We performed a comparison between IBM Planning Analytics and SAP Analytics Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Anaplan, Oracle, Jedox and others in Business Performance Management."The product's stability is good."
"A lot of the platform is in-memory, so Planning Analytics can run calculations quite fast. It also offers several user interfaces. And in the newest version of Planning Analytics, there is a new one called the Planning Analytics Workspace. Maybe it could be useful for the business side."
"Planning Analytics' best features include automatic updates and slicing."
"The ease of use is valuable. The fact that it's plugged into Excel spreadsheets is also valuable. It provides additional functionality where you can slice and dice the information in a way that you can't do with spreadsheets"
"It's a very stable, robust product."
"The flexibility of IBM Planning Analytics is a great feature of this solution. The design flexibility with data rules and defining calculations The ability to combine online and offline calculations are a benefit. Additionally, the forecasting features and predictive analytics is very good."
"The tool is flexible."
"All the different platforms are well integrated."
"The features that I have found most valuable with SAP ERP products are their good user interface, stability, functionality, and good interface options."
"There is a seamless integration with SAP S4HANA which is really valuable to our organization and its functions. Since the data is stored in the same ecosystem, it creates a simple process of building dashboards, without making the process cumbersome The Analytics Cloud provides standardized templates and storage options, making it easy to plug into existing structures. We're utilizing custom stories that have already been developed, streamlining the development process. It serves as a convenient starting point and contributes to the overall ease of development. Another advantage is that it doesn't provide the same level of calculation power as Power BI and Tableau. SAP Analytics Cloud emphasizes pushing analytics back into the database, recommending data manipulation and preparation outside of the platform. This approach is seen as an advantage, as it allows for more robust data handling."
"One of the most outstanding features is being able to use the dashboard with a touch screen."
"Provides rich features for developing automated reports and dashboards."
"The most valuable features are the analytical application and the user story."
"It is a comprehensive BI solution that provides reporting, planning, and predictive analytics in one solution. You don't have to buy three different products. It is very flexible. It can be implemented very quickly. It has a lot of out-of-the-box scenarios that you can use for quick deployment."
"What my customers like best about SAP Analytics Cloud is the dashboard because it's pretty good."
"SAP Analytics Cloud is easy to create charts with, and is a stable business intelligence platform. Easy to set up solution."
"It is a bit expensive, but it does the job."
"The tool's transport layer could be improved when promoting development between environments."
"Extracting data is a little slow."
"The local authentication part is difficult to manage in the product, making it an area where improvements are required."
"It's wonky, and not super user-friendly with Excel."
"The tool should include features for prediction. It can also improve the scalability."
"It would have been better if the solution was not just a tool kit."
"It's highly competitive right now, and all the vendors are in a race to put out new versions with additional features. IBM comes out with new versions too often, and it has an impact on quality."
"The price, integration, and modeling capabilities could be better. I have to use an integration engine to integrate our products and databases. SAP Analytics Cloud is made specifically for KPIs and business intelligence. The modeling capabilities are kind of poor. You always have to model the data and then present it visually in SAP Analytics Cloud. In the next release, I would like to have a lite version for planning to create scenarios quickly. For me personally, planning is the most complicated feature of SAP Analytics Cloud."
"There should be more features for the time series charts."
"I think it would be easier if there was another module created to retrieve only data."
"I am not happy with the predictive analytics features and smart features offered by the product, making them areas where improvements are required."
"The scope is limited to a few accounts."
"It should have the flexibility for scoping the story and models. When you use it in a three-layer architecture, you struggle with the fact that you usually have just one SAP Analytics Cloud tenant, and you have to switch the connections, which might be an issue for bigger developments. For the development role, there should be an option to switch between development and production scenarios."
"I would like to see reporting to the Analytics cloud directly."
"SAP Analytics Cloud should improve the dashboard."
IBM Planning Analytics is ranked 5th in Business Performance Management with 22 reviews while SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 5th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 61 reviews. IBM Planning Analytics is rated 8.6, while SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Planning Analytics writes "Can easily create dashboards and helps businesses improve forecasting accuracy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Good for reporting but needs to improve its predictive analytics features". IBM Planning Analytics is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Anaplan, Jedox, IBM Cognos and Oracle Hyperion, whereas SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Anaplan and IBM Cognos.
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