ClicData vs SAP BW | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

We used ClicData dashboards in a somewhat unorthodox way: we used "Indicators", or icons within tables to represent data, and the results looked great. The ability to integrate 3rd party HTML into dashboards was valuable (although Clic Data correctly warns that response time may suffer).The ability to start small and release dashboards incrementally suited our needs very well. We also valued the responsive account team getting us quickly pointed in the right direction.

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Ben Warren

Operations Manager Service USA

Atlas Copco USAMachinery, 10,001+ employees

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SAP BW is best for:1. Large enterprises2. Enterprises with 3+ legacy systems with entrenched users (politically difficult to merge)3. Enterprises with employees who can understand both the technical capabilities of SAP BW and the needs of the business users - ability to speak both languages, otherwise the program could be unwieldy and potentially underutilized (it's not particularly inexpensive)SAP BW is less appropriate for:1. Small enterprises2. Enterprises who have well established, same location, CRM and UFS - the integration of data analysis will be easier and less expensive with other solutions3. HANA

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Jeff Looby, CPA

Associate

Credit SuisseBanking, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ClicData

SAP BW

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

ClicData

SAP BW

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Report sharing and collaboration

ClicData

SAP BW

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

ClicData

SAP BW

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

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

ClicData

SAP BW

Multi-User Support (named login)

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

ClicData

SAP BW

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

ClicData

SAP BW

iFrames

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Pros

Ease of use, I can put together a dashboard in about an hour that is used by daily.
Support, their support team is super helpful and always has detailed insight.
Connectors, they have a huge number of connectors that allow easy integration of your data sources.

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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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it has the best availability tool for generating different reports like Bex analyzer
different data models like sementic data model for different data management systems
can easily integrate and generate the reports from different sources like XML file uploading, 3rd party data sources etc...

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Pradeep Bele

Sr. SAP Basis Consultant

Gauri Ltd. | Transforming Customer Engagement For The Digital AgeInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Cons

More widgets.
Sometimes it takes a while to refresh.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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I wish it could hold a part where even though it is not in use yet, but you know you will need it, it won't allow it to be checked it rather than put on backorder.
Some of the menu paths can be a little difficult to remember or follow.
It is not easy for a novice user to go in and create a report quickly.

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Brandi Brown-Lang

Sales and Purchasing Administrator

SitelAirlines/Aviation, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

ClicData 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Like I mentioned before, the ease of use means we not only get very quick results and beautiful dashboards in minutes, it means my team is actually using it because they aren't frustrated in the learning curve or wasting time trying to accomplish simple tasks.

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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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SAP BW 9.0

Based on 1 answer

It basically stores all data I need in designed reports, which helps a lot with the analysis and calculation.It's quite interactive when you understand reports and know how to drill-down/swap. Fresh users might need some training. There are quite a lot of options to display data differently, or to add more filters in data as well as to extract the data in xlsx/csv/html format.

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Verified User

Employee in Finance and Accounting

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

ClicData 10.0

Based on 1 answer

We've only needed support a couple times in the beginning as we were learning the system and how to display our data in interesting ways. Every time we reached out we got very detailed responses and were connected to someone that you could tell was very interested in making sure we were happy with how things were going.

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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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SAP BW 8.0

Based on 4 answers

SAP BW is a consolidated tool. There are thousands of SAP notes in order to solve your problems and in case do not exist, SAP support will help you on the issue you face.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

ClicData was the most flexible. It is cloud-based and even has WebService access. You can publish your data for access from other applications. The sheer number of data connectors is amazing. The ability to not only create dashboards, but you can schedule them to be delivered to specific recipients on a scheduled basis via PDF or a static HTML page.

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Ben Warren

Operations Manager Service USA

Atlas Copco USAMachinery, 10,001+ employees

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SAP Business Warehouse scores higher in data warehouse functionalities for integration to SAP ERP and other SAP solutions such as SAP CRM, SAP APO, and SAP SRM. Standard SAP data source extractors which are available in SAP ERP can be used immediately for full or delta replication into SAP Business Warehouse. System governance in SAP Business Warehouse is top-notch with change management support for migration between system landscape from the development system to production system.

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Julius Shen

Senior System Analyst

Roads and Maritime ServicesCivil Engineering, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

ClicData was by far the most reasonable cost-wise, and we were able to get ROI within just minutes of using it.

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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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The positive Return on Investment we receive with the software was the ability to import decades of data. We were then able to review the materials see trends we were previously unable to see without intense work.
The only negative impact was applying the training and changing procedures to deal with the software. This worked out, obviously, because this is not a software to be using without proper training.

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Alfred Brock

Communications Specialist

Yazaki North AmericaAutomotive, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$71*

* data volume, type of data source and level of automation

ClicData Editions & Modules

Edition

Premium	$79¹
Team	$259¹
Enterprise	$499¹
Dedicated	$890¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

All plans include multiple users licenses but dashboards can be shared with external users via live links, no license needed. Plans and pricing vary based on the data connectors, refreshes, and the level of automation needed. A few hours of Expert Service are including in all plans but more hours can be purchased. A white label option is also available for consultants and agencies.

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

SAP BW Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

—

Rating Summary

ClicData

SAP BW

ClicData

SAP BW

ClicData

SAP BW

Likelihood to Recommend

ClicData

SAP BW

Feature Rating Comparison

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Report sharing and collaboration

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

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

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Multi-User Support (named login)

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

iFrames

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Pros

ClicData

SAP BW

Cons

ClicData

SAP BW

Usability

ClicData

SAP BW

Support Rating

ClicData

SAP BW

Alternatives Considered

ClicData

SAP BW

Return on Investment

ClicData

SAP BW

Screenshots

ClicData

SAP BW

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

ClicData Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

SAP BW Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

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