Compare Tableau and Lawson S3 - Apr 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Apr 21, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Tableau or Lawson S3?

Lawson S3 is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Tableau, and Tableau is rated higher (90/100) than Lawson S3 (89/100). Tableau offers users more features (14) than Lawson S3 (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Tableau!

Looking for the right Business Intelligence solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Tableau Software Vs. LAWSON SOFTWARE

Tableau Software: Tableau Software provides easy-to-use software applications for fast analytics and visualization. Its products include Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server

LAWSON SOFTWARE: Lawson provides software and service solutions in the manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries worldwide where we implement and maintain value adding Enterprise Software for our clients. We believe we offer more value per dollar invested than any other ERP company. How we know if you’re succeeding? We spend a lot of ...

Who is more expensive? Tableau or Lawson S3?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Tableau and Lawson S3.

Tableau price starts at $15 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Tableau is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Lawson S3 accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Tableau is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software.

Bottom line: Lawson S3 is more expensive than Tableau.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Tableau Vs. Lawson S3 based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

Tableau: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Customizable Dashboard, Customizable Features, Dashboarding, Forecasting & Budgeting, Graphic Benchmark.

Lawson S3: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Tableau is ideal for small to large scale industries, freelancers and nonprofit organizations. Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.

Tableau

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $15 per user/month

Tableau is a family of data visualization software designed for business intelligence that includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Online, Tableau Server, Tableau Public and Tableau Reader. The Tableau suite is inten...

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, BI & Analytics, Dashboards & KPIs, Data analysis.

Lawson S3

ITQlick rating
(4.1/5)

Infor Lawson S3 is a supply chain management solution for businesses of all sizes. It offers such services as inventory management, warehouse management, sourcing, and others. The software was designed and laun...

Categories: Business performance management.

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Tableau: 14 Features

Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Features
Dashboarding
Forecasting & Budgeting
Graphic Benchmark
Issue Indicators
Multy Languages
OLAP
Performance Measurements
Predictive-Analysis
Trend Indicators

Lawson S3: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Tableau
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$15 per user/month
Functionality
24
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Lawson S...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
4.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
4
Qlik Sen...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
15
SuiteAna...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$499 per month + $99 per user
Functionality
10
Sisense
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$83 per employee/month
Functionality
35

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.