve the bar chart position and width."
 

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."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"Tableau is an expensive solution."
"The pricing of Tableau should be better to remain competitive in the market, especially when compared to alternatives."
"Its cost is quite high. A corporate license costs about 150-200K per year for all the users, but there was probably some discounted amount. This cost includes everything."
"The solution is expensive but it depends on the customer's needs which will determine the cost of the licensing."
"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."
"Basically, we prefer a permanent license. A one-time charge is much better."
"Tableau's prices are relatively high for our market. I am from Serbia, so many companies in this market don't have the ability to pay for expensive software. My clients are quite satisfied with a lot of Tableau's qualities except for the prices."
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Comparison Review

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Product Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
May 2, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
17%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
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 Enterprise184
 

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Also Known As

SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Tableau Online
 

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Sample Customers

Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
Accenture, Adobe, Amazon.com, Bank of America, Charles Schwab Corp, Citigroup, Coca-Cola Company, Cornell University, Dell, Deloitte, Duke University, eBay, Exxon Mobil, Fannie Mae, Ferrari, French Red Cross, Goldman Sachs, Google, Government of Canada, HP, Intel, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Macy's, Merck, The New York Times, PayPal, Pfizer, US Army, US Air Force, Skype, and Walmart.
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