SAP Analytics Cloud vs. Talend Open Studio (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Analytics Cloud
Score 8.2 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
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Talend Open Studio was an open source integration software, used to build basic data pipelines or execute simple ETL and data integration tasks. Qlik and Talend discontinued the service in early 2024, and it is no longer available.
$0
per month
Pricing
SAP Analytics CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
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 CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA 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
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Features
SAP Analytics CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.8
323 Ratings
5% below category average
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports7.5272 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.2314 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.6290 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.7
328 Ratings
4% below category average
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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Ratings
Drill-down analysis8.1318 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.6315 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.0238 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.3305 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.7
309 Ratings
7% below category average
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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Ratings
Publish to Web8.0263 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.1295 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning7.7255 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.6250 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.041 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.5
315 Ratings
6% below category average
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.8299 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.7288 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.5287 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.181 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
8.1
323 Ratings
5% below category average
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)8.2297 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.0305 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.0298 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.1110 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.3302 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.4
273 Ratings
4% below category average
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access7.4262 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application6.9230 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.1255 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
7.1
50 Ratings
8% below category average
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
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Ratings
REST API7.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API7.041 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames7.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API7.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.440 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)6.835 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
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Ratings
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
7.5
10 Ratings
9% below category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
-
Ratings
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
7.0
10 Ratings
14% below category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings6.010 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
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Ratings
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
7.5
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Data model creation00 Ratings6.99 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings6.98 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings8.910 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
SAP Analytics Cloud
-
Ratings
Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
6.5
7 Ratings
20% below category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Analytics CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(318 ratings)
7.9
(11 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(14 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(250 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(70 ratings)
4.9
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Analytics CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
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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For quick daily integrations Talend is a very good tool and it makes development time so short and easy. Citizen developers who are not great programmers can pick up and start using Talend Open Studio within weeks. It's well suited for all kinds of data migration between various systems. It is less appropriate for smaller synchronous services where you need to trace the complete transaction and how data moved between them. It's also less appropriate for small data movements where other tools can be easier to use and manage.
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Pros
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.
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  • Your developers will be able to design SOA services graphically, and it is very easy to document and implement the code.
  • Talend Open Studio is based on Eclipse IDE, so your developers will be very comfy using it
  • Open is Key in Talend Open Studio = Open Source
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Cons
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.
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  • The community is not that up to date and forum is not that great in response. Probably we should make people aware of the tool more on how to use and its implementations.
  • Talend crashes when transforming a lot of data (millions of rows).
  • Proper training documentation is a must for talend which is currently lagging. This will help users to learn more about Talend and use it effectively.
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Likelihood to Renew
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.
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There is no licence requirement for Talend Open Studio. So, this is not relevant question. However, if you are asking whether we will use Talend in future. Yes. We will continue to use it. It's very powerful free tool which caters to all our extra, transform, load capabilities. We just love Talend for it's great functionality and ease of use.
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Usability
SAP
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate 8 SAP Analytics Cloud's overall usability as a 7. SAC has a clean, modern user interface with drag-and-drop features. It is an integrated platform that combines reporting, planning, and predictive analytics in one tool. It has Real-time connectivity with SAP data sources like S/4HANA.


Self-service analytics capabilities allow non-technical users to build simple dashboards.
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Talend Open Studio is based on Eclipse and is full of redundant procedures to do one thing, like when installing libraries. Sometimes I cannot manually download the libraries that it can't find.
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Reliability and Availability
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.
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Performance
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
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Many times, Talend freezes. When you give a cancel command, it takes several minutes to stop. It also takes a great toll on our PC with 16 GB of ram and I7 CPU, even in idle status. If you are downloading Maven Jar/Libraries, you cannot do anything and have to wait until the task is finished.
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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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Talend Open Studio is free and we are not using the enterprise version which comes with licence and support. So, mostly depend on the open source community for any issues that we face. The document is good and we didn't have to use any support so far. We did evaluate the enterprise version and so far sticking to the free version.
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In-Person Training
SAP
Good videos and reference material available in SAP Portal.
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Online Training
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
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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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Alternatives Considered
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
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Informatica has a limited number of components that you can use. This places a heavy limitation on the capabilities of Informatica. On the other hand, Talend allows you to create your own custom components using Java. For businesses that need to perform a wide variety of data operations, it can be quite useful to have the option of creating your own custom components to satisfy business needs.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
unit pricing
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Scalability
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.
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Professional Services
SAP
very simple
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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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  • I delivered projects the client did not believe were possible, and I provided intermediate value by providing visibility to hidden data problems in their systems they could not detect before.
  • I was able to work 3 projects at a time, pausing gracefully in one while switching to the other, with minimal effort.
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