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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MySQL

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.N/A

    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP BPC software is designed to help users plan and achieve a faster, more accurate close. The SAP BPC software aims to help users spend more time growing their business and less time closing books. The vendor’s value proposition is that their software delivers planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidation capabilities in a single application. This, in turn, enables them to easily adjust plans and forecasts, speed up budget and closing cycles, and ensure compliance with…N/A
    Pricing
    MySQLSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MySQLSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MySQLSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    49 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    51 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    51 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    MySQLSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of MySQL and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.8
    41 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings7.535 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.137 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.840 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings7.336 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings8.140 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of MySQL and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.3
    40 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.436 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.330 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.928 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings6.930 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings7.020 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings6.433 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.227 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of MySQL and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    7.3
    40 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings7.240 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings7.539 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings6.430 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of MySQL and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    5.6
    36 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings5.024 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings3.031 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings7.628 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of MySQL and SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Feature
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    6.4
    39 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings6.935 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings6.937 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings5.425 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    MySQLSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Small Businesses
    MariaDB Platform
    Score9.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    PostgreSQL
    Score8.8 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SQLite
    Score8 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MySQLSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (146 ratings)
    7.4
    (41 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (18 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.7
    (39 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MySQLSAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    MySQL is best suited for applications on platform like high-traffic content-driven websites, small-scale web apps, data warehouses which regards light analytical workloads. However its less suited for areas like enterprise data warehouse, OLAP cubes, large-scale reporting, applications requiring flexible or semi-structured data like event logging systems, product configurations, dynamic forms.
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    SAP
    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) overall is a good package and has helped improve our reporting a lot whilst also making it more efficient due to the reliability of data input / output. There are limitations like graphs being so limited in functionality and reports failing when too much data being processed however i would recommend to others.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Stable - it just runs, with minimal downtime or errors
    • Fast - well-structured data is quickly written and read
    • Secure - MySQL is easy to keep data secure from people and applications that shouldn't see it
    • Easy to use - SQL is industry standard so no problems with adding, editing and reading data stored in MySQL
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    SAP
    • SAP BPC is real time data. You can send information into the system and see it reflected in your reports immediately. Other systems may require a manual push into a reporting system.
    • SAP BPC is a shared reporting tool, so multiple users can be working in a model/environment at the same time, real time. This is especially helpful if your workbooks incorporated multiple processes requiring multiple users to get into the same model.
    • SAP BPC is a powerful tool designed to help all facets of the company, from cash flow to capital expenditures to headcount management to financial planning to consolidation.
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • Learning curve: is big. Newbies will face problems in understanding the platform initially. However, with plenty of online resources, one can easily find solutions to problems and learn on the go.
    • Backup and restore: MySQL is not very seamless. Although the data is never ruptured or missed, the process involved is not very much user-friendly. Maybe, a new command-line interface for only the backup-restore functionality shall be set up again to make this very important step much easier to perform and maintain.
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    SAP
    • SAP should focus on delivering one single product for planning, consolidation and budgeting needs rather than providing a large list of options to choose from.
    • The product is not very user-friendly compared to other cloud competitors. There is a heavy dependency on IT teams.
    • SAP BPC should come up a pure cloud option.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    For teaching Databases and SQL, I would definitely continue to use MySQL. It provides a good, solid foundation to learn about databases. Also to learn about the SQL language and how it works with the creation, insertion, deletion, updating, and manipulation of data, tables, and databases. This SQL language is a foundation and can be used to learn many other database related concepts.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Oracle
    I give MySQL a 9/10 overall because I really like it but I feel like there are a lot of tech people who would hate it if I gave it a 10/10. I've never had any problems with it or reached any of its limitations but I know a few people who have so I can't give it a 10/10 based on those complaints.
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    SAP
    Unlike other SAP traditional products, SAP BPC was meant to be simple and familiar to financial users
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    We have never contacted MySQL enterprise support team for any issues related to MySQL. This is because we have been using primarily the MySQL Server community edition and have been using the MySQL support forums for any questions and practical guidance that we needed before and during the technical implementations. Overall, the support community has been very helpful and allowed us to make the most out of the community edition.
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    SAP
    We need a big support team with various skillset like BPC, ABAP, BW, HANA, FICO etc
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    In-Person Training
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP BPC training content and trainers are very good. The training is structured and provides a very good understanding of the product features and functionalities. I attended 6 separate training sessions of week-long or more. I had very good experience in all the sessions. The training is organized very well.
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    Online Training
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP Training contents are very good, informative and exhaustive.
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    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    1. Estimate your data size. 2. Test, test, and test.
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    SAP
    The implementation was carried out in two phases spread over a period of 4 years with 2 upgrades in between. We also had multiple upgrades to HANA.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    MongoDB has a dynamic schema for how data is stored in 'documents' whereas MySQL is more structured with tables, columns, and rows. MongoDB was built for high availability whereas MySQL can be a challenge when it comes to replication of the data and making everything redundant in the event of a DR or outage.
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    SAP
    With Hyperion we struggled as it didn’t have integrated planning and consolidation, whereas BPC does have it. BPC is easier for reporting as it is Excel-based. Also BPC has prepackaged business process flows that helped a lot. Hyperion on the other hand has a faster response time for user queries or report generation.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • As it is an open source solution through community solution, we can use it in a multitude of projects without cost license
    • The acquisition by Oracle makes you need to contract support for the enterprise version
    • If you have knowledge about oracle databases, you can get more out of the enterprise version
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    SAP
    • When originally implemented (as the predecessor product Outlooksoft) BPC took ASU from trying to budget and forecast for a 2B enterprise out of spreadsheets and into a far more consolidated tool. It has saved us considerable time over the years and paid for itself several times over.
    • BPC also allows us to present our budget in multiple different views to support management, board and departmental reporting.
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    ScreenShots

    SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Screenshots

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