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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    KNIME Analytics Platform

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AKNIME enables users to analyze, upskill, and scale data science without any coding. The platform that lets users blend, transform, model and visualize data, deploy and monitor analytical models, and share insights organization-wide with data apps and services.

    $0

    per month

    SAP Business Data Cloud

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business Data Cloud is a fully managed SaaS solution that unifies and governs all SAP data and seamlessly connects with third-party data—giving line-of-business leaders context to make even more impactful decisions.N/A
    Pricing
    KNIME Analytics PlatformSAP Business Data Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    KNIME Community Hub Personal Plan
    $0
    KNIME Analytics Platform
    $0
    KNIME Community Hub Team Plan
    €99
    per month 3 users
    KNIME Business Hub
    From €35,000
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KNIME Analytics PlatformSAP Business Data Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    KNIME Analytics PlatformSAP Business Data Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    KNIME
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    64 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    Features
    KNIME Analytics PlatformSAP Business Data Cloud
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of KNIME Analytics Platform and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    KNIME Analytics Platform
    9.2
    19 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources9.619 Ratings00 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection9.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    MDM Integration7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of KNIME Analytics Platform and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    KNIME Analytics Platform
    8.1
    18 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Visualization8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis8.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of KNIME Analytics Platform and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    KNIME Analytics Platform
    8.3
    19 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations9.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Encryption7.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Built-in Processors7.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of KNIME Analytics Platform and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    KNIME Analytics Platform
    8.0
    18 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools9.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning8.117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development9.318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery5.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of KNIME Analytics Platform and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    KNIME Analytics Platform
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    17% below category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Flexible Model Publishing Options8.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls5.94 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    RapidMiner
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Anaconda
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    IBM Watson Studio
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KNIME Analytics PlatformSAP Business Data Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (22 ratings)
    8.5
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (62 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KNIME Analytics PlatformSAP Business Data Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    KNIME
    KNIME Analytics Platform is excellent for people who are finding Excel frustrating, this can be due to errors creeping in due to manual changes or simply that there are too many calculations which causes the system to slow down and crash. This is especially true for regular reporting where a KNIME Analytics Platform workflow can pull in the most recent data, process it and provide the necessary output in one click. I find KNIME Analytics Platform especially useful when talking with audiences who are intimidated by code. KNIME Analytics Platform allows us to discuss exactly how data is processed and an analysis takes place at an abstracted level where non-technical users are happy to think and communicate which is often essential when they are subject matter experts whom you need for guidance. For experienced programmers KNIME Analytics Platform is a double-edged sword. Often programmers wish to write their own code because they are more efficient working that way and are constrained by having to think and implement work in nodes. However, those constraints forcing development in a "KNIME way" are useful when working in teams and for maintenance compared to some programmers' idiosyncratic styles.
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    SAP
    SAP Business Data Cloud is suited mainly for SAP data integration. We could able to easily consolidate the data from S4 and service cloud V2 system. SAP Business Data Cloud enables realtime data replications. We could able to leverage the AI core features. As my previous data warehousing skill is from SAP BW, I am missing some basic features comparing to BW. Master data manual maintenance, Time dependant masterdata, language independent text is also not straightforward.
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    Pros
    KNIME
    • Summarize instrument level financial data with relevant statistics
    • Map transactions from core extracts to groups of like transactions using rule engines
    • Machine learning using random forests and other techniques to analyze data and identify correlations for use in predictive models
    • Fill out sampling data from averages.
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    SAP
    • Support for AI/ML use cases with SAP Data bricks and without the need to physically transfer the data from datasphere environment.
