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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

"It is fairly easy and fast when it comes to using it."
"Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW."
"Now, it seems to be one of the best SAP dashboard/chart/data analysis tools available."
"I like the integration, so it's easy to integrate different data sources."
"We chose it because of its ability to have a selection of data from various sources, and it's an easy reporting tool for business analysts to use."
"The most value that Lumira provides is in its ability to consume the Business Objects universe."
"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."
"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."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform has had some of the biggest positive impacts on our organization, including improvements in incident response time, faster threat detection, increased efficiency by consolidating tools, and automated compliance reporting that saves hours of manual work and improves audit readiness."
"The best thing about Splunk is you can collect all the data you want, and you can play with the data and do what you want."
"In terms of my favorite features of Splunk Enterprise Platform, it has vast customizability."
"In my opinion, the best features Splunk Enterprise Platform offers are the ability to dive deep into all the data you have stored, especially how quickly it performs and how flexible it is, along with how fast you can work with your data."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform has positively impacted our organization by enabling us to secure Sony globally effectively and consistently."
"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."
"We use Federated Search, which allows us to search data across multiple Splunk Enterprise Platform deployments without moving all the data in a single instance, so it helps us very much to access and analyze distributed data sources from one central search interface."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform has positively impacted my organization primarily for finding errors and problem-solving."
 

Cons

"It would be great to have more ETL capabilities so that the user can do more cleansing/mining on his/her side."
"SAP Lumira's scalability is very limited. Every time we have to involve IT if there is a change in the dashboard."
"From an enterprise supported tool, I find that a little wanting."
"It needs the ability to drill down more. Analyzing data with Lumira at times becomes a bit difficult."
"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."
"There have been some issues; the product itself is going through the improvement stages and the newer versions seem to be more stable."
"Each quarterly upgrade has new features, but then existing features tend to break. This is highly frustrating and affects existing Lumira documents."
"We definitely encountered issues with stability. We found a lot of bugs throughout the amount of time that we've been using the product."
"There is room for improvement in terms of scalability."
"Regarding the downsides of Splunk Enterprise Platform, as I mentioned, one is the Search Processing Language is somewhat complex when it comes to complex filtering and searching."
"I think Splunk Enterprise Platform can be improved with easier dashboards since dashboard building is incredibly complex."
"he product's initial setup phase needs to be made easy since it looks like it is very complex compared to the other tools in the market."
"Things have to be managed manually"
"Regarding pricing, I find that Splunk is quite expensive, and I have seen customers getting migrated since the last two years."
"<p>I have not seen a return on investment because I cannot share relevant metrics such as fewer employees needed, money saved, or time saved.</p>"
"The user interface for search results is slower than it should be, and we would appreciate higher performance."
 

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."
"There are yearly payments to be made towards the licensing costs attached to the solution."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
"The tool is expensive."
"I have heard from my managers that Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
"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."
"The solution’s pricing is moderate."
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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