We performed a comparison between SAP Analytics Cloud vs SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP Analytics Cloud has the winning edge in this comparison. Customers were more satisfied with SAP Analytics Cloud’s pricing and robust features.
"It is easy to integrate with SAP ERP and BW systems, allowing smooth data transfer and live connections without much development."
"The ease of use of the solution is its most valuable feature. We haven't tried all of the features yet. The graphing and the ease of using the analytics tools have been great. It's all drag and drop; you don't need to code anything."
"Offers both business intelligence as well as inbuilt AI and machine learning capabilities."
"There is a really nice insight feature that I enjoy using."
"Considering the reporting part, I rate the tool a nine out of ten."
"The visualizations have been the most valuable feature."
"The visualization feature is the most valuable. SAP Analytics Cloud is also very easy to use."
"Visualization is quite seamless and awesome. Once the data messaging is set up, it's straightforward and simple to select how it should be displayed. So, that's another advantage of SAP."
"It gives you a lot of flexibility in designing your dashboards."
"If I were to compare it with Power BI and I wanted to build proper well-formatted reports, BusinessObjects Business Intelligence does that much better. Power BI is just getting into that space. They've concentrated more on visualization, which is what the SAP Lumira does. With Web Intelligence, you are able to build reports that users can interact with. They can also do a lot of querying themselves. It is robust in terms of security and integration. It is also quite scalable."
"SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform's most valuable features are it has a great presentation layer. We can develop the presentation layer with drag-and-drop capabilities. For end-users and for our interns in the company can create reports and do their data analysis processes or works by using the objects that we created on the presentation layer by themselves."
"It is stable and robust. It has pretty direct integration with SAP ERP. It is easy to use."
"The most important feature of BusinessObjects is its integration with the SAP ERP system. If an organization is using SAP as its ERP system, and they want to do business intelligence, reporting, or analysis, SAP BusinessObjects is the only tool that I see doing that quite efficiently. That's because of the fact it is tightly integrated, and it gives a good user experience in terms of faster reporting. Its integration is the feature that I have found most valuable, but there are also other factors."
"The features which the solution has been awesome. The way the data is fetched from the database, and the queries are executed, is unique using the Universe of Business Objects. That makes it unique and we could not find another solution that functions in a similar way. It's has a great way of receiving and executing queries."
"I like the fact that we can integrate it seamlessly within our Epic environment, but probably the best thing that Crystal Reports offers is the ability to do visualizations. They're simple to do, and they're catchy. So, it is a really great tool."
"First of all, visualization tools, productivity, and predictive forecasting are mature."
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"I would like to see improved support for third-party systems, lower cost of acquisition, and better graphics and interface design."
"Pricing is fine for the BI license, but when it comes to client license, that fee is a bit high."
"SAP Analytics cloud needs better exporting options."
"The budget management could be better."
"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."
"Some algorithms are complex and can't be processed by just tagging the data and expecting results."
"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."
"The UI could be updated a bit."
"The combination of Lumira along with Design Studio merger last year still needs development from a visualization standpoint."
"SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform has to be improved performance-wise. The look and feel of this application, its scalability, setup, and technical support also need improvement."
"The dashboard tool is called Lumira and it is very uncomfortable for developers to use. They should improve this in the future."
"The interface could be slicker and more user-friendly."
"The platform should be a bit more user-friendly."
"Integrations with things like Active Directory and LDAP tend to be a little complex."
"Its price should be better. It is expensive and not cost-effective. It should also be improved in terms of end-user experience. It requires further improvements for usability and ease of use. It should have more dashboarding metrics and much faster integration with ERP so that when you double click, you can instantly see the scenario-based result."
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SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 3rd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 61 reviews while SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is ranked 6th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 103 reviews. SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0, while SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is rated 7.8. 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 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform writes "Visualization is better than other tools, offers good dashboard and analytics features but it is not easy to adapt to the product". SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with Tableau, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Power BI, Anaplan and IBM Cognos, whereas SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, IBM Cognos, Looker and Oracle Essbase. See our SAP Analytics Cloud vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform report.
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