Amazon QuickSight vs SAP Crystal

Likelihood to Recommend

I'm likely to recommend it because it would become so native if other cloud services are based on AWS infrastructure, like our current setup. It is very seamlessly integrated with other services to feed in data for the visualization. In addition, supporting a reasonably large number of users concurrently is not an issue and should be able to scale horizontally as needed.

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Director in Research & Development

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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SAP Crystal is well suited for data analysis, customized report creation, and formatting. It is a pixel perfect reporting system having the ability to create scorecards and helps in data mining. It supports multiple languages which is a breeze for global organizations. It may prove to a roadblock when the learning curve is fast in the organization having high employee turnover.

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Team Lead in Manufacturing

Biotechnology Company, 501-1000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon QuickSight

SAP Crystal

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Amazon QuickSight

SAP Crystal

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Amazon QuickSight

SAP Crystal

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Amazon QuickSight

SAP Crystal

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Amazon QuickSight

SAP Crystal

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Amazon QuickSight

SAP Crystal

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Amazon QuickSight

SAP Crystal

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Lightweight and serverless BI tool that can be used for niche dashboards.
Its integration into other AWS Services is one of its most appealing features.
The low monthly cost is another benefit.

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Vice-President in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 10,001+ employees

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Crystal Reports allows us to create a consistent template for all of our reports.
Crystal Reports and Server allows us to house a repository for all of our reports to make them easy to find and update when necessary.
Crystal Reports can connect to a wide variety of data sources.
Crystal Reports can be a little daunting when first implementing. There are a lot of nuances in learning how to truly master this software and it can be frustrating at times.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Construction Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

One of the primary challenges I've had with Amazon QuickSight so far is that some of the reports I want to build use data from different data sets. Instead of being able to put all of the information I want to see into one report.
Some of our Amazon QuickSight reports only update every 24 hours. It would be great to see that data in real-time.
I would remove the various time zones from Amazon QuickSight and only use the time zone we are in.

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Megan Sullivan

Marketing Director

LightRx Face & BodyConsumer Services, 201-500 employees

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The export of reports to Excel is very cumbersome and the results are difficult to format.
The design of reports and the graphical features (e.g. charts) feel quite rigid.
The learning curve for a non-programmer is incredibly steep, making Crystal a specialty tool.

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Frank Hunt

Business Development Manager

MEDIAPAKT ASMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

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SAP Crystal 10.0

Based on 19 answers

We have been using this product for so many years and it has truly become a cornerstone to our business processes when it comes to developing and distributing information via reports. We currently have over 500 reports developed to date over about 30 systems and that will continue to grow as user needs change.

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

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SAP Crystal 8.8

Based on 27 answers

The interface of SAP Crystal will be very familiar to most users as it follows the same text-based WYSIWYG interface as many other commonplace software. The build-in plugins, adapters and middleware to common data sources makes it rather easy to pull data for visualization and reporting. However, when dealing with less structured data, some more work needs to be done

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Employee in Research & Development

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

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SAP Crystal 7.0

Based on 20 answers

The support community can be difficult to navigate. I've also run into issues with my login. The SAP system has a bizarre mechanism for validating users that requires users to have what is called an S-ID. A basic ID may not give you access to all the features in the portal. The limitation may include not being able to perform a simple task like downloading patches and updates. This isn't a big deal for single user license but for teams it can be a pain.

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Nathan Patrick Taylor

Clinical Informatics Consultant

Symphony Post-Acute NetworkHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

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SAP Crystal 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Trainer was patient and thorough in going through the basics and willing to answer questions by email after the initial training

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Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Retail Company, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

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SAP Crystal 8.8

Based on 14 answers

Just like any other implementation: When designing the differing reports, get end users' input, make sure to design the reports so that they display the information that the company requires, in the best and clearest way possible.

Test, test, test, revise when needed, and, particularly, do sufficient training so users are comfortable using Crystal Reports!

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John Suit

System Administrator

North South Supply IncWholesale, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

In our case, we are storing our large amount of data in the cloud so using QuickSight adds up to the performance of the reporting. We are using it as a secondary reporting tool so that a business user can generate their own report. We are using Tableau as our primary reporting tool.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Building Materials Company, 501-1000 employees

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Crystal reports is useful in case we want to import data from data base . We can write queries in it but Google Charts require to be implemented in our application using code so crystal reports is better than Google Charts.

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Employee in Corporate

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

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It is a decent buy for specific departments in terms of reporting capabilities but updates and cost (frequent) demands are higher with the benefits offered.
So long as the requirements are not ever changing, with scheduling functionality, it's a handsome tool.

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Rohit Narang

Assistant Vice President

HSBC Commercial BankingFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Amazon QuickSight Editions & Modules

Edition

Authors	$24.00¹
Readers	$5.00¹

Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

SAP Crystal Editions & Modules

Edition

SAP Crystal Reports 2020 64-Bit	$495¹
Upgrade Version to SAP Crystal Reports 2020	$295¹
SAP Crystal Reports 2016 32-Bit	$495¹
SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL	$869²
SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL	$8,744³

per single user license
per user license + first year maintenance to be added
5 concurrent users + first year maintenance to be added

Additional Pricing Details

* SAP Crystal Reports 2020 Viewer allows you to view static data within a SAP Crystal Reports file. * SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Full version allows you to create powerful, richly formatted, and dynamic reports from virtually any data source, delivered in dozens of formats, in up to 28 languages. If you already have an older version of Crystal Reports, buy a license for SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Upgrade at a discounted, upgrade price. * SAP Crystal Server 2020, 1 NUL includes 1 license of: SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - SAP Crystal Server 2020. * As an add-on to SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL, SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL allows you to support a wider, intermittent audience of end users, up to five logged on at the same time.

Rating Summary

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Likelihood to Recommend