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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

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database.

    $1,418

    Per License

    Pricing
    SAP Lumira DiscoveryMicrosoft SQL Server
    Editions & Modules
    SAP Lumira, standard edition
    $185
    per user
    Subscription
    $1,418.00
    Per License
    Enterprise
    $13,748.00
    Per License
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Lumira DiscoveryMicrosoft SQL Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Lumira DiscoveryMicrosoft SQL Server
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    I use SAP Lumira as well as Miscrosoft technologies. Thay can easily work together in reporting environment
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    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    Features
    SAP Lumira DiscoveryMicrosoft SQL Server
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Lumira Discovery and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    8.0
    97 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Lumira Discovery and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    7.3
    103 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis10.0100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration5.098 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Lumira Discovery and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    6.1
    95 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web7.082 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF5.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling6.355 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Lumira Discovery and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    4.3
    104 Ratings
    60% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)5.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics2.072 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SAP Lumira DiscoveryMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (105 ratings)
    7.9
    (107 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    7.6
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    2.0
    (83 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    10.0
    (89 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Lumira DiscoveryMicrosoft SQL Server
    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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft SQL is ubiquitous, while MySQL runs under the hood all over the place. Microsoft SQL is the platform taught in colleges and certification courses and is the one most likely to be used by businesses because it is backed by Microsoft. Its interface is friendly (well, as pleasant as SQL can be) and has been used by so many for so long that resources are freely available if you encounter any issues.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Easy to configure and use with Visual Studio and Dot Net
    • Easy integration with MSBI to perform data analysis
    • Data Security
    • Easy to understand and use
    • Very easy to export database and tables in the form of SQL query or a script
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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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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition has a high cost but is the only edition which supports SQL Always On Availability Groups. It would be nice to include this feature in the Standard version.
    • Licensing of Microsoft SQL Server is a quite complex matter, it would be good to simplify licensing in the future. For example, per core vs per user CAL licensing, as well as complex licensing scenarios in the Cloud and on Edge locations.
    • It would be good to include native tools for converting Oracle, DB2, Postgresql and MySQL/MariaDB databases (schema and data) for import into Microsoft SQL Server.
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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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    Microsoft
    We understand that the Microsoft SQL Server will continue to advance, offering the same robust and reliable platform while adding new features that enable us, as a software center, to create a superior product. That provides excellent performance while reducing the hardware requirements and the total cost of ownership of our solution.
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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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    Microsoft
    SQL Server mostly 'just works' or generates error messages to help you sort out the trouble. You can usually count on the product to get the job done and keep an eye on your potential mistakes. Interaction with other Microsoft products makes operating as a Windows user pretty straight forward. Digging through the multitude of dialogs and wizards can be a pain, but the answer is usually there somewhere.
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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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    Microsoft
    Its does not have outages.
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    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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    Microsoft
    SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.
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    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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    Microsoft
    We managed to handle most of our problems by looking into Microsoft's official documentation that has everything explained and almost every function has an example that illustrates in detail how a particular functionality works. Just like PowerShell has the ability to show you an example of how some cmdlet works, that is the case also here, and in my opinion, it is a very good practice and I like it.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    We did not take in-person training
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    Microsoft
    It was good
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    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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    Microsoft
    very hands on and detailed training
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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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    Microsoft
    Other than SQL taking quite a bit of time to actually install there are no problems with installation. Even on hardware that has good performance SQL can still take close to an hour to install a typical server with management and reporting services.
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    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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    Microsoft
    [Microsoft] SQL Server has a much better community and professional support and is overall just a more reliable system with Microsoft behind it. I've used MySQL in the past and SQL Server has just become more comfortable for me and is my go to RDBMS.
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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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    Microsoft
    SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Increased accuracy - We went from multiple users having different versions of an Excel spreadsheet to a single source of truth for our reporting.
    • Increased Efficiency - We can now generate reports at any time from a single source rather than multiple users spending their time collating data and generating reports.
    • Improved Security - Enterprise level security on a dedicated server rather than financial files on multiple laptop hard drives.
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