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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Salesforce CRM Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce CRM Analytics (formerly Tableau CRM) is a cloud-based business intelligence solutions and analytics software. It provides users with automated data discovery, CRM-connected analytics, top-down views of data, augmented analytics, predictive insights, and customizable data visualization tools.

    $125

    per month

    SAS Visual Analytics

    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    SAS Visual Analytics provides a complete platform for analytics visualization, enabling users to identify patterns and relationships in data that weren't initially evident. Interactive, self-service BI and reporting capabilities are combined with out-of-the-box advanced analytics so everyone can discover insights from any size and type of data, including text.N/A
    Pricing
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsSAS Visual Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    SAS Visual Analytics for SAS Cloud
    $0
    Annual By Users: 5, 10, 20
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsSAS Visual Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSAS Visual Statistics and SAS Office Analytics are also available as add-ons.
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    Community Pulse
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsSAS Visual Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
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    SAS
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    73%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsSAS Visual Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports7.541 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.548 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.546 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.8
    12 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.548 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.548 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.537 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.546 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.1
    47 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Publish to Web9.037 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.044 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.543 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.540 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.534 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.4
    45 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.7
    10 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.042 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.540 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.042 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.046 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.546 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.042 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.541 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    6.7
    45 Ratings
    15% below category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.7
    9 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.543 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.034 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.539 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Salesforce CRM Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics
    Feature
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.2
    33 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    REST API8.031 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Javascript API8.529 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    iFrames8.525 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Java API8.528 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.528 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.527 Ratings9.03 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsSAS Visual Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (51 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.1
    (41 ratings)
    9.6
    (11 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Salesforce CRM AnalyticsSAS Visual Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    For us it really comes down to that book management and next best contact for our advisors. When we're thinking about a book of business that may range, depending on the advisor, from 400 clients to a thousand clients, how do they really optimize their time? Who do they call next? Who do they work with to make sure not only they're keeping those clients engaged, they're not leaving the firm going to other advisors who they haven't talked to in a while who might need their attention. That's really where that CRM analytics is really proven pretty powerful for us.
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    SAS
    I was in a meeting with the client and there I have to show them some analytic data to them. But I was confused about how I will manage to show big data to clients with accuracy. But then the SAS Visual Analytics software helps me in presenting accurate data at the moment and it was very presentable and through that, I got the deal for that business.
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • Interactive Dashboards, it [consists] of wide variety of charts
    • Data from different sources can be easily integrated with it
    • Security, it provides easy way to secure and share the information with the users
    • Support actions like opening hyperlink etc
    • Almost everything can be done from configuration
    • Data can easily be managed from dataflow.
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    SAS
    • Provides the flexibility to the end user to slice and dice the data.
    • Anyone can make predictive models with the help of in-built algorithms without the need to write a single line of code or knowledge of what's under the hood of algorithms.
    • The feature to simply ask a question related to data and getting a response in form of text, chart or graph is amazing.
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    Cons
    Salesforce
    • Implementation takes time and resources. It is a heavy lift to implement and at first, it can take a little bit of time to understand what you are looking at. But once it's implemented it's easy to get started.
    • Without any BI expertise or resources available to your organization, the implementation of this is difficult. If you aren't used to BI tools and don't have an expert in house, the terminology can be difficult to understand at first.
    • Their support is not on hand to help you if you encounter any issues, at least not on all the plans or the basic plans. Real-time support service is an add-on, so you'll need to be patient if you require help or pay extra money.
    • More functionality for the tool is needed to compete with other heavyweights in the arena like Tableau, Qlik, and Microstrategy. Still lacks the robustness, functionality, and flexibility other competing products possess.
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    SAS
    • SAS is relatively expensive when compared to other BI tools and requires a large amount of upfront fee which becomes an issue for smaller organizations.
    • UI for the dashboards looks a little date in comparison to competitors like Tableau and Microstrategy.
    • Integration with other open source software like Python needs to be built in.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    SAS
    SAS really is the cutting edge in Business Intelligence. That is all they do! They are constantly coming out with new products, product upgrades, and their tech support is second to none. In addition, their support of Education has made our ability to acquire their product possible.
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    Usability
    Salesforce
    For someone who don't have coding background, this could be a useful tool and fairly easy to learn and use given the good support. However, if you know other open source tools, it would be much easier to use the other tools and the knowledge is more transferable in the future.
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    SAS
    SAS BI is good for creating reports and dashboards and then sharing it with the users. It also has ability to manage access to the reports and dashboards but somehow with most of the world moving to open source languages R, Python and Julia, SAS BI feels to be archaic in terms of feature set and integrations it allow[s]. Also, comparing it with other Business Intelligence tools like Tableau and Microsoft BI, the functionality of SAS BI is very limited and doesn't justify the pricing.
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    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    I was not able to be in interaction much with Salesforce support team since every feature works the way it should be working. So far I have not experienced any bug or major glitches that would delay the result of my work and performance. There is also a hotline in our company for Salesforce issue but so far I have not used it.
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    SAS
    When you call tech support, you are immediately routed to a person who can answer your question. Often they can answer on the spot. However, if they cannot, you are given a track number and then followed up with. There have been times when I have had multiple track numbers open and they will actually TRACK YOU DOWN to ensure that your problem has been resolved. Issues do not fall into black holes with SAS. They are also willing to do a WebEx with you to diagnose the problem by seeing your environment, which is always helpful.
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    Implementation Rating
    Salesforce
    An implementation partner would certainly result in greater output in a more efficient amount of time. However, I have found implementation partners to be extremely expensive for the output received (at least working for a non-profit company they are frequently unaffordable). Internal implementation does help with usable output though since internal knowledge would better know the data architecture and business processes
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    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    Tableau is the absolute top of the class when it comes to business intelligence, but it doesn't make sense for every business case. In our case, we needed a simple data visualization platform for our CRM platform and sales pipeline. Salesforce Analytics, while nowhere near as robust, did the job we needed it to do perfectly in a significantly more cost-effective manner.
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    SAS
    I have used Crystal Reports, Jaspersoft and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). I would recommended Business Intelligence over SSRS and Crystal Reports. SSRS is very SQL-centric and Crystal Reports is more of an end-user tool. I would recommend Jaspersoft over Business Intelligence for developing a seamless web-based reporting interface but I highly recommend Business Intelligence for end-user ad-hoc reporting.
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    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • I would say it's been positive just because as a company, anyone that has access to it can go in there and pull any company information and we're very up to date then on all of our client base. So I would say it's been a very positive impact.
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    SAS
    • SAS Visual Analytics licensing cost should be reduced to enable users to use it in mass scale.
    • More statistical and mathematical equations and theories should be converted into SAS functions for reusing.
    • Because of enriched ETL and reporting capabilities SAS Visual Analytics is most preferred by business users.
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