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    Strategy Analytics

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicroStrategy Analytics is an enterprise business analytics and mobility platform. Key features include automatic big data analysis and reporting, data discovery and visualization, digital security credentials, and support for mobile devices.N/A

    SAP Master Data Governance

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Master Data Governance is a master data management solution that helps users to implement a cohesive and harmonized master data management strategy across all master data domains. It is presented as a solution that simplifies enterprise data management, increases data accuracy, and that facilitates consolidation, central governance and data quality management. The SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition, a…N/A
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    Strategy AnalyticsSAP Master Data Governance
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    Strategy AnalyticsSAP Master Data Governance
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Strategy AnalyticsSAP Master Data Governance
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Strategy AnalyticsSAP Master Data Governance
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Strategy Analytics and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    26 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
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    Pixel Perfect reports10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Strategy Analytics and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    24 Ratings
    22% above category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
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    Drill-down analysis10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Strategy Analytics and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    23 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
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    Publish to Web10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Strategy Analytics and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    22% above category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics10.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Strategy Analytics and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    21 Ratings
    16% above category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
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    Multi-User Support (named login)10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Strategy Analytics and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    9.7
    19 Ratings
    22% above category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
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    Responsive Design for Web Access10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Strategy Analytics and SAP Master Data Governance
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    25% above category average
    SAP Master Data Governance
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    REST API10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Strategy AnalyticsSAP Master Data Governance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    8.0
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (27 ratings)
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    3.2
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (76 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    2.2
    (5 ratings)
    5.6
    (71 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
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    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Strategy AnalyticsSAP Master Data Governance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Strategy
    MSTR is great for any organization that is looking for a way to deliver complicated data in an uncomplicated way. From business teams to marketing and finance, several departments benefit from using MSTR to keep track of KPIs enabling teams to make optimizations along the way. MSTR provides great visual representations of data enabling team members to distill thousands of data points into easily digestible charts and graphs
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    SAP
    The best use case of SAP Master Data Governance is centrally consolidating your organizational data so you can make sense of it and make business decisions using that data. We live in a world where data can be all over the place, and making sense of it is a skill of its own.
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    Pros
    Strategy
    • They sell the product well, and make promises you will actually believe
    • "checks the box" for most features a company would need. Doesn't actually deliver them though
    • They answer the phone in a timely manner. Can't answer your questions or provide support, but the queue time isn't bad
    • They have online documentation. It's not up to date, and likely doesn't reflect the version of software you are using, but hey... they can point to it.
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    SAP
    • Data conversation and Data uploading into SAP S/4 HANA system using SAP Master Data Governance during SAP implementation phase.
    • Centrally Data governance to have visibility of data in different systems with integration to SAP Master Data Governance, including SAP S/4, SAP EWM and SAP Ariba.
    • Data Management and Data correction using MDM through SAP Master Data Governance for Materials, which is subjected to approval before finally using in the S/4.
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    Cons
    Strategy
    • The graph options are not as robust as an Excel user might want.
    • The metadata layer can sometimes be slower, and it takes a long time for reports to run.
    • Viewing the data feed entered can be cumbersome at times, in terms of validation with reports.
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    SAP
    • We've had to design our own unique or alternative solutions to satisfy our business objectives because plugins don't always perform well with the main product.
    • It can be sluggish at times and lacks functionality offered by rival MDM packages, as well as limited resources and documentation for certain areas such as hierarchy.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Strategy
    I would always choose to renew MicroStrategy as long as they lead the market in features, functionality and price. The support of MicroStrategy is timely and professional, I frequently get answers to my questions within 24 hours and normally have solutions within 48 hours. Training available for MicroStrategy completely covers everything required to be able to expertly use MicroStrategy and understand data warehousing.
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    SAP
    MDG has proven to work and to bring results once implemented with the right approach, right engagement and sponsorship. Given that it is a very good tool to govern and control master data. Mainly if your company runs SAP systems which there will be a very straight forward integration, not needing any additional middleware or technologies.
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    Usability
    Strategy
