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.
"The most valuable features are the analytical application and the user story."
"Easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"All of the modules that we used to have separately in our on-premises solution are now integrated into one platform."
"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."
"The most valuable features are on the application side, where you can design applications into your analytics on the platform."
"It's so user-friendly."
"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."
"I like the visualization component."
"Any feature I am looking for usually is part of the next upgrade within a few months. They have a very good dynamic evolution."
"The best use case for us is the solution's integration with Salesforce because we are also partners of Salesforce."
"I have found many of the self-service features valuable."
"Tableau is easy to use. That's the first and most important thing. I not only provide consulting but I also train people to use it, so with its ease-of-use it's not as difficult for me to train executives and management staff, because they don't have the IT background, unlike when I'm using Python."
"The platform's most important feature is predictive analysis."
"Scheduled extract and the multiple connectors are fantastic!"
"It is a complete solution allowing a lot of integrations, different graphics, multiple operations and analyzes our date and gives us meaning from it."
"I am not happy with the predictive analytics features and smart features offered by the product, making them areas where improvements are required."
"We are currently working on connectivity with S/4HANA, but we would like to have better connectivity with our legacy systems."
"AI doesn't work as well with SAP live connections."
"An area for improvement in SAP Analytics Cloud is its planning feature because it's not that efficient when compared to BPC. Another area for improvement in the solution is the difficulty in building reports or dashboards, particularly if you don't have proper knowledge of the BI system. SAP Analytics Cloud technical support also needs improvement."
"I expect more integration from SAP Analytics Cloud."
"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."
"Sometimes we have difficulty connecting to a SharePoint list."
"The integration with other vendors and solutions could be improved."
"The tool's OpenAI integration was announced last year. However, it is late. Tableau is a good solution for end customers. However, there are some concerns regarding the stability and performance of its server architecture, including SaaS services. The server side appears unstable, and performance issues are noticeable, often accompanied by unclear error messages."
"In the next release, there should be more information describing each chart because users have a difficult time telling them apart. They should also include the animations/videos, similar to Power BI."
"The architecture should be improved to better handle the data."
"They need to improve the icons and the filters, because they look too old, resembling Excel from 1997."
"A strict security measure is needed. I believe it is weak in terms of security."
"It needs more ETL capabilities, to be able to address the end-to-end BI need."
"With Tableau, when you're dealing with very large datasets, it can be slow so the performance is an area that can be improved."
"When you're working on a dashboard, you can't select multiple components at a time and align them, so you have to go one by one. This is very cumbersome."
SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 5th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 58 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 292 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.