SAP Analytics Cloud vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Analytics Cloud
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
The 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
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
The SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
Pricing
SAP Analytics CloudSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Editions & Modules
SAP Analytics Cloud for Business Intelligence
$36.00
per month per user
SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
Price upon request
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Analytics CloudSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsGet started on your 30-day trial with SAP Analytics Cloud, supporting analytics enterprise-wide. Extend it up to 90 days if you want to.
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Community Pulse
SAP Analytics CloudSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Considered Both Products
SAP Analytics Cloud
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud has better visuals.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
pyramid has better on prem solutions
and dashboards
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
we use the SAP Analytics Cloud together with a business warehouse and use the planning engine (BW-IP) for our planning functions. We map these in the frontend (SAC) and thus offer a perfect addition to our on-premise systems. the planning takes place in the bw and an s4 system …
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
I feel SAP Analytics Cloud is superior to other tools because of cloud capability and the ability to connect to several data sources. It also has a feature to store large set of data in-memory for faster reporting.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
It's on par or more when it comes to [connecting] to sap source systems. It has an edge in terms of FP&A processes.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud - being a cloud offering does not require any infrastructure for development of the reports and dashboards and doesn't depend on the back-end system availability for preparing a prototype. Since there is already a lot of pre-built content available, it …
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
Cloud access. It's intuitive.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
Qlik Sense is too expensive, much more complicated to use for users (especially new variables or other complex calculations) and requires you to buy too many extra functionalities to have the same options as SAP Analytics Cloud can offer.

Microsoft Power BI is much cheaper and …
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAC BI Reporting is affordable, especially for companies with a limited IT budget. It is "easy" to integrate it with the ERP.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
I evaluated all popular Cloud BI tools available for big size companies.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
Integration across SAP application suite is critical. Embedded planning extending BPC was critical as it provided a multiple use-cases extending the investment in existing technologies used for planning and reporting.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAC is best for integration with SAP S4 HANA and BW4 HANA, so we decided to go with what we know to be best.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
We use all these products to offer our clients a comprehensive analytics platform, integrating all of them in a single packaged solution.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Clouds offers native connectors to other SAP systems like SAP BW, SAP HANA and the cloud solutions like SAP Concur, SAP Fieldglass and Successfactors.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
  1. The BI Platform and SAC - Better together.
  2. SAC is building up Lumira capabilities.
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
When we talk about SAP, what you are looking for is not the best price but a complete integration with the other products of the brand. But even in the same brand, their updates are more frequent and allow the addition of several improvements that are not yet found in other …
Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud has a very important connector with the SAP world so it's very easy to use this if you operate in a SAP environment. This point is also very important due to the fact that there are a lot of programmers working on new developments and improvements, so SAC …
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform is an on premise solution that allows you to display information hosted on an SAP BW / 4 HANA server.
SAP Analytics Cloud is SAP's business intelligence solution that works in the cloud and is complemented by SAP …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
SAP Analytics CloudSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.9
247 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.7
49 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.7204 Ratings7.444 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.1242 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.9220 Ratings7.745 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.9
257 Ratings
5% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.2
46 Ratings
1% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.0248 Ratings9.045 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.8245 Ratings8.345 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.8190 Ratings7.531 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.9235 Ratings8.245 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
242 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.7
46 Ratings
4% above category average
Publish to Web8.1208 Ratings8.338 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.2233 Ratings7.944 Ratings
Report Versioning8.1202 Ratings9.140 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.9194 Ratings9.145 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.224 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.8
251 Ratings
2% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.3
41 Ratings
3% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.8240 Ratings8.339 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.8232 Ratings7.737 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.9236 Ratings8.936 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.734 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.2
257 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9.4
46 Ratings
9% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.1236 Ratings8.946 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.1243 Ratings9.144 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.0234 Ratings9.843 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.146 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.6237 Ratings9.927 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
219 Ratings
0% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.8
32 Ratings
10% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.0208 Ratings8.431 Ratings
Mobile Application7.8180 Ratings9.026 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.0203 Ratings9.128 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.8
275 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning7.6234 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting7.8240 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting7.8247 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling7.5238 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting8.2266 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.6
230 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation7.5184 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports7.6174 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management7.5189 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.4144 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership7.5130 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting8.0181 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails7.6171 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.0
254 Ratings
3% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting7.9213 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting8.2244 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting8.0225 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting8.1203 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing7.7114 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.1
278 Ratings
1% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards8.2271 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards8.1256 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs8.3262 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis8.3244 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting8.3247 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data7.6207 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.6
259 Ratings
9% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Flat file integration7.7244 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration7.9248 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.1227 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.5
22 Ratings
5% below category average
REST API00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.217 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.116 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.418 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Analytics CloudSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(299 ratings)
7.7
(71 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.5
(7 ratings)
8.3
(24 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(221 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
6.4
(75 ratings)
8.6
(16 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.1
(6 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Analytics CloudSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
SAP Analytics Cloud is great for big companies that want advanced data analysis and planning, especially when they need to work together in real-time or when people need to access data on their phones. It's like a super tool for predicting future trends in industries like retail or finance. SAC also works well for companies that use different types of computer systems because it can easily connect them. But, for small businesses that only need basic reports or don't have a lot of technical resources, a simpler tool might be better. If a company doesn't always have a good internet connection or if they're just starting with analytics, there might be other tools that work better.
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SAP
The proper management of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards requires an expert on the team to manage and build reports. If an organization does not have the proper expertise on board to build and deploy reports it will fail. Data analytics, dropping into excel, and broadcasting of information are major bonuses for the use of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards.
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Pros
SAP
  • SAP Analytics Cloud's augmented analytics feature helps the user create audience segmentation based on reviewer behavior, feedback, preferences etc.
  • The governance feature offered by SAP Analytics Cloud enables editorial administrator and the product manager ensure compliance, adherence to Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity and data privacy regulations.
  • Being a multi-user platform, collaboration becomes quick and easy for organizations wherein multiple teams often work for the development of a product.
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SAP
  • This software is easy to initially learn, and very powerful in producing reusable reports.
  • It is much faster than my company's internal manual queries. The ability to build off of a saved query and share queries to other users is a great positive.
  • My favorite part is that you can run queries in the background and it does not interfere with your current work or slow your computer down.
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Cons
SAP
  • User Interface of SAP cloud analytics can be improved more so that it can be made more accessible.
  • User support is not that much good and time consuming.
  • Limited team work and collaboration possible as their are not much collaborative features available, it makes it sometime time consuming.
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SAP
  • The installation can be very complex and time-consuming, it requires a lot of planning and foresight as to what role the software will play in the organization.
  • The software has a relatively large learning curve that takes dedicated users months to get comfortable with, the UI is a bit intimidating for new users.
  • SAP could organize their help better, it can be difficult to find dependable solutions to issues via their website and support channels.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
There’s no doubt I will renew SAP Analytics Cloud. It is the most vital tool in our organization that makes it seamless to make rapid business decisions by collecting, modeling and visualizing data in real-time.
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SAP
The institution has decided to move in a different direction, and will be using MSBI for reporting. I have been very happy with the Business Objects suite of tools, and will continue to use them heavily until we make the transition.
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Usability
SAP
Considering the feedback and improvements made over time, users often rate SAP Analytics Cloud's usability in the range of 7 to 9 out of 10. Positive aspects include its integration capabilities, collaborative features, and the ability to create visually appealing dashboards. Some users, however, may note a learning curve or desire additional customization options.
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SAP
From a server and client side perspective. the Business Intelligence Platform provides a foundation for all aspects of content development, distribution, analysis, collaboration and self service. Ease of use from targeted content delivery through controlled accessibility. Content exporting in the format of the users choice. Scheduling for internal or external delivery. Public and private folders for secure content access when requied. Web based for viewing on the users device of choice without the need to download additional applications.
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
No answers on this topic
SAP
When we implemented 3.1, we had a tough time managing the system: It took almost a year to stabilize.

