SAP S/4HANA Cloud vs. Tableau Desktop

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a modular cloud ERP. Embedded with AI and analytics, it helps business run anywhere, in real time. SAP S/4HANA Cloud can be deployed either on premise, in the cloud, or in a hybrid combination.N/A
Tableau Desktop
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Tableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.
$75
per month
Pricing
SAP S/4HANA CloudTableau Desktop
Editions & Modules
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Custom Pricing
per month FUE users*
Tableau
$75
per month per user
Tableau Enterprise
$115
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP S/4HANA CloudTableau Desktop
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details* FUE = Full user equivalent, which allows flexible customer choice among: 1 Advanced user, 3 Core-users, or 30 self-service users per FUE. Minimum purchase is 35 FUEs.All pricing plans are billed annually.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
SAP S/4HANA CloudTableau Desktop
Considered Both Products
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
The platform utilizes advanced predictive analytics to anticipate operational bottlenecks and put them out of commission before the problems become larger. We can proactively develop effective strategies that help keep service quality in the face of unexpected changes in the …
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud provides variety of options compared to Azure. Also the consolidation of all different factors in one single system is helpful for people in the organization.
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
None were evaluated since we were satsfied with SAP ERP and saw SAP S/4HANA Cloud as the next logical step towards an intelligent enterprise solution.
Tableau Desktop

