SAP Analytics Cloud Reviews

Name: SAP Analytics Cloud
Brand: SAP
Rating: 4 (57 reviews)

Vendor: SAP

4.0 out of 5

57 reviews

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SAP Analytics Cloud is an all-in-one Software-as-a-Service business intelligence tool that provides the key functionalities of an analytics tool to SAP business users. This tool is built on HANA Business Intelligence (BI) platform, providing analytics from data collected from multiple sources, such as ERP, Microsoft SQL, and Salesforce, among other solutions.

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SAP Analytics Cloud is the #3 ranked solution in top Predictive Analytics solutions and #4 ranked solution in top Business Intelligence Tools. PeerSpot users give SAP Analytics Cloud an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. SAP Analytics Cloud is most commonly compared to Microsoft Power BI: SAP Analytics Cloud vs Microsoft Power BI. SAP Analytics Cloud is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 58% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a educational organization, accounting for 19% of all views.

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Mohammed Khaja

Brand Assets Developer at Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

Mar 13, 2024

The tool is useful for real-time decision-making as it is used for BI, reporting, and planning purposes. I won't be able to describe a scenario where the product helps improve planning processes in our company since we have faced some issues with the planning part. My company implemented SAP Analytics Cloud in 2020 in my current organization, and since that time, we have been behaving using the reporting functionality. However, in 2021, when we started to implement the SAP planning model, we could not see how it could meet the requirements after the project failed. I didn't feel any added value from the use of SAP Analytics Cloud's features in our company's data analysis tasks, and though SAP claims to have smart features, unfortunately, these features are not designed properly in real time. Only the reporting works fine, but the smart features don't work fine. As far as reporting is concerned, it's easy to develop in SAP. The rest of the features of the product are not up to the mark, especially when it comes to areas like predictions and planning, which were recently implemented in our company. My company is not happy with what SAP has to offer. The integration capabilities offered by the product are okay and not that complex. Considering the reporting part, I rate the tool a nine out of ten. If I speak about SAP Analytics Cloud's planning part, I would say that the whole product is not very successful in our company. I cannot rate it as a whole product. I can rate the product in three parts. For reporting, I rate the tool a nine out of ten. Even if you take care of the visualization part, some of the charts don't get into SAP Analytics Cloud. For the argument and analytics part, I rate the tool a two to three out of ten. For planning, I rate the tool a four or five out of ten since it is successful for some models, while for another module, it is not very successful. If I consider the implementation issues in the product, I rate the tool a five to six out of ten for the planning part and a three or four out of ten for the argument and analytics part. Unfortunately, the tool is not a good product. Overall, I rate the tool a six to seven out of ten.

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Abdelwaheb HAFSAOUI

Consultant SAP BI at Censio Karamba !

Dec 21, 2022

Sometimes there are a few problems. For example, the direct model has two kinds of models to connect your data. There is the import data and the direct connection data. If I want to create some calculated dimensions, it is not possible to do it when we work on the direct model. You have to import the data into the cloud in order to create some calculated dimensions. However, when we work with SAP Analytics Cloud, we can't create the calculated dimensions. In the live connection model, we can't create calculated dimensions, however, in the import model we can create them. I would like to have this functionality in the SAP Analytics Cloud live model, also.

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Cornelia MBA

Director - IT Finance/SAP Business One at NQ

Sep 2, 2022

I am using it for the reporting features The financial reports are very easy to read at the end of the month. You can see your profits. The reporting tools and graphs versus sending a report in Excel are great. When it comes to visualization, reading a report visually instead of a number is…

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SAP Analytics Cloud market share

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As of March 2024, the market share of SAP Analytics Cloud in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category stands at 5.6%, marking a decrease of 19.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Last updated Apr 12, 2024

Valuable Features

"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."
"Considering the reporting part, I rate the tool a nine out of ten."
"The product is flexible and has features like AI, link analysis, and insights. It has many features. I can search, and it creates automatic charts without selecting anything. For example, I can ask, "What is the gross margin?" the tool builds a chart based on my question."

Room for Improvement

"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."
"I am not happy with the predictive analytics features and smart features offered by the product, making them areas where improvements are required."
"The connection works only for importing data. Currently, there is no real-time integration between SAP Analytics Cloud and CRM. There are some features present in the classic but not in the optimized version. If I need to create something specific, I often have to switch the versions. It would be more convenient to have a single product that incorporates all the necessary features."