With 4.0, we want to roll out to more users, and are holding back because of fears about the performance issue
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Performance
SAP
No answers on this topic
SAP
Overall, the tool (Web Intelligence 4.2) is fast and solid. One issue is a dependability on JAVA for a full feature report creation/edit capabilities (as opposed to limited HTML option). Second, planned end of JAVA support by major browsers (Chrome is already not supporting JAVA applet).
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Support Rating
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.
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SAP
SAP has released various versions of SAP BO BI. starting from 3.1 and going to 4.0,4.1,4.2 and latest being 4.3. SAP provides support to these new versions. As new versions keep on coming, support for the very old software goes out of scope from SAP. it is when the different organization plans to get their BO content migrated from a lower version to a newer version. The newer version had definitely added functionality and features which ease the work of users.
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In-Person Training
SAP
Good videos and reference material available in SAP Portal.
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SAP
SAP authorized training is best, Please go ahead with it. Even lot of online training options/videos available for self learning
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Online Training
SAP
No answers on this topic
SAP
I haven't used it or got feedback from the end user.

Content looks to be pretty detailed. Focused on SQL but not BW.
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Implementation Rating
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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SAP
Hire specialists and experienced staff. Mix some beginners so that everyone is not a leader but a learner too. Plan well; architect well; break down implementation in small steps and move towards larger steps. Create a centralized and authorized SAP Business Objects implementation team.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
SAC includes predictive analytics features, allowing users to perform advanced analytics and forecast future trends. This can be a valuable asset for organizations seeking predictive modeling capabilities. It has an integration with the SAP landscape, seek a unified platform for both BI and planning, and value predictive analytics capabilities. Additionally, the emphasis on collaboration and storytelling enhances communication and decision-making processes.
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SAP
We selected SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) based on price. It can stack up against others in terms of price and honestly, that's about it. Salesforce Commerce does a hell of a better job at handling it. However, in the space of Business Intelligence, SAP can do more, and that's why at the end we went with it
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Scalability
SAP
No answers on this topic
SAP
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform supports SOA Service Oriented Architecture. You can start/restart/enable/disable all the servers. You can seamless do load balancing and clustering. It supports all leading application and web server. Supports LDAP SSO integration. People who can work on excel with training they can work on SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence, dashboard, Lumira, Information design tool product suite. Tool is very user friendly and easy to learn and implement
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Return on Investment
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.
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SAP
  • By generating and distributing reports in a timely manner, we were able to save millions of dollars for the company which otherwise would not have been visible.
  • Almost realtime dashboard, saved the company a huge amount by showing the outages and kept the company from buying a tool to do just that.
  • It showed the customers who were not paying the bills and were missing in the system due to some loophole. This was visible by doing reporting on the theft usage of electricity.
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