Qlik Analytics Platform vs SAP Lumira comparison

Qlik and SAP are both solutions in the Data Visualization category. Qlik is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.0, while SAP is ranked #25. Qlik holds a 1.1% mindshare in DV, compared to SAP’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Qlik users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 73% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

SAP Lumira and Qlik Analytics Platform compete in the business analytics category. Qlik Analytics Platform generally has the upper hand due to its robust features.

Features: SAP Lumira is known for intuitive data visualization, integration capabilities, and enabling streamlined connectivity to data sources. It provides features for data cleansing and sophisticated geo-mapping. In contrast, Qlik Analytics Platform offers advanced analytics, dynamic real-time visualizations, and a comprehensive set of collaborative tools with robust data replication through Change Data Capture.

Room for Improvement: SAP Lumira could enhance its real-time data integration capabilities and expand customization options. It also needs improvement in handling extremely large datasets more efficiently. Qlik Analytics Platform could simplify its customization complexity, enhance its initial setup process, and improve scalability options for smaller businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Lumira offers straightforward deployment and responsive customer support, allowing for a smoother setup experience. Qlik Analytics Platform, while robust in deployment flexibility, presents challenges due to its complexity. However, Qlik’s effective customer service offers tailored deployment support, balancing user needs with customization possibilities.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Lumira is a cost-effective solution with substantial return on investment, appealing to budget-conscious organizations. In contrast, Qlik Analytics Platform, with a higher upfront cost, offers superior analytics capabilities that may lead to a higher long-term ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Qlik Analytics Platform

Ranking in Data Visualization

20th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Lumira

Ranking in Data Visualization

25th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Qlik Analytics Platform is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Lumira is 0.9%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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FerranGarcia

Solution Architect at Red Hat

Offers a user-friendly interface and a variety of data visualization tools

My advice to new users considering Qlik Analytics Platform is to carefully assess their data project needs. While Qlik is a solid on-premises platform, the trend in the industry is moving toward cloud-based data solutions, including data warehousing and integration. Cloud data warehouses are often more modern, feature-rich, and scalable. If you are planning to create a new data warehouse in the cloud, it might make sense to also opt for cloud-native integration tools. The tech world is shifting towards cloud-native solutions, which better match the direction most global data projects are heading. Overall, I would rate Qlik Analytics Platform as a seven out of ten.

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Rafal Zaborowski

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.

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

Pros

"Reporting is a valuable feature of the solution."

"The most valuable feature of Qlik Analytics Platform is its Change Data Capture capability."

"It is a great platform for third party extensions, has an open API, and there are no black boxes."

"Qlik offers you all the features needed to extract the raw data from the source systems including an ETL layer to transform the data and to connect the multiple data sources into one data model, easy data sharing, security and scaling features, dashboards, and report functionality to share your data with your end-users."

"The most valuable features of SAP Lumira are the dashboards, geographical elements, and graph filtering, and the usage is similar to a website which makes it easy to use."

"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."

"Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW."

"Beautiful visualizations."

"The best feature is the ease of developing dashboards."

"The most value that Lumira provides is in its ability to consume the Business Objects universe."

"It is fairly easy and fast when it comes to using it."

Cons

"It would be great if decentralized teams would have more features to manage the metadata on the dashboards, setup the specific user access rights and rules to govern incoming and outgoing data sets from/to other teams, and more features to separate the different data process layers (e.g. extraction, transformation [data quality, business rules])."

"More freedom for custom visuals and dashboard creation would be an improvement."

"The user experience needs to be improved."

"One area where Qlik Analytics Platform could be improved is in providing better support for batch processing and traditional ETL workflows."

"Lumira uses a lot of memory resources, so the execution of dashboards is slow."

"It would be great to have more ETL capabilities so that the user can do more cleansing/mining on his/her side."

"It needs an easier printing feature."

"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."

"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."

"It needs the ability to drill down more. Analyzing data with Lumira at times becomes a bit difficult."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is the most expensive tool."

"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."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Qlik Analytics Platform?

The most valuable feature of Qlik Analytics Platform is its Change Data Capture capability.

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One area where Qlik Analytics Platform could be improved is in providing better support for batch processing and traditional ETL workflows. While it excels in real-time replication, it lacks robust...

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Overview

Part of the Qlik Sense family of products, the Qlik Analytics Platform puts the power of the Qlik Associative Engine and visualizations in the hands of application and web developers through powerful, open and modern API’s, allowing you to see the whole story within your data.

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SAP Lumira delivers beautiful visualizations, allowing you to easily articulate and share key data insights. Discover hidden patterns and transform the way you communicate your data – big and small in the most engaging way. SAP Lumira lets you pull data directly from a variety of sources and bring it all together in a repeatable, self-service way. Point and click data manipulation lets you organize and consolidate data the way you want to: quickly and easily. Through the intuitive interface and engaging visualizations you can analyze data effortlessly to discover valuable insights that can help keep you organized and agile with your data.

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Features:

· Quickly extract and analyze data from virtually any source, create compelling visualizations, and share key insights with ease.

· Expand your business intelligence by cleaning, enriching and merging multiple datasets together.

· Streamline discovery by exploring any volume or type of data in real time, without sacrificing performance or security

· Simplify the 360-degree view of your business by bringing together data from enterprise sources across all lines of business straight to your desktop

· Share data visualizations and collaborate with colleagues or business partners using SAP Lumira, Server for Teams

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

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