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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Analysis Services

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAzure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility, and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps transform complex data into actionable insights. Azure Analysis Services is built on the analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.N/A

    SAP Lumira Discovery

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASAP Lumira Discovery is SAP’s data visualization and discovery application. It facilitates data discovery, visualization, and analysis by assisting users with creation of dashboards, infographics, presentations, data facets, tag clouds, and more.

    $185

    per user

    Pricing
    Azure Analysis ServicesSAP Lumira Discovery
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Lumira, standard edition
    $185
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Analysis ServicesSAP Lumira Discovery
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Analysis ServicesSAP Lumira Discovery
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Azure Analysis ServicesSAP Lumira Discovery
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Azure Analysis Services and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    8.0
    97 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.77 Ratings8.097 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Azure Analysis Services and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    7.3
    103 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.96 Ratings10.0100 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.77 Ratings7.0103 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.08 Ratings5.098 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Azure Analysis Services and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    6.1
    95 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Publish to Web9.08 Ratings7.082 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.97 Ratings5.094 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.08 Ratings6.355 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Azure Analysis Services and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    4.3
    104 Ratings
    60% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.46 Ratings5.0102 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.07 Ratings6.095 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.66 Ratings2.072 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Azure Analysis Services and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.3
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Azure Analysis Services and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.6
    7 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Azure Analysis Services and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.8
    7 Ratings
    13% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Analysis ServicesSAP Lumira Discovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (105 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (83 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (89 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Analysis ServicesSAP Lumira Discovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    We would have many technical issues and glitches with previous similar providers but found that Azure Analysis Services can simply handle our workload and memory better. I remember we lost an account due to cloud issues not fully saving or corrupting some files. Granted, this is rare with any cloud but haven't had that issue with the same load of memory with Azure Analysis Services.
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    SAP
    Infographics derived from specific data sources appears to be well suited for development using Lumira. The development of executive level dashboards was less appropriate from my perspective. The software does not provide sufficient demonstration or samples for the users to learn from in my opinion.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Providing role based access or we can say privilege based on the role to the user if it is integrated with Azure active directory and hence securing the access to sensitive data.
    • We use to run different type of analytics services to get the better result which is hectic if done manually or with human efforts.
    • We also use to collect bulk of data with the help of this tool and run customized test cases for better efficiency of result and better decision making. The result are very crucial and helps in taking big decision.
    • It supports different or we can say heterogeneous database vendors like the Oracle, SQL, and hence make the task easy.
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    SAP
    • SAP has built in features you would expect from a data visualization package, like easy import from other SAP systems.
    • SAP has most of the typical charts that you would expect in order to visualize your data.
    • SAP allows you to have multiple charts on one visualization for your data.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • There is very least content available on Microsoft docs and the Internet to get through with AAS.
    • i faced lots of connection issues while implementation.
    • The need for serious platform experience or expertise.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • Even though the process of creating visualizations of data is now greatly improved, it could still be a lot better as users become accustomed to this kind of tool and bring forward edge cases the developers did not anticipate.
    • It would be awesome to have a cross platform tool that works on more than just Windows.
    • Some options for specific graphs feel limiting.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Given the scope ,maintanence , support and budget are the main drivers to deciding renewal of a software
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP Lumira is very good self service analytical tool with powerful capabilities. However need to look into other SAP products in BI space, like SAP SAC. SAP Lumira is more used for custom and complex analytical need in business intelligence area. Also SAP Lumira is going out of maintenance in coming future replaced by SAP SAC.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Lumira is a desktop application runs in its own JVM. It installs its own java runtime libraries to avoid any core java version conflicts. The availability of the application is completely relies on individual machine hardware configuration. On a decent desktop, it performs well and always launches in either 32 or 64 bit environment based on the hosts system's OS
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    The performance is linear with amount of data that is being explored. We have done some benchmarks acquiring 10million data cells without having any performance problems. We need to make proper adjustments to jvm run time properties to start with higher heap size and other parameters that optimizes the run time performance
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    It does not have many bugs or issues since not a lot of new features are being added. The customer support for SAP Lumira Discovery is good and anyone considering this as a self-service tool would be happy. It integrates well in the SAP BI suite of products and the overall experience is positive.
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We did not take in-person training
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Most of the user guides are pretty comprehensive and very easy to understand. The product itself is designed to be self-serve tool, did not need much of the end-user training. Most of the training we had is to how to read the data, how to explore the data, how to acquire the data etc.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Installing the desktop software on end-user machines is always challenging. The machine specifications are the biggest factor when running Lumira and be able to handle large datasets during data exploration. This often demands beefy machines at least for power-users. Although Lumira software licensing is not a big problem but managing partner's extensions and keeping track of their individual licenses may be an issue. If there is a way to bundle the more popular extensions such as vSQL or vOLAP should be bundled in core product and offer them as part of Lumira license instead of a separate license which causer operational burden.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    The platform has vast number of features and modules. The UI is sleek and once you get to use to it, you will be able to do a lot of stuff. Also support for data sources is more in Azure Analysis Services.
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    SAP
    Even though SAP Analytics Cloud is considered to be better in aspects such as data connectivity or analytics, we decided to choose Lumira as it was easier to understand, learn and use. As our business is not really that big and does not require the inclusion of large amounts of data, Lumira was overall the safest and most comfortable option. Also, some members in our team had previous knowledge so it was easier to adapt
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Enterprise wide implementation is a challenge with data security and trustedness. No easy installation can be done across the enterprise. no upgrade paths also available from SAP. They have so much of experience with desktop implementation, there it could be a controlled environment with a capital budget. These may be resolved in the upcoming releases
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • The tool has helped us a lot for taking critical decision which has resulted in the increase of profit of organization by 18 percent.
    • Return on investment is 70 percent as we are unable to utilize the tool with full functionalities, so we are still testing some of the use cases.
    • Human effort has been reduced and task has become automated hence helped in cost management
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    SAP
    • We could obtain original data from vast and detailed corporate and personal data sources.
    • We could share visual analysis results with stakeholders via the cloud, and it could also be viewed on a tablet.
    • It is very flexible and accurate to use. It can be used for forecasting sales, resource planning, and scheduling.
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