SAP Lumira Reviews

Vendor: SAP

3.6 out of 5

22 reviews
73% willing to recommend

191 followers

What is SAP Lumira?

SAP Lumira delivers beautiful visualizations, allowing you to easily articulate and share key data insights. Discover hidden patterns and transform the way you communicate your data – big and small in the most engaging way. SAP Lumira lets you pull data directly from a variety of sources and bring it all together in a repeatable, self-service way. Point and click data manipulation lets you organize and consolidate data the way you want to: quickly and easily. Through the intuitive interface and engaging visualizations you can analyze data effortlessly to discover valuable insights that can help keep you organized and agile with your data.

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SAP Lumira is the #25 ranked solution in top Data Visualization solutions. PeerSpot users give SAP Lumira an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. SAP Lumira is most commonly compared to Tableau: SAP Lumira vs Tableau. SAP Lumira is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 77% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 15% of all views.

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Rafal Zaborowski

Supply Chain Manager, Proxy, Matw Global D&I Council Memeber at SAUERESSIG Group

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.

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it_user488871

SAP BASIS/Technology Lead at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

One area where I would like to see improvement is the speed. It needs so much resources. I would like to see everything running on the server rather than having it separated between the Lumira server and Lumira desktop, with one flavor here, one flavor there. I would like to have everything in one place, so that you don't really need to worry about having a lot of resources on the PCs, especially if you want to deploy the solution to business users. If it's not a high tech company, we don't give them any PCs with 10 TB of memory. I'm rating it a five. When they improve its performance, it can go to seven or eight. If they add even more drill-down features and so on, it can be a 10.

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reviewer1930287

Software Engineer (Reporting Analyst) at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

SAP Lumira can improve if they game more capability to the end user to prepare dashboards because it's more of an IT task to create them. In Tableau, we can drag, drop, and create. However, in SAP Lumira, we need a designer and a separate KT to be able to do it well.

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SAP Lumira mindshare

As of March 2025, the mindshare of SAP Lumira in the Data Visualization category stands at 0.8%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Visualization

PeerAnalyst reports based on SAP Lumira reviews

Type	Title	Date
Category	Data Visualization	Mar 4, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Mar 4, 2025	Download
Comparison	SAP Lumira vs Tableau	Mar 4, 2025	Download
Comparison	SAP Lumira vs Qlik Sense	Mar 4, 2025	Download
Comparison	SAP Lumira vs Splunk Cloud Platform	Mar 4, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Tableau	4.2	27.6%	89%	295 interviews Add to research
Qlik Sense	4.3	7.3%	96%	118 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

SAP Lumira offers quick visualization creation with large datasets, real-time dynamic dashboards, and complex chart generation. Users benefit from its ease of use, integration with SAP HANA, and ability to connect multiple data sources. Geographic and geospatial features enhance data representation, while self-service capabilities allow for actionable insights. It enables users to visualize data across hierarchies, timelines, and organizations, supporting data discovery. Its intuitive interface simplifies data management and reporting.

"SAP Lumira is the best system in the world, at least in my opinion. I like that it's a stable system and that many people in my company have development experience in SAP Lumira. The solution keeps on improving and has excellent support."
"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."
"The best feature is the ease of developing dashboards."

Room for Improvement

SAP Lumira needs enhancements in stability and functionality as updates often disrupt existing features. The software requires improvements in data manipulation, visualization flexibility, and integration with other tools. Connectivity across multiple data sources is challenging, and performance issues arise due to high memory requirements. Greater user-friendliness and simpler processes for creating dashboards are necessary. Users desire more competitive features akin to industry peers, better geospatial accuracy, and enhanced data handling capabilities.

"I'm not a fan of using SAP Lumira 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 Lumira is a complex system to learn and teach, so another area for improvement in the solution is that it needs to be more user-friendly."
"SAP Lumira can improve if they game more capability to the end user to prepare dashboards because it's more of an IT task to create them. In Tableau, we can drag, drop, and create. However, in SAP Lumira, we need a designer and a separate KT to be able to do it well."
"Lumira uses a lot of memory resources, so the execution of dashboards is slow."

Pricing

SAP Lumira users noted that its Standard Edition costs around $185 per user, making it less affordable compared to competitors like PowerBI, priced at $10 per user with minimal setup costs. Users appreciated the availability of a 30-day trial but expressed interest in a longer trial period. SAP Lumira's pricing and licensing were seen as a significant factor in their evaluation process for enterprise solutions.

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

Popular Use Cases

Primary use of SAP Lumira is for data visualization and preparation. Groups utilize it to develop dashboards for discovery and visualization, serving tax purposes by creating dashboards with KPIs like revenues and operating income. Integrated data from sources such as Workday is also a common use. Departments in organizations including procurement, planning, production, reporting, finance, and HR often employ SAP Lumira for comprehensive data management and dashboard creation.

Service and Support

SAP Lumira's customer service and support receive generally positive feedback. Users appreciate the responsiveness and quality of technical assistance, with some wishing for faster response times. Email communication is praised for its promptness. Many find SAP Lumira intuitive, reducing the need for frequent support. Training resources, such as videos, provide additional guidance. While some have not engaged directly with support, satisfaction with existing processes and resources remains high.

Deployment

Users find SAP Lumira's initial setup generally straightforward, especially with direct connectors to SAP HANA. Challenges arise with separate server configurations and complex integrations like BW and HANA. Compared to PowerBI, Lumira can be more cumbersome. Licensing and deployment can involve delays. User experiences vary, with some finding it simple and others facing a learning curve. Setup time can range from a few hours to several months, depending on expertise and environment complexity.

Scalability

SAP Lumira struggles with large datasets, often encountering errors when handling high volumes. Some users report it scales adequately for their purposes, while others find it slows down with increased workload. It appears more suited for smaller datasets and visualization tasks. Configuration adjustments are sometimes needed to improve performance. While some consider it highly scalable, others note limitations requiring IT assistance for even minor dashboard changes. Ideal for specific roles like financial planners.

Stability

Lumira encounters stability issues, particularly when handling large datasets or prolonged use, leading to crashes and slow performance. Some users report improved stability in newer versions, while others note no significant issues. Performance is affected by resource usage and server configurations. Bugs and stability challenges have hindered production deployment for some. Despite these concerns, others find Lumira stable and free of performance problems, experiencing satisfaction with its functionality.

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Features:

· Quickly extract and analyze data from virtually any source, create compelling visualizations, and share key insights with ease.

· Expand your business intelligence by cleaning, enriching and merging multiple datasets together.

· Streamline discovery by exploring any volume or type of data in real time, without sacrificing performance or security

· Simplify the 360-degree view of your business by bringing together data from enterprise sources across all lines of business straight to your desktop

· Share data visualizations and collaborate with colleagues or business partners using SAP Lumira, Server for Teams

SAP Lumira was previously known as SAP BusinessObjects Lumira.