Oracle Analytics Server vs. SAP Crystal

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle Analytics Server
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Analytics Server, replacing the former Oracle BI Foundation Suite is a business intelligence reporting and analytics platform. It provides users with a series of integrated tools for ad-hoc query and analysis, dashboard and scorecard creation, enterprise reporting, mobile analytics, multidimensional OLAP, and predictive analytics.N/A
SAP Crystal
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SAP Crystal is an analytics and reporting software solution for SMBs. SAP Crystal comprises Crystal Reports for pixel-perfect reporting, and SAP Crystal Server for automated distribution and self-service access to reports, dashboards and data exploration.
$295
per single user license
Pricing
Oracle Analytics ServerSAP Crystal
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Upgrade Version to SAP Crystal Reports 2020
$295
per single user license
SAP Crystal Reports 2020 64-Bit
$495
per single user license
SAP Crystal Reports 2016 32-Bit
$495
per single user license
SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL
$869
per user license + first year maintenance to be added
SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL
$8,744
5 concurrent users + first year maintenance to be added
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle Analytics ServerSAP Crystal
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.* SAP Crystal Reports 2020 Viewer allows you to view static data within a SAP Crystal Reports file. * SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Full version allows you to create powerful, richly formatted, and dynamic reports from virtually any data source, delivered in dozens of formats, in up to 28 languages. If you already have an older version of Crystal Reports, buy a license for SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Upgrade at a discounted, upgrade price. * SAP Crystal Server 2020, 1 NUL includes 1 license of: SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - SAP Crystal Server 2020. * As an add-on to SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL, SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL allows you to support a wider, intermittent audience of end users, up to five logged on at the same time.
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Community Pulse
Oracle Analytics ServerSAP Crystal
Considered Both Products
Oracle Analytics Server
Chose Oracle Analytics Server
Compared to Microsoft BI, Oracle BI has got good data modeling, adhoc reporting, scheduling and some rich visualization capabilities which definitely made us to choose Oracle BI against Microsoft BI.

Tableau BI is a very simple and easy tool to implement and helps business users …
Chose Oracle Analytics Server
The big competitor is always going to be Excel - and for the most part it has many of the same capabilities for graphing, pivot tables, and table displays that are required for reporting.
I've also used Crystal Reports and think that for enterprise reporting in a data warehouse …
SAP Crystal
Chose SAP Crystal
SAP Crystal stacks up against those solutions cause if you set up the scale for high detailed results with a high level of complexity SAP Crystal can take you there and far beyond that. I strongly recommend to invest time doing a decent training in related tools like SQL, also …
Chose SAP Crystal
SAP Crystal Server is exactly what we need for our reporting, both internally and externally, and we consistently use the scheduled reporting option and set up automatic delivery to save us time. These features are the main reason why we decided that this program was the …
Chose SAP Crystal
As already stated, some businesses may find SAP Crystal Reports too expensive. While there are cheaper alternatives, it will all depend on your business' specific needs which product to choose. Another factor to consider is, what is the product, the majority of your clients is …
Chose SAP Crystal
We are very happy with SAP Crystal Server and we chose to go with SAP Crystal Server because it was the best fit for all the different departments that use it. With the other programs that we evaluated, we could not come to a consensus because certain critical features were …
Chose SAP Crystal
SAP Crystal Server was chosen because of the scheduled reports capabilities that it had and because we were happier with the end look of the reports. We found the reports that are obtained with SAP Crystal Server easier to interpret than some what some of the other BI programs …
Chose SAP Crystal
When we evaluated several options, we found SAP Crystal Server to be more reliable than some of its competitors. We wanted something that we could customise to use in several departments and for all different types of situations where reports would be useful. We also use other …
Chose SAP Crystal
My department actually had a preference for another more powerful product but in the end I think SAP Crystal Server was chosen because it met our needs and it was within the budget we were looking to allocate to this type of software.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Oracle Analytics ServerSAP Crystal
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
8.4
38 Ratings
2% above category average
SAP Crystal
9.3
122 Ratings
13% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.934 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.237 Ratings10.097 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.138 Ratings10.0115 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
8.2
38 Ratings
1% above category average
SAP Crystal
9.6
134 Ratings
17% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.437 Ratings10.0115 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.138 Ratings10.0133 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.124 Ratings8.663 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.237 Ratings10.0118 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
9.1
38 Ratings
9% above category average
SAP Crystal
9.4
134 Ratings
12% above category average
Publish to Web8.732 Ratings9.289 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.238 Ratings10.0131 Ratings
Report Versioning9.030 Ratings9.093 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.836 Ratings9.096 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.618 Ratings10.052 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
8.5
37 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Crystal
8.0
88 Ratings
1% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.036 Ratings7.651 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.532 Ratings8.575 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.127 Ratings7.841 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
8.8
38 Ratings
2% above category average
SAP Crystal
8.6
86 Ratings
0% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.238 Ratings7.879 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.238 Ratings7.778 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.537 Ratings8.478 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.321 Ratings9.038 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
7.3
30 Ratings
8% below category average
SAP Crystal
8.4
62 Ratings
6% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.730 Ratings8.760 Ratings
Mobile Application7.326 Ratings7.643 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.528 Ratings9.057 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Analytics Server
7.7
18 Ratings
3% below category average
SAP Crystal
7.0
43 Ratings
12% below category average
REST API7.915 Ratings7.48 Ratings
Javascript API9.016 Ratings6.035 Ratings
iFrames6.614 Ratings7.18 Ratings
Java API9.715 Ratings6.035 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.114 Ratings8.337 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)5.913 Ratings7.031 Ratings
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User Ratings
Oracle Analytics ServerSAP Crystal
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(45 ratings)
10.0
(156 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(8 ratings)
10.0
(19 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.4
(28 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
8.6
(21 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
8.8
(14 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle Analytics ServerSAP Crystal
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
The entire deployment and configuration stage was easy and it was accessible across the organization in a matter of days. Oracle Analytics Server being a cloud-based solution helped right from Input of Bulk Data to Info preparation, Data cleaning, and finally Data Modeling. Everything was visual and the Help Wizard was very intuitive.
