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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ayasdi Core

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAyasdi Core is a business intelligence software offering from Ayasdi.N/A

    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
    Pricing
    Ayasdi CoreSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ayasdi CoreSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Ayasdi CoreSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Considered Both Products
    Ayasdi
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    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Ayasdi CoreSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Ayasdi Core and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    8.2
    51 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.01 Ratings8.646 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.01 Ratings7.747 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.01 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Ayasdi Core and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.01 Ratings7.147 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.01 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.01 Ratings8.647 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Ayasdi Core and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web9.01 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.01 Ratings7.446 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.01 Ratings6.742 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.01 Ratings8.447 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.01 Ratings7.726 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Ayasdi Core and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.2
    43 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings6.941 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.01 Ratings6.939 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics5.01 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Ayasdi Core and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    9.2
    48 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.01 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.01 Ratings9.646 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.01 Ratings9.045 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.01 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Ayasdi Core and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    5.8
    34 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.733 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings3.928 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings3.930 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Ayasdi Core and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Ayasdi Core
    -
    Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    9% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings6.721 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings7.318 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.720 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Ayasdi CoreSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ayasdi CoreSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ayasdi
    Well suited: 1. If data set is not yet well organized. 2. Hypothesis is not yet established. 3. Need to visually explore to find patterns of data (often when analysts have no good understanding of data) 4. When [you need] to analyze events with a timeframe (specifically a sequence of events as a transaction) Less appropriate 1. If a data set is very large, such as Hadoop data, it becomes hard to manage data pipeline and process to feed the data into Ayasdi. To be feed into Ayasdi, data should be aggregated or organized to some level.
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    SAP
    As mentioned earlier reporting was a big headache for us and the tools we used didn't support large data sets and visualization Performing analytics with such data sets was cumbersome and later post using this SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence we were able to correlate different data sets and prepare the dashboard pretty easier which were helpful and easier to understand.
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    Pros
    Ayasdi
    • Ayasdi Core provides an easy way to get some insight on data. Typically analytics may require having a model or hypothesis before starting to look into the data, but Ayasdi lets you just feed the data first then start seeing what the data looks like.
    • Ayasdi Core's topological network visualization is quite unique. It allows you to explore patterns and potential relations between multiple data elements. A user can also dynamically navigate data with different aspects on the web.
    • The Web version of Ayasdi is easy to use, stable, and fast. It hasn't crashed even when we feed it a lot of data sets, although it took time.
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    SAP
    • This software is easy to initially learn, and very powerful in producing reusable reports.
    • It is much faster than my company's internal manual queries. The ability to build off of a saved query and share queries to other users is a great positive.
    • My favorite part is that you can run queries in the background and it does not interfere with your current work or slow your computer down.
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    Cons
    Ayasdi
    • Use of Python SDK is required to feed data into Ayasdi, but it lacks training materials or sample codes for a novice to get started.
    • Although Web UI of Ayasdi is looking good, often it freezes when the user runs an analysis. It doesn't crash but the web page needs to be refreshed to see the progress of analysis.
    • Algorithms provided by Ayasdi, such as metrics types, lens types need to be explained (what they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are). We had to Google or do research on our own to understand what they are.
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    SAP
    • The installation can be very complex and time-consuming, it requires a lot of planning and foresight as to what role the software will play in the organization.
    • The software has a relatively large learning curve that takes dedicated users months to get comfortable with, the UI is a bit intimidating for new users.
    • SAP could organize their help better, it can be difficult to find dependable solutions to issues via their website and support channels.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    The institution has decided to move in a different direction, and will be using MSBI for reporting. I have been very happy with the Business Objects suite of tools, and will continue to use them heavily until we make the transition.
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    Usability
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    From a server and client side perspective. the Business Intelligence Platform provides a foundation for all aspects of content development, distribution, analysis, collaboration and self service. Ease of use from targeted content delivery through controlled accessibility. Content exporting in the format of the users choice. Scheduling for internal or external delivery. Public and private folders for secure content access when requied. Web based for viewing on the users device of choice without the need to download additional applications.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    When we implemented 3.1, we had a tough time managing the system: It took almost a year to stabilize.

    With 4.0, we want to roll out to more users, and are holding back because of fears about the performance issue
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    Performance
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Overall, the tool (Web Intelligence 4.2) is fast and solid. One issue is a dependability on JAVA for a full feature report creation/edit capabilities (as opposed to limited HTML option). Second, planned end of JAVA support by major browsers (Chrome is already not supporting JAVA applet).
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    Support Rating
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP has released various versions of SAP BO BI. starting from 3.1 and going to 4.0,4.1,4.2 and latest being 4.3. SAP provides support to these new versions. As new versions keep on coming, support for the very old software goes out of scope from SAP. it is when the different organization plans to get their BO content migrated from a lower version to a newer version. The newer version had definitely added functionality and features which ease the work of users.
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    In-Person Training
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP authorized training is best, Please go ahead with it. Even lot of online training options/videos available for self learning
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    Online Training
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    I haven't used it or got feedback from the end user.

    Content looks to be pretty detailed. Focused on SQL but not BW.
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    Implementation Rating
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Hire specialists and experienced staff. Mix some beginners so that everyone is not a leader but a learner too. Plan well; architect well; break down implementation in small steps and move towards larger steps. Create a centralized and authorized SAP Business Objects implementation team.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ayasdi
    We had a working group that has been using R studio for the general purpose of statistical analysis in our organization. Although it is a great tool that provides enriched function sets, it is time-consuming for our clinical analysts to learn the tool to see the first result. R is somewhat of a developer-oriented/friendly tool. Ayasdi is friendly to a domain analyst or end users. Plus, support and consulting from Ayasdi were excellent so that we could get knowledge from them immediately whenever we needed.
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    SAP
    We selected SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) based on price. It can stack up against others in terms of price and honestly, that's about it. Salesforce Commerce does a hell of a better job at handling it. However, in the space of Business Intelligence, SAP can do more, and that's why at the end we went with it
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    Scalability
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform supports SOA Service Oriented Architecture. You can start/restart/enable/disable all the servers. You can seamless do load balancing and clustering. It supports all leading application and web server. Supports LDAP SSO integration. People who can work on excel with training they can work on SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence, dashboard, Lumira, Information design tool product suite. Tool is very user friendly and easy to learn and implement
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    Return on Investment
    Ayasdi
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    • By generating and distributing reports in a timely manner, we were able to save millions of dollars for the company which otherwise would not have been visible.
    • Almost realtime dashboard, saved the company a huge amount by showing the outages and kept the company from buying a tool to do just that.
    • It showed the customers who were not paying the bills and were missing in the system due to some loophole. This was visible by doing reporting on the theft usage of electricity.
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