SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence vs. Zoho Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Score 7.6 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
Zoho Analytics
Score 8.3 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Zoho Analytics (formerly Zoho Reports) is a self-service BI and analytics platform that allows users to analyze their business data and create reports and dashboards. It is designed to help users create and share reports quickly, without IT assistance.
$30
per month 2 users
Pricing
SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceZoho Analytics
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$30
0.5M rows, 2 users
Professional
$30
per user per month billed annually
Standard
$60
1M rows, 5 users
Premium
$145
5M rows, 15 users
Enterprise
$575
50M rows, 50 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceZoho Analytics
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThere is a 20% discount for all plans if subscribed yearly. Customers can buy add-on rows and users, in addition to the plans listed above.
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Top Pros
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Features
SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceZoho Analytics
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.0
51 Ratings
2% below category average
Zoho Analytics
8.7
131 Ratings
7% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.546 Ratings8.7102 Ratings
Customizable dashboards7.547 Ratings8.7131 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.047 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.6
48 Ratings
6% below category average
Zoho Analytics
8.2
133 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.047 Ratings8.2127 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.047 Ratings7.6132 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.547 Ratings8.8133 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.7
48 Ratings
7% below category average
Zoho Analytics
8.7
125 Ratings
5% above category average
Publish to Web9.040 Ratings8.7104 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.046 Ratings8.6123 Ratings
Report Versioning6.542 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.547 Ratings8.8108 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.526 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6.9
43 Ratings
14% below category average
Zoho Analytics
8.3
80 Ratings
4% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.541 Ratings8.576 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.539 Ratings8.668 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.538 Ratings7.662 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9.2
48 Ratings
8% above category average
Zoho Analytics
8.6
125 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.048 Ratings8.9123 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.546 Ratings8.868 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.045 Ratings8.7118 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.52 Ratings7.926 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.029 Ratings8.570 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5.9
34 Ratings
29% below category average
Zoho Analytics
7.5
93 Ratings
5% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.533 Ratings7.867 Ratings
Mobile Application4.028 Ratings6.769 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile4.030 Ratings7.282 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6.8
24 Ratings
14% below category average
Zoho Analytics
8.0
61 Ratings
2% above category average
REST API6.521 Ratings8.157 Ratings
Javascript API7.019 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames7.018 Ratings7.949 Ratings
Java API7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)6.520 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceZoho Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(73 ratings)
8.2
(135 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.3
(24 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(16 ratings)
8.3
(79 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(10 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(16 ratings)
7.3
(18 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(8 ratings)
5.8
(3 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.2
(67 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceZoho Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
As mentioned earlier reporting was a big headache for us and the tools we used didn't support large data sets and visualization Performing analytics with such data sets was cumbersome and later post using this SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence we were able to correlate different data sets and prepare the dashboard pretty easier which were helpful and easier to understand.
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Zoho
Zoho Analytics does a pretty decent job across all aspects. Still, on the dashboard part, Zoho Analytics is really good compared to other BI Analytical tools. It offers a wide range of dashboard options and allows users to customize them based on needs and requirements. On the other hand, for customer reports, it falls a little short.
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Pros
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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Zoho
  • Zoho Analytics’ predictive analytics capabilities can help forecast future trends, allowing for proactive planning and risk management.
  • Performance Monitoring: We can track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments, such as sales, marketing, finance, and HR. This aids in identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
  • Decision making regarding resource allocation.
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Cons
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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Zoho
  • I'm guessing it's out there somewhere but I really could have used a 'quick start guide' or guided start.
  • Once I figured it out, it makes sense how to make sure the right data is provided in order to make dashboards quite flexible--- but without examples, I found it quite a challenge
  • The initial organization of Analytics is NOT intuitive. Once in context, the organizational features make sense, but (at least initially) it would have been most useful if the organization of Analytics reports in Zoho Analytics had saved me a lot of time.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Zoho
I'd give this an 11 if I could! As our business moves forward we hope to use Zoho Analytics more then we do now. Creating better reports and dashboards for our management team to evaluate the health of our business and to provide more insightful reports for our customers. The possibilities are endless with this tool
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Usability
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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Zoho
I think Zoho Analytics is excellent for visualizing the data. I don't spend much time preparing the data or creating the charts, graphs, and reports, so I can't discuss that. I do know that our team spends a LOT less time working on the reports now than they used to. Zoho has saved them a great deal of time.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Zoho
ZOHO is a very reliable company/product. We never had any issues with downtime or inaccessibility to our data. Any type of maintenance that they had to perform was clearly communicated and never an issue. We use a lot of external hooks and we've never had any issues with getting ZOHO to communicate with any of those hooks.
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Performance
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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Zoho
ZOHO has obviously invested a lot of time effort and money in to creating a reliable infrastructure with high availability. We've never had any issues with performance and all of our data crunching small to large has always been well within reason. We have come to appreciate the performance of ZOHO and will continue to use it for all of our data needs.
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Support Rating
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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Zoho
The support team is honestly not that great. At times, it seems as if members of our own team know more about the product than the support team. They must not have a lot of training or the turnaround is quick
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In-Person Training
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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Zoho
If your external data sources are previously organized and correlated (e.g.: in your datawarehouse or database) your implementation will be easier. Of cource some not previously predicted correlation would be necessary to be done during the implementation, but if your organization let it to be all done into Zoho Analytics, it will take more time from your team.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Zoho
Looker is more of a database. Build your own customization data sets and reporting. At the same time, Looker's forecasting tool seems more accurate. I like Zoho's visual analytics of the data more. Zoho is better for presenting the data to others, while Looker is more raw data, drilling down into the numbers review.
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Scalability
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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Zoho
The product is extremely scalable. Its security background makes it extremely easy to control who has access. However, it also allows for analytics and data that anyone can see based on the access they need. As far as I can tell, analytics can take a lot of data and analyze it well.
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Return on Investment
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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Zoho
  • Without Zoho Analytics we'd be flying blind. From an executive management perspective, this tool has allowed us to get insight into the specific areas we feel are important.
  • We've learned a great deal about what our business actually is because of Zoho Analytics.
  • The tool has allowed us to identify trends in customer engagement and usage that otherwise would have been hidden from our view.
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