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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Watson Studio

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM Watson Studio enables users to build, run and manage AI models, and optimize decisions at scale across any cloud. IBM Watson Studio enables users can operationalize AI anywhere as part of IBM Cloud Pak® for Data, the IBM data and AI platform. The vendor states the solution simplifies AI lifecycle management and accelerates time to value with an open, flexible multicloud architecture.N/A

    SAP Analytics Cloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP Analytics Cloud solution brings together analytics and planning with integration to SAP applications and access to heterogenous data sources. As the analytics and planning solution within SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud supports trusted insights and integrated planning processes enterprise-wide to help make decisions without doubt.

    $36

    per month per user

    Pricing
    IBM Watson StudioSAP Analytics Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Analytics Cloud for Business Intelligence
    $36.00
    per month per user
    SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
    Price upon request
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Watson StudioSAP Analytics Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—A 30-day trial with SAP Analytics Cloud is available, supporting analytics enterprise-wide. A trial can be extended up to 90 days on request.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Watson StudioSAP Analytics Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    313 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    266 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    300 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    178 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    221 Answers
    Features
    IBM Watson StudioSAP Analytics Cloud
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    MDM Integration6.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    17% above category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Visualization10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Encryption8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Built-in Processors10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Flexible Model Publishing Options9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.6
    357 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.4302 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.9345 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.4319 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.5
    358 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.9348 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.3345 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.9256 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.1334 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.4
    339 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.7290 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.8321 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.5282 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.5278 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.758 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.4
    343 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.8325 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.5312 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.2312 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.099 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.2
    349 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.2323 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.1331 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.1324 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.2134 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.5327 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.4
    294 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.5283 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings6.8247 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.0274 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.1
    66 Ratings
    9% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings7.156 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.049 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings7.143 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.142 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.451 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.843 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Watson StudioSAP Analytics Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (65 ratings)
    8.1
    (382 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (22 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (307 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    6.3
    (73 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    6.3
    (9 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (61 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (61 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Watson StudioSAP Analytics Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    It has a lot of features that are good for teams working on large-scale projects and continuously developing and reiterating their data project models. Really helpful when dealing with large data. It is a kind of one-stop solution for all data science tasks like visualization, cleaning, analyzing data, and developing models but small teams might find a lot of features unuseful.
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    SAP
    >> Using SAC predictive analytics capabilities for inventory management in a Production line setup has helped generate Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders for raw or semi-finished goods without much head-banging into Demand management rules. It does it beautifully with seamless integration with HANA core MM and PP modules, along with BI integration. It has resulted in 30% greater warehouse storage capacity, thereby saving revenue from piled-up inventory and associated manpower costs. >> SAC sometimes shows latency in working out a large data set, thus giving a poor user experience compared to its competition. Also, it may occasionally show misinterpretations when embedding data from 3rd-party systems into the HANA core dataset.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Integration of IBM Watson APIs such as speech to text, image recognition, personality insights, etc.
    • SPSS modeler and neural network model provide no-code environments for data scientists to build pipelines quickly.
    • Enforced best-practices set up POCs for deployment in production with a minimum of re-work.
    • Estimator validation lets data scientists test and prove different models.
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    SAP
    • It makes it easier yo analyse order and related records easily.
    • We can easily maintain and track the performance of employees in organisation.
    • Can easily track various aspects for the growth of an organisation thus allowing real time analysis and tracking of organisation's growth and performance.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • The cost is steep and so only companies with resources can afford it
    • It will be nice to have Chinese versions so that Chinese engineers can also use it easily
