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Apache Superset vs Dundas BI comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

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

Apache Superset
Ranking in Data Visualization
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dundas BI
Ranking in Data Visualization
30th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Embedded BI (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Apache Superset is 2.7%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dundas BI is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apache Superset2.7%
Dundas BI0.8%
Other96.5%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

MP
Founder & CEO at Lanzar
Have saved significant operational costs and streamlined alert-driven analytics with customizable dashboards
I definitely see some disadvantages in Apache Superset, particularly in the tagging feature which is not up to the mark, creating a little bit of mess for the administrators. We work with a Role-Based Access Control feature in the product. I assess this feature as good; they have permissions which are in more plain English, but there is a little bit of convenience missed out because if I have to create a super user apart from admin, I need to add all the permissions manually.
Ishwar Saswade - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Techknomatic Services Private Limited
Has a lot of integration and visualization options, but can't be easily used by business users, and working with the color palette is difficult
With Dundas BI, we do not have end-users apart from the developers. End-users do not find it easy to create their own reports. Most of the implementations I have seen require a developer team for creating the visuals, and they then give them to end-users. A self-serve part where end-users or business users can create their own reports would help in terms of the adoption of Dundas BI. Currently, business users find it difficult to work with Dundas BI because there are so many settings that they don't know what they need to do. Even when a developer starts working on Dundas BI, he needs to spend at least one month or so getting used to the functionalities of Dundas BI. Even then, it is not easy to remember where or how they made a certain property change. It takes at least one month for a developer to get acquainted with it. Working with the color palette is difficult in Dundas BI. They can work on different color palettes and make them organized and user-friendly. It would help a long way. Most of the time, the users face challenges in assigning colors to the fields that they have created or to the dimensions and measures in a chart. Dundas can further reduce the number of settings they have. When you create any chart in Dundas, you get a lot of features to control each setting, which is pretty useful for BI, but for end-users, it is difficult to identify the exact settings to change a property. I would love it if some of the options come pre-selected. If some of the settings are set to best practices by default, it will be helpful. Whenever we have any issues, the error messages that we get in Dundas BI are not very helpful in identifying the root cause. Making these changes will bring a lot of change to the end-user experience.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When you click on any chart, you can apply the filter without any effort."
"The no-code interface is the most valuable as it allows us to operate without constant support from the data engineering team, fostering a self-service environment."
"The most valuable feature of Apache Superset is the easy way to configure dashboards as reports or analyses and it's easy to use and intuitive. Users do not need a lot of training to use the solution."
"What I appreciate most about Apache Superset is its text search feature, including searching with small and capital letters."
"It is a good visual solution tool in an open-source category."
"Being able to quickly build standard dashboards around relational data in Apache Superset provides tremendous visibility for everyone on the team."
"Apache Superset allows us to set up alerts; for instance, if the failure rate exceeds 1.5%, we receive an alert to address the issue with our integration partners."
"The main benefit I have seen from working with Apache Superset so far is the speed from discovery and SQL to making charts and dashboards, along with its customizability."
"The primary reasons why the client opted for Dundas BI were the cost, integration options, and creative visuals."
"Currently Dundas BI enables us to provide more rich and interactive data visualizations for end users and this has helped to show performance issues."
"They are all great."
"The solution has a good drag-and-drop feature for creating dashboards."
"The simplicity involved in generating dashboards has dramatically increased the number of dashboards we can get into the hands of users each month."
"The Layers feature organizes my work and makes it easier, instead of having to use scripting to show and hide when drilling down."
"The product has very nice visuals, allows you to build your own ETL, supports different storage types of data cubes (on disk, cache, or in memory), and offers customization using JavaScript."
"Cool drill down features along with many parameter options that allow lots of freedom for data analysis."
 

Cons

"Building a full-fledged product or software as a service might be cumbersome due to performance limitations."
"Areas of Apache Superset that could be improved include enhancing the data visualization features and addressing the overall data sourcing limitations, such as the 800 kilobyte limit per query that sometimes restricts our analysis, especially if we need to access data from many years back."
"The platform's reporting feature needs enhancement."
"Apache Superset could be improved by enhancing its interactivity and engagement capabilities."
"Apache Superset needs more rich charting capabilities."
"One potential area for improvement in Apache Superset is that it must be installed in a dedicated Docker image, which could be a limitation since the goal is to embed Apache Superset in a product offering."
"Dark mode would be the main thing I would like; it does not really work because the chart text cannot be white in a dark mode setup, so it is not feasible."
"Dynamic dashboarding could improve to enable smooth navigation when transitioning from a higher to a lower view, allowing for easy accessibility."
"They still need to add some visualisations and could continue to improve the UI to allow users to easily find what they need within the many different options."
"The addition of funnel charts to the visualization options would be great."
"I would love to see more functions built in inside the application, instead of being scripted."
"Some minor technicalities that typically end up getting solved by the awesome support team."
"As with any software there are features that are not operating as expected or that could be improved."
"Some wonky web-based issues but nothing serious."
"What our users prefer is a grid of data with the cells being editable, allowing them to update data from within the grid."
"I would love to see more functions built in inside the application, instead of being scripted. They already did some of that in the new release, version 5, like forecasting, trend lines, etc., and I would love to see more of these kinds of calculations, which we used to do it by scripts before."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Apache Superset has a three-year licensing model."
"Apache Superset is an open-source solution."
"The price of Apache Superset is less than some of its competitors."
"Apache Superset is open-source and free."
"I'm not aware of its cost. Its licensing was probably role-wise. Most of us had reader access, editor access, or developer access. For admin, there were certain restrictions. So, I'm assuming it had role-wise licensing."
"I am not majorly involved in its licensing. We are not the end license purchaser of the Dundas BI. It costs somewhere around $4,000 a year for the enterprise solution, but I am not sure."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
17%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Apache Superset?
I definitely see some disadvantages in Apache Superset, particularly in the tagging feature which is not up to the mark, creating a little bit of mess for the administrators. We work with a Role-Ba...
What is your primary use case for Apache Superset?
My major use case for Apache Superset is anything related to analytical dashboards.
What advice do you have for others considering Apache Superset?
In terms of dashboarding tools, I work with them on a daily basis and can help with Apache Superset. We use Apache Superset for dashboarding. I always use it for read purposes, and we don't manage ...
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Coca Cola, Siemens, Verizon, Microsoft, Pitney Bowes, Scotiabank, Pepperidge Farm, Shutterstock, Norwegian Government, Boeing, Guess Inc., BP, Bayer
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