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Pyramid Analytics vs SAP Lumira [EOL] comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

Pyramid Analytics
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (8th), Data Visualization (9th)
SAP Lumira [EOL]
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Ynazif Nazif - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
Unified data workflows have improved reporting quality and now support better decisions
The best features Pyramid Analytics offers include a broad range of features, which I think is one of the advantages of it. It has a lot of connectors and a lot of different capabilities. I would say end-to-end capabilities is one of the nice features of it. Regarding the end-to-end capabilities and lots of connectors, I found the connectors most valuable. If you are trying to do Snowflake, SQL server, or any of the normal database platforms that you see in the cloud or on-premises, it has those connectors built in. You don't have to worry about writing custom drivers. That is a nice feature to have. Pyramid Analytics has impacted my organization positively in that I use it for my clients' organizations. For my organization, it is great because it gives me a technology platform that clients enjoy using and I am proficient with. For my clients, it is about delivering on their aspirations in terms of what they want to do with their data and where they want to head in their organization. This is definitely a tool that we can use in order to get there. After implementing Pyramid Analytics for my clients, I have seen measurable outcomes and specific improvements, such as having a single platform that gets them from the raw data to the endpoint reporting. I think that streamlining has a positive effect on the quality of the outputs. The quality of the outputs definitely leads to better decision making.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Pyramid has a wide level of uses, as it's a complete ETL process and has a good level of connecting to a lot of data sources."
"Management decided to change from Power BI to Pyramid Analytics, and this decision has been very beneficial because cost is lower for hundreds of users while maintaining data security, accuracy, and reliability, leading to improved sales, acquisition of many new clients, project expansion, and better operations through consolidated agriculture activities and easier compliance reporting."
"Pyramid Analytics is the core for reporting from a non-technical or slightly technical perspective, and it makes reporting simple."
"The features I find most valuable are 'Discover,' 'Formulate,' and 'Model.' I use them regularly to build logic and create reports for my job."
"The most valuable feature of Pyramid Analytics, outshining even top-tier platforms like Power BI, is its robust support for DAX queries."
"Pyramid Analytics has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to analyze sales data and identify opportunities regarding how to use the budget and where to allocate it to get more sales."
"Overall, I think Pyramid Analytics is the top visualization tool because it is easier to work with, and it has lots of features, which depends on how you are going to use it."
"The on-premise version has quite good scalability."
"Now, it seems to be one of the best SAP dashboard/chart/data analysis tools available."
"I think rapid development, geospatial coding, using it to connect to multiple data sources are all good selling points for it."
"I would recommend using SAP Lumira because the development of dashboards is easy, and they have a good look and feel."
"This solution is easy to use, and it is unbelievable to use for operations and exploration."
"The best feature is the ease of developing dashboards."
"We’ve created several dashboards that display large sets of data in an insightful and easily digestible way."
"It's very easy to import data and also to create formulas and so on, and it made creating charts, especially bubble charts, really easy and very powerful, helping me build impressive metrics for the team around surgery times, supplies used, and expense analysis."
"Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW."
 

Cons

"Pyramid Analytics could be improved to be more user-friendly. I thought the most difficult reporting tool was Tableau, but I found Pyramid Analytics to be somewhat more complex."
"Getting accustomed to the latest AI technologies is something I feel Pyramid Analytics should be able to address."
"One area of improvement would be on the customer success or customer support; they are not very prompt."
"Even though the solution has a functionality for every step, it's not so well- defined. That needs to be improved."
"Some things that are easily accomplished in Power BI are more complicated in Pyramid Analytics."
"I think one thing is that Pyramid Analytics can sometimes have a slow loading speed, especially with large data pools, and the interface could be much more modern."
"As for how Pyramid Analytics can be improved, I wish that there was a greater degree of customization available."
"There is room for improvement in terms of the user interface, particularly when it comes to modifying connections between filters and visual components in a dashboard."
"An area of improvement, for sure, is the flexibility of the visualization."
"SAP Lumira's scalability is very limited. Every time we have to involve IT if there is a change in the dashboard."
"It would be great to have more ETL capabilities so that the user can do more cleansing/mining on his/her side."
"A lot of bugs keep coming up when we connect to HANA or create our custom color palette."
"Don't waste your time. Lumira falls short of its competitors in this space both in capabilities and in ease of use."
"I would look at the geospatial part of it which doesn't seem work well as when you look at converting that for your maps, it is a little cumbersome, and it's not as accurate."
"The Cloud/Edge version of SAP Lumira still needs to be more user friendly."
"There have been some issues; the product itself is going through the improvement stages and the newer versions seem to be more stable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing cost is not excessively expensive, but it does increase with the addition of new features and modules."
"PowerBI is way more capable at a much better price point: $10 per user without all the associated setup costs."
"In terms of cost, SAP Lumira is less affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
20%
Construction Company
15%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pyramid Analytics?
As a junior, I can share developer perspective information, but I do not have information about pricing, setup costs, and licensing.
What needs improvement with Pyramid Analytics?
I think Pyramid Analytics can be improved by easing access for multiple users to one workspace.
What is your primary use case for Pyramid Analytics?
My main use case for Pyramid Analytics is reporting. An example would be if I am looking into data for our workforce for the Department of Veteran's Affairs; we have cubes for HR employee informati...
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