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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
95
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

"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."
"Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW."
"It seemed to be fairly user friendly."
"We were all sitting in a conference room, four of us, and we watched a YouTube video, which is eight minutes long, and after that we were able to build a couple of dashboards by ourselves, just from that one watch and learn session."
"The best feature is the ease of developing dashboards."
"This solution is easy to use, and it is unbelievable to use for operations and exploration."
"I like the integration, so it's easy to integrate different data sources."
"Overall, Splunk Enterprise Platform impacts my organization positively, and I can see the benefit from using the product."
"The personalized dashboards in Splunk Enterprise Platform are a good feature."
"Splunk Enterprise is a wireless enterprise application that can be customized based on training."
"The impact of Splunk Enterprise Platform on my organization is significant as it makes it easier to search logs and troubleshoot issues within a service or a platform."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform has positively impacted our organization by providing insight into our environment in a centralized manner so that we don't have to set up alerts in a bunch of different places; we just have to look at one place to get what we need."
"The product is very easy to use."
"The solution is very good for monitoring compared to other tools."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is a good tool to have, but it is expensive."
 

Cons

"SAP Lumira's scalability is very limited. Every time we have to involve IT if there is a change in the dashboard."
"Don't waste your time. Lumira falls short of its competitors in this space both in capabilities and in ease of use."
"I think probably what I was trying to do at the time was create some sort of map if you will. I work a lot with freight data, transportation data and I've been trying to find a solution to show volumes and distances out of a specific point so if we've got a distribution center in Dallas, Texas, something that I can just drop the data in and by zip code it will show a heat map of the zip codes that we're shipping to and I don't recall Lumira being able to do that."
"It has some limitations when operating BW data, and has limited functions when mixing different data sources."
"Each quarterly upgrade has new features, but then existing features tend to break. This is highly frustrating and affects existing Lumira documents."
"An area of improvement, for sure, is the flexibility of the visualization."
"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."
"From an enterprise supported tool, I find that a little wanting."
"With Splunk Enterprise Platform specifically, I hit a real hard wall at about 300,000 searches an hour, and I could not get above that."
"The Splunk Enterprise Platform has room for improvement, particularly in automating the permissions process during app promotions. Currently, permissions are manually set when different teams request an application move to production, which is time-consuming. Automating this process would streamline operations by automatically assigning the appropriate permissions and roles to specific services or teams, reducing the need to review each request ticket manually."
"Splunk can be used primarily to port log files, allowing for easy and quick management of large amounts of logs. However, this can also be a drawback due to the configuration, parsing, and dashboard creation limitations. Communication is stream-based, which means you need to do a lot of pre-emptive setup to get a nice export."
"We have had some frustrations with the amount of data we are sending to Splunk Enterprise Platform, as sometimes it contains information that is not needed, but that is more about my team needing to understand how to parse through that data before it gets sent to Splunk."
"Accuracy and reliability is mixed."
"I think Splunk Enterprise Platform can be improved by introducing federated search to search different data and adding in more cloud capabilities that are available into Splunk Enterprise quickly enough, because we pay for the same features that you provide in cloud."
"I have not seen a return on investment; our license costs have only gone up every year, and there has not been any return on investment."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform can improve in defense capabilities by blocking suspicious and malicious activities or preventing attacks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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 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."
"The product is expensive, and the cost depends on the amount of data ingestion."
"I rate the product's pricing a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. It is a very pricey tool."
"There are yearly payments to be made towards the licensing costs attached to the solution."
"I have heard from my managers that Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
"The solution is expensive, so I rate its pricing a four out of ten."
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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
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

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 Enterprise67
 

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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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