# Lumel

> Lumel builds enterprise planning, reporting, analytics and data-management software for business users. Its Inforiver, ValQ and xViz products extend Power BI, while its collaboration with Microsoft brings planning, PowerTable and Intelligence into Fabric IQ, reusing existing semantic models and writing planning data back to Fabric SQL.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Plano, United States
- **Founders:** Gopal Krishnamurthy (Founder & CEO), Jayaraman Anantharaman (Co-Founder)
- **Products:** Planning in Microsoft Fabric IQ, Lumel EPM for Microsoft Fabric, PowerTable, Intelligence, Inforiver Reporting Matrix
- **Notable:** Lumel reports 3,000+ customers and 400+ team members on its current About page., Rated 4.94/5 and named Best Overall EPM Vendor in the 2025 BPM Partners Pulse survey, as reported by Lumel., Lumel reports Overall Leader for Customer Experience and Trust Leader for Vendor Credibility in Dresner’s 2025 EPM study.

## Products & services

- **Planning in Microsoft Fabric IQ** — Co-engineered with Microsoft; no-code budgets, forecasts and scenarios using Power BI semantic models, with writeback to Fabric SQL. Public preview in March 2026 and general availability in July 2026.
- **Lumel EPM for Microsoft Fabric** — Native ISV workload combining planning, analytics and data management; general availability announced September 16, 2025.
- **PowerTable** — Governed no-code table applications for reference data, structured inputs, workflows, approvals and Fabric SQL writeback.
- **Intelligence** — Reporting and analytics capability in the Fabric planning suite, combining actuals, forecasts and targets.
- **Inforiver Reporting Matrix** — Power BI matrix visual for financial, management, paginated and variance reporting with formatted PDF and Excel export.
- **Inforiver Writeback Matrix** — Power BI planning, data input, collaboration, database writeback and report delivery; SaaS and on-premise options.
- **Inforiver Analytics+** — Power BI visualization and storytelling suite combining charts, KPI cards and tables.
- **Inforiver EDITable** — Editable Power BI tables for reference and master-data maintenance.
- **ValQ** — No-code modeling, simulation and planning in Power BI.
- **xViz** — Enterprise Power BI visuals including Gantt Chart and Performance Flow.

## Achievements

- Lumel reports 3,000+ customers and 400+ team members on its current About page.
- Rated 4.94/5 and named Best Overall EPM Vendor in the 2025 BPM Partners Pulse survey, as reported by Lumel.
- Lumel reports Overall Leader for Customer Experience and Trust Leader for Vendor Credibility in Dresner’s 2025 EPM study.
- Co-engineered enterprise planning became a first-party Microsoft Fabric capability in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Microsoft refined billing so PowerTable and Intelligence editors can use the Stakeholder tier when no Planning sheets are configured.
- **2026-07** — Microsoft announced general availability of Planning in Fabric IQ; billing was scheduled to begin August 1, 2026.
- **2026-03** — Lumel and Microsoft announced their first-party alliance and public preview of Planning in Fabric IQ.
- **2025-09** — Lumel announced general availability of its EPM ISV workload in Microsoft Fabric.

## Links

- Website: https://lumel.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumeltech

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Last updated: 2026-10-02