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    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    SAP Business ByDesign is SAP's legacy cloud ERP suite offering, launched in 2007, designed for the SMB market. The product includes a broad range of capabilities including financials, human resources, sales, procurement, customer service, and supply chain. SAP is currently not accepting Business ByDesign, and encourages those interested to instead investigate SAP S/4HANA Cloud.N/A

    Tableau Cloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATableau Cloud (formerly Tableau Online) is a self-service analytics platform that is fully hosted in the cloud. Tableau Cloud enables users to publish dashboards and invite colleagues to explore hidden opportunities with interactive visualizations and accurate data, from any browser or mobile device.

    $15

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    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)Tableau Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Tableau Viewer
    $15
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Viewer
    $35
    per month billed annually per user
    Tableau Explorer
    $42
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Explorer
    $70
    per month billed annually per user
    Tableau Creator
    $75
    per month billed annually per user
    Enterprise Creator
    $115
    per month billed annually per user
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSAP Business ByDesign is available for a monthly software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription, based on a base package, user types, and number of users.—
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)Tableau Cloud
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
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    Benefit plan administration4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins9.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
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    Single sign-on capability9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
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    Dashboards8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
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    Inventory tracking9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
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    Pricing9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    9.2
    2 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
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    Budgeting and Forecasting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    29% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Tableau Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.6
    74 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.556 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.774 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.763 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.6
    74 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.474 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.471 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.147 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.672 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.8
    72 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.668 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.567 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.655 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.559 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.738 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.9
    70 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.267 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.366 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.857 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    8.4
    69 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.263 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.756 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.659 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.754 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.5
    59 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.357 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.744 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.851 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) and Tableau Cloud
    Feature
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Cloud
    7.0
    41 Ratings
    10% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.136 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.534 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings6.833 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.829 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.735 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.232 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)Tableau Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.9
    (76 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (29 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (49 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy)Tableau Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Do you plan on going public at some point? If so, this may not be the best solution for you
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    If you're using Tableau as the primary BI tool, then Tableau Cloud is well suited to publish and share the results with a wide(r) audience. It is well suited for various degrees of self-service proficiency, from pure consumers of analytical work to more advanced users who can use web editing for smaller or larger adjustments, and even for desktop power users who will publish their work to Tableau Cloud. It has many good ways to organize the content and make it easily accessible via search, favorites, folders, collections ("playlists for your data"), or history ("recents"). It might not be ideally suited if there are many on-prem sources to be used (even though there are options to connect them) or if you have very special requirements regarding custom server setup, which is limited in a shared cloud environment like Tableau Cloud.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • I like the ease of use and the implementation methodology.
    • With SAP Business ByDesign you can integrate other systems with Web Services, and data technology to get information easy and fast.
    • SAP Business ByDesign includes an Analytics Module to create new reports in regards to your needs.
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    Tableau
    • Tableau Online is completely cloud based and that's why the reports and dashboards are accessible even on the go. One doesn't always need to access the office laptop to access the reports.
    • The visualizations are interactive and one can quickly change the level at which they want to view the information. For example, one person might be more interested in looking at the country level performances rather than client level. This is intuitive and one doesn't need to create multiple reports for the same.
    • The feature to ask questions in plain vanilla English language is great and helpful. For quick adhoc fact checks one can simply type what they are looking for and the Natural Language Programming algorithms under the hood parse the query, interpret it and then fetch the results accordingly in a visual form.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Time off request could be better. Right now, there is no option for sick time
    • It crashes often
    • Customization could be better
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    • Can be a steep learning curve for new users
    • Modeling and building algorithms aren't always intuitive and take some testing/retesting to ensure it's working as it should
    • Inability to integrate easily with our HRIS platform. Reports are pulled from HRIS at various intervals and uploaded into Tableau
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    SAP BYD work centers are consistent and easy to navigate once you understand one work center. The document flow tab that is in each window allows one to see all related transactions. Document flow is important because one is able to see the flow of transactions and can therefore reverse transactions by following the document flow in reverse. It is possible to group items in each overview screen to see what items are open. The system is working as hoped.
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Because SAP Business ByDesign allows us to improve our work, reduce the operational steps, implement audit controls, allows us found standard reports or it allows us to create new ones if you need more than the exists are enough for your work or your needs. Overall, SAP Business ByDesign allows us to standardize our operations, enhance our work, improve our skills, work over a web environment or mobile interface.
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    Tableau
    Based on comments from our clients, I awarded it this grade. Non-technical customers frequently compliment us on the ease with which they can utilize Tableau Online. Usability is rarely a source of contention amongst our customers. Few complaints have come from me as a user of our internal products.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    The Business ByDesign support is stablished since you contract the service with SAP. SAP resolves according to the service level agreement. Currently, we continue with the service and we are using the support channels available. We are receiving the support. The SAP support gets an incident and after that, they contact us to resolve the incident, if necessary, they set the meeting to understand it or we explain the incident
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    Tableau
    I have not had any issues that require customer support from Tableau at this time, which speaks well to Tableau. I have taken an online course with Tableau and it was very professional and well done, so based on that I would assume a similar level of quality for their customer service.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    I recommend implementing all workshops during the ERP selection that you need to know very well about the ERP software. It allows us to gather information to accurate the plan of the project implementation. Additionally, we must reach the high-level commitment to achieve the main goals, to define the RACI matrix and communicate to all project stakeholders.
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    Tableau
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    ByDesign stacks up well against the competition. Companies that do multiple things are usually the best fit (manufacturing, distribution, and service). The more 'modules' used, the fewer competitors will be able to meet the company's needs. It is not inexpensive, but if the needs of the company have the complexity from either a global perspective and need localizations and foreign currency, or a volume perspective and need resources greater than what can be easily housed on-premise, ByDesign should be a top consideration.
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    In determining whether to go with Tableau Online versus Alteryx, two important factors stood out in determining our go-to solution. First, while Alteryx is an impressive tool for data cleansing, it did not stack up in terms of data visualization capabilities. Tableau, on the other hand, provided us everything we needed in terms of visualizing our data and analytics. The second factor is cost. Well neither solution would be considered cheap, Tableau was the more cost effective solution for our needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Positive - Access to the real-time reporting allowing for faster decision making especially when fixed price projects are heading into an over budget position.
    • Positive - Complex KPI can now be tracked and as a consequence intensive plans can be made to capitalise on this level of reporting. Staff also have clear visibility over their own performance.
    • Negative - We are a bit on the small side at 30 employees for a ByD solution so it was relatively expensive for us. It would be a much better value preposition above 50 employees.
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    Tableau
    • When we release new products, we are now able to quickly see data and toggle between current periods and previous to see performance
    • Generating new reports requires less IT time to build
    • Data can be shared across many different device types
    • We now have integration where our customers can extract data from our software more easily-this was a big ask from our customers
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Business ByDesign (legacy) Screenshots

    Screenshot of the embedded analytics of SAP Business ByDesign, which makes it possible for key users or end users to define dashboards that contain tailored reports and KPIs for their roleProduct screenshotScreenshot of some of the reports available with SAP Business ByDesign, that enable customers to create additional reports or KPIsScreenshot of the document flow, present in each business document in ByDesign, which shows a graphic of the predecessor and successor business documents as well as any associated accounting documents.Screenshot of SAP Business ByDesign's included Project Management module that is integrated with CRM to sell and bill projects, with HR to staff projects, and with SCM and SRM for procurement.Screenshot of the Financial Closing business scenario, used to perform financial period-end closing activities to ensure correct financial statements, such as Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statement. The Closing Cockpit helps to minimize the risk of missing important steps or incorrect timing.