Kumu — Analytics & Data

What is Kumu?

Kumu is a relationship mapping platform that helps you make sense of complex data by turning it into interactive, beautiful maps. Instead of static diagrams or spreadsheets, Kumu lets you organize, visualize, and explore connections between people, systems, and ideas. It solves the problem of understanding messy, interconnected information by providing a visual environment where relationships become clear.

Who is it for?

Kumu is designed for researchers, social sector leaders, organizational analysts, and anyone working with networks or systems—stakeholder mapping, systems thinking, social network analysis, or community asset mapping. It is NOT for simple diagramming or casual to-do lists; if you need a basic whiteboard, check out Sticky Studio instead.

Real use cases

Organizations use Kumu to map stakeholder influence on complex issues, understand systemic feedback loops with causal loop diagrams, visualize informal networks within a company, track community resources and relationships, or brainstorm conceptual relationships using Lombardi diagrams. The platform supports unlimited collaborators, real-time commenting, and embedding on websites.

• Interactive maps — Create relationship maps that are beautiful and explorable, with filters, clustering, and decorations.
• Multi-type mapping — Supports stakeholder, systems, social network, community asset, and concept mapping in one platform.
• Spreadsheet import — Easily bring in data from CSV files or connect directly to your existing datasets.
• Presentation & publishing — Built-in presentation builder and embed options to share maps on blogs or websites.
• Collaboration & access control — Unlimited collaborators per project; Pro workspaces add view-only roles, activity feeds, and real-time commenting.
• Private & secure projects — Basic workspaces offer private projects for $9/month per project; Pro workspaces add hourly backups and custom branding.

Kumu pricing: from $9/mo per private project.

For comparison: the median starting price in Analytics & Data is $39/month, measured across 274 tools we track. See the full SaaS Pricing Index →

Free (Kumu.io)

Unlimited public projects, free forever. Includes core features like decorations, filters, clustering, spreadsheet imports, and embed. Two-week free trial for private projects. Students get free private projects (edu discount).

Basic Workspace

$10/month per workspace. Private projects cost $9/month per project. Unlimited collaborators, maps, and views. Daily backups. Public projects remain unlimited.

Pro Workspace

$20/month per workspace. Private projects cost $20/month per project. Adds view-only collaborators, custom project branding, project activity feeds, real-time commenting, private project archiving, and hourly backups.

Enterprise

Self-hosted or cloud-hosted private instance. Custom pricing based on team needs. Includes all premium features, 99.95% uptime SLA, SAML single sign-on, air gap compatibility, priority support, and invoice billing. Training and consulting available separately.

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