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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Analytics Cloud

    Score7.8 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAP Analytics Cloud has better visuals.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    pyramid has better on prem solutions
    and dashboards
    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
    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
    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
    SAP Analytics Cloud - being a cloud offering does not require any infrastructure for development of the reports and dashboards and doesn't depend on the back-end system availability for preparing a prototype. Since there is already a lot of pre-built content available, it …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAC BI Reporting is affordable, especially for companies with a limited IT budget. It is "easy" to integrate it with the ERP.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    I evaluated all popular Cloud BI tools available for big size companies.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    Better integration with SAP BW for building corporate dashboards
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    More strategic tool and cloud-based.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    I think it's a good step up and offers more features.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    Cloud access. It's intuitive.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    Integration across SAP application suite is critical. Embedded planning extending BPC was critical as it provided a multiple use-cases extending the investment in existing technologies used for planning and reporting.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAC is best for integration with SAP S4 HANA and BW4 HANA, so we decided to go with what we know to be best.
    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
    SAP Analytics Clouds offers native connectors to other SAP systems like SAP BW, SAP HANA and the cloud solutions like SAP Concur, SAP Fieldglass and Successfactors.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    1. The BI Platform and SAC - Better together.
    2. SAC is building up Lumira capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    When we talk about SAP, what you are looking for is not the best price but a complete integration with the other products of the brand. But even in the same brand, their updates are more frequent and allow the addition of several improvements that are not yet found in other …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAP Analytics Cloud has a very important connector with the SAP world so it's very easy to use this if you operate in a SAP environment. This point is also very important due to the fact that there are a lot of programmers working on new developments and improvements, so SAC …
    Incentivized
    SAP
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform is an on premise solution that allows you to display information hosted on an SAP BW / 4 HANA server.
    SAP Analytics Cloud is SAP's business intelligence solution that works in the cloud and is complemented by SAP …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    We are using SAC as well but the Schedule part of SAC cannot be compared to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence schedule.
    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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    247 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    8.2
    51 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.0204 Ratings8.646 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.1242 Ratings7.747 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.9220 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.9
    257 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.1248 Ratings7.147 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.1245 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.7190 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.8235 Ratings8.647 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    242 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    48 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.0208 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.4233 Ratings7.446 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.1202 Ratings6.742 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.7194 Ratings8.447 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.726 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    250 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.2
    43 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7239 Ratings6.941 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.7232 Ratings6.939 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.3236 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.234 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.1
    256 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    9.2
    48 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.1235 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.1242 Ratings9.646 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.8233 Ratings9.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.245 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.5236 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.9
    219 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    5.8
    34 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.7208 Ratings6.733 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.5180 Ratings3.928 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.0203 Ratings3.930 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings6.721 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings7.318 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.720 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (297 ratings)
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (219 ratings)
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.6
    (75 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (61 ratings)
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.1
    (61 ratings)
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)