Item: SAP Analytics Cloud
Rating: 9
Author: Chithambar Vankadaru

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Real-time analytics help customers in making decisions and using a single application for cross-functional analytics.

Pros and Cons

Executive Dashboards.
Self-service models for super users.
Planning capabilities with in reporting platform.

Competing with other peers in expanding footprint in non-SAP platforms.
Shaped up well in the last three years, advanced capabilities in AI/ML play a major role.
Simplify SAC connectivity with non-SAP peers.

Return on Investment

RTB & Capex costs.
The tool is intuitive for the customer to adapt.
Making products available to various communities to reduce grey-IT.

Usability

As the tool evolves with time, I would take this to 9 or 10 by next year, as future capabilities are promising.

Key Differentiators

Cloud Solutions
Scalability
Ease of Use

Cloud solution, Scalable

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI

Tightly integrated with the SAP platform, most of the SAP functionalities are compatible.

Key Insights

Do you think SAP Analytics Cloud delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Analytics Cloud's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Analytics Cloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SAP Analytics Cloud go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy SAP Analytics Cloud again?

Yes

Apt for super business users to generate stories for agile needs in their community. Helps businesses to setup a landscape on the fly than following traditional on-premise hosting; a single platform serves various reporting & planning needs. Not reliable for large datasets within a story/application.

Analytics Transformation - Reaching customer aspirations.

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Analytics Cloud