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Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 37 reviews and ratings

Score 7.6 out of 10

Based on 723 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

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

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Data is presented without interfering others (IT or other dept).
Data is managed properly and is available for retrievable any time.
Legacy use of CD/DVD and Pendrive are not required.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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This software is easy to initially learn, and very powerful in producing reusable reports.
It is much faster than my company's internal manual queries. The ability to build off of a saved query and share queries to other users is a great positive.
My favorite part is that you can run queries in the background and it does not interfere with your current work or slow your computer down.

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Team Lead in Research & Development

Medical Devices Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Spark version is old and crappy.
Lack of integration with other Azure platforms.
There is more room for improvement in workload based scaling.
Not easy to use. Log report hardly shows anything and the interface is not user friendly.

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Partha Protim Pegu

Domain Consultant

InfosysInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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The installation can be very complex and time-consuming, it requires a lot of planning and foresight as to what role the software will play in the organization.
The software has a relatively large learning curve that takes dedicated users months to get comfortable with, the UI is a bit intimidating for new users.
SAP could organize their help better, it can be difficult to find dependable solutions to issues via their website and support channels.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 8.4

Based on 22 answers

The institution has decided to move in a different direction, and will be using MSBI for reporting. I have been very happy with the Business Objects suite of tools, and will continue to use them heavily until we make the transition.

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Robert Scrimshaw

Finance Analyst III

Mayo ClinicHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

Azure HDInsight 8.2

Based on 5 answers

Azure HDInsight is usable on the top of Azure Data Lake and gives us the benefit of analyzing large scale data workload in Hadoop. Usability and support from Microsoft are outstanding.

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SharePoint Development Consultant

InfosysComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 10.0

Based on 5 answers

From a server and client side perspective. the Business Intelligence Platform provides a foundation for all aspects of content development, distribution, analysis, collaboration and self service. Ease of use from targeted content delivery through controlled accessibility. Content exporting in the format of the users choice. Scheduling for internal or external delivery. Public and private folders for secure content access when requied. Web based for viewing on the users device of choice without the need to download additional applications.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Management Consulting Company, 11-50 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 10.0

Based on 4 answers

When we implemented 3.1, we had a tough time managing the system: It took almost a year to stabilize.

With 4.0, we want to roll out to more users, and are holding back because of fears about the performance issue

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Company, 501-1000 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0

Based on 11 answers

Overall, the tool (Web Intelligence 4.2) is fast and solid. One issue is a dependability on JAVA for a full feature report creation/edit capabilities (as opposed to limited HTML option). Second, planned end of JAVA support by major browsers (Chrome is already not supporting JAVA applet).

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Dariusz Zyskowski

Business Intelligence Manager

City of ChicagoGovernment Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Azure HDInsight 8.2

Based on 5 answers

Well suited in advertising and marketing to serve the business purpose and best fit in the transformation of high volume data.

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SharePoint Development Consultant

InfosysComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0

Based on 8 answers

The overall support package is very good. The online knowledge base provides wealth of information including step by step details on how to resolve known issues on a per release basis. When required software and/or code is included as a download or cut and paste option. It is also highly recommended to have well trained personnel as your system administrators. Do not relay on support alone to resolve all of your issues

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Management Consulting Company, 11-50 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 10.0

Based on 3 answers

SAP authorized training is best, Please go ahead with it. Even lot of online training options/videos available for self learning

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Associate Principal

LTI - Larsen & Toubro InfotechBanking, 10,001+ employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0

Based on 2 answers

I haven't used it or got feedback from the end user.

Content looks to be pretty detailed. Focused on SQL but not BW.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Company, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0

Based on 8 answers

Hire specialists and experienced staff. Mix some beginners so that everyone is not a leader but a learner too. Plan well; architect well; break down implementation in small steps and move towards larger steps. Create a centralized and authorized SAP Business Objects implementation team.

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Priyanka Musale

Sr SAP BOE/BODS Lead

Data RedeemersInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

At this time I have not used any other similar products... I am open to it but Azure HDInsight and its components really work well for our organization.

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Senior Recruiter

Valeo ResourcesHuman Resources, 11-50 employees

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We selected SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) based on price. It can stack up against others in terms of price and honestly, that's about it. Salesforce Commerce does a hell of a better job at handling it. However, in the space of Business Intelligence, SAP can do more, and that's why at the end we went with it

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Michael Diaz-Suarez

Help Desk Specialist

GetronicsConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0

Based on 2 answers

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform supports SOA Service Oriented Architecture. You can start/restart/enable/disable all the servers. You can seamless do load balancing and clustering. It supports all leading application and web server. Supports LDAP SSO integration.People who can work on excel with training they can work on SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence, dashboard, Lumira, Information design tool product suite. Tool is very user friendly and easy to learn and implement

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Associate Principal

LTI - Larsen & Toubro InfotechBanking, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

ROI is of course there, as no legacy software for data presentation.
No manual intervention for data retrieval.
Data is available anywhere as requested.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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By generating and distributing reports in a timely manner, we were able to save millions of dollars for the company which otherwise would not have been visible.
Almost realtime dashboard, saved the company a huge amount by showing the outages and kept the company from buying a tool to do just that.
It showed the customers who were not paying the bills and were missing in the system due to some loophole. This was visible by doing reporting on the theft usage of electricity.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Utilities Company, 51-200 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

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

Rating Summary

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

Azure HDInsight

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform

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