SAP Analytics Cloud vs. SAP Data Intelligence

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Analytics Cloud
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
The 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 Data Intelligence
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
SAP Data Intelligence is presented by the vendor as a single solution to innovate with data. It provides data-driven innovation in the cloud, on premise, and through BYOL deployments. It is described by the vendor as the new evolution of the company's data orchestration and management solution running on Kubernetes, released by SAP in 2017 to deal with big data and complex data orchestration working across distributed landscapes and processing engine.N/A
Pricing
SAP Analytics CloudSAP Data 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 Data Intelligence
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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 Data Intelligence
Considered Both Products
SAP Analytics Cloud
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud stacks better with SAP ERP and this has improved its workability and accuracy.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Integration Suite, SAP Concur and SAP Identity Management
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Great integration with sap. Not good for customization.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud and Power BI are both tools that help businesses understand their data, but they have some differences. SAC, made by SAP, works well if your company already uses other SAP products. It's in the cloud, easy to use, and has features for analyzing data, getting …
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud vs. Microsoft Power BI:Cost: Power BI is often perceived as a cost-effective solution, especially for organizations already using Microsoft products. SAP Analytics Cloud might be seen as a higher-cost option.Integration: SAP Analytics Cloud may have an edge …
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
It was a corporate decision that will serve all hubs in the world to gain scalability. Once a gain, one fits all.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
TIBCO BPM Enterprise and Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud has the largest user base in the manufacturing field because of its service.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAC includes predictive analytics features, allowing users to perform advanced analytics and forecast future trends. This can be a valuable asset for organizations seeking predictive modeling capabilities.

It has an integration with the SAP landscape, seek a unified platform for …
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SAP Analytics Cloud has direct connectivity to S/4 and have the extended possibility for financial planning
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
Data models are familiar and no additional reconciliations needed
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
Power BI seem to work easier with other datasources (non-SAP)
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
More integrated to our landscape SAP based
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
it's the product supported by my organization, also it has better authorization features than Power BI
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
Ease of Doing business is a big feature in the SAP side. Also, more efficient and easier to manage.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
We select SAP Analytics Cloud due to meet our all dashboards need, data integration, enrich option of modern data visualization, instant & enhance user experience. Agile supply chain planning and forecast easily doable from SAP Analytics Cloud. finally these all aspect make us …
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
I do not have decision making ability for anything within my company. I believe it was chosen specifically for how easy it is to use and the ability to scale it within a large company. There are other products out there but they are not as easy to learn and use.
SAP Data Intelligence
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
We intially choose SAP Data intelligence for the replication of data between SAP & Non-SAP systems Latter we moved to SAP Datasphere. As SAP Strategy is DataSphere
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
Since we are big on SAP ecosystem products in our IT landscape, it was natural for us to find a best possible solution from SAP product suite. However, we still explored the products available from Informatica product portfolio, we found using SAP Data Intelligence more prudent …
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
I don't think its better, only more available.
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
SAP Data Intelligence is preferred over others as we find it as a single solution for our data operations needs. It helps in streamlined alk our data needs from data integration to data processing to data analytics and visualization. Further, ML capabilities is an add-ons.
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
More comprehensive data management
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
RedHat OpenShift and SUSE Rancher are the two Kubernetes technologies for running SAP Data Intelligence on-prem.
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
SAP Fiori also has a data quality and monitoring app, which we use to monitor the data quality for products, customers, and vendors. Product Validation helps to automate the data validation with respect to basic data, plant, sales area, costing, and pricing by set business …
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
The AWS services require more manual integration and custom building of services. This is where SAP Data Intelligence excells.
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
The extraction of data from the Source by creating SAP Data Intelligence Pipelines or Graphs and then updating in the Staging Table for the corresponding Migration Objects in the SAP Migration Cockpit. This process is really user friendly and easy to use with more efficiency …
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
As we are implementing and using SAP 4HANA platform in other related projects, we have seen an advantage in utilizing SAP Data Intelligence. Also, with improved ETL pipelines and migration functionalities implemented, we have considered the financial aspect of the platform - …
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
This is a very intutive tool and can do wonders when integrated with SAP suite and products. This helps us in streamlining data needs with many other outgoing steams of data.
