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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SAS Visual Analytics

    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    SAS Visual Analytics provides a complete platform for analytics visualization, enabling users to identify patterns and relationships in data that weren't initially evident. Interactive, self-service BI and reporting capabilities are combined with out-of-the-box advanced analytics so everyone can discover insights from any size and type of data, including text.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP Lumira DiscoverySAS Visual Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    SAP Lumira, standard edition
    $185
    per user
    SAS Visual Analytics for SAS Cloud
    $0
    Annual By Users: 5, 10, 20
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Lumira DiscoverySAS Visual Analytics
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSAS Visual Statistics and SAS Office Analytics are also available as add-ons.
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Lumira DiscoverySAS Visual Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    It has better visualization than the above-mentioned software. It is much easier to use SAP Lumira for quick data visualization without any hitches. We are confident in the product and it has never failed to deliver what we looked for. Our efficiency has increased 3 fold since …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    Easy to use, one time license cost, close integration with BI/BO, custom user story for case based data presentation.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    Both have the same way of filtering out data. Lumira has more options when it comes to creating reports to represent that data.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    The field is fairly even. I'm a big fan of SAP products so I found it a bit more interesting and less complex to play with. Tableau may be more powerful, but for powerful BI works SAP has other tools. This tool works great for the average companies small and medium analytics …
    Incentivized
    SAS
    Chose SAS Visual Analytics
    I have used SAP Lumira as well. The reason for me to use both software is to see the user experience. With Lumira, it was easy for me to visualize data and data storytelling and with SAS it was easy for me to create an algorithm as I wanted them to be. SAS software allows me to …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SAP Lumira DiscoverySAS Visual Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Lumira Discovery and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    8.0
    97 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Customizable dashboards8.097 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Lumira Discovery and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    7.3
    103 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.8
    12 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Drill-down analysis10.0100 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.0103 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration5.098 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Lumira Discovery and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    6.1
    95 Ratings
    30% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Publish to Web7.082 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF5.094 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling6.355 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Lumira Discovery and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    4.3
    104 Ratings
    60% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.7
    10 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)5.0102 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.095 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics2.072 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Lumira Discovery and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP Lumira Discovery and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.7
    9 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAP Lumira Discovery and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
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    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP Lumira DiscoverySAS Visual Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (105 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    2.0
    (83 ratings)
    9.6
    (11 ratings)
    Data Sources
    10.0
    (89 ratings)
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Lumira DiscoverySAS Visual Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SAS
    I was in a meeting with the client and there I have to show them some analytic data to them. But I was confused about how I will manage to show big data to clients with accuracy. But then the SAS Visual Analytics software helps me in presenting accurate data at the moment and it was very presentable and through that, I got the deal for that business.
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    Pros
    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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    SAS
    • Provides the flexibility to the end user to slice and dice the data.
    • Anyone can make predictive models with the help of in-built algorithms without the need to write a single line of code or knowledge of what's under the hood of algorithms.
    • The feature to simply ask a question related to data and getting a response in form of text, chart or graph is amazing.
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    Cons
    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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    SAS
    • SAS is relatively expensive when compared to other BI tools and requires a large amount of upfront fee which becomes an issue for smaller organizations.
    • UI for the dashboards looks a little date in comparison to competitors like Tableau and Microstrategy.
    • Integration with other open source software like Python needs to be built in.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    Given the scope ,maintanence , support and budget are the main drivers to deciding renewal of a software
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    SAS
    SAS really is the cutting edge in Business Intelligence. That is all they do! They are constantly coming out with new products, product upgrades, and their tech support is second to none. In addition, their support of Education has made our ability to acquire their product possible.
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    Usability
    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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    SAS
    SAS BI is good for creating reports and dashboards and then sharing it with the users. It also has ability to manage access to the reports and dashboards but somehow with most of the world moving to open source languages R, Python and Julia, SAS BI feels to be archaic in terms of feature set and integrations it allow[s]. Also, comparing it with other Business Intelligence tools like Tableau and Microsoft BI, the functionality of SAS BI is very limited and doesn't justify the pricing.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    SAS
    When you call tech support, you are immediately routed to a person who can answer your question. Often they can answer on the spot. However, if they cannot, you are given a track number and then followed up with. There have been times when I have had multiple track numbers open and they will actually TRACK YOU DOWN to ensure that your problem has been resolved. Issues do not fall into black holes with SAS. They are also willing to do a WebEx with you to diagnose the problem by seeing your environment, which is always helpful.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    We did not take in-person training
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    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    SAS
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    SAS
    I have used Crystal Reports, Jaspersoft and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). I would recommended Business Intelligence over SSRS and Crystal Reports. SSRS is very SQL-centric and Crystal Reports is more of an end-user tool. I would recommend Jaspersoft over Business Intelligence for developing a seamless web-based reporting interface but I highly recommend Business Intelligence for end-user ad-hoc reporting.
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    Scalability
    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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    SAS
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    Return on Investment
    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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    SAS
    • SAS Visual Analytics licensing cost should be reduced to enable users to use it in mass scale.
    • More statistical and mathematical equations and theories should be converted into SAS functions for reusing.
    • Because of enriched ETL and reporting capabilities SAS Visual Analytics is most preferred by business users.
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