No answer on this topic

Features
SAP S/4HANA CloudTableau Desktop
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.1
320 Ratings
9% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.8276 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.8274 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.7271 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.7
482 Ratings
2% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
API for custom integration7.7462 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins7.7428 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
556 Ratings
2% below category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.5521 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.0548 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.7
561 Ratings
4% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Dashboards7.7521 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.8551 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.6515 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
563 Ratings
8% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Accounts payable8.2555 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.2529 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support7.8111 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.9115 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.0119 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.0109 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.3123 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
484 Ratings
4% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking8.3474 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering7.9406 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management7.8393 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.1
496 Ratings
2% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Pricing8.0472 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.1482 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing8.724 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.2453 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration7.791 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.4
121 Ratings
12% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Billing Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management7.7108 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.497 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close7.9120 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.3
1 Ratings
29% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.1
52 Ratings
10% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management8.152 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.8
105 Ratings
11% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared7.773 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring7.874 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository7.670 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.193 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management7.992 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.8
1 Ratings
39% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Risk Repository10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.9
80 Ratings
14% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization8.174 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management7.873 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management7.766 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management8.169 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management7.969 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
87 Ratings
10% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Production Process Design8.280 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.381 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management8.174 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution8.278 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.276 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.8
96 Ratings
7% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.784 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.992 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring7.789 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.0
87 Ratings
21% above category average
Tableau Desktop
-
Ratings
Proposal Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management8.087 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.4
174 Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.1144 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.9173 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.1150 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.2
171 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.3166 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.3169 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.4164 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.1
165 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.8154 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.7153 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.9119 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.277 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.1
163 Ratings
2% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.3161 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.4155 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.5130 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.7
148 Ratings
2% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.8144 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.5124 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.5135 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.982 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
7.8
140 Ratings
0% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.0100 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.4121 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Tableau Desktop
8.1
66 Ratings
5% above category average
REST API00 Ratings7.958 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.152 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.950 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings9.147 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.054 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.547 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP S/4HANA CloudTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(644 ratings)
8.5
(203 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(14 ratings)
7.5
(41 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(538 ratings)
8.0
(72 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
7.4
(78 ratings)
1.1
(57 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(9 ratings)
8.0
(34 ratings)
Configurability
8.4
(4 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
5.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.9
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.3
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP S/4HANA CloudTableau Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
SAP S/4HANA provides Real-Time financial insights and performs automation for routine tasks. It reduced dependency on spreadsheets, resulting in fewer data losses, errors, and manual tasks. SAP S/4HANA may be less suitable for companies with highly specialized or higher financial requirements that require extensive customization, as the cloud version has certain limitations.
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Tableau
The best scenario is definitely to collect data from several sources and create dedicated dashboards for specific recipients. However, I miss the possibility of explaining these reports in more detail. Sometimes, we order a report, and after half a year, we don't remember the meaning of some data (I know it's our fault as an organization, but the tool could force better practices).
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Pros
SAP
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud uses the SAP HANA in-memory database, allowing companies to process massive amounts of data in real-time.
  • The system integrates AI, machine learning (ML), and robotic process automation (RPA) to automate manual tasks.
  • S/4HANA Cloud unifies core business processes like finance, procurement, supply chain, and human resources under one system.
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Tableau
  • An excellent tool for data visualization, it presents information in an appealing visual format—an exceptional platform for storing and analyzing data in any size organization.
  • Through interactive parameters, it enables real-time interaction with the user and is easy to learn and get support from the community.
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Cons
SAP
  • I would like to have an offline functionality as well which is not available at the moment.
  • I would like to see in-built templates that can be used according to organization needs and have to be industry specific.
  • Navigation of this platform is quite difficult to learn and requires training. So, new users will find learning a steep curve.
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Tableau
  • Pricing should be more user-friendly and usage-driven
  • Making edits to the production reports is fairly tough and has a vast scope of additional capabilities
  • Tableau Desktop should be able to differentiate itself from the Tableau server else there is no major meaning of two different products being offered
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
The cost of SAP as an ERP is quite high and the switching costs associated with ERP systems are even higher. That being said moving from one ERP to another only happens once in a great while for large organizations. Those switching costs include retraining, IT hardware requirements, outside consultants and more
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Tableau
Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.
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Usability
SAP
Day to day data insight is more accurate for manufacturing industry to procure as per forecasted from supplier. Supply and fulfillment cycle becomes more easier. I would say more about performance as we are using this new server so we can see clear difference between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and ECC. Also it has customized business extensions for rapid development.
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Tableau
Tableau Desktop has proven to be a lifesaver in many situations. Once we've completed the initial setup, it's simple to use. It has all of the features we need to quickly and efficiently synthesize our data. Tableau Desktop has advanced capabilities to improve our company's data structure and enable self-service for our employees.
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
No answers on this topic
Tableau
When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.
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Performance
SAP
No answers on this topic
Tableau
Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast
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Support Rating
SAP
The technical support received by the ITT design teams and OS implementation team has been very useful in ensuring that the SAP ERP is well-tailored to our company's specific needs and operations. This coupled with the training materials, business process maps, and concept demos (sand-box demos) makes adoption easy on end-users.
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Tableau
Tableau support has been extremely responsive and willing to help with all of our requests. They have assisted with creating advanced analysis and many different types of custom icons, data formatting, formulas, and actions embedded into graphs. Tableau offers a weekly presentation of features and assists with internal company projects.
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In-Person Training
SAP
More effective
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Tableau
It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.
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Online Training
SAP
No answers on this topic
Tableau
I think the training was good overall, but it was maybe stating the obvious things that a tech savvy young engineer would be able to pick up themselves too. However, the example work books were good and Tableau web community has helped me with many problems
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Implementation Rating
SAP
SAP requires
a lot of internal and external resources to complete its successful
implementation. The cloud version requires a deeper understanding of the
different capabilities of the local systems (hardware) and the connection
towards your local IT team. We found several problems on our systems that we
couldn't foresee before the implementation and roll out.
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Tableau
Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
The platform utilizes advanced predictive analytics to anticipate operational bottlenecks and put them out of commission before the problems become larger. We can proactively develop effective strategies that help keep service quality in the face of unexpected changes in the market, or external disruptions, by continuously analyzing historical performance data as well as elements of the current market
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Tableau
I have used Power BI as well, the pricing is better, and also training costs or certifications are not that high. Since there is python integration in Power BI where I can use data cleaning and visualizing libraries and also some machine learning models. I can import my python scripts and create a visualization on processed data.
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Scalability
SAP
No answers on this topic
Tableau
Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • SAP is as stable as an ERP can get, so there an mandays lost on recovering from problems, etc.
  • As as big and stable system, there are quite a few master data tables that need to be maintained on a constant base, so this does cost some extra time, but one gets to have fine tuned processes in return. So this is well invested time.
  • SAP is an expensive system in general, but it is as they say. You get what you pay for and SAP is just the best ERP you can get, so...
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Tableau
  • Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
  • Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
  • Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.
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ScreenShots

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.Screenshot of Sales Management Overview - Helps ensure sales reps meet their goals with an overview of orders and key sales performance metrics, with status tracking for each order in real time for the early detection of potential issues.Screenshot of Purchasing Spend Dashboard - For weighing various aspects of purchasing spend through quick access to clear, complete, and real-time data, with less risk, and without opening different reports and transactions.Screenshot of Operational Supplier Evaluation - Provides a transparent overview of suppliers. Users can approve the most reliable vendors and get the right mix to serve business needs while reducing risk.Screenshot of Inventory Management - Provides visibility to manage supply chains, to mitigate risk, avoid unnecessary costs, maximize efficiency, and fulfill customer orders on time.Screenshot of Inventory Processing - Enables real-time supply chain visibility and provides meaningful metrics, with customizable dashboards and reports that display real-time inventory that track the status of inbound and outbound deliveries.