We performed a comparison between SAP analytics cloud vs. Tableau based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Tableau users say the best feature is the ease of use, which allows anyone to use the platform. The visual capability helps users explain the data more straightforwardly. On the downside, users say Tableau could improve its data management and ETL features, especially in the Tableau Prep feature.
Comparison Results: SAP Analytics Cloud seems to be a superior solution because of the multiple features. Although the support is slow, it is still better than Tableau’s standard support. Tableau’s upgrades are also challenging to install.
"I like the connectivity the solution provides with other products."
"One of the most outstanding features is being able to use the dashboard with a touch screen."
"In the data warehouse, you're free to make changes. You can make everything text, meaning it's always a string. Even numbers appear as text, giving you the flexibility to work with all columns."
"The ability to collaborate and plan together is great."
"The product is flexible and has features like AI, link analysis, and insights. It has many features. I can search, and it creates automatic charts without selecting anything. For example, I can ask, "What is the gross margin?" the tool builds a chart based on my question."
"It's easy to connect Analytics Cloud with other SAP solutions, and it's also effortless to deploy. You don't need much technical skill to set it up. It's as easy as setting up a tablet. I said tablet before. It's very easy to actually set up."
"It integrates with third-party applications such as Google Drive and Excel,"
"The stories have really been helpful in looking at specific scenarios and analyzing trends over periods of time."
"It is a very stable product. It doesn't break."
"It provides business users with a tool, so they are not dependent on IT."
"Tableau is very flexible and easy to learn. It has drag-and-drop function analytics, and its design is very good. It is a very good tool, and it basically brings life into data with good design. We have been creating a lot of interactive visualizations and dashboards. It has a public version. There are public communities from where you can get a lot of examples for practice."
"It is so easy to do a lot of things. There is a lot of flexibility and creativity in this product. In other products, you don't have this flexibility."
"Tableau will automatically show charts for the related data that I choose making it very easy to use."
"The product has the best features for analytical views and filters."
"The solution is configurable and flexible. We can customize the dashboards and configure the interface the way that we want. The data can be manipulated and arranged in different ways, such as columns."
"It is a complete solution allowing a lot of integrations, different graphics, multiple operations and analyzes our date and gives us meaning from it."
"Sometimes there are speed issues with big deletion data."
"Could be more user-friendly; somewhat complicated to use."
"The business intelligence features should be improved because there is a lack of functionality regarding that part."
"The scope is limited to a few accounts."
"When it comes to planning there is a concern about the ability to match the exact requirements of the customer with what the product offers."
"The solution should include other scripting languages as well, such as Python."
"SAP Analytics Cloud requires a lot of coding and I would like the coding to be somewhat minimal."
"Currently only one data modeler can work at a time."
"It is not so great when it comes to data exchange/integration, data mining, etc."
"When we put more information on a single screen, it gets compressed and superimposed in many places while scrolling."
"The pricing is a bit higher than the competition. They'll need to lower it to stay competitive."
"The data entered into Tableau must be clean. Otherwise, it won't work properly."
"It should have more integration with different tools and technologies. Its licensing cost should also be improved."
"Reports should be downloadable as PDF files."
"The solution needs to improve its integration capabilities."
"It's not an aesthetic platform at the moment."
SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 5th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 60 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 293 reviews. SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Good for reporting but needs to improve its predictive analytics features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tableau writes "Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time". SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Power BI, Anaplan and IBM Cognos, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Qlik Sense. See our SAP Analytics Cloud vs. Tableau report.
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In case you are working for a small accounting firm, Tableau or Power Bi may cover all your needs. It is important, what kind of ERP system do you use. Are you running SAP S4/Hana, stay in SAP word. If you run other product look to other options. Does not make sense to use SAP AC only, far too expensive and will be hard to utilize fully. Solutions like Tableau or Power Bi are easy to use and will give you great result. On the other side it is not so much about the system, but about data quality, this is the key.
Tableau is a fantastic product. It works really well and is remarkably easy to use. SAP Analytics Cloud is also a good product. Both are quite inexpensive. Personally, I prefer Tableau for its ease of use and quick results.