Lumanu

RATING:

4.7

(51)

About Lumanu

Lumanu is a cloud-based platform that helps brands, enterprises, and agencies manage payouts for freelancers and influencers. The system onboards creative talent and manages communication about upcoming payments. Lumanu integrates with Quickbooks, Zapier and Bill, which enables businesses to streamline accounting workflows. Key features include approval workflows, bulk payments, permission management and whitelisting.

Lumanu Pricing

Payments Platform starts at $99/month Whitelisting Platform starts at $999/month

Starting price: 

$99.00 per month

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Not Available

Lumanu manage payments

Lumanu Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Lumanu

1 - 5 of 51 Reviews

Anonymous

5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2021

Excellent In Both Capability and Simplicity

PROS

The Lumanu software helps optimize paid media efforts in a way that maximizes the ROI without requiring the advanced knowledge that users need when working directly in Facebook's Advertising platform.

CONS

Occasionally the platform's simplicity can be a negative, as there's sometimes a need for a bit more specificity with paid media needs. Additionally, the platform sometimes fails to populate content when searching (which may or may not be due to Facebook's own issues but that much is unclear).

Amanda

Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2021

Great platform!

It's been amazing. Everyone is so helpful on the customer service side of things and [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is a great resource for payments.

PROS

Having access to our favorite influencers' audience is a total game-changer when it comes to whitelisting their content as a paid promotion - for both us as a brand and for the influencer too. Because Lumanu was created with the creator in mind first and the brand second, it's such a fun tool for both sides of the content / ad creation -- and the influencers we work with have loved it too.

CONS

The payment part of the platform (which is brand new) is extraordinary, however, there are some features that we wish we had - like being able to pay agencies easily - but I believe this is in the works. Additionally, would love to be able to see the platform from a creator's side of things. Right now we can just see what brands see. But I would love to see what the influencer sees so I know how to explain certain features.

Reasons for switching to Lumanu

We were using only one feature of GRIN's and it wasn't even that great. GRIN was not worth their high prices for what we were using it for.

Sierra

Design, 1 employee

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed February 2024

Invoicing feature no longer offered

PROS

I used Lumanu for invoicing my clients. They have since removed the feature I was using, so I have switched to a different platform.

CONS

I disliked that they removed the feature I was using.

Reasons for switching to Lumanu

Novo did not allow me to pass the credit card fee to the client.

Sarah

Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2021

15 Stars!!!

1. Ease of use for the clients, influencers, and media buyers 2. 1st party data of influencers has been invaluable for creating audiences and driving strong performance 3. Having a historical creative hub with the ability to download the influencer's content and adjust the asset based on the goal of the campaign

PROS

From a media buyers perspective, Lumanu is the BEST and EASIEST way to activate paid influencer efforts on Facebook and Instagram. The setup/onboarding process for the influencers incredibly simple, and the platform allows you to easily boost posts and/or download the influencer's creative assets reassemble for paid efforts. The number 1 greatest thing about Lumanu is having access to run media through the influencer's FB/IG pages and access to their first party data to target and create lookalikes off of. Since starting with Lumanu, we have recommended their services to several partners and each activation has been a success with influencers becoming a core marketing effort for each brand.

CONS

The only hiccup we run into sometimes is getting the influencer's pages to show up in the platform but anytime there are "glitches" or "issues" they are usually resolved in a timely manner.

Sinead

Marketing and Advertising, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2021

Lumanu is critical to our success!

PROS

Lumanu has made our influencer marketing offering scale more rapidly and with extreme ease. The time my team saves with ad permissioning has significantly reduced the friction we used to experience. We also now use Lumanu payments which too has helped reduce the pain our accounting team had on a monthly basis by removing the "vendor" setup process, the tax implications, etc. I shudder to think where we would be without Lumanu.

CONS

Nothing major - every time Facebook or Instagram does an API update things can sometimes be buggy but that is par for the course. The Lumanu team is really quick to address or update on their end.