Blue Yonder Luminate Planning vs. Microsoft Power BI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
Score 1.1 out of 10
N/A
Luminate Planning from Blue Yonder headquartered in Scottsdale (formerly JDA Software Group) leverages a digital twin foundation to intelligently predict potential problems and opportunities, offer machine learning-based recommendations for action, and pivot production, inventory, and labor plans to minimize risk. It is an SCM platform that supports demand planning and inventory optimization, as well as production planning and supply network design, and replenishment.N/A
Microsoft Power BI
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Blue Yonder Luminate PlanningMicrosoft Power BI
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Supply Chain Planning
Comparison of Supply Chain Planning features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.0
3 Ratings
5% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Custom alerts7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario-based planning6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource optimization6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply forecasting8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Capacity estimation7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee allocation6.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply network coordination6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement Management
Comparison of Procurement Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
6.4
3 Ratings
14% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
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Ratings
Raw material sourcing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply market analysis7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost analysis6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense Logging6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Fulfillment Management
Comparison of Order Fulfillment Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.7
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
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Ratings
Order fulfillment optimization7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Return services5.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Purchase order generation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Purchase order tracking8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier delivery scheduling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Pricing and product configurations generation8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics and Transportation Management
Comparison of Logistics and Transportation Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
6.9
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Packaging6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery planning7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Route optimization7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping performance7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Fleet management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse & Inventory Management
Comparison of Warehouse & Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.2
2 Ratings
9% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Automation of warehouse operations7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory storage8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Stock monitoring7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory tracking7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse asset management6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory and price forecasting7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Demand Management
Comparison of Demand Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.1
2 Ratings
3% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Demand signal sensing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Demand forecasting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory stock optimization5.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales and operations planning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Pricing and promotion tracking6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.4
193 Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.3164 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.8192 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.0175 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
7.9
191 Ratings
2% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.2188 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.7188 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.3140 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.5186 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.1
184 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.3174 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.2169 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.7141 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.3144 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.9107 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
7.8
184 Ratings
2% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.2178 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.1163 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.4133 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.434 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
175 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.8165 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.5143 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.4155 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.7137 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.0
157 Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.8147 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.7128 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.0150 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
7.8
113 Ratings
1% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.2101 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.682 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.967 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.588 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(4 ratings)
8.5
(194 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(111 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(3 ratings)
9.9
(52 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Blue Yonder Luminate PlanningMicrosoft Power BI
Likelihood to Recommend
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
JDA WMS is a tier 1 solution for warehousing environments. Due to its price, it may not be suitable for smaller operations. Since the system allows for multiple clients, and since my company is a 3PL, JDA WMS works well for 3PL providers.
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Microsoft
Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
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Pros
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Great customer facing implementation team.
  • Predictable and communicated improvement processes.
  • Constant roll out of new features with a strong SIG committee.
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Microsoft
  • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
  • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
  • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
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Cons
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Efficiency - At times the response time to retrieve the data from DB could be improved.
  • Cheaper pricing - can provide some concession with the pricing.
  • Training - JDA could offer more free training programs.
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Microsoft
  • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
  • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
  • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
  • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
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Likelihood to Renew
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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Usability
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
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Support Rating
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
It's still an older system which could use some updating.
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Microsoft
It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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Implementation Rating
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
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Microsoft
It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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Alternatives Considered
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
JDA WMS was a large step up from our legacy Infor solution. It filled many gaps that we couldn't fill with Infor's system. Rather than continuing to build solutions in-house to account for customer requirements, we decided to implement JDA WMS and use all of that system's capabilities to handled what we needed in our warehouses. Granted, Infor's solutions have probably improved since 2007 when we changed, but those were my experiences back when we changed WMS providers.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
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Return on Investment
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Alignment with customer service programs.
  • Visibility for optimization and transportation cost savings.
  • Vendor performance overviews.
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Microsoft
  • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
  • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
  • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
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