Clari vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Clari
Score 9.8 out of 10
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Clari is a predictive sales analytics and sales forecasting solution from the company of the same name headquartered in Sunnyvale.N/A
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Score 6.5 out of 10
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The 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
ClariSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
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ClariSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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ClariSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Features
ClariSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Sales Forecasting Features
Comparison of Sales Forecasting Features features of Product A and Product B
Clari
9.9
Ratings
14% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Quick Dashboard/Forecast10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Visuals10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Forecast Templates9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Forecasting Factors10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Forecast Review10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Forecasting Management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom Forecast Models10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Record of Previous Sales Forecasts10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Forecast Collaboration:10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Data Import10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Clari
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.2
Ratings
1% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Clari
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.8
Ratings
3% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Clari
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.8
Ratings
6% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Clari
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.2
Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Clari
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9.2
Ratings
8% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Clari
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5.8
Ratings
30% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings3.90 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings3.90 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Clari
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.1
Ratings
9% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
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User Ratings
ClariSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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7.7
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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8.3
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Usability
10.0
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7.6
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Availability
-
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10.0
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Performance
-
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9.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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8.6
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In-Person Training
-
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10.0
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Online Training
-
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9.0
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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9.0
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Configurability
-
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9.0
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Ease of integration
-
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9.0
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Product Scalability
-
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9.0
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Vendor post-sale
-
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9.0
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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9.0
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User Testimonials
ClariSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
It's well-suited for sales and customer service processes where the intent is both to sell the product and give customer or technical service post-sale. It is best to search for calls with different phrases. However, as far as I am concerned, it is less suitable for processes that are not defined. Like sales inbound, where we may not know the conversation direction.
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The proper management of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards requires an expert on the team to manage and build reports. If an organization does not have the proper expertise on board to build and deploy reports it will fail. Data analytics, dropping into excel, and broadcasting of information are major bonuses for the use of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards.
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Pros
  • Sales pipeline management: Clari provides real-time visibility into the sales pipeline, enabling sales teams to track the progress of deals and make informed decisions.
  • Revenue forecasting: The platform integrates with existing sales and marketing tools, giving organizations a comprehensive view of their sales pipeline and enabling accurate revenue forecasting.
  • Advanced analytics: Clari uses machine learning and advanced analytics to provide actionable insights into sales performance and help organizations make informed decisions about their sales strategy.
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  • 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
  • When there is maintenance done in the backend our total numbers disappear so would be great to not impact production environment when doing improvements on the backend
  • I think Clari can train more the champions at customer to drive utilisation rates in your customers
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  • 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
I will renew my Clari Subscription for many reasons. 1. Streamlines Sales - Clari automates many manual tasks like note-taking and transcripts. This frees my sales team so they can focus on closing deals. 2. Increased customer retention - Clari helps me identify potential churn risks and take proactive measures. 3. AI-Driven Insights
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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
Clari is very good when it comes to usability as I'm accessing it on daily basis as long as I'm on my Notebook, it helps a lot having visibility on my business status and progress on achievement. I can estimate my weekly, monthly, and yearly opportunities closure and revenue. I have some saved views which are so useful to get what I want to see.
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SAP Business Objects is a great tool for operational reporting. It provides a lot of capabilities for scheduling the reports for end users as well as for Adhoc data analysis by business users. One can easily format a report in SAP BO. The tool is not very difficult to learn for both End users and Developers.
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Reliability and Availability
During the last 5 years, we have never faced unplanned outages
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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
The system is usually fast and loads quickly. Occasional slowness is observed during processing heavy uploads or downloads.
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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
Clari is very willing to jump in and build out use cases. They will work to do anything for you. That said, their follow up is not great. We have had to reach out for follow up several times on a project, which is still not complete. I wish they taught us how to complete what we want, rather than doing it in house for us
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We are getting the BI support from our SAP support company. Although they are good at some basic staff, they are unable to answer our questions for some complex structures. Sometimes we got the feedback that our request was not possible to implement, however later we found there were some methods available.
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In-Person Training
We had one session of in-person training conducted in our office.
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This is more a function of the training I received from the systems experts in my organization, not training from Business Objects/SAP. The training was rushed, without an agenda, and didn’t meet my needs as a user.
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Online Training
Clari has good training materials, videos, and documentation.
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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
No more the better there is a plan and technical support the business needs and functionalities can be created for the company to use it like that
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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
Gainsight was clunky. We had a dashboard for CS renewals but it was difficult to update. If you typed something and didn't save, and you started updating another opportunity's notes, your previous notes would not save. With Clari it auto saves
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This has the biggest drawback of handling the large data volume which I feel is needed as this is time-consuming and making decisions at the right time is getting harder and we have decided to move to this platform considering the time taken to process the data.
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Scalability
Clari is worth the investment with its advanced forecasting and pipeline management. They have a unified revenue platform that serves as a single source of truth for revenue data.
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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
  • I no longer spend hours reconciling spreadsheets or guessing which opportunities are real - Clari shows me exactly where to focus to drive results.
  • I have consistently hit my quota the last 3 quarters thanks to Clari's precision and detailed insights.
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  • SAP BO BI Platform has a good positive impact on the overall business of any organization. It helps in important decision making, planning, and analyzing the growth of the particular organization
  • Another positive impact is that users get hold of data very easily and in a user-friendly manner. users can even interact with reports to get the meaningful data filtered out of that.
  • The negative impact can be on licensing costs and buying this software box. This in turn will add to the cost of expenses of a particular organization
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