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SAP
Generation of templated reports is the strong suit of SAP Crystal. Allows users to change formats in templates bases on requirement with minimal effort. Automated report delivery requires the user to be aware of sql which cannot be expected from all users. Should support more document export formats and improve the UI for SAP B1 Users
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Pros
Oracle
  • Oracle helps with easy customization of reports.
  • It helps with the creation of dashboards and the integration of different data sources.
  • Oracle BI was a package used for multiple users across our organization - publishing and distributing reports was a breeze.
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SAP
  • Crystal Reports allows us to create a consistent template for all of our reports.
  • Crystal Reports and Server allows us to house a repository for all of our reports to make them easy to find and update when necessary.
  • Crystal Reports can connect to a wide variety of data sources.
  • Crystal Reports can be a little daunting when first implementing. There are a lot of nuances in learning how to truly master this software and it can be frustrating at times.
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Cons
Oracle
  • More AI but with human back up.
  • Less mumbo jumbo so even IT guys/gals can more easily work.
  • More statistics (math) and orientation for those not familiar with it.
  • More live as well as virtual (live) show casing of real situations in business.
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SAP
  • The export of reports to Excel is very cumbersome and the results are difficult to format.
  • The design of reports and the graphical features (e.g. charts) feel quite rigid.
  • The learning curve for a non-programmer is incredibly steep, making Crystal a specialty tool.
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Likelihood to Renew
Oracle
Scalability and rich integration capabilities. In the future, if we go with Hyperion for the Financial Consolidation and planning purposes -BI integration with Hyperion is going to be much simpler as it has native interface connectivity and even integration capabilities with well known CRM products (Siebel) and ERP Products (Oracle EBS, Peoplesoft, SAP) is going to be easy and straight forward.
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SAP
We have been using this product for so many years and it has truly become a cornerstone to our business processes when it comes to developing and distributing information via reports. We currently have over 500 reports developed to date over about 30 systems and that will continue to grow as user needs change.
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Usability
Oracle
For me or a staff memeber that uses it frequently, its usability is sufficient. However newbies could have a few issues but find their workflow
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SAP
Crystal is very robust, but not always easy to use. It create wonderful looking reports, and so deserves a high rating. However, I have to take a couple of points off for the simple fact that I cannot hand it to a user and expect them to be able to do development with it.
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Reliability and Availability
Oracle
No problems, it's that simple.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Performance
Oracle
Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Oracle
It's fast, efficient and easy to work with. Scheduling could help when planning out a day however overall it's a big plus when rolling out and supporting Oracle.
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SAP
The support community can be difficult to navigate. I've also run into issues with my login. The SAP system has a bizarre mechanism for validating users that requires users to have what is called an S-ID. A basic ID may not give you access to all the features in the portal. The limitation may include not being able to perform a simple task like downloading patches and updates. This isn't a big deal for single user license but for teams it can be a pain.
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In-Person Training
Oracle
Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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SAP
Trainer was patient and thorough in going through the basics and willing to answer questions by email after the initial training
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Online Training
Oracle
It was a private training site.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Oracle
A properly implemented Endeca solution performs extremely well on the largest of datasets and it positions your organization to immediately achieve your ROI.
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SAP
Just like any other implementation: When designing the differing reports, get end users' input, make sure to design the reports so that they display the information that the company requires, in the best and clearest way possible.
Test, test, test, revise when needed, and, particularly, do sufficient training so users are comfortable using Crystal Reports!
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Alternatives Considered
Oracle
Oracle BI works pretty well and has been well acknowledged and appreciated by the business users and power users who develop reports and dashboards. Compared to other tools, Oracle BI object development is easier and has a quick turnout. Using Oracle BI with Essbase and Oracle Exadata db, we believe the performance rendering data is quite good. We are using MicroStrategy as well almost equally, but for critical reporting needs considering the back end is Oracle and Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) we have chosen OBIEE.
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SAP
Crystal reports is useful in case we want to import data from data base . We can write queries in it but Google Charts require to be implemented in our application using code so crystal reports is better than Google Charts.
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Scalability
Oracle
We have seen the results of this in our initial research and are not surprised that Oracle does this like it does soo many other things in this area, so well.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Oracle
  • We've used OBIEE (or it's previous named product) for over 13 years and it's still the most used tool for BI by the business.
  • We moved our largest business system off of Business Object into OBI so we could gain improved performance, reliability, and easier management of metadata.
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SAP
  • It is a decent buy for specific departments in terms of reporting capabilities but updates and cost (frequent) demands are higher with the benefits offered.
  • So long as the requirements are not ever changing, with scheduling functionality, it's a handsome tool.
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