DataHero vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DataHero
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
DataHero is a self-service Cloud BI tool, which uses a drag-and-drop interface to import and analyze data. DataHero integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Google Analytics, Dropbox, Strip, Excel and others. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco.
$59
per month
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
The SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
Pricing
DataHeroSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Editions & Modules
Starter
$59
per month
Premium
$99
per month
Team
$250
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DataHeroSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
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Features
DataHeroSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
DataHero
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.7
49 Ratings
6% below category average
Customizable dashboards10.01 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.444 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.745 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
DataHero
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.2
46 Ratings
1% above category average
Drill-down analysis10.01 Ratings9.045 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.01 Ratings8.245 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.345 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.531 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
DataHero
10.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.7
46 Ratings
4% above category average
Publish to Web10.01 Ratings8.338 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.01 Ratings7.944 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.140 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.145 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.224 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
DataHero
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.3
41 Ratings
3% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings8.339 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.01 Ratings7.737 Ratings
Predictive Analytics10.01 Ratings8.936 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
DataHero
10.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9.4
46 Ratings
9% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.01 Ratings8.946 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.01 Ratings9.843 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.144 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
DataHero
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.8
32 Ratings
10% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access10.01 Ratings8.431 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.128 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
DataHero
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.5
22 Ratings
5% below category average
iFrames10.01 Ratings8.116 Ratings
REST API00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.217 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.418 Ratings
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User Ratings
DataHeroSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.7
(71 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(24 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(16 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DataHeroSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
DataHero
DataHero ensures every business user in my organization is up to date on key performance metrics and insights through robust data analytics and a configurable data dashboard.
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SAP
The proper management of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards requires an expert on the team to manage and build reports. If an organization does not have the proper expertise on board to build and deploy reports it will fail. Data analytics, dropping into excel, and broadcasting of information are major bonuses for the use of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards.
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Pros
DataHero
  • Collecting data from on-premise and cloud data repositories.
  • Availability of drag and drop chart creation improves data visualization.
  • It makes it effective to share insights with KPI dashboards.
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SAP
  • 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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Cons
DataHero
  • Collecting data from on-premise tools like Concur Invoice was overwhelming, but we were able to partner with external service providers.
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SAP
  • 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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Likelihood to Renew
DataHero
No answers on this topic
SAP
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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Usability
DataHero
DataHero has intuitive and easy to use user interface making it easy to navigate features.
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SAP
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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Reliability and Availability
DataHero
No answers on this topic
SAP
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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Performance
DataHero
No answers on this topic
SAP
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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Support Rating
DataHero
I haven't interacted with DataHero support, but they must be knowledgeable and responsive regarding how they have documented the features on this tool.
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SAP
SAP has released various versions of SAP BO BI. starting from 3.1 and going to 4.0,4.1,4.2 and latest being 4.3. SAP provides support to these new versions. As new versions keep on coming, support for the very old software goes out of scope from SAP. it is when the different organization plans to get their BO content migrated from a lower version to a newer version. The newer version had definitely added functionality and features which ease the work of users.
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In-Person Training
DataHero
No answers on this topic
SAP
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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Online Training
DataHero
No answers on this topic
SAP
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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Implementation Rating
DataHero
No answers on this topic
SAP
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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Alternatives Considered
DataHero
Both DataHero and Excel4apps are great business intelligence tools, but the latter don't offer room for growth due to unavailability of large and global enterprises BI tools.
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SAP
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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Scalability
DataHero
No answers on this topic
SAP
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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Return on Investment
DataHero
  • Seamless insight sharing across teams in different departments increase productivity.
  • DataHero keep us updated by getting insights across all datasets.
  • No stale data or manual procedures when reporting with DataHer.
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SAP
  • 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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ScreenShots

DataHero Screenshots

Screenshot of Connect with 40+ common 3rd party servicesScreenshot of Automatic data warehouse, ETL, and classification. Schedule Automated updates.Screenshot of Create charts with drag-and-drop easeScreenshot of Customize with branding, color schemes, etc.Screenshot of Create custom dashboards you can easily share