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Luzmo vs Nile

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Luzmo

Business Intelligence

Embedded analytics for SaaS products, billed by monthly active dashboard users

From
€995/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Nile

Databases

PostgreSQL database platform built for multi-tenant SaaS applications

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Nile has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Luzmo billing by monthly active users means commercial success is punished: getting every one of your customers into the dashboard weekly is exactly the outcome that pushes you into the next tier.; Nile limited to B2B SaaS use cases, not optimized for single-tenant applications
  • They diverge on capability: Luzmo covers Multi-tenant row-level security, Nile covers Multi-tenant virtualization.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Luzmo and Nile actually diverge.

Attributes where Luzmo and Nile differ
AttributeLuzmoNile
Starting price€995/monthFree
Pricing modelPer month by monthly active user countPay-per-use with committed pricing
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CategoryBusiness IntelligenceDatabases

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Luzmo

  • Multi-tenant row-level security
  • Embeddable editor
  • Theming and white labelling
  • SDKs and APIs
  • Luzmo IQ
  • Scheduled exports

Only in Nile

  • Multi-tenant virtualization
  • Serverless compute
  • Vector embeddings
  • Tenant branching
  • Schema migration
  • Tenant dashboards
  • Global deployment
  • PostgreSQL compatible

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Luzmo

  • A B2B SaaS product that needs customer-facing dashboards without hiring a front-end data visualisation teamnot Nile
  • A vertical software vendor that wants to sell an analytics module as a paid add-onnot Nile
  • A product where each customer must only see their own rows and the security boundary has to be provable to an auditornot Nile
  • A team that wants end customers to build their own charts rather than filing feature requests for every new reportnot Nile

Nile

  • Multi-tenant SaaS applications with per-customer isolationnot Luzmo
  • Serverless workloads needing cost-efficient auto-scalingnot Luzmo
  • RAG applications leveraging vector embeddingsnot Luzmo
  • Applications requiring per-tenant analytics dashboardsnot Luzmo
  • Cross-customer analytics using shared data tablesnot Luzmo

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Luzmo

  • Billing by monthly active users means commercial success is punished: getting every one of your customers into the dashboard weekly is exactly the outcome that pushes you into the next tier.
  • The entry price of EUR 995 per month billed annually rules it out for early-stage products, so the realistic buyer already has meaningful revenue.
  • It is built for embedding rather than internal analysis, so most customers still pay for a second BI tool for their own staff, doubling the analytics line item.
  • The semantic modelling layer is lighter than a dedicated one such as dbt or Cube, so complex metric definitions often have to be pre-computed in the warehouse before Luzmo sees them.
  • As a smaller European vendor it has less connector breadth and a smaller partner ecosystem than the US incumbents, and unusual data sources frequently need an intermediate warehouse hop.

Nile

  • Limited to B2B SaaS use cases, not optimized for single-tenant applications
  • Query token abstraction makes pricing less transparent than traditional compute pricing
  • Free plan limited to 50M query tokens and 1GB storage for development
  • Serverless startup latency may impact performance-sensitive applications
  • Per-million token overages require careful monitoring to avoid surprise costs

Pricing, plan by plan

Luzmo

€995/month
  • Starter$995/month
    • Embedded dashboards with white labelling
    • Custom charts
    • APIs and SDKs
  • Premium$2495/month
    • Everything in Starter
    • End-customer self-service dashboard building
    • Luzmo IQ conversational insights
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Dedicated VPC option
    • Flexible hosting region
    • OIDC single sign-on

Nile

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 50M query tokens included
    • 1 GB storage
    • 500 connections
  • Pro$15/month
    • 150M query tokens included
    • 5 GB storage
    • 10,000 connections
  • Scale$350/month
    • 500M query tokens included
    • 50 GB storage
    • 100,000 connections
  • Enterprise$undefined/custom
    • Custom resource allocation
    • Large-scale workloads supporting millions of tenants
    • Designated support

Which should you pick?

Choose Luzmo if

  • You need multi-tenant row-level security.
  • You also want embeddable editor.
Luzmo review

Choose Nile if

  • You need multi-tenant virtualization.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want serverless compute.
Nile review

Questions people ask

Is Luzmo or Nile better?
Neither clearly leads. Luzmo starts at €995/month and Nile at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Luzmo or Nile?
Nile has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at €995/month for Luzmo and Free for Nile.
Does Luzmo or Nile run on more platforms?
Luzmo runs on Web. Nile runs on Web, API.
Can I use Nile for free?
Yes. Nile has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Luzmo starts at €995/month.
What is Luzmo best used for?
Luzmo is most often used for a b2b saas product that needs customer-facing dashboards without hiring a front-end data visualisation team, a vertical software vendor that wants to sell an analytics module as a paid add-on, a product where each customer must only see their own rows and the security boundary has to be provable to an auditor, a team that wants end customers to build their own charts rather than filing feature requests for every new report. Of those, a b2b saas product that needs customer-facing dashboards without hiring a front-end data visualisation team and a vertical software vendor that wants to sell an analytics module as a paid add-on are not what Nile is typically brought in for.
What can Luzmo do that Nile cannot?
Luzmo covers Multi-tenant row-level security, Embeddable editor, Theming and white labelling, SDKs and APIs. Nile covers Multi-tenant virtualization, Serverless compute, Vector embeddings, Tenant branching.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Luzmo: Is Luzmo the same as Cumul.io?

Yes. Cumul.io rebranded to Luzmo; it is the same company and product line.

Nile: What are query tokens and how are they calculated?

Query tokens are abstract units of CPU and memory used when queries execute on Nile's serverless compute. The platform uses this abstraction to enable fair, predictable pay-per-use pricing.

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Luzmo: How is it priced?

By monthly active users of your embedded dashboards, from EUR 995 per month on Starter billed annually.

Nile: Do all Nile plans include multi-tenant isolation?

Yes. All plans including the free tier include unlimited databases, tenants, and vector embeddings with built-in data isolation.

Source
Luzmo: Is there a free tier?

No, only a trial. There is no perpetual free plan.

Nile: What is included in the Pro plan?

The Pro plan ($15/month) includes 150M query tokens, 5GB storage, 10,000 connections, and a 99.95% SLA. SAML and MFA authentication features are available on Pro and above.

Source
Luzmo: Can our customers build their own dashboards?

Yes, but the embeddable editor for end-customer self-service sits on the Premium tier.

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