SAP Analytics Cloud vs. Zendesk Explore

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Analytics Cloud
Score 7.9 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
Zendesk Explore
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
Pricing
SAP Analytics CloudZendesk Explore
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 CloudZendesk Explore
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 CloudZendesk Explore
Features
SAP Analytics CloudZendesk Explore
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
247 Ratings
2% below category average
Zendesk Explore
9.0
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.0204 Ratings7.15 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.1242 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.9220 Ratings9.97 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.9
257 Ratings
2% below category average
Zendesk Explore
8.3
9 Ratings
3% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.1248 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.1245 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.7190 Ratings4.85 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.8235 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
242 Ratings
4% below category average
Zendesk Explore
8.4
9 Ratings
1% above category average
Publish to Web8.0208 Ratings6.96 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.4233 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Report Versioning8.1202 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.7194 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
250 Ratings
0% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.2
7 Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7239 Ratings6.66 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.7232 Ratings7.16 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.3236 Ratings5.55 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.234 Ratings9.43 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.1
256 Ratings
5% below category average
Zendesk Explore
9.1
9 Ratings
7% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.1235 Ratings9.58 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.1242 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.8233 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.145 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.5236 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.9
219 Ratings
0% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.8
7 Ratings
1% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access7.7208 Ratings6.15 Ratings
Mobile Application7.6180 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.0203 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
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Ratings
Zendesk Explore
5.9
4 Ratings
28% below category average
REST API00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings5.93 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings5.53 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings5.63 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Analytics CloudZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(297 ratings)
9.5
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.8
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(219 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
5.6
(75 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Analytics CloudZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
SAP Analytics Cloud is great for big companies that want advanced data analysis and planning, especially when they need to work together in real-time or when people need to access data on their phones. It's like a super tool for predicting future trends in industries like retail or finance. SAC also works well for companies that use different types of computer systems because it can easily connect them. But, for small businesses that only need basic reports or don't have a lot of technical resources, a simpler tool might be better. If a company doesn't always have a good internet connection or if they're just starting with analytics, there might be other tools that work better.
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Zendesk
Zendesk Explore is well suited for tracking ticket flow, agent performance, and customer satisfaction providing valuable insights into response and resolution time, workload and support quality. Particularly useful for monitoring ticket handling for different teams. Helps ensure accountability by tracking how long tickets remain assigned before being reassigned to another group. Drill down capability helps identify support bottlenecks. However, it is less appropriate for real time monitoring as it lacks real time data updates making it unsuitable for instant decision making.
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Pros
SAP
  • 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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Zendesk
  • Zendesk Explore is easy to use.
  • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom metrics.
  • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom attributes.
  • Zendesk Explore is easy to learn.
  • Compared to other analytics function of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is probably the best as of now.
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Cons
SAP
  • Complexity in Data Modeling
  • SAC supports various data sources, but improvements in the ease of connecting to and integrating with certain data repositories, especially non-SAP databases, would enhance the platform's versatility and integration capabilities.
  • An offline mode for SAC could be valuable for users who need to access and analyze data without an internet connection. Additionally, optimizing performance for large datasets and complex visualizations would contribute to a smoother user experience.
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Zendesk
  • Some aspects of Zendesk, in general, are not super intuitive. The same goes for Zendesk Explore. And, while you can google answers and hope you find something helpful, there isn't a great way to learn to get the full potential out of the product unless you want to pay for someone from your team to take a class (which costs several hundred dollars).
  • To piggyback off the last point, if you would prefer to get help from a Zendesk expert, you'll find that there is almost no customer support available to you. For a company that aims to help other companies help their customers, this has always struck me as odd. Again, Google is your friend and beyond that, you're mostly out of luck.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
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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Zendesk
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Usability
SAP
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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Zendesk
I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
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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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Performance
SAP
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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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
SAP
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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Zendesk
Support for all of Zendesk has exceeding my expectations. This company will always get a 10 out of 10 in my book. Any question you have they make sure you have the answer plus a step-by-step guide on how to do each step so you are set up for success!
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In-Person Training
SAP
Good videos and reference material available in SAP Portal.
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Online Training
SAP
it's ok
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
SAP
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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Zendesk
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
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 in integration with SAP systems, while Power BI is known for its broad integration capabilities, including seamless integration with other Microsoft tools.Usability: Power BI is often praised for its user-friendly interface and quick adoption, while SAP Analytics Cloud may be seen as offering more advanced features.
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Zendesk
I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups. You need to use another tool if you want to see long-term patterns (e.g. month over month volume trends) and you need another platform if you want your interaction metrics to interact with other important factors of the business
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
unit pricing
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Scalability
SAP
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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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
SAP
very simple
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
SAP
  • Many manual data manipulations and exports in Excel have been replaced by the tool, providing management with improved insight into the amount of time spent at each stage of an invoice's lifetime, allowing bottlenecks to be discovered.
  • We now have more insight into the data, and people with little technical experience can easily build stories.
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Zendesk
  • Money saved due to proper staffing.
  • Happier Staff- proper staffing ensures no one is overworked.
  • Ability to quickly pinpoint where issues are and why.
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