Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud
As a consulting firm, we use SAP Analytics Cloud in the SAP department in the projects where our client needs a reporting tool. We recommend SAP Analytics Cloud to those clients which have analytical needs that can be satisfied with Dashboards or analytical reports. In our opinion, SAP Analytics Cloud is not already prepared to fulfill the needs of those users/companies which are oriented to a very operational reporting, or they need to dig in data in a lot of detail.
- Visual reporting: it is, by far, the most good-looking and user-friendly SAP reporting tool.
- Story-telling: it is very easy to create a story using our reports and answer the business questions.
- Connectivity to SAP sources: if a company has its data on SAP sources, it is very convenient to use SAP Analytics Cloud as the reporting tool.
- Roadmap looks good: if all the functionalities that are on Roadmap end up being implemented, I personally think SAP Analytics Cloud will be a strong competitor in the market.
- Performance: in some scenarios, the tool has big troubles in its performance when the volume of data is quite big (mainly with tables and filters).
- Maturity: as it is a quite new tool, it is not mature enough to satisfy some business necessities. Also, the tool has some bugs which should be basic for a reporting tool.
- Mobility: I believe mobile apps for SAP Analytics Cloud should be improved (both for Android and iOs devices). They are not as good as the web version. Moreover, stories for mobile devices have to be created in a particular template, which can be annoying in some cases.
For me, they are quite at the same in general terms (in terms of visualization and design). Power BI is better than SAC when it comes to maturity and integration with Microsoft softwares (Excel, PowerPoint, Azure, ...) SAC is better than Power BI in terms of connectivity to SAP sources, and in Advanced Analytics and Data insights.