Pricing

"SAP Analytics Cloud is a bit higher [in price]. Because, if Microsoft can afford a better product and lower cost, SAP can afford at least the same, or even lower."
"It Wasn't directly involved in the pricing discussions, but when I joined the organization, they had already purchased the SAP Analytics Cloud solution. The organization faced challenges due to its perceived expense, leading to restrictions on granting access to many users."
"The tool's pricing is medium, and licensing costs are yearly."

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Top industries

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Educational Organization

19%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Energy/Utilities Company

Retailer

Healthcare Company

Government

University

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

Non Profit

Media Company

Pharma/Biotech Company

Wholesaler/Distributor

Insurance Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Logistics Company

Transportation Company

Hospitality Company

Legal Firm

Recreational Facilities/Services Company

Performing Arts

Outsourcing Company

Consumer Goods Company

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Learn more about SAP Analytics Cloud

You can use SAP Analytics Cloud to compile data and perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis for predictive planning. SAP Analytics Cloud collects and analyzes the raw data from transactional systems into intelligent insights that allow you to make better decisions.

SAP Analytics Cloud uses machine learning to clean up data, identify errors, and issues, and suggest optimization or filtering options. You can use the modeling feature in Analytics Cloud to create hierarchies and get deeper data insights.

The three core functions of SAP Analytics Cloud consist of Planning, Predictive Analysis, and Business Intelligence as a holistic SaaS solution that offers real-time analysis to business leaders.

SAP Analytics Cloud Capabilities

Data discovery
Machine learning
Integrated financial and business planning
Predictive analysis
Automated data cleansing
Custom widgets
Mobile extension
Role-based customization
Data exploration and visualization

SAP Analytics Cloud Key Features

Augmented analytics: SAP Analytics Cloud allows organizations to make the most of AI (Artificial Intelligence)-powered analytics through augmented analytics. It includes a Search to Insight feature that enables users not skilled or experienced in data science to access and use the platform.

These smart insight tools allow organizations to visualize business data without manual intervention. By combining multiple machine learning algorithms, SAP Analytics Cloud automates predictive analysis so that organizations can have significant insight into secured data.

Enterprise planning: As SAP Analytics Cloud is an all-in-one financial planning and analysis solution, organizations can use it to align strategies across all departments. It allows end-to-end, data-driven planning decisions via financial modeling, allocations, smart insights, and automated reporting.

The Zero-based budgeting feature allows for an effective resources allocation with built-in collaboration tools. The finance team can collaborate easily, create budget templates and make accurate decisions.

SAP Analytics Cloud Benefits

Real-time cloud insights: SAP Analytics Cloud makes it easy for users at every level to generate instant insights and improve data-driven decision-making. With SAP Analytics Cloud, you can have immediate and central access to all figures, diagrams, insights, and evaluations for every employee on every device and updated in real time.
Customizable dashboard: You can customize your dashboard according to your requirements. This customization means you can easily access all the relevant data on a single pane of vision tailored to your business.
Collaborative planning: As an all-in-one platform, SAP Analytics Cloud integrates the multiple aspects of a business into a single solution, including finance, HR, sales, and supply chain management.
Data on any device: You can integrate SAP Analytics Cloud with SAP S/4 HANA and deploy insights to Android and iOS devices. The SAP S/4 HANA integration also enables the rolling out of changes to multiple files and devices from a central location, so you can carry your business operations on the go over a secured cloud network.
In-memory technology: Since it is based on SAP HANA in-memory technology, SAP Analytics Cloud can process massive amounts of data in a short time.

Reviews from Real Users

Segun O., SAP HANA Developer at SOA PEOPLE, says that "The most valuable features are on the application side, where you can design applications into your analytics on the platform."

The Head of Finance Enterprise Application at a computer software company adds that "The visualization feature is the most valuable. SAP Analytics Cloud is also very easy to use."

"Its many features make it the best in the market," sums up a Consultor SAP Business Object, Sap Analytics Cloud at a tech services company.

SAP Analytics Cloud was previously known as SAP BusinessObjects Cloud.