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
SAP Data Intelligence brings solutions tailored to the organizations that are already heavily invested in the SAP Product Suite. This allows for integrations that are more native between SAP products.
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
Microsoft Power BI, MicroStrategy Analytics, Looker, Google Analytics, Tableau Desktop and QlikView
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
SAP Data Intelligence provides one of the best services for data visualization and handling. It provides a wide range of customizable features that enabled us to create a system as per our requirements. Pre-existing relations with other SAP modules have added an additional …
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
Unlike SAP Data Intelligence, TIBCO Cloud Integration is overpriced and does not run a large number of ML models such as Python, Go, R among other open sources.
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
I won't mention the names of my previous experiences but I have found SAP as much straightforward and helpful tool as compared to the previous one. even one of them was so much confusing and complex that we
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
One of the reasons to pick SAP Data Intelligence is the speed and security it provides, in addition to the excellent support it provides. It is also compatible with all popular databases, which is another reason to choose it.
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
Unlike SAP Data Intelligence, Oracle Coherence fails to eliminate data redundancy by implementing and performing data processes slowly. Also, SAP Data Intelligence is the most robust data fabric solution that connects, manages, and analyzes large amounts of data, unlike other …
Chose SAP Data Intelligence
SAP Data Intelligence was one of the first corporate complete data science solutions to hit the market. We picked this because of our excellent relationship with SAP and our current SAP product environment.
Features
SAP Analytics CloudSAP Data Intelligence
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
Ratings
2% below category average
SAP Data Intelligence
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.9
Ratings
2% below category average
SAP Data Intelligence
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
SAP Data Intelligence
-
Ratings
Publish to Web8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
Ratings
0% above category average
SAP Data Intelligence
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.1
Ratings
5% below category average
SAP Data Intelligence
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
SAP Data Intelligence
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Analytics CloudSAP Data Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
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8.1
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Likelihood to Renew
7.8
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8.2
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Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.6
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
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Implementation Rating
2.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Analytics CloudSAP Data Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP Ecosystem Integration:For businesses already using other SAP solutions such as SAP BW or SAP HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud is a natural fit. It integrates well with the broader SAP ecosystem, providing a cohesive analytics experience for users familiar with SAP technologies.Predictive Analytics Use Cases:Companies seeking to incorporate predictive analytics into their decision-making processes can leverage SAP Analytics Cloud. Its built-in predictive features enable users to create models and gain insights into future trends based on historical data.
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It helps our BUs analyze data and create dashboards they can understand. While slowing down with a large database, it becomes less helpful. In my experience, it is excellent in consolidating information from several sources for analysis, decision-making, and knowledge gaps. Excellent at managing information access.
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Pros
  • It makes it easier yo analyse order and related records easily.
  • We can easily maintain and track the performance of employees in organisation.
  • Can easily track various aspects for the growth of an organisation thus allowing real time analysis and tracking of organisation's growth and performance.
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  • It integrates well with our current ecosystem of SAP products, like HANA.
  • It provides end-to-end machine learning operations, with tools for the complete model life cycle.
  • It has a simple user interface for novice users, with complex tools also available for power users.
  • It builds on SAP Data Hub, providing all the ETL functions of that tool with additional machine learning functionality.
  • It can run in the cloud, no on-premise software management needed.
  • Many programming languages are supported, it provides a sandbox environment for the user to develop in whichever style they prefer.
  • SAP is very actively developing and improving it.
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Cons
  • Possibility of more advanced scripting for data transformation without analytics designer
  • Provision to consider rate types from TCURR in SAC and should be able to write FX conversion logic considering rate types
  • Read data directly from BW by reading aDSOs backend tables
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  • Data transfer speed tends to be slow when there is poor internet connection since SAP Data Intelligence don’t synchronize data while offline. However, this is not vendor fault, that’s why we have implemented robust wireless technology internet connection in our organization.
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Likelihood to Renew
There’s no doubt I will renew SAP Analytics Cloud. It is the most vital tool in our organization that makes it seamless to make rapid business decisions by collecting, modeling and visualizing data in real-time.
