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    SAP Datasphere

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP Datasphere, the next generation of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, is a comprehensive data service that enables data professionals to deliver seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. It provides a unified experience for data integration, data cataloging, semantic modeling, data warehousing, data federation, and data virtualization. SAP Datasphere enables users to distribute mission-critical business data — with business context and logic preserved — across the data…N/A

    SAP Profitability and Performance Management

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ASAP Profitability and Performance Management promises to help optimize business performance and improve the bottom line. The vendor says key capabilities include: Build, maintain, and utilize sophisticated business and financial models that support multiple allocation methods for costs and revenue, for superior profitability modelling and optimization. Empower finance and business teams with actionable insights from sophisticated models such as profitability and cost…N/A
    Pricing
    SAP DatasphereSAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP DatasphereSAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsSAP Datasphere is available as a subscription or consumption-based model. The SAP Datasphere capacity unit (CU) offers an adaptable approach to pricing that enables any workload on any hyperscaler. The number of CUs required is determined by the unique workload, with the ability to tailor the combination of required services within SAP Datasphere utilizing a flexible tenant configuration. The services that contribute to CU consumption are the core application (compute and storage), data lake, BW bridge, data integration, and data catalog (crawling and storage).—
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    Community Pulse
    SAP DatasphereSAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    121 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    119 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    103 Answers
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    Features
    SAP DatasphereSAP Profitability and Performance Management
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.8
    2 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.4
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of SAP Datasphere and SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Feature
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Profitability and Performance Management
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SAP DatasphereSAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Talend Data Fabric
    Score10 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP DatasphereSAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (127 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (69 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP DatasphereSAP Profitability and Performance Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP Datasphere is well suited for scalable cloud based data integration scenarios which also opens up the doors for AI driven insights which are much harder to achieve with on-prem data warehouses. Considering the licensing model of SAP Datasphere being based on consumption driven capacity units cost can be a big consideration for organizations with large volumes of data that can be a pre-requisite for data mining and AI use cases. So this can be a bottleneck or not so well adopted scenario for SAP Datasphere.
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    SAP
    SAP Profitability and Performance is well suited in an organization/scenario where it aims to grow their profitability and optimize their business performance. It will offer strong financial analytics that are applicable in modern organizations and it will assure improved performance and enable purposeful marketing of your goods/services at prevailing profitable rate.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud offers free trial for 90 days with free 128 GB of storage and 64 GB memory.
    • Availability of self-service data modeling and analytics on SAP Data Warehouse Cloud enables users to access and analyze data without getting support from the IT team.
    • Without zero coding while collecting, connecting, analyzing and modeling data, it saves us time and operational costs of partnering with external IT support experts.
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    SAP
    • Data enrichment (complex joins, lookups, and derivations).
    • Complex allocations and calculations.
    • Operates at a very high speed without disrupting the host HANA environment.
    • Connectivity to BW HANA and BPC.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Need to have a good understanding of the SAP ecosystem to implement and use it.
    • From a cost perspective it can be little bit on the expensive side for enterprises.
    • The platform is still new and hence more subjected to bugs. But support for it is always good from the SAP team.
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    SAP
    • We were forced to train some of our staff a bit as they faced various hurdles before getting familiar with the platform and using it efficiently.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    Datasphere can come with its own challenges which can feel like a mountain to get over. However, once one has an understanding of how the product works it becomes easier to use. Once the time is spent to get it setup and working correctly very little is needed to keep it running smoothly. Its a great tool it just takes time to learn.
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    SAP
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    Usability
    SAP
    SAP has suggested that BW 7.5 will be sunset soon. Usability is good in SAP BW Modernization. Instead of going with other non-SAP tools, staying with SAP will be suitable for existing users. Across the board, many of them are moving to DataSphere.
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    SAP
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    I would greatly acknowledge the services of Sap Data [warehouse Cloud] because we were struggling before its arrival where we used to get manual data connections and this used to consume a lot of time but after its use, we now are able to connect data easily saving a lot of time and finances.
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    SAP
    We did get excellent support from SAP during our implementation project. We will see about the SAP support over the long term.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    Each of these listed software has its own unique strength and capacity that scales well. SAP Datasphere on its end up against them with more suitability for large establishments with complex data ecosystems with scalability support. Also, it avails a pay-as-you-go pricing for users, and it is widely up for data quality, data governance, and data discovery.
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    SAP
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    SAP
    Despite the pricing model being expensive for small businesses, it provides decent features and capabilities for organizations of different sizes and it's an appropriate investment in today's business environment where there is constant pressure to build a scalable and flexible analytics service
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    SAP
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    Professional Services
    SAP
    Ever since we implemented SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, we have been able to reduce the additional costs of hiring third-party service providers by incorporating professional services offered by the vendor.
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    SAP
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Preserving data quality has enhanced governance on data by having a single source that is accessible to every business user via self-service capabilities.
    • Operational cost is lowered by connecting data in one integrated solution hence making it easy to access information without having to keeping logging to other applications. Additionally, no external IT support is needed since SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has no-coding modeling tools.
    • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has enabled every business user to understand different data by transforming data to real insights.
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    SAP
    • Helps us make sound decisions that positively impact our future.
    • Has simplified our financial planning process in our organization.
    • Our portfolio has doubled and grown immensely.
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