Kumu
No-code tool for visualizing complex data relationships effortlessly.
What is Kumu?
Try KumuKumu is a no-code platform designed to help organizations make sense of complicated relationships by visualizing complex systems. It helps you map interconnected factors—so you can expose assumptions, surface differing perspectives, and encourage productive debate. Once your maps are built, you can present and publish them, including with shared collaboration through projects and views.
What does Kumu do for teams working with complex systems?
Kumu helps you visualize and talk through complicated relationships by turning interconnected factors into clear relationship maps. The goal is to improve shared understanding—by making it easier to see how stakeholders influence parts of a system and to work through assumptions and differing perspectives.
Is Kumu no-code and easy to start without technical skills?
Yes. Kumu is built to be easy to get started with no technical background required, so you can begin creating maps quickly without installing software.
What relationship maps can you build with Kumu?
You can create stakeholder maps, systems maps, social network maps, community asset maps, and concept maps. Kumu also supports systems mapping with systems maps and causal loop diagrams, and concept mapping with Lombardi diagrams.
How can you present and publish a map you build in Kumu?
After you create your maps, Kumu provides a built-in presentation builder and a publishing platform. This makes it straightforward to share what you’ve built with others.
How do shared projects work with collaboration in Kumu?
Kumu supports collaboration so teams can work together on maps in shared projects and views. You can control access by choosing which projects are private and who can view or edit them.
What are the differences between public and private projects in Kumu?
Public projects are visible to everyone and indexed by search engines, while you control who can edit. Private projects are accessible only by authorized users, and you control who can view and edit; Kumu also restricts staff access to private projects except at the owner’s request.