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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Crystal

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ASAP Crystal is an analytics and reporting software solution for SMBs. SAP Crystal comprises Crystal Reports for pixel-perfect reporting, and SAP Crystal Server for automated distribution and self-service access to reports, dashboards and data exploration.

    $295

    per single user license

    Twitter Counter (discontinued)

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ATwitter Counter provided insights from Twitter for users from individuals to agencies and large corporations. Features included optimized tweet timing, audience insights and engagement, and competitor monitoring. The service is discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP CrystalTwitter Counter (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Upgrade Version to SAP Crystal Reports 2020
    $295
    per single user license
    SAP Crystal Reports 2020 64-Bit
    $495
    per single user license
    SAP Crystal Reports 2016 32-Bit
    $495
    per single user license
    SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL
    $869
    per user license + first year maintenance to be added
    SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL
    $8,744
    5 concurrent users + first year maintenance to be added
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP CrystalTwitter Counter (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details* SAP Crystal Reports 2020 Viewer allows you to view static data within a SAP Crystal Reports file. * SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Full version allows you to create powerful, richly formatted, and dynamic reports from virtually any data source, delivered in dozens of formats, in up to 28 languages. If you already have an older version of Crystal Reports, buy a license for SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - Upgrade at a discounted, upgrade price. * SAP Crystal Server 2020, 1 NUL includes 1 license of: SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - SAP Crystal Server 2020. * As an add-on to SAP Crystal Server 2020 1 NUL, SAP Crystal Server 2020 5 CAL allows you to support a wider, intermittent audience of end users, up to five logged on at the same time.—
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    Community Pulse
    SAP CrystalTwitter Counter (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SAP CrystalTwitter Counter (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Crystal and Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    7.7
    124 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.0113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.7100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.4117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Crystal and Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    8.3
    136 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.0117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.8135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.964 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.6120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Crystal and Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web9.191 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.4133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.994 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.997 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.454 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Crystal and Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    7.6
    89 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Twitter Counter (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.650 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.576 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.841 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Crystal and Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    8.5
    88 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.481 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.480 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.480 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.940 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP Crystal and Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    6.6
    65 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.946 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.060 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAP Crystal and Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    7.8
    45 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Twitter Counter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    REST API7.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.437 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames7.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.437 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SAP CrystalTwitter Counter (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Talkwalker by Hootsuite
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Talkwalker by Hootsuite
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    1-Social
    Score5.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP CrystalTwitter Counter (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (159 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (19 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (31 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.8
    (124 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.2
    (129 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP CrystalTwitter Counter (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    Generation of templated reports is the strong suit of SAP Crystal. Allows users to change formats in templates bases on requirement with minimal effort. Automated report delivery requires the user to be aware of sql which cannot be expected from all users. Should support more document export formats and improve the UI for SAP B1 Users
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    Twitter Counter is the best tool for surveying your brand's and campaigns' performance. It gives a good statistical analysis. This analysis of tweets will help you to grow your account, determine when to tweet and what to tweet, and help you with overall growth. Though it is little difficult to understand (you have to navigate through all the features to learn the tool), once you learn it, it is easy to use. It will help you understand the market requirement.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • Crystal Reports allows us to create a consistent template for all of our reports.
    • Crystal Reports and Server allows us to house a repository for all of our reports to make them easy to find and update when necessary.
    • Crystal Reports can connect to a wide variety of data sources.
    • Crystal Reports can be a little daunting when first implementing. There are a lot of nuances in learning how to truly master this software and it can be frustrating at times.
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    • Something very comfortable is that you do not have to open another account, just with the username on Twitter access to the tool and you can see the evolution of the profile every day, I can see if the number of users increased or not.
    • In addition, I can observe data of my followers, the data of who I follow, and something very important: I can see my tweets and compare data.
    • its interface allows to observe weekly, monthly and if desired data and for a better analysis a quarterly of all this data.
    • In terms of analysis, we use it to achieve media monitoring work in a political campaign. This allowed us to evaluate and verify the strategy that was used was the correct one.
    • It is a simple, easy to use tool.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • The export of reports to Excel is very cumbersome and the results are difficult to format.
    • The design of reports and the graphical features (e.g. charts) feel quite rigid.
    • The learning curve for a non-programmer is incredibly steep, making Crystal a specialty tool.
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    • Inaccurate Prediction: Twitter predictions are usually ineffective. For instance, Twitter Counter has always wrongly predicted the number of Twitter followers we will gain from a Twitter campaign or at a certain date.
    • Poor customer support; Takes an average of two weeks to get a response from Twitter support. There is also no Live help desk team to talk to when you need an immediate assistance.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    We have been using this product for so many years and it has truly become a cornerstone to our business processes when it comes to developing and distributing information via reports. We currently have over 500 reports developed to date over about 30 systems and that will continue to grow as user needs change.
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    it is not complicated to use, ideal to have an image of the account, in a short time. You can predict the future if you consider that you have a good strategy.
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    Usability
    SAP
    Crystal is very robust, but not always easy to use. It create wonderful looking reports, and so deserves a high rating. However, I have to take a couple of points off for the simple fact that I cannot hand it to a user and expect them to be able to do development with it.
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    in general it is a tool not very complicated, it is more difficult for those who do not master the English language, but even without mastering the language in its free phase you can immediately interpret the data it offers.
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    The support community can be difficult to navigate. I've also run into issues with my login. The SAP system has a bizarre mechanism for validating users that requires users to have what is called an S-ID. A basic ID may not give you access to all the features in the portal. The limitation may include not being able to perform a simple task like downloading patches and updates. This isn't a big deal for single user license but for teams it can be a pain.
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    I have not used it so far I have not used it so far
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    Trainer was patient and thorough in going through the basics and willing to answer questions by email after the initial training
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    Just like any other implementation: When designing the differing reports, get end users' input, make sure to design the reports so that they display the information that the company requires, in the best and clearest way possible.
    Test, test, test, revise when needed, and, particularly, do sufficient training so users are comfortable using Crystal Reports!
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    it is important to have some knowledge about market statistics
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    Crystal reports is useful in case we want to import data from data base . We can write queries in it but Google Charts require to be implemented in our application using code so crystal reports is better than Google Charts.
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    I've used AgoraPulse and Hootsuite for analytics in the past. For a small organization that needs to keep a relatively tight budget control while still being able to delve into its analytics over the past year, Twitter Counter has the edge over AgoraPulse and Hootsuite. Both require much higher monthly payments for analytics that cover that length of time. Twitter Counter doesn't try to be an all-in-one solution, and in that regard, it stands out for reporting, especially for smaller organizations that do not need the full functionality of more expensive AgoraPulse or Hootsuite packages.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • It is a decent buy for specific departments in terms of reporting capabilities but updates and cost (frequent) demands are higher with the benefits offered.
    • So long as the requirements are not ever changing, with scheduling functionality, it's a handsome tool.
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    • Can add and easily switch between 10 different accounts and will have full access to all features.
    • Data analytics helped in growing your account and attracts followers.
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Crystal Screenshots

    Screenshot of Pixel-perfect reporting solutionScreenshot of Refresh with a clickScreenshot of Build pixel-perfect documentsScreenshot of Connect to all data sourcesScreenshot of Use drag and dropScreenshot of Build interactive reports