    • Provide near realtime data for analytics from S4C public cloud via data products which was the primary business problem that our customers were concerned with
    • Provides support to use the best of both the worlds like SAP and Databricks
    • New releases that support for the zero-copy delta share via SAP Business Data Cloud connect to other products like snowflake, google big query and other products in roadmap
    • Moving towards the lakehouse architecture or similar architecture from the former warehouse architecture to meet the increasing demand for the data
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    Cons
    KNIME
    • It does not have proper visualization.
    • Some other BI tools (QlikView) have much easier functions for data interaction.
    • Some other BI tools (Tableau) can be set up much faster.
    • It is not an easy tool to use for non-tech savvy staff.
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    SAP
    • Delta Merging with objects in object store for large data
    • One catalog to use for discoverability, governance purposes
    • Object Store to be primarily used for data product consumption purposes by applications than HANA
    • Spark processes to be much more efficient
    • Ability to monitor usage to more grsnularity level - space, table, user etc
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    Likelihood to Renew
    KNIME
    We are happy with Knime product and their support. Knime AP is versatile product and even can execute Python scripts if needed. It also supports R execution as well; however, it is not being used at our end
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    SAP
    In the new analytics world, BDC has been a game changer for SAP Analytics. Extending the SAP data for the usage in Databricks, snow flake, GCP has opened new doors for Analytics . Shift from traditional data warehousing to Business Data fabric adapting to the change in the analytics world is the need of the hour and Sap has managed to pulled it off with BDC
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    Usability
    KNIME
    KNIME Analytics Platform offers a great tradeoff between intuitiveness and simplicity of the user interface and almost limitless flexibility. There are tools that are even easier to adopt by someone new to analytics, but none that would provide the scalability of KNIME when the user skills and application complexity grows
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    SAP
    For me, since its fully cloud solution (SaaS), the prices comes based on the usage, also SAP Business Data Cloud comes with multiple service (SAP BW, SAC & Datasphere) in Single platform where the maintenance is also less, also it is already available with AI capabilities (SAP Joule), with one single platform (with multiple services) skills can be increased, having worked 13 years in SAP BW, I would like to see the evolution of the data.
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    Reliability and Availability
    KNIME
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    SAP
    SAP Business Data Cloud has been highly available and reliable for our day-to-day activities. We have experienced very few disruptions, and the platform generally performs consistently. The reason for not awarding a perfect score is that occasional maintenance activities or cloud service issues can occur, as is common with any enterprise SaaS platform. Overall, availability has met our business needs very well.
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    Performance
    KNIME
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    SAP
    SAP Business Data Cloud provides solid overall performance, with pages and standard reports generally loading within an acceptable timeframe. The platform handles enterprise-scale data and analytics workloads effectively. While very large datasets, complex reports, or extensive integrations can occasionally impact response times, overall performance has been reliable and suitable for business operations.
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    Support Rating
    KNIME
    KNIME's HQ is in Europe, which makes it hard for US companies to get customer service in time and on time. Their customer service also takes on average 1 to 2 weeks to follow up with your request. KNIME's documentation is also helpful but it does not provide you all the answers you need some of the time.
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    SAP
    support team is generally responsive and knowledgeable, and most issues are addressed within acceptable timelines. Documentation and standard guidance are helpful for common scenarios.
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    In-Person Training
    KNIME
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    It will be more effective. Higher Engagement and Focus. we can ask questions and get the clarity on the spot. Better Knowledge Retention. Stronger Collaboration and Networking. Overall it will be a rich Communication. Sensitive or complex topics are often easier to discuss in person. Informal discussions during breaks often lead to valuable knowledge sharing.
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    Online Training
    KNIME
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    One of the best training session I attended and they covered most of the topics and answered all our questions. participants joined from different regions, infact they all had a different questions and it was different thoughts from all of then and helped to learn better. Though I was on travel, I could able yo attend the session.
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    Implementation Rating
    KNIME
    KNIME Analytics Platform is easy to install on any Windows, Mac or Linux machine. The KNIME Server product that is currently being replaced by the KNIME Business Hub comes as multiple layers of software and it took us some time to set up the system right for stability. This was made harder by KNIME staff's deeper expertise in setting up the Server in Linux rather than Windows environment. The KNIME Business Hub promises to have a simpler architecture, although currently there is no visibility of a Windows version of the product.
