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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Analytics Cloud

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP Analytics Cloud solution brings together analytics and planning with integration to SAP applications and access to heterogenous data sources. As the analytics and planning solution within SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud supports trusted insights and integrated planning processes enterprise-wide to help make decisions without doubt.

    $36

    per month per user

    SAP BW

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business Warehouse, or SAP BW (formerly SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse) is SAP's legacy data warehouse solution, now superseded by SAP BW/4HANA, and the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud which was launched in 2019. SAP BW versions up to 7.4 have reached end of maintenance. SAP BW 7.5 support is extended to align with SAP Business Suite with NetWeaver components. For existing customers maintenance is scheduled to continue through 2027, with extended support available through 2030.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP BW
    Editions & Modules
    SAP Analytics Cloud for Business Intelligence
    $36.00
    per month per user
    SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
    Price upon request
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP BW
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA 30-day trial with SAP Analytics Cloud is available, supporting analytics enterprise-wide. A trial can be extended up to 90 days on request.—
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP BW
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    Better integration with SAP BW for building corporate dashboards
    Incentivized
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    Better integration to BW with regards to authorization using live connection
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    We have both. We use SAC more for SAP aaplications like: S/4HANA & BW/4HANA, We use Power BI for snowflake, datalake.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    End to end seamless integration with other SAP products in the eco system.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    1. Commenting is better than BPC
    2. Driver-based planning is better than Oracle EPM
    3. Top-down and Bottom-up planning is better than both BPC as well as Oracle EPM
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAC is a single platform for planning , collaborating and visualisation which other reporting tools do not provide
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    As it is based on the data and analytics filed
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    S/4 cloud
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    more advances
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    pyramid has better on prem solutions
    and dashboards
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAP Analytics Cloud is the product from SAP itself where most of the companies are well integrated with SAP S4 HANA, SAP BW, and SAP BW4HANA so this reporting tool helps us with the best integration and for faster reporting performance instead of other versions and also it is …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    we use the SAP Analytics Cloud together with a business warehouse and use the planning engine (BW-IP) for our planning functions. We map these in the frontend (SAC) and thus offer a perfect addition to our on-premise systems. the planning takes place in the bw and an s4 system …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAP Analytics Cloud is a comparable product/solution to Power BI but has additional features that could be viewed as an improvement. SAP Analytics Cloud models are based on 1 large data set and multiple models can be merged. When combined with multiple SAP systems, the …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    I feel SAP Analytics Cloud is superior to other tools because of cloud capability and the ability to connect to several data sources. It also has a feature to store large set of data in-memory for faster reporting.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    It's on par or more when it comes to [connecting] to sap source systems. It has an edge in terms of FP&A processes.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    If SAP Analytics cloud had mobile capability for Android devices it would be great compared to other products like Power BI/Tableau.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    Compared with PowerBI, SAP Analytics Cloud looks better and integrates much better with SAP data.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    Qlik Sense is too expensive, much more complicated to use for users (especially new variables or other complex calculations) and requires you to buy too many extra functionalities to have the same options as SAP Analytics Cloud can offer.

    Microsoft Power BI is much cheaper and …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    I think it's a good step up and offers more features.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    We are currently using Power BI primarily, and are using SAC primarily for planning at this point. Would be interested to explore more of the predictive and augmented analytics capabilities of SAC.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    We use all these products to offer our clients a comprehensive analytics platform, integrating all of them in a single packaged solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    As it has been released as a Beta version in the past days, I have not the chance to evaluate them together. Both products look pretty similar. I would like to use it more to see what are the main differences.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    The two products have different purposes.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAC is better at performance when the data source is bigger and the volume of data is high. That is thanks to live connectivity. SAC is offering a planning version and more functionalities. SAC is offering a lot more business content in the library.
    Incentivized
    SAP
    Chose SAP BW
    The word "against" would not be the right word to describe this question. These applications coexist and interact, as all of them play a specific role in the SAP landscape. The use of any of these applications should be aligned with the data strategy in an Organization.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BW
    Its good for data modelling and ease of reporting capabilities. Even designing base master data models is complex but once done it makes life very easy for any reporting that involves hierarchies/ text & direct/indirect attributes even. It does not have capabilities for …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP BW
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    247 Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.0204 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.1242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.9220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.9
    257 Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.1248 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.1245 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.7190 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.8235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    242 Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.0208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.4233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.1202 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.7194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    250 Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7239 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.7232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.3236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.1
    256 Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.1235 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.1242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.8233 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.245 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.5236 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Location-Based Data Governance00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.9
    219 Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.7208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.5180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.0203 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    8.7
    3 Ratings
    Data model creation00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    5.4
    3 Ratings
    Visualization00 Ratings5.43 Ratings
    Data Warehouse
    Comparison of Data Warehouse features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business Warehouse
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    High-Volume Data Processing00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Data Warehouse Management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Administrative Automation00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Self-Optimization00 Ratings5.63 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP BW
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (297 ratings)
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (219 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.6
    (75 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (61 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.1
    (61 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)