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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nimble

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ANimble is a social customer relationship management (CRM) system with features such as contact management and data-driven analytics.

    $15

    per month

    SAP Business Data Cloud

    Score8.6 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
    NimbleSAP Business Data Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Business
    $19.00
    Per User Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NimbleSAP Business Data Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    NimbleSAP Business Data Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Nimble
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
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    91%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
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    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    38 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    77%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    Features
    NimbleSAP Business Data Cloud
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.5
    30 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
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    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.428 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management8.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management8.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management6.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking9.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management8.126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Case management7.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management8.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.7
    27 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management8.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.2
    29 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.9
    27 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting8.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.827 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.6
    29 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects8.322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment8.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.324 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.4
    29 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Social data8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.8
    25 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation8.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management8.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Nimble and SAP Business Data Cloud
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.3
    27 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access8.327 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    NimbleSAP Business Data Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NimbleSAP Business Data Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (33 ratings)
    8.6
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    8.6
    (36 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 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
    -
    (0 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
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NimbleSAP Business Data Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nimble
    This tool is suitable for all sizes of organizations since it has the capacity to manage customer relations in the best possible way. Its features like task management, reports, social collaboration, and forecasting are always considered important for CRM and they all work without causing any trouble. But its Reports need to be more elaborate and its interface should be made easier and less tricky.
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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
    Nimble
    • Importing contacts in the CRM is very much consist of easy steps.
    • It allows me to create, edit and view contacts records anywhere from the web.
    • It is helping me to stay organized in terms of marketing needs and providing real-time information automatically.
    • it is playing an excellent role in managing our all relations.
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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
    Nimble
    • Nimble's storage space is very sparse, but we have found that it can be expanded at an additional cost.
    • Their mobile application is not as good as some of us expected, and we strongly recommend improving it to make it work effectively.
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    SAP
    • Though SAP Business Data Cloud supports non-SAP data, integration is still not user friendly
    • Since it combines multiple services together, Cost is based on usage of the tool
    • Could be better if there is automated BW to SAP Business Data Cloud migration tool along with ABAP logic conversion support
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Nimble
    It's truly a great system if you get it for the right reasons. Don't expect it to do everything a mid market organization would require but for any small business or mid to large organizations which would like to integrate to it for the social insights capabilities this is a leading solution which can add value immediately
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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
    Nimble
    The platform has more advantages and positives as compared to challenges or negatives in comparison to other comparable products and platforms available in the marketplace. It was extremely easy to get started with the initial deployment which makes the choice much clearer. Finally its tight integration not just with Microsoft O365 suite, but also with [the] most popular social media platforms available makes it a very favorable platform in its domain.
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    SAP
    SAP Business Data Cloud offers robust capabilities that enable me to analyze data and extract valuable business insights. It creates a single source of truth with seamless SAP integrations that enable faster, more reliable reporting. It has freed my team from complex engineering efforts by simplifying data analytics, giving us more time to focus on generating insights.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Nimble
    It was productive to be able to access remote support sessions from nimble employees, whom we decided to contact to have one of the features mentioned above explained to us. They were methodical and easy to explain solutions, so we recommend them for any kind of doubt.
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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
    Nimble
    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
    Nimble
    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
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Nimble
    Nimble has proven to be a positive and well-respected application within our company for setting us up for success at building personal and meaningful associations with decision makers. It has been a significant reason why we have gained acceptance and trust from those who we have introduced ourselves to over time. The ability to feel a true understanding of our prospects and customers as real human beings with unique interests and common aspirations opens up doors of valuable conversation. The other options that were reviewed and considered provided many of the common ways from the past that stored CRM information. This method was much more of a static representation of the real interactions made between a company or salesperson with the prospects and customers. Nimble has brought back what should never have been lost - being like neighbors who spoke to each other about more things than just business.
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    SAP
    With a S4 backend a lot of core functionality is made simpler - authorization, data types, currency conversion. In particular if the front end choice is SAP Analytics Cloud. The lack of a good connection from Power BI to the datasphere application (instead of the underlying HANA cloud) is a major drawback in that scenario.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Nimble
    • Time-Saving is one of the biggest ROIs for me. 30-60 minutes a day means I can focus on more marketing, sales, or client work.
    • A soft ROI is in better contact relationships. People are often impressed that I follow-up after meetings, and especially when they say to contact them in 6 months or next year.
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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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