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    SAP
    I have done implementation of models in traditional bw and Using BDC. The integration of BDC with S4 hana for creating sap data products is seamless and reduces lot of implementation effort. The intelligent app feature is BDC also eases the implementation effort. If i have to compare the previous world with new BDC, implementation effort is largely saved
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    Alternatives Considered
    KNIME
    Having used both the Alteryx and [KNIME Analytics] I can definitely feel the ease of using the software of Alteryx. The [KNIME Analytics] on the other hand isn't that great but is 90% of what Alteryx can do along with how much ease it can do. Having said that, the 90% functionality and UI at no cost would be enough for me to quit using Alteryx and move towards [KNIME Analytics].
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    SAP
    When I used Collibra, it was providing good insight and automatic report but Collibra was hard to integrate with other system and required expert knowledge and Collibra team support to integrate fully. When we switched to SAP Business Data Cloud, Integration was seamless with Edna and other data storages like data lake.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    KNIME
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    SAP
    I would rate the contract terms and pricing structure of SAP Business Data Cloud as 7 out of 10. The pricing model is generally aligned with enterprise-scale deployments and provides flexibility for organizations looking to consolidate data, analytics, and governance capabilities on a single platform. The contract terms are comprehensive, and SAP offers multiple licensing options to support different business requirements and growth scenarios.The primary reason for this rating is that the pricing and licensing structure can be complex to understand, particularly when estimating long-term costs as data volumes, users, and workloads increase. Greater transparency around consumption-based charges, usage forecasting, and future scaling costs would make planning easier. I would also prefer simpler licensing bundles and more predictable pricing tiers. Overall, the model supports enterprise needs well, but additional simplicity and clarity would improve the customer experience and make budgeting more straightforward.
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    Scalability
    KNIME
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    SAP
    SAP Business Data Cloud provides strong scalability for enterprise data management and analytics, supporting growth in data volumes, users, and business use cases. The platform's extensibility and integration capabilities make it adaptable across departments and sites. The reason I did not rate it higher is that large-scale deployments may require additional effort around governance, integration, and advanced customization to fully realize enterprise-wide adoption
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    Professional Services
    KNIME
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    SAP
    The professional services team demonstrated strong technical expertise and a solid understanding of data integration, analytics, governance, and cloud architecture. They provided valuable guidance during planning, implementation, and configuration phases, helping accelerate deployment and reduce potential risks. Their recommendations aligned well with best practices and supported a smooth transition to the platform.The reason I did not assign a higher rating is that some specialized requirements required additional consultation cycles and coordination between different teams, which occasionally extended timelines. In certain cases, deeper industry-specific examples or more tailored implementation guidance would have been beneficial. Despite these challenges, the team remained responsive, collaborative, and focused on achieving business outcomes. Overall, the professional services engagement added significant value and helped maximize the benefits of the SAP Business Data Cloud investment.
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    Return on Investment
    KNIME
    • It is suited for data mining or machine learning work but If we're looking for advanced stat methods such as mixed effects linear/logistics models, that needs to be run through an R node.
    • Thinking of our peers with an advanced visualization techniques requirement, it is a lagging product.
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    SAP
    • SAP Business Data Cloud has made it very simple for Dashboards and stories to be created using various features provided to users
    • Due to High maintenance and governance costs not many users are convinced to move from legacy systems like BOBJ.
    • Data fabric architecture has made it very simple and cost effective to bring various models onboard to SAP Business Data Cloud
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    ScreenShots

    KNIME Analytics Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of the KNIME Modern UI. This is the the new user interface for the KNIME Analytics Platform that is available with improved look and feel as the default interface, from KNIME Analytics Platform version 5.1.0 release.Screenshot of the KNIME Analytics Platform user interface - the KNIME Workbench - displays the current, open workflow(s). Here is the general user interface layout — application tabs, side panel, workflow editor and node monitor.Screenshot of the KNIME user interface elements — workflow toolbar, node action bar, rename components and metanodes.Screenshot of the entry page, which is displayed by clicking the Home tab. From here users can; check out example workflows to get started, access a local workspace, or even start a new workflow by clicking the yellow plus button.Screenshot of the status of a KNIME node, which shows whether it's configured, not configured, executed, or has an error.Screenshot of the KNIME node action bar, which can be used to configure, execute, cancel, reset, and - when available - open the view.