    The standard grid reporting could look more like the styling and object used for the Import and Visual Insight products. In addition, object properties almost seem to be hidden when first using the product. It's as if they are asking the engineers to only use the presets we make available...and, these presets are 10+ years old. On the positive side, Microstrategy seems to be the only product, not named Cognos, which can scale to Big Data. The product is "hackable" via the SDK or tricking the Intelligence Server to do uncommon things. The Microstrategy development team also seems to be very involved with their OEM partners; especially when it comes to features and enhancements. A large majority of the improvements we suggested have made it into the product or on the roadmap for future enhancements. Only suckas fall for the shiny objects from most other vendors; Microstrategy is really the only choice for Enterprise BI.
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    SAP
    Upto 8 1. Powerful Features: It offers a wide range of powerful features. 2. Complex Data Management: It helps companies to comply with large and complex regulation and audit processes. Missing 2: 1. Less interactive user interface or less modern look. 2. Limited integration with other tools
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    Reliability and Availability
    Strategy
    I've never had an issue with MicroStrategy not being available due to MicroStrategy application malfunction. It is very robust and only failures I've seen were due to user error or the platform the machine running the service failed some how.
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    Performance
    Strategy
    Being able to customize the performance based on the business need is extremely powerful. Proper configuration and understanding of the usage pattern is key, if the technical ability of the architect is not at top level, then the product will not be configured correctly which will lead to poor performance.
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    Support Rating
    Strategy
    Good user community. Support team is available if you are under AMC. You get decent support after raising the support ticket. If it is product bug they will inform you and let you know which patch will resolve the same.
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    SAP
    SAP provides great support for Master Data Governance (MDG). They work with us when we are faced with issues in standard solutions. SAP has a great set of Fiori tools that can be used for a better user experience. The issue with SAP is their web dynpro UI screens and they need to provide better support for performance issues that customers face.
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    Online Training
    Strategy
    I have attended many trainings offered by MicroStrategy; both distance and in-person training. I earned my CRD (Certified Report Developer) certification via the online training. I found the training to be well organized and concise. Overall I will definitely continue to increase my knowledge with MicroStrategy via the online training offering.
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    SAP
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    Implementation Rating
    Strategy
    We measured following KPI for the success
    • Increase in Business Feeds Loads
    • Reduction in Controllers Manual Work.
    • Conversion of Manual Work into Systematic Workflows.
    • Increase in Customer Spend
    • Reduction in Service costs
    • Reduction in time-to-market for new campaigns
    • Increase in cross sell and Up sell
    • Error reduction in customer Identification
    • Existing client retained
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    SAP
    critical to get management on board earlier and prioritize the resources
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    Alternatives Considered
    Strategy
    Tableau is probably MicroStrategy Analytic's biggest competitor I've noticed over time, and I'm not sure why. Tableau only covers visualizations independently for each business user, which then creates the issues of every employee creating their own version of the data, and then you have 20 versions of the truth. A enterprise data warehouse and MicroStrategy's Visual Insight is a better method.
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    SAP
    An environment provided by SAP Master Data Governance seamless and integration with other SAP products is very good. Also it ensures compatibility and streamlines procedures, this integration is beneficial for businesses who have already invested in SAP products.
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    Scalability
    Strategy
    This software is extremely scaleable, one can add more core servers which performs as a load balancing. The configurations available to manage usage patterns and daily activity are as high a caliber as any other enterprise level software. This product can be installed on both a windows and unix platform allow for integration on a budget.
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    SAP
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    Return on Investment
    Strategy
    • MicroStrategy was helpful for reducing the amount of time we needed to spend number crunching large data sets, and in doing so, allowed me as the primary users to spend more time gleaning insights from the data that in turn informed our leadership team to make strategic decisions.
    • By creating numerous canned reports available to all members of the team through email distribution or basic access to the platform, we were able to reduce the time I spent showing people how to pull the data in Microsoft Excel by nearly 40% .
    • We ended up needing to make many changes to the way our DMP was feeding data into MicroStrategy due to incorrect reporting that caused complications in accounting and finance.
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    SAP
    • MDG is definitely an investment that takes a few years to recuperate. (If you are looking at pure, direct financial benefits.)
    • However, if you look at all the productivity gains in the business due to not having to stop the business constantly because of data issues, the payback period would be substantially shorter.
    • In particular, we were able to reduce master data maintenance staffing levels while increasing quality and decreasing workload for business requesters and approvers.
    • Not having to worry about data integrity issues has shortened the time to realize benefits for several of our major process change related projects and it has also decreased the risk of these projects running into significant delays (often at the last minute) due to master data being misjudged during the process resdesign.
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Master Data Governance Screenshots

    Screenshot of Data consolidation:  An integrated database of customer, supplier, and product information calls for a consumer-grade user experience and an intuitive, flexible process.Screenshot of Central data governance: The inbox in support of data governance workflows.  By centralizing your heterogeneous systems into a single source, you can create, maintain, and distribute master data across your enterprise.Screenshot of Mass processing: Master data stewards can perform bulk changes in business partner, customer, supplier, and product data with highly-effective mass change processes.Screenshot of Data quality management: Business rules that are defined, validated, and monitored help safeguard master data
readiness and ensure that it’s fit for use.Screenshot of Process analytics: Data governance is significantly enhanced when master data is continuously measured and monitored.