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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 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 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."
"This product is amazing and changes how people think of the relationship between IT and businesses."
"It's more of a user-friendly tool, it's easy, and it speeds up the process."
"Beautiful visualizations."
"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 is fairly easy and fast when it comes to using it."
"Within an hour or so, we had actually a better visualization of the data."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is very integrated into my whole ecosystem, and I am able to catch even a simple blip with it, making it really beneficial."
"Overall, Splunk Enterprise Platform impacts my organization positively, and I can see the benefit from using the product."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform impacts my organization positively by making it easier for us to meet security compliance requirements."
"The governance tools provided by Splunk Enterprise Platform are very good, and it is a very good platform that provides you with a way to maintain data security."
"The most valuable feature of Splunk for data analysis is its ability to search using SPL and SQL."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is very efficient for us."
"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 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."
 

Cons

"It needs to have more complex and enriched chart functions."
"An area of improvement, for sure, is the flexibility of the visualization."
"It needs the ability to drill down more. Analyzing data with Lumira at times becomes a bit difficult."
"I did encounter issues with stability and performance. It really takes a long, long time, if you want to do analysis on viewed data."
"It has some limitations when operating BW data, and has limited functions when mixing different data sources."
"It needs an easier printing feature."
"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."
"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 cost is the most significant area for improvement in Splunk Enterprise Platform, as it is quite expensive, causing many clients to differ due to this reason."
"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 number one area for improvement is cost; it is not cost-efficient for small organizations."
"Regarding improvement for Splunk Enterprise Platform, compatibility is needed."
"Areas for improvement include enhancing dashboards, reports, alerts, and the monitoring console."
"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."
"One area where Splunk Enterprise Platform can be improved is that the underlying search architecture is not up to the mark compared to something Elastic."
"To improve Splunk Enterprise Platform, it needs more AI capabilities."
 

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."
"The solution is expensive, so I rate its pricing a four out of ten."
"There are yearly payments to be made towards the licensing costs attached to the solution."
"Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
"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."
"I have heard from my managers that Splunk Enterprise Platform is an expensive solution."
"The product is expensive, and the cost depends on the amount of data ingestion."
"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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
20%
Construction Company
15%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
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 Business39
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise67
 

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What needs improvement with Splunk Enterprise Platform?
I would like to see more flexible licensing, easier deployment and administration, enhanced AI-driven automation, and more built-in dashboards and detection content in Splunk Enterprise Platform. I...
What is your primary use case for Splunk Enterprise Platform?
Splunk Enterprise Platform serves as our primary solution for centralized log collection, real-time security monitoring, threat detection, incident investigation, and alert management. The cloud de...
What advice do you have for others considering Splunk Enterprise Platform?
My advice for others looking into using Splunk Enterprise Platform is to start with clear use cases, onboard the right data, train your team on Splunk Enterprise Platform, optimize the searches and...
 

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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