
Here is a library which imports data from SAP directly to R(Shiny). for Stata files and SAS files), xlsx (for excel files), Neo4j (for data from graph databases) and readr (for many different datatypes, e.g. The dataimport libraries in R include RODBC (for relational databases), foreign (e.g. You can use all the data import libraries on CRAN or Github and you can use your own onces. However RShiny can take its data “directly from R”. Also SAP Lumira can import data from many different types of data, e.g.

Most commonly people import data from Excel, CSV or SQL Server. Also QlikView can import data from many different sources. Among other tableau can import data from SAP, Excel and Salesforce. The BI Tools have access to many different data sources. Freeware is always cheaper than expensive commercial products.

However if you use it permanently you have to pay 185$ per User. Similarly to Tableau you can have a free trial. Qlikview has a free version, but the free version is very basic and you have to buy an upgrade to use it professionall QlikView pricing SAP Lumira A free trial for limited time is available Tableau costs you at least \$999, but it comes for free if you are a student or an instructor. RShinyPricing Deploying the apps may cost extra if you are looking for special feature like premium support or custom domains. The RStudio Shiny Server Pro Licence costs \$9995 per Year for 20 users.

In this post I would like to outline some of the major benefits/differences of Shiny compared to the other tools. Disclaimer: I am an extensive user of R Shiny and R in general and I have not used any of the other above mentioned tools (Tableau, QlikView, SAP Lumira).
