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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Looker

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALooker is a BI application with an analytics-oriented application server that sits on top of relational data stores. It includes an end-user interface for exploring data, a reusable development paradigm for data discovery, and an API for supporting data in other systems.N/A

    SAP Lumira Discovery

    Score4.4 out of 10
    N/ASAP Lumira Discovery is SAP’s data visualization and discovery application. It facilitates data discovery, visualization, and analysis by assisting users with creation of dashboards, infographics, presentations, data facets, tag clouds, and more.

    $185

    per user

    Pricing
    LookerSAP Lumira Discovery
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Lumira, standard edition
    $185
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LookerSAP Lumira Discovery
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    LookerSAP Lumira Discovery
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    60 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    LookerSAP Lumira Discovery
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Looker and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Looker
    8.5
    116 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    8.0
    97 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.195 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.0115 Ratings8.097 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.499 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Looker and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Looker
    8.6
    116 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    7.3
    103 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.2112 Ratings10.0100 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.9114 Ratings7.0103 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.2116 Ratings5.098 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Looker and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Looker
    8.9
    112 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    6.1
    95 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Publish to Web8.594 Ratings7.082 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.1100 Ratings5.094 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.775 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.297 Ratings6.355 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Looker and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Looker
    7.0
    113 Ratings
    13% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    4.3
    104 Ratings
    60% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.2109 Ratings5.0102 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.397 Ratings6.095 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.66 Ratings2.072 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Looker and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Looker
    8.4
    112 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.393 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.2106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.345 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Looker and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    Looker
    6.3
    84 Ratings
    22% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.781 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.675 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LookerSAP Lumira Discovery
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LookerSAP Lumira Discovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (117 ratings)
    5.0
    (105 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    7.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (51 ratings)
    2.0
    (83 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (51 ratings)
    10.0
    (89 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LookerSAP Lumira Discovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Looker is ideal if you are heavily invested in Google Services, particularly marketing related services, and you with to quickly create reporting dashboards for that data. It gets more difficult when you try to tie in data from other services, and I would not use this were I already using BI package - it is not anywhere near as well supported or as widely known as some of its major competitors, but what it does do, it does do well.
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    SAP
    Infographics derived from specific data sources appears to be well suited for development using Lumira. The development of executive level dashboards was less appropriate from my perspective. The software does not provide sufficient demonstration or samples for the users to learn from in my opinion.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Show visited pages - sessions, pageviews - which programs are viewed the most.
    • Displays session source/medium views to see where users are coming from.
    • It shows the video titles, URLs, and event counts so we can monitor the performance of our videos.
    • It gives a graphic face to the numbers, such as using bar charts, pie graphs, and other charts to show user trends or which channels are driving engagement.
    • Our clients like to see the top pages visited for a month.
    • I like the drop-and-drag approach, and building charts is a little easier than it was before.
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    SAP
    • SAP has built in features you would expect from a data visualization package, like easy import from other SAP systems.
    • SAP has most of the typical charts that you would expect in order to visualize your data.
    • SAP allows you to have multiple charts on one visualization for your data.
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    Cons
    Google
    • I wish I could get more granular in the Google ad data, such as down to the campaign type, instead of having to see only all campaigns.
    • The setup can be time-consuming if you're not using the product regularly.
    • Editing the dashboard requires a few logins; I wish it was more seamless.
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    SAP
    • Even though the process of creating visualizations of data is now greatly improved, it could still be a lot better as users become accustomed to this kind of tool and bring forward edge cases the developers did not anticipate.
    • It would be awesome to have a cross platform tool that works on more than just Windows.
    • Some options for specific graphs feel limiting.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I give it this rating because it deems as effective, I am able to complete majority of my tasks using this app. It is very helpful when analyzing the data provided and shown in the app and it's just overall a great app for Operational use, despite the small hiccups it has (live data).