    • It takes a while to learn how to input different kinds of skin defects for detection
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    SAP
    • Complexity in Data Modeling
    • SAC supports various data sources, but improvements in the ease of connecting to and integrating with certain data repositories, especially non-SAP databases, would enhance the platform's versatility and integration capabilities.
    • An offline mode for SAC could be valuable for users who need to access and analyze data without an internet connection. Additionally, optimizing performance for large datasets and complex visualizations would contribute to a smoother user experience.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    because we find out that DSX results have improved our approach to the whole subject (data, models, procedures)
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    SAP
    We are planning to review the licensing as we have issues with SAC dealing with huge datasets. Analytics area is good for import models but when we have live connections in place that's when we have issue with SAC dealing with huge datasets in live be it BW or be it HANA models in the backend.
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    Usability
    IBM
    The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
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    SAP
    I landed on a 7 out of 10 for a few key reasons. The tool is flexible in the sense that we are using very very very (very) little off the shelf solutions and customizing to our needs. Users enjoy having the customized data actions, key variance calculations, and easy to use headcount/salary planning in the same tool. One downside is that users are hard to please when they are used to excel. SAP Analytics Cloud simply is not excel, and the flexibility of excel in a crunch is not there.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    From time to time there are services unavailable, but we have been always informed before and they got back to work sooner than expected
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    SAP
    I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud an 8 out of 10 for scalability. It offers a flexible, cloud-based architecture that supports expansion across departments and geographies. The platform adapts well to growing data volumes and user needs, making it a strong choice for organizations looking to scale analytics capabilities efficiently.
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    Performance
    IBM
    Never had slow response even on our very busy network
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    SAP
    I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud’s performance an 8 out of 10. Pages generally load quickly, and reports run within a reasonable time frame, even with complex datasets. Integration with other systems is smooth and doesn’t noticeably affect performance. Overall, it’s a responsive and efficient tool for business analytics. But
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    I received answers mostly at once and got answered even further my question: they gave me interesting points of view and suggestion for deepening in the learning path
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    SAP
    Since the implementation stage, the support team has been very helpful and assisting. Even in the later stages, the tech team had quite a rapid response. In general, SAP has provided us with great customer support, let it be for a specific product of SAP or for integration of different modules.
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    In-Person Training
    IBM
    The trainers on the job are very smart with solutions and very able in teaching
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    SAP
    Good videos and reference material available in SAP Portal.
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    Online Training
    IBM
    The Platform is very handy and suggests further steps according my previous interests
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    SAP
    In hindsight, it would have been easier to have someone there in person. Questions were answered, but with 11 participants, it got a bit chaotic online
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    It surprised us with unpredictable case of use and brand new points of view
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    SAP
    SAC is a simple solution ad it works fine when connecting it to other SAP tools. On the other hand, connecting it to third party solutions brings difficulties when there's no previous design and the objetives are not clear. It is really important to integrate Business users from the start to provide with valuable business insights
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    The main reason I personally changed over from Azure ML Studio is because it lacked any support for significant custom modelling with packages and services such as TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit and Spark ML. IBM Watson Studio provides these services and does so in a well integrated and easy to use fashion making it a preferable service over the other services that I have personally used.
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    SAP
    SAP Analytics Cloud and Power BI are both tools that help businesses understand their data, but they have some differences. SAC, made by SAP, works well if your company already uses other SAP products. It's in the cloud, easy to use, and has features for analyzing data, getting insights, and planning for the future. Power BI, made by Microsoft, can be used in the cloud or on your own computers. It fits well with Microsoft tools, is easy to use, and can do advanced data analysis. SAC has built-in planning tools, while Power BI needs extra tools for detailed planning
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    unit pricing
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    Scalability
    IBM
    It helped us in getting from 0 to DSX without getting lost
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    SAP
    Is good for use across multiple locations. It allows users to access data and reports from anywhere, regardless of their location. Can consolidate data from various sources, including different SAP systems and external sources, which facilitates cross-location analysis. SAC enables access to data and models from SAP Datasphere to create new stories. Detailed permissions can be defined for cross-departmental use.
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    Professional Services
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    very simple
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Could instantly show data driven insights to drive 20% incremental revenue over existing results
    • Still don't have a real use case for unstructured data like twitter feed
    • Some of the insights around user actions have driven new projects to automate mundane tasks
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    SAP
    • Many manual data manipulations and exports in Excel have been replaced by the tool, providing management with improved insight into the amount of time spent at each stage of an invoice's lifetime, allowing bottlenecks to be discovered.
    • We now have more insight into the data, and people with little technical experience can easily build stories.
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