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SAP Lumira [EOL] vs ThoughtSpot comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

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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
ThoughtSpot
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (5th), Data Visualization (7th), Embedded BI (2nd)
 

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.
Purity Wairimu - PeerSpot reviewer
Financial Analyst at Nestlé
Self-service analytics has empowered teams and now drives faster data-driven decisions
I have an experience of four years using ThoughtSpot. ThoughtSpot is very easy to use. Even non-technical users find it very easy to use and user-friendly. Some of the best features ThoughtSpot offers are innovation, ease of use, and data analytics. Reporting development is also pretty easy, making complex formulas slightly easier. Additionally, dashboarding for non-technical people, easy search of data, ease of getting insights, AI-driven analytics, and the ability to easily build charts are highlights. ThoughtSpot also offers data connection with live data sources. ThoughtSpot's scalability is impressive; it can handle large data easily, and performance has been powerful and reliable. The AI-driven analytics capabilities in ThoughtSpot help to predict future outcomes and are very helpful in tracking data, and performance is great.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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 would recommend using SAP Lumira because the development of dashboards is easy, and they have a good look and feel."
"The most valuable features of SAP Lumira are the dashboards, geographical elements, and graph filtering, and the usage is similar to a website which makes it easy to use."
"Within an hour or so, we had actually a better visualization of the data."
"We’ve created several dashboards that display large sets of data in an insightful and easily digestible way."
"This product is amazing and changes how people think of the relationship between IT and businesses."
"I like the integration, so it's easy to integrate different data sources."
"Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW."
"This tool has really improved our decision-making by 70 to 80% because we are able to rely on insights from different data sources from different departments."
"I like ThoughtSpot's search capabilities. You can also create custom analytics even if you aren't an experienced data analyst. We have users with no data analytics experience making some of the dashboards we've created, copying components, and customizing them to their specific use cases."
"Stability is very important, and ThoughtSpot performs well."
"The most valuable feature is probably the core functionality itself, which is the ability to search and drill down into any data right out of the box."
"ThoughtSpot takes the modifying of existing reports out of our hands."
"The scalability is good."
"The ability to do ad hoc explorations of data has been most valuable."
"The point which I found to be a strength point for Domo was collaboration while building dashboards and pipelines, and the volume of data it used to handle."
 

Cons

"The Cloud/Edge version of SAP Lumira still needs to be more user friendly."
"It needs an easier printing feature."
"I am happy with the product, but they could improve in the discovery of the product."
"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."
"From an enterprise supported tool, I find that a little wanting."
"Each quarterly upgrade has new features, but then existing features tend to break. This is highly frustrating and affects existing Lumira documents."
"It has some limitations when operating BW data, and has limited functions when mixing different data sources."
"The visualization customization needs improvement."
"A crucial feature we needed is missing, which involves restricting views of certain KPIs when users select conflicting parameters. We had to create a workaround, which impacted performance by loading pinboards slowly."
"Currently, we notice a bug in ThoughtSpot when Spotter joins different data sets extracted from Snowflake or produced by SQL."
"The dashboards could give you more ability to fine tune the appearance. You get a great deal more control over how something looks in Power BI than you do in ThoughtSpot."
"ThoughtSpot lacks an intermediate layer for data loading, unlike Qlik, which affects dashboard stability when the database has issues."
"The one area of the solution that I do hear needs improvement is on the visualization front."
"In terms of features, I'd like to be able to pivot data - for example, going from rows to columns. It's not easy to do."
"A customized visualization is lacking in this product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"PowerBI is way more capable at a much better price point: $10 per user without all the associated setup costs."
"In terms of cost, SAP Lumira is less affordable."
"I give the pricing a six out of ten."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
19%
Construction Company
15%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
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Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise19
 

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My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that I was not part of the pricing discussions. One thing I can provide is that they are being very flexible with the limits, and they also ...
What needs improvement with ThoughtSpot?
ThoughtSpot could be improved in that the only part where ThoughtSpot is lacking compared to the more traditional players such as Tableau and Power BI is regarding the options with the visualizatio...
What is your primary use case for ThoughtSpot?
My main use case for ThoughtSpot is to provide self-service analytics capabilities for our company and the business stakeholders. As the manager of the data analytics team, we are managing ThoughtS...
 

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