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SAP Lumira [EOL] vs Splunk Enterprise Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Lumira [EOL]
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Splunk Enterprise Platform
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
96
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (2nd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Rafal Zaborowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Supply Chain Manager, Proxy, Matw Global D&I Council Memeber at SAUERESSIG Group
It's stable, it keeps on improving and the technical support is excellent
I think a lot of users aren't having fun using SAP because it requires putting in a lot of information by keyboard directly because it requires some coding, so this is one area for improvement. From a user point of view, SAP is a complex system where you can learn and teach, so another area for improvement in the solution is that it needs to be more user-friendly. In the next release of SAP, I want it to have a friendlier menu for its users.
Koyena Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Managed Security Services Associate at Accenture
Centralized security monitoring has transformed our threat detection and incident response
While Splunk Enterprise Platform is widely regarded as a powerful SIEM and observability platform, users across enterprises commonly report recurring challenges including licensing and data ingestion costs. Splunk Enterprise Platform's licensing is often based on the volume of data ingested, and as our organization grows, costs can increase significantly, and our teams may need to carefully decide which logs to ingest, which can limit visibility. A suggested improvement would be more flexible licensing options, better built-in recommendations for optimizing data ingestion, and smarter data compression or tiered pricing. There is also a steep learning curve where beginners can find SPL difficult. A suggested improvement would be more AI-assisted SPL generation, interactive tutorials, and guided dashboard creation with additional pre-built templates for common SOC use cases. These are the main areas for improvement that I can see: licensing flexibility, reducing the learning curve for new users, simplifying development, improving performance for very large datasets, and providing more AI-assisted features to reduce manual effort. In terms of adding more improvements, there are frequently discussed areas including easier third-party integrations. While Splunk Enterprise Platform supports many integrations, onboarding new security tools sometimes requires custom configurations or add-ons. A suggested improvement would be more plug-and-play integrations, faster support for new vendors, and then simplified administration. Administrators often manage indexes, forwarders, user roles, and cluster health, so a suggested improvement would be easier administration dashboards and automated health checks. These are suggestions that acknowledge Splunk Enterprise Platform's strengths while highlighting areas where many enterprise users see opportunities for further improvement. The primary areas for improvement that I see are licensing flexibility, simplifying administration, expanding plug-and-play integrations, and adding more AI-driven assistance for searches and investigations. These improvements would significantly simplify our tasks and help us solve more incidents in a lesser amount of time, making it flexible even for beginners.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Now, it seems to be one of the best SAP dashboard/chart/data analysis tools available."
"SAP Lumira is the best system in the world, at least in my opinion. I like that it's a stable system and that many people in my company have development experience in SAP Lumira. The solution keeps on improving and has excellent support."
"It's more of a user-friendly tool, it's easy, and it speeds up the process."
"The dynamic creation of dashboards and the quick visualization is the key feature."
"I would recommend using SAP Lumira because the development of dashboards is easy, and they have a good look and feel."
"It provides better, more robust ability to visualize data than in Excel or some of the other desktop tools that are out there, providing users the ability to identify actionable trends in their data sets that they normally wouldn't see, like in a spreadsheet or tabular data, a report."
"We’ve created several dashboards that display large sets of data in an insightful and easily digestible way."
"Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to respond quickly to servers being offline or having resources consumed too heavily."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform has reduced time in our workflow; we are able to find or correlate events much quicker, making my team's work easier so they can focus on other priorities."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is very efficient for us."
"Overall, the feature set of Splunk Enterprise Platform is comprehensive and flexible."
"Our downtime has been reduced to almost nothing for the area of Splunk that my team uses."
"Splunk's real-time processing capability has been pretty good for my use cases."
"The solution is very good for monitoring compared to other tools."
"Before using Splunk Enterprise Platform, I used LogRhythm, but after initiating Splunk Enterprise Platform, I noticed several positive impacts in my organization."
 

Cons

"An area of improvement, for sure, is the flexibility of the visualization."
"Lumira was very useful for me, but now I have more needs, and I have to move faster because I am responsible for a lot of data, and a lot of information that I have to provide to the directors and VPs."
"I'm not a fan of using SAP Lumira because it requires putting in a lot of information by keyboard directly because it requires some coding, so this is one area for improvement. From a user point of view, SAP Lumira is a complex system to learn and teach, so another area for improvement in the solution is that it needs to be more user-friendly."
"SAP Lumira can improve if they game more capability to the end user to prepare dashboards because it's more of an IT task to create them. In Tableau, we can drag, drop, and create. However, in SAP Lumira, we need a designer and a separate KT to be able to do it well."
"Lumira's capabilities feel like that of a store app with the intuitiveness of a desktop app, which is not a good combination."
"It has some limitations when operating BW data, and has limited functions when mixing different data sources."
"Lumira uses a lot of memory resources, so the execution of dashboards is slow."
"Each quarterly upgrade has new features, but then existing features tend to break. This is highly frustrating and affects existing Lumira documents."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform can improve in defense capabilities by blocking suspicious and malicious activities or preventing attacks."
"The user interface for search results is slower than it should be, and we would appreciate higher performance."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform can be improved by addressing bugs and upgrades, as every time there is an upgrade, there is a bug that needs fixing."
"Accuracy and reliability is mixed."
"From my perspective, Splunk tends to be too expensive for smaller customers."
"I have not seen a return on investment, and I cannot share any relevant metrics, such as fewer employees needed, money saved, time saved, or anything else."
"The support offered by Splunk Enterprise Platform has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Sometimes, queries don't give proper results, and the indexes go down."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In terms of cost, SAP Lumira is less affordable."
"PowerBI is way more capable at a much better price point: $10 per user without all the associated setup costs."
"If you exceed your licensed limit, the product will issue a warning, typically a five-license warning. Additionally, they send daily email notifications informing you about the breach. This prompts you to consider options such as minimizing logs or acquiring additional licensing to address the issue."
"The product is expensive, and the cost depends on the amount of data ingestion."
"The solution is expensive, so I rate its pricing a four out of ten."
"The tool is expensive."
"I have heard from my managers that Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing around seven or eight out of ten."
"The solution’s pricing is moderate."
"The solution's pricing increases with the amount of data used. This pricing model is acceptable because it aligns with the security features provided. It ensures that the price reflects the level of security and the amount of data we're managing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
19%
Construction Company
15%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise68
 

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What needs improvement with Splunk Enterprise Platform?
I do not have any suggestions on how Splunk Enterprise Platform can be improved because I am happy with it. If I had to think of one area where Splunk Enterprise Platform could be better or easier ...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Enterprise Platform?
My main use case for Splunk Enterprise Platform is to monitor the video on demand success rate for our video platform. A specific example of how I use Splunk Enterprise Platform for monitoring the ...
What advice do you have for others considering Splunk Enterprise Platform?
My advice to others looking into using Splunk Enterprise Platform is to research the product and utilize all the support that Splunk provides. I have rated this review a ten out of ten.
 

Also Known As

SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
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Sample Customers

Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
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