We performed a comparison between Alteryx and SAP Analytics Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Predictive Analytics solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Alteryx is so advanced. It's just drag and drop."
"The solution has been stable."
"The modeling features are very good."
"The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful."
"Alteryx speeds up the time to obtain business answers/insights on data."
"Alteryx has a good UI. We use it frequently in our projects. The tool comes with drag-and-drop features and is easy to understand for business needs. One situation where Alteryx's advanced analytics capabilities were particularly beneficial for us was during a forecasting project. Unlike Python, which requires coding, Alteryx simplifies the process significantly. With Alteryx, users can adjust parameters within the user interface without writing any code."
"I like the solution's velocity, the speed with which it processes data, and its ease of use."
"This is a drag-and-drop tool which is easy-to-use and yet can be customized by creating your own components."
"Its user-friendliness is valuable. It is a product for end-users and not for IT, which is an advantage."
"There is a really nice insight feature that I enjoy using."
"The Smart Predict, Smart Insights, and Smart Discovery predictive analysis features are quite good."
"Easy to use."
"I would recommend this solution for companies that are SAP dependent with users working in this environment."
"It's so user-friendly."
"I have found that the feature to drag and drop widgets based on the data source, and import them into stories to be valuable. This way it helps the end user to create stories themselves."
"SAP Analytics Cloud is very easy to use, and you don't require much technology. It has a very good library and analytics. It is easy to configure and offers good visualization."
"We are hoping that the NLP features will also support Chinese characters."
"The gallery could improve in Alteryx. Additionally, if there was a Conditional Join feature it would be beneficial. Since I do not have this feature I have to use Python scripts."
"I honestly can't think of anything that needs to be improved."
"The GUI interface functions but it could stand to be updated to a more modern look and feel."
"I think sometimes the solution doesn't load properly or takes so much time for the workflows. Though the workflow runs and completes the file in Excel, if you use the same formula, it's a bit slow. Also, the image processing is not so good because I tried to do some image processing and they were like, sometimes they put two to eight. In the document, it was two, but the OCR predicted it as eight."
"It's a technical product and those that don't have proper training will have to deal with a steep learning curve."
"A feature which allows the user to be able to click on an output (in a file browser) and see the creation of the module would be fantastic."
"Alteryx's predictive data models are pretty average and can be improved."
"Some of the standard visualizations, such as a speedometer or a goal chart, are not there and should be added."
"There is no direct connector from SAP to Redshift, so we are required to use a third-party product that was recommended by SAP."
"Connection and integration with other applications have a lot of restrictions at the moment."
"We need to know that we are using the latest and greatest, and SAP appears as if it has lost some credit in the market."
"It still lacks a lot of functionalities as compared to other tools such as Power BI or Tableau. Sorting is not working as well as it works in Tableau. A lot of other things are also not at the same level. Their technical support is not perfect and could be better. It takes a lot of time to have lacking functionalities implemented. Its integration with the BW backend should be better. Both solutions are from the same vendor. They position SAP Analytics Cloud as a reporting tool on top of the BW environment, but the integration between both is not yet 100%. For example, user management is still not synchronized."
"One potential improvement is how we can transpose data. With SAP, if you have data from one system with a declared data type and a different system with another data type, the transfer is tricky."
"Live Data Models are very slow and the setup can be improved, with tools such as Cloud Connector being inbuilt into SAP Analytics Cloud. Likewise, we need to write application code from scratch, rather than tweaking existing code, as we might with Excel macros. Moreover, when using responsive pages, the widgets get adjusted according to the mobile screen. As a result, when I place two or three KPI tiles, they can only be viewed tile-by-tile. We want to see the full dashboard on the mobile screen and zoom in to click on a particular section of the dashboard and go further into that. But displaying tile-by-tile makes it very annoying and the upper management using this dashboard might not be aware there are any more tiles to view."
"SAP Analytics cloud needs better exporting options."
Alteryx is ranked 1st in Predictive Analytics with 74 reviews while SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 3rd in Predictive Analytics with 60 reviews. Alteryx is rated 8.4, while SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Alteryx writes "Feature-rich ETL that condenses a number of functions into one tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Good for reporting but needs to improve its predictive analytics features". Alteryx is most compared with KNIME, Databricks, Dataiku, RapidMiner and Amazon QuickSight, whereas SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Power BI and MicroStrategy. See our Alteryx vs. SAP Analytics Cloud report.
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