GoodData vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoodData
Score 8.8 out of 10
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GoodData is an analytics platform used by organizations to deliver real-time, governed insights, embedded into products, customized for users, and integrated into any data environment.N/A
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Score 7.0 out of 10
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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
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GoodDataSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
We selected SAP Business Objects in the previous instance because we were implementing SAP ERP and the choice of Business Objects was favorable from an integration and cost perspective. We did not choose SAP Business Objects most recently because of the predicted long …
Features
GoodDataSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.0
72 Ratings
12% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.1
52 Ratings
14% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.854 Ratings8.546 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.872 Ratings6.248 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.561 Ratings6.648 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.0
72 Ratings
2% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6.5
49 Ratings
21% below category average
Drill-down analysis7.870 Ratings5.248 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.572 Ratings6.648 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.868 Ratings7.248 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.133 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.7
69 Ratings
2% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6.8
44 Ratings
16% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.167 Ratings6.042 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.556 Ratings6.639 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.040 Ratings7.638 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.420 Ratings7.12 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.1
73 Ratings
6% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.3
49 Ratings
2% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.772 Ratings7.949 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.365 Ratings8.647 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.071 Ratings8.346 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)7.345 Ratings8.330 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.4
49 Ratings
14% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6.6
25 Ratings
16% below category average
REST API8.542 Ratings6.521 Ratings
Javascript API8.437 Ratings6.320 Ratings
iFrames8.340 Ratings7.118 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.323 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.121 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.520 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
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Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.6
49 Ratings
8% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.040 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.147 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.642 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.348 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.027 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
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Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5.8
34 Ratings
30% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.533 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings4.028 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings4.030 Ratings
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User Ratings
GoodDataSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(99 ratings)
7.0
(74 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(16 ratings)
8.3
(24 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(78 ratings)
6.6
(17 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(9 ratings)
8.6
(16 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.2
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoodDataSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
GoodData
GoodData is well suited for classic business intelligence and data analytics solution involving visually driven content using charts and graphs. It's rich collection and drillable interactions make it perfect for embedded analytics where application workflow is tied to analytics. However, GoodData may not be ideal or appropriate for such solutions that require lot of textual content to be displayed with the help of tabular visuals, particularly in regulated industries where the key is in the details. This is all tied to the platform limits that force the default layout to pre-filter
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SAP
As mentioned earlier reporting was a big headache for us and the tools we used didn't support large data sets and visualization Performing analytics with such data sets was cumbersome and later post using this SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence we were able to correlate different data sets and prepare the dashboard pretty easier which were helpful and easier to understand.
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Pros
GoodData
  • GoodData provides advanced analytics for predictive modeling. This assists in identifying potential issues before they arise, and making proactive decisions.
  • GoodData prioritizes data security and compliance, providing features that help IT firms like ours adhere to regulatory requirements.
  • GoodData gives high customization dashboards, allows us professionals to create tailored view of KPI.
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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
GoodData
  • Good Data is already have certain customizable options. However, having more flexibility in customizing reports and dashboards & control over the visual aspects would enhance the overall user experience.
  • To make Good Data even more powerful tool, improving the speed and responsiveness of the tool, especially during data-intensive tasks, would be a significantly helpful.
  • For new users, the interface can be made more user friendly which would promote easy navigation through features of tool.
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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
GoodData
Because gooddata really helps us in processing data to make reports or dashboards. So we are very satisfied when we use it. What we like is the flexible use of charts. We change at will the use of charts to display in reports or dashboards. Thank you Gooddata for helping companies like us who need flexibility in usage
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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
GoodData
From a customer perspective it is incredibly usable. We have more users building their own reports that would normally need custom work from our support team. The back end can be daunting when trying to configure things like new data elements or push changes to a report to all existing customers.
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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
GoodData
We are approximately one month since go-live. There has been one short outage.
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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
GoodData
I'm generally impressed with how fast it reflects so much data.
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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
GoodData
Support team has been highly responsive and helpful from our first initial deployment to present day. They engage and work with us. know when to escalate for more challenging problems. They also follow up. Overall have had a very good experience with support
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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
GoodData
Petr was a rock star - patient, knowledgeable, clear and easy to work with.
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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
GoodData
GoodData implementation team was professional and courteous
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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
GoodData
Implementations are hard and we had limited technical resources. We relied too heavily on GD care team. When we found technical gaps, they weren't simple to overcome
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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
GoodData
GoodData comparing to other platform is very easy to use, customer support and on-boarding support. Set of features, speed of integration in our platform. Also great benefit for us was very competetive pricing.
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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
GoodData
We now have hundreds of customers on multiple product lines. It's very flexible and we can troubleshoot ourselves.
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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
GoodData
  • GoodData helped me while making a decision of our marketing spend, next month we got 3X ROI back on a $100,000 a spend.
  • I initially was very dicey about the analytics and reports we see, but now I can make my every dollar investment decisions based on it.
  • Along with our growing data needs, it allow us to handle increased data volumes as well.
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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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