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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pigment

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/APigment is an enterprise-grade business planning platform that provides users with a 360° view of the business, updates its financial models in real-time, and allows users to run what-if scenarios at the click of a button. Pigment aims to enable FP&A and revenue teams to improve cross-functional collaboration, increase internal efficiency, and align financial and operational plans, all while scaling reporting and data management.N/A

    SAP Analytics Cloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP Analytics Cloud solution brings together analytics and planning with integration to SAP applications and access to heterogenous data sources. As the analytics and planning solution within SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud supports trusted insights and integrated planning processes enterprise-wide to help make decisions without doubt.

    $36

    per month per user

    Pricing
    PigmentSAP Analytics Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    SAP Analytics Cloud for Business Intelligence
    $36.00
    per month per user
    SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
    Price upon request
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PigmentSAP Analytics Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—A 30-day trial with SAP Analytics Cloud is available, supporting analytics enterprise-wide. A trial can be extended up to 90 days on request.
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    Community Pulse
    PigmentSAP Analytics Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Pigment
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    Great integration with sap. Not good for customization.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    266 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    300 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    5 Answers
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    178 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
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    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    221 Answers
    Features
    PigmentSAP Analytics Cloud
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.6
    357 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.65 Ratings7.4302 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.64 Ratings7.9345 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.05 Ratings7.4319 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    7.7
    6 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.5
    358 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.96 Ratings7.9348 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.56 Ratings7.3345 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.54 Ratings6.9256 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.96 Ratings8.1334 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.4
    339 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Publish to Web8.05 Ratings7.7290 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.26 Ratings7.8321 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.15 Ratings7.5282 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.05 Ratings7.5278 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.758 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.4
    343 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.95 Ratings7.8325 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.05 Ratings7.5312 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.95 Ratings7.2312 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.15 Ratings7.099 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.2
    349 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.95 Ratings8.2323 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.15 Ratings8.1331 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.85 Ratings8.1324 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.95 Ratings8.2134 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.05 Ratings8.5327 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.4
    294 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.25 Ratings7.5283 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.95 Ratings6.8247 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.85 Ratings7.0274 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning8.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    6.8
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports6.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership6.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting7.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails7.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting6.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    8.6
    7 Ratings
    13% above category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Pigment and SAP Analytics Cloud
    Feature
    Pigment
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.1
    66 Ratings
    9% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings7.156 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.049 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings7.143 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.142 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.451 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.843 Ratings
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    PigmentSAP Analytics Cloud
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PigmentSAP Analytics Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (7 ratings)
    8.1
    (382 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (22 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    7.7
    (307 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (73 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (9 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (61 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (61 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PigmentSAP Analytics Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pigment
    Planning, financials, and even sales tracking are greatly helpful for project planning. This makes product planning easy; you can simply see what the industry is demanding and what should be produced more in coming quarters. If you have really huge data, then this sometimes crashes.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    >> Using SAC predictive analytics capabilities for inventory management in a Production line setup has helped generate Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders for raw or semi-finished goods without much head-banging into Demand management rules. It does it beautifully with seamless integration with HANA core MM and PP modules, along with BI integration. It has resulted in 30% greater warehouse storage capacity, thereby saving revenue from piled-up inventory and associated manpower costs. >> SAC sometimes shows latency in working out a large data set, thus giving a poor user experience compared to its competition. Also, it may occasionally show misinterpretations when embedding data from 3rd-party systems into the HANA core dataset.
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    Pros
    Pigment
    • Helping organizations assess the impacts of various business decisions effectively​
    • Seamlessly integrates with multiple data sources
    • Collaboration with other teams and teammates
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    SAP
    • It makes it easier yo analyse order and related records easily.
    • We can easily maintain and track the performance of employees in organisation.
    • Can easily track various aspects for the growth of an organisation thus allowing real time analysis and tracking of organisation's growth and performance.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Pigment
    • Its not that stable, need some improvements in stability of the product. Gets crashed sometimes
    • There is learning curv for script as pigment have its own logic things
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • Complexity in Data Modeling
    • SAC supports various data sources, but improvements in the ease of connecting to and integrating with certain data repositories, especially non-SAP databases, would enhance the platform's versatility and integration capabilities.
    • An offline mode for SAC could be valuable for users who need to access and analyze data without an internet connection. Additionally, optimizing performance for large datasets and complex visualizations would contribute to a smoother user experience.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We are planning to review the licensing as we have issues with SAC dealing with huge datasets. Analytics area is good for import models but when we have live connections in place that's when we have issue with SAC dealing with huge datasets in live be it BW or be it HANA models in the backend.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Pigment
    Overall most of Pigment is self-service and meant to be used by the business users. It usually doesn't require reaching out to a technical or IT resource to make changes to reports or the models we have setup.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    I landed on a 7 out of 10 for a few key reasons. The tool is flexible in the sense that we are using very very very (very) little off the shelf solutions and customizing to our needs. Users enjoy having the customized data actions, key variance calculations, and easy to use headcount/salary planning in the same tool. One downside is that users are hard to please when they are used to excel. SAP Analytics Cloud simply is not excel, and the flexibility of excel in a crunch is not there.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud an 8 out of 10 for scalability. It offers a flexible, cloud-based architecture that supports expansion across departments and geographies. The platform adapts well to growing data volumes and user needs, making it a strong choice for organizations looking to scale analytics capabilities efficiently.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud’s performance an 8 out of 10. Pages generally load quickly, and reports run within a reasonable time frame, even with complex datasets. Integration with other systems is smooth and doesn’t noticeably affect performance. Overall, it’s a responsive and efficient tool for business analytics. But
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Since the implementation stage, the support team has been very helpful and assisting. Even in the later stages, the tech team had quite a rapid response. In general, SAP has provided us with great customer support, let it be for a specific product of SAP or for integration of different modules.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Good videos and reference material available in SAP Portal.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    In hindsight, it would have been easier to have someone there in person. Questions were answered, but with 11 participants, it got a bit chaotic online
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAC is a simple solution ad it works fine when connecting it to other SAP tools. On the other hand, connecting it to third party solutions brings difficulties when there's no previous design and the objetives are not clear. It is really important to integrate Business users from the start to provide with valuable business insights
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pigment
    Pigment has a lot of the same self-service capabilities but offers a more robust infrastructure to plan and report on more than just the financial data. It allows for more extended planning and the reporting and dashboard capabilities are very strong.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    SAP Analytics Cloud and Power BI are both tools that help businesses understand their data, but they have some differences. SAC, made by SAP, works well if your company already uses other SAP products. It's in the cloud, easy to use, and has features for analyzing data, getting insights, and planning for the future. Power BI, made by Microsoft, can be used in the cloud or on your own computers. It fits well with Microsoft tools, is easy to use, and can do advanced data analysis. SAC has built-in planning tools, while Power BI needs extra tools for detailed planning
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    unit pricing
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    Scalability
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Is good for use across multiple locations. It allows users to access data and reports from anywhere, regardless of their location. Can consolidate data from various sources, including different SAP systems and external sources, which facilitates cross-location analysis. SAC enables access to data and models from SAP Datasphere to create new stories. Detailed permissions can be defined for cross-departmental use.
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    very simple
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Pigment
    • Capacity to anticipate better (forecasting accuracy improved)
    • Single source of truth for internal and external financial KPIs
    • Agility to compare scenarios and making decisions based on that
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • Many manual data manipulations and exports in Excel have been replaced by the tool, providing management with improved insight into the amount of time spent at each stage of an invoice's lifetime, allowing bottlenecks to be discovered.
    • We now have more insight into the data, and people with little technical experience can easily build stories.
    Incentivized
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