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    SAP
    Given the scope ,maintanence , support and budget are the main drivers to deciding renewal of a software
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    Usability
    Google
    Looker is relatively easy to use, even as it is set up. The customers for the front-end only have issues with the initial setup for looker ml creations. Other "looks" are relatively easy to set up, depending on the ETL and the data which is coming into Looker on a regular basis.
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    SAP
    SAP Lumira is very good self service analytical tool with powerful capabilities. However need to look into other SAP products in BI space, like SAP SAC. SAP Lumira is more used for custom and complex analytical need in business intelligence area. Also SAP Lumira is going out of maintenance in coming future replaced by SAP SAC.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No objections
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    SAP
    Lumira is a desktop application runs in its own JVM. It installs its own java runtime libraries to avoid any core java version conflicts. The availability of the application is completely relies on individual machine hardware configuration. On a decent desktop, it performs well and always launches in either 32 or 64 bit environment based on the hosts system's OS
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    Performance
    Google
    Somehow resources heavy, both on server and client. I recommned at least 50Mbs data rate and high performance desktop comouter to be abke to run comolex tasks and configure larger amount of data. On the other hand, the client does not need to worry when viewing, the performance is usually ok
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    SAP
    The performance is linear with amount of data that is being explored. We have done some benchmarks acquiring 10million data cells without having any performance problems. We need to make proper adjustments to jvm run time properties to start with higher heap size and other parameters that optimizes the run time performance
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    Support Rating
    Google
    Never had to work with support for issues. Any questions we had, they would respond promptly and clearly. The one-time setup was easy, by reading documentation. If the feature is not supported, they will add a feature request. In this case, LDAP support was requested over OKTA. They are looking into it.
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    SAP
    It does not have many bugs or issues since not a lot of new features are being added. The customer support for SAP Lumira Discovery is good and anyone considering this as a self-service tool would be happy. It integrates well in the SAP BI suite of products and the overall experience is positive.
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    In-Person Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We did not take in-person training
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Most of the user guides are pretty comprehensive and very easy to understand. The product itself is designed to be self-serve tool, did not need much of the end-user training. Most of the training we had is to how to read the data, how to explore the data, how to acquire the data etc.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Very satisfied, easy to implement
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    SAP
    Installing the desktop software on end-user machines is always challenging. The machine specifications are the biggest factor when running Lumira and be able to handle large datasets during data exploration. This often demands beefy machines at least for power-users. Although Lumira software licensing is not a big problem but managing partner's extensions and keeping track of their individual licenses may be an issue. If there is a way to bundle the more popular extensions such as vSQL or vOLAP should be bundled in core product and offer them as part of Lumira license instead of a separate license which causer operational burden.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Looker Studio, you can easily report on data from various sources without programming. Looker Studio is available at no charge for creators and report viewers. Enterprise customers who upgrade to Looker Studio Pro will receive support and expanded administrative features, including team content management. So it's good.
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    SAP
    Even though SAP Analytics Cloud is considered to be better in aspects such as data connectivity or analytics, we decided to choose Lumira as it was easier to understand, learn and use. As our business is not really that big and does not require the inclusion of large amounts of data, Lumira was overall the safest and most comfortable option. Also, some members in our team had previous knowledge so it was easier to adapt
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Google
    Perfect price to performance
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Enterprise wide implementation is a challenge with data security and trustedness. No easy installation can be done across the enterprise. no upgrade paths also available from SAP. They have so much of experience with desktop implementation, there it could be a controlled environment with a capital budget. These may be resolved in the upcoming releases
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Looker has a poignant impact on our business's ROI objectives. As an advertising exchange we have specific goals for daily requests and fill, and having premade Looks to monitor this is an integral piece of our operational capability
    • To facilitate an efficient monthly billing cycle in our organization, Looker is essential to track estimated revenue and impression delivery by publisher. Without the Looks we have set up, we would spend considerably more time and effort segmenting revenue by vertical.
    • Looker's unique value proposition is making analytical tools more digestible to people without conventional analytical experience. Other competing tools like Tableau require considerably more training and context to successfully use, and the ability to easily plot different visualizations is one of its greatest selling points.
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    SAP
    • We could obtain original data from vast and detailed corporate and personal data sources.
    • We could share visual analysis results with stakeholders via the cloud, and it could also be viewed on a tablet.
    • It is very flexible and accurate to use. It can be used for forecasting sales, resource planning, and scheduling.
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    ScreenShots

    Looker Screenshots

    Screenshot of a Looker dashboard with a geo chart.

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