We performed a comparison between SAP Crystal Reports and Tableau based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is that from a user's point of view, it is easy to use and requires just a simple click to generate a report."
"SAP Crystal Reports offers a plethora of features, many of which were available much earlier than in the Crystal Reports we previously used. We extensively use its capabilities for generating general reports, working with Kaspersky data, and even incorporating images into our reports. The range of functions available in SAP Crystal Reports is diverse, and we leverage them across various systems for our needs."
"The initial setup of the solution is pretty easy."
"It is an user-friendly solution."
"We use SAP Crystal Reports for operational reporting."
"I find Crystal Reports very easy to use, even for a non-technical person."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a fantastic way of generating reports."
"The solution allows for the possibility for end-users to do their own reporting."
"The solution offers very good reporting."
"I believe one of the most valuable features of the solution is trend analysis."
"It's easy to use."
"It provides supporting data for critical policy and operational changes"
"When compared to Power BI, Tableau has more readily available resources."
"The solution has a lot of customization when comparing to Microsoft BI."
"It has been the best tool to work with from a self-service point of view."
"If at all possible, a little bit of improvement on the analytical side is needed."
"There could be improvements made to the analytics capabilities."
"It has significantly enhanced security features, especially when compared to the standard security features of the earlier PeerSpot version I purchased. I've observed improvements in security, and overall, it's quite commendable. Regarding potential enhancements for the next release of this solution, I haven't closely examined SAP Crystal Reports 53. I've only encountered it briefly, perhaps once or twice. However, I anticipate that it likely offers advanced features distinct from its predecessor. I believe there may be notable improvements and additions in the latest version, and I look forward to exploring them further."
"The financing part needs improvement."
"SAP Crystal Reports should provide better support for dynamic connectors."
"A real improvement would be a simpler system that allows users to play with the visualization without needing specialized skills and code."
"SAP Crystal Reports has some compatibility issues with third-party products."
"Most of the problems in Tableau Online that I have noticed have to do with performance or weird, inexplicable bugs that I can't pin down. For example, you might try unloading some data, and you'll be waiting for a long time without anything happening."
"There should be more GIS features, such as location analysis, which is quite limited. There are very few location-based functionalities."
"People are migrating to Microsoft BI due to the speed, which is quite slow to load, and the lack of visualization options."
"Its documentation can be improved so that a user can get a good hands-on experience. Tableau is well documented, and on their website, there are a lot of tutorials that are available for free. I started my learning process through those tutorials, but there are certain loopholes in those tutorials, which only got filled through a couple of good YouTube channels that talk about Tableau. YouTube helped me a lot. So, the documentation could be better, I understand that it is evolving day by day, and with more usage, there would be more such documentation."
"When compared to Power BI, it is less user-friendly."
"Areas for improvement would be visualization and augmented analytics. In the next release, I would like to see automated insights from the data added to the dashboard."
"Its integration with Microsoft products such as Teams should be improved."
"We need big servers to perform the operations that we are doing. They should probably relook at its architecture."
SAP Crystal Reports is ranked 9th in Reporting with 48 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in Reporting with 290 reviews. SAP Crystal Reports is rated 8.4, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SAP Crystal Reports writes "Helps analyze your data by creating richly formatted, pixel-perfect, and multiple reports from virtually any data source, delivered in over a dozen formats". 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 Crystal Reports is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, TIBCO Jaspersoft, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, IBM Cognos and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our SAP Crystal Reports vs. Tableau report.
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