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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    dbForge Studio (Edge)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AdbForge Studio is provided by Devart and is a universal front-end client for database management, administration and development. Devart's GUI tool provides utilities to compare, synchronize, and back up databases (e.g. MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.) with scheduling, and includes the possibility to analyze and report MySQL tables data. For example, dbForge Studio for MySQL works with any MariaDB database servers, and supports all MariaDB objects types. This solution enables users…

    $9.95

    per month

    SAP Lumira Discovery

    Score8.4 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
    dbForge Studio (Edge)SAP Lumira Discovery
    Editions & Modules
    Standard (subcription)
    $9.95
    per month
    Professional (subscription)
    $19.95
    per month
    Enterprise (subscription)
    $29.95
    per month
    Standard (subcription)
    $99.95
    per year
    Professional (subscription)
    $179.95
    per year
    Standard
    $199.95
    Enterprise (subscription)
    $229.95
    per year
    Professional
    $349.95
    Enterprise
    $449.95
    SAP Lumira, standard edition
    $185
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    dbForge Studio (Edge)SAP Lumira Discovery
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    dbForge Studio (Edge)SAP Lumira Discovery
    Considered Both Products
    Devart
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    dbForge Studio (Edge)SAP Lumira Discovery
    Database Development
    Comparison of Database Development features of dbForge Studio (Edge) and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    dbForge Studio (Edge)
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Version control tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test data generation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance optimization tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Schema maintenance9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database change management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database Administration
    Comparison of Database Administration features of dbForge Studio (Edge) and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    dbForge Studio (Edge)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    User management6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database security6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database status reporting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of dbForge Studio (Edge) and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    dbForge Studio (Edge)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    8.0
    97 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.097 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of dbForge Studio (Edge) and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    dbForge Studio (Edge)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    7.3
    103 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings10.0100 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.0103 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings5.098 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of dbForge Studio (Edge) and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    dbForge Studio (Edge)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    6.1
    95 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.082 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings5.094 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings6.355 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of dbForge Studio (Edge) and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    dbForge Studio (Edge)
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    4.3
    104 Ratings
    60% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings5.0102 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings6.095 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings2.072 Ratings
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    DBeaver
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    DBeaver
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    dbForge Studio (Edge)SAP Lumira Discovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (15 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
    8.0
    (1 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
    -
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    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    dbForge Studio (Edge)SAP Lumira Discovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Devart
    This tool is useful for small and large IT departments and associated data analysts that perform direct database functions such as DBA tasks or extracting/importing data. Non-technical staff members would not benefit from this tool as much as the functions are detailed and technical. However, automation engineers will find this tool very open for automation, and can generate the scripting code for any of its functions.
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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
    Devart
    • Connection manager (we use it through ssh tunnels) works effortlessly.
    • Great sync tools for both database schemas and data.
    • Storing code snippets to be used when needed.
    • Nice code suggestions while typing queries.
    • Usually does very well with storing your session and opening all of your sql tabs when opening the apps next time.
    • Does very well when executing large sql files (without opening the files into the application that is).
    • Pretty good debugging help when a problem occurs in executing a query or a files with multiple queries.
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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
    Devart
    • The ability to parameterize searches more would be advantageous. For example, being able to specify to only look for certain columns, certain data type changes, etc.
    • The output reports from dbForge are very plain and could contain more detail, and perhaps be structured more like a pivot table form Excel
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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
    Devart
    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
    Devart
    dbForge Studio (Edge) has a great UI and it's versatile, but it still has some glitches. Its multiple database support makes it possible to stick with only one UI to handle different RDBM systems, even though you have to redefine user credentials for each new connection (no copying/cloning feature for database connections). The Edit View and diagramming features also could be improved.
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    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
    Devart
    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
    Devart
    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
    Devart
    Although experience here is limited, as only one question has been asked and answered promptly, the registration and licensing process was very smooth and professional. There are forums online that discuss dbForge issues, as well as a Facts and Questions section on dbForge's website, so product support does seem to exist if needed.
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    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
    Devart
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We did not take in-person training
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    Online Training
    Devart
    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
    Devart
    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
    Devart
    Before choosing dbForge Studio I evaluated at least a dozen tools, especially on the Visual Query Builder function. For now, I have identified only one product that has a better Visual Query Builder than dbForge Studio. This other product also manages UNIONs, while dbStudio still doesn't do it visually. However, the better alternative product is enormously slower in operations and less feature-rich than DbForge Studio
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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
    Devart
    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
    Devart
    • Saved a TON of time when looking at massive amounts of parent/child data by allowing us to just use the master-detail browser.
    • Very little training time needed for employees that are already used to using SQL Management Studio. This is a proper Windows UI application.
    • Very cost effective to purchase the standard edition for every employee that needs it, but the free edition does most of what they need too!
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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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    ScreenShots

    dbForge Studio (Edge) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Code CompletionScreenshot of Schema CompareScreenshot of Database DiagramScreenshot of Data ExportScreenshot of Database design & developmentScreenshot of Visual query building

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