We performed a comparison between IBM Planning Analytics and Salesforce Einstein Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Anaplan, Oracle, Jedox and others in Business Performance Management."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"
"Planning Analytics' best features include automatic updates and slicing."
"The tool is flexible."
"The most valuable feature is that it is able to slice and dice the data."
"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."
"All the different platforms are well integrated."
"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 most valuable feature of Salesforce Einstein Analytics is the reporting tools."
"It is a comprehensive solution. It has everything in it. I can easily find what I need."
"The fact that the solution is visually appealing because of its lightning interfaces can be considered one of its most valuable features"
"The way Salesforce Einstein Analytics is structured in terms of the work assignments and the user profile is very good."
"Tableau CRM is a very capable solution. It is easy to use, user-friendly, and integrates well."
"The solution scales extremely well."
"The tool is valuable. It's one of the greatest programs I'm currently working with, and I believe it will continue to be crucial in the next four to five years. It's the future of our operations. Integrating other systems and conducting campaigns is easy. The solution relies heavily on AI."
"Transparency is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"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."
"It is a bit expensive, but it does the job."
"The tool's transport layer could be improved when promoting development between environments."
"The local authentication part is difficult to manage in the product, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Planning Analytics could be improved by adding automation features."
"It's wonky, and not super user-friendly with Excel."
"It would have been better if the solution was not just a tool kit."
"Extracting data is a little slow."
"If a user leaves your organization, you shouldn't lose the visibility of all of the records."
"Improvement-wise, I feel the solution must be more robust since it is not exactly ready to handle large data."
"When it comes to generating reports, it appears that many users rely on experts to handle technical aspects. For instance, if you require a weekly report displaying accounts transitioning in and out of your modules, it seems challenging to accomplish without consulting experts for assistance. Such tasks should be user-friendly and easily achievable without external assistance."
"Einstein Analytics could incorporate something like SFIA 8 to help users understand the underlying skill sets."
"Better pricing would make it available to more users and we would likely use it more broadly within the organization."
"The product must be more transparent."
"The product is expensive."
"I would advise others not to customize because they rolled out the newer versions, which are every six months. There had to be some significant testing and verification that happened. It is important to have a strong third-party provider that is very experienced. We used Deloitte, but we evaluated Accenture, KPMG, and IBM, but we decided on Deloitte and that was a good decision for us. Having a partner who has a center of excellence or experts that could give you a lot of the tips that they've learned could jumpstart your deployment and stick to the standards."
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IBM Planning Analytics is ranked 6th in Business Performance Management with 21 reviews while Salesforce Einstein Analytics is ranked 11th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 18 reviews. IBM Planning Analytics is rated 8.6, while Salesforce Einstein Analytics is rated 8.2. 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 Salesforce Einstein Analytics writes "Helpful consistent measurements, high availability, and scales well". IBM Planning Analytics is most compared with SAP Analytics Cloud, Microsoft Power BI, Anaplan, Jedox and IBM Cognos, whereas Salesforce Einstein Analytics is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Databricks, SAP Analytics Cloud and IBM Watson Explorer.
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