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Allow collaborations among various personas
with insights as ratings and comments on the
datasets Reuse knowledges on the datasets for new users Next-Gen Data Management and Artificial Intelligence
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Usability
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate 8 SAP Analytics Cloud's overall usability as a 7. SAC has a clean, modern user interface with drag-and-drop features. It is an integrated platform that combines reporting, planning, and predictive analytics in one tool. It has Real-time connectivity with SAP data sources like S/4HANA.


Self-service analytics capabilities allow non-technical users to build simple dashboards.
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Good tool with lots of potential, but I still see a lot of room for improvement, e.g. when it comes to debugging functionality to understand exactly where pipelines fail and what the data at that point looks like (similar to BW debugging). Also, I am missing SAPs standard machine learning libraries (Python) to be pre-installed, among some other general usability improvements.
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Reliability and Availability
I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud an 8 out of 10 for scalability. It offers a flexible, cloud-based architecture that supports expansion across departments and geographies. The platform adapts well to growing data volumes and user needs, making it a strong choice for organizations looking to scale analytics capabilities efficiently.
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Performance
I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud’s performance an 8 out of 10. Pages generally load quickly, and reports run within a reasonable time frame, even with complex datasets. Integration with other systems is smooth and doesn’t noticeably affect performance. Overall, it’s a responsive and efficient tool for business analytics. But
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Support Rating
Since the implementation stage, the support team has been very helpful and assisting. Even in the later stages, the tech team had quite a rapid response. In general, SAP has provided us with great customer support, let it be for a specific product of SAP or for integration of different modules.
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Initially we struggle to get help from SAP but then dedicated Dev angel was assigned to us and that simplify the overall support scenario. There is still room of improvement in documentation around SAP Data intelligence. We struggle a lot to initially understand the feature and required help around performance improvement area,
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In-Person Training
Good videos and reference material available in SAP Portal.
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Online Training
it's ok
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Implementation Rating
SAC is a simple solution ad it works fine when connecting it to other SAP tools. On the other hand, connecting it to third party solutions brings difficulties when there's no previous design and the objetives are not clear. It is really important to integrate Business users from the start to provide with valuable business insights
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Alternatives Considered
SAP Analytics Cloud and Power BI are both tools that help businesses understand their data, but they have some differences. SAC, made by SAP, works well if your company already uses other SAP products. It's in the cloud, easy to use, and has features for analyzing data, getting insights, and planning for the future. Power BI, made by Microsoft, can be used in the cloud or on your own computers. It fits well with Microsoft tools, is easy to use, and can do advanced data analysis. SAC has built-in planning tools, while Power BI needs extra tools for detailed planning
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Since we are big on SAP ecosystem products in our IT landscape, it was natural for us to find a best possible solution from SAP product suite. However, we still explored the products available from Informatica product portfolio, we found using SAP Data Intelligence more prudent in terms of seamless integration with lot of our other SAP products.
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Scalability
I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud an 8 out of 10 for scalability. It offers a flexible, cloud-based architecture that supports expansion across departments and geographies. The platform adapts well to growing data volumes and user needs, making it a strong choice for organizations looking to scale analytics capabilities efficiently.
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Return on Investment
  • Optimized our budgeting and forecasting processes. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration among our teams, allowing for more accurate and agile financial planning. This has led to improved precision in budget allocation, ensuring that resources are strategically deployed to support the most promising startups within our portfolio.
  • SAC's intuitive dashboards and visualizations provide a consolidated view of key performance indicators, startup health metrics, and portfolio analytics. This heightened data visibility enables our teams to make informed decisions promptly, identify emerging trends, and proactively address challenges.
  • Routine tasks, such as performance tracking and reporting, are automated, allowing our teams to focus on more strategic initiatives. This has resulted in time savings and increased productivity across various operational processes.
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  • Automation of data management slashed tasks by over 60% in most departments for the first 8 months.
  • Metadata catalogs have enabled us to categorize data from disjointed sources in one place.
  • It runs multiple ML models which enhances flexibility when managing data.
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