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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Yellowfin

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceYellowfin
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceYellowfin
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceYellowfin
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    We tried Yellowfin BI but it did not work for our business model. It was nice and the user-experience was good but ultimate we sided with SAP Business Objects BI Platform because the visual reports that were produced were simple and easy to understand. We need that level of …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    We selected SAP Business Objects in the previous instance because we were implementing SAP ERP and the choice of Business Objects was favorable from an integration and cost perspective. We did not choose SAP Business Objects most recently because of the predicted long …
    Incentivized
    Yellowfin
    Chose Yellowfin
    Our reporting group uses Tableau extensively and compared to Yellowfin, Tableau is much easier to use (partially because more time was invested in setting it up properly, but also the design and features).
    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 BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceYellowfin
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Yellowfin
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    8.2
    51 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.1
    12 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.646 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.747 Ratings6.212 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.347 Ratings6.411 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Yellowfin
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.147 Ratings6.611 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.347 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.333 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.647 Ratings6.511 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Yellowfin
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    48 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    5.9
    11 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.040 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.446 Ratings6.211 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.742 Ratings5.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.447 Ratings5.611 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.726 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Yellowfin
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.2
    43 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    5.8
    12 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.941 Ratings5.912 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.939 Ratings5.712 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.938 Ratings5.810 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Yellowfin
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    9.2
    48 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.2
    11 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.048 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.646 Ratings6.510 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.045 Ratings6.310 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.029 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Yellowfin
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    5.8
    34 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.733 Ratings6.25 Ratings
    Mobile Application3.928 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.930 Ratings6.28 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Yellowfin
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.1
    5 Ratings
    REST API6.721 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Javascript API7.319 Ratings5.45 Ratings
    iFrames7.318 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Java API7.122 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.321 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)6.720 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceYellowfin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    6.2
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    6.3
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    5.6
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)