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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence vs. Tableau Cloud

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

844 Reviews and Ratings

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551 Reviews and Ratings

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    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

    Tableau Cloud

    Score7.9 out of 10
    		N/ATableau Cloud (formerly Tableau Online) is a self-service analytics platform that is fully hosted in the cloud. Tableau Cloud enables users to publish dashboards and invite colleagues to explore hidden opportunities with interactive visualizations and accurate data, from any browser or mobile device.

    $15

    per month per user

    Pricing
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceTableau Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau Viewer
    $15
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Viewer
    $35
    per month billed annually per user
    Tableau Explorer
    $42
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Explorer
    $70
    per month billed annually per user
    Tableau Creator
    $75
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Creator
    $115
    per month billed annually per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceTableau Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceTableau Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    Tableau
    Rounak Verma
    Data Analyst in Sales at Raymour and Flanigan (Retail, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Tableau Cloud
    Tableau provides more robust system to perform data analytics as compared to the alternatives like Power BI and Qlik. Moreover, Tableaus is super simple to use and is very reliable in terms of its connection with databases. The ability to manipulate data is another big reason …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Cloud
    Domo does not fare well against Tableau in terms of visualizations. Our users gave a thumbs up for Tableau, so we went with Tableau Online.
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    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 IntelligenceTableau Cloud
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    8.2
    51 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.0
    69 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.646 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.747 Ratings8.069 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.347 Ratings6.058 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    6.9
    69 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.147 Ratings8.069 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.347 Ratings6.066 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.333 Ratings6.043 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.647 Ratings7.567 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    48 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.1
    67 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.040 Ratings7.063 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.446 Ratings7.562 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.742 Ratings7.050 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.447 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.726 Ratings6.034 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.2
    43 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    6.8
    65 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.941 Ratings7.562 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.939 Ratings6.561 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.938 Ratings6.553 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.32 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    9.2
    48 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.0
    64 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.048 Ratings7.058 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.646 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.045 Ratings7.054 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.62 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.029 Ratings7.549 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    5.8
    34 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    6.4
    54 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.733 Ratings5.552 Ratings
    Mobile Application3.928 Ratings6.039 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.930 Ratings7.046 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    6.4
    36 Ratings
    REST API6.721 Ratings6.031 Ratings
    Javascript API7.319 Ratings6.529 Ratings
    iFrames7.318 Ratings6.529 Ratings
    Java API7.122 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.321 Ratings6.530 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)6.720 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceTableau Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    8.0
    (70 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (23 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    8.3
    (49 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)