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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

    Mathematica

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AWolfram's flagship product Mathematica is a modern technical computing application featuring a flexible symbolic coding language and a wide array of graphing and data visualization capabilities.

    $1,520

    per year

    Pricing
    SAP CrystalMathematica
    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
    Standard Cloud
    $1,520
    per year
    Standard Desktop
    $3,040
    one-time fee
    Standard Desktop & Cloud
    $3,344
    one-time fee
    Mathematica Enterprise Edition
    $8,150.00
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP CrystalMathematica
    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.Discounts available for students and educational institutions. The Network Edition reduce per-user license costs through shared deployment across any number of machines on a local-area network.
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    Community Pulse
    SAP CrystalMathematica
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    SAP
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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
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    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 CrystalMathematica
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Crystal and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    7.7
    124 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    9.9
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.0113 Ratings9.84 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.7100 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.4117 Ratings9.96 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Crystal and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    8.3
    136 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    9.9
    9 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Drill-down analysis9.0117 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.8135 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.964 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.6120 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Crystal and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    9.3
    8 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Publish to Web9.191 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.4133 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.994 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.997 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.454 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Crystal and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    7.6
    89 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    9.9
    9 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.650 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.576 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.841 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Crystal and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    8.5
    88 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    -
    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 Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    6.6
    65 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    -
    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 Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    SAP Crystal
    7.8
    45 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    -
    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
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    SAP CrystalMathematica
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP CrystalMathematica
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (159 ratings)
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (31 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 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 CrystalMathematica
    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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    Wolfram
    We are the judgement that Wolfram Mathematica is despite many critics based on the paradigms selected a mark in the fields of the markets for computations of all kind. Wolfram Mathematica is even a choice in fields where other bolide systems reign most of the market. Wolfram Mathematica offers rich flexibility and internally standardizes the right methodologies for his user community. Wolfram Mathematica is not cheap and in need of a hard an long learner journey. That makes it weak in comparison with of-the-shelf-solution packages or even other programming languages. But for systematization of methods Wolfram Mathematica is far in front of almost all the other. Scientist and interested people are able to develop themself further and Wolfram Matheamatica users are a human variant for themself. The reach out for modern mathematics based science is deep and a unique unified framework makes the whole field of mathematics accessable comparable to the brain of Albert Einstein. The paradigms incorporated are the most efficients and consist in assembly on the market. The mathematics is covering and fullfills not just education requirements but the demands and needs of experts.
    Mathematica is incompatible with other systems for mCAx and therefore the borders between the systems are hard to overcome. Wolfram Mathematica should be consider one of the more open systems because other code can be imported and run but on the export side it is rathe incompatible by design purposes. A better standard for all that might solve the crisis but there is none in sight. Selection of knowledge of what works will be in the future even more focussed and general system might be one the lossy side. Knowledge of esthetics of what will be in the highest demand in necessary and Wolfram is not a leader in this field of science. Mathematics leves from gathering problems from application fields and less from the glory of itself and the formalization of this.
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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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    Wolfram
    • It allows straightforward integration of analytic analysis of algebraic expressions and their numerical implemented.
    • Supports varying programmatic paradigms, so one can choose what best fits the problem or task: pure functions, procedural programming, list processing, and even (with a bit of setup) object-oriented programming.
    • The extensive and rich tools for graphical rendering make it very easy to not just get 2D and 3D renderings of final output, but also to do quick-and-dirty 2D and 3D rendering of intermediate results and/or debugging results.
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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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    Wolfram
    • Should include more libraries and functions.
    • Should include more functions that can be used in Machine Learning.
    • Should include more functions that can be used in Data Science.
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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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    Wolfram
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Wolfram
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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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    Wolfram
    Wolfram Mathematica is a nice software package. It has very nice features and easy to install and use in your machine. Besides this, there is a nice support from Wolfram. They come to the university frequently to give seminars in Mathematica. I think this is the best thing they are doing. That is very helpful for graduate and undergraduate students who are using Mathematica in their research.
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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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    Wolfram
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Wolfram
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Wolfram
    We have evaluated and are using in some cases the Python language in concert with the Jupyter notebook interface. For UI, we using libraries like React to create visually stunning visualizations of such models. Mathematica compares favorably to this alternative in terms of speed of development. Mathematica compares unfavorably to this alternative in terms of license costs.
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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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    Wolfram
    • Easy to solve huge mathematical equations, so it saved time there
    • Doing analysis and plotting graphs is also another plus point
    • Learning is very slow, and it took lot of time to learn its scripting language
    Incentivized
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    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