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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Analytics Cloud

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP Analytics Cloud solution brings together analytics and planning with integration to SAP applications and access to heterogenous data sources. As the analytics and planning solution within SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud supports trusted insights and integrated planning processes enterprise-wide to help make decisions without doubt.

    $36

    per month per user

    SAP Datasphere

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASAP Datasphere, the next generation of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, is a comprehensive data service that enables data professionals to deliver seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. It provides a unified experience for data integration, data cataloging, semantic modeling, data warehousing, data federation, and data virtualization. SAP Datasphere enables users to distribute mission-critical business data — with business context and logic preserved — across the data…N/A
    Pricing
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP Datasphere
    Editions & Modules
    SAP Analytics Cloud for Business Intelligence
    $36.00
    per month per user
    SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
    Price upon request
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP Datasphere
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA 30-day trial with SAP Analytics Cloud is available, supporting analytics enterprise-wide. A trial can be extended up to 90 days on request.SAP Datasphere is available as a subscription or consumption-based model. The SAP Datasphere capacity unit (CU) offers an adaptable approach to pricing that enables any workload on any hyperscaler. The number of CUs required is determined by the unique workload, with the ability to tailor the combination of required services within SAP Datasphere utilizing a flexible tenant configuration. The services that contribute to CU consumption are the core application (compute and storage), data lake, BW bridge, data integration, and data catalog (crawling and storage).
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP Datasphere
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    The best thing among all was Sap because of its powerful dashboard and amazing services. While trying out a lot of clouds, it became clear that the business need can be taken care up by SAP. The other main purpose was that it provides best after sales service as well
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    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    Positives and negatives to both, Tableau is the best visually but not as strong on integration. Power Bi is very customization but is very ungoverned.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    SAP Analytics Cloud is more user friendly as compared to Oracle Analytics Cloud and it offers much better user interface. Selection of any tool or product mostly weighs on how much would it cost, though SAP Analytics cloud is not cost effective but it is more economical as …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    We use all these products to offer our clients a comprehensive analytics platform, integrating all of them in a single packaged solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    As it has been released as a Beta version in the past days, I have not the chance to evaluate them together. Both products look pretty similar. I would like to use it more to see what are the main differences.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Analytics Cloud
    because i use everyday
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    SAP
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    SAP Analytics Cloud is another niche tool in the market and initially, there were confusions [about] what SAP Data Warehouse Cloud and SAC can do. Now there is clear segregation and the combination is more powerful. SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is much more powerful than SAC in …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    SAP Datasphere is a source for all SAC reporting.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    DWH as input for SAC
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    The data management capabilities of SAC is not mature compared to SAP Datasphere.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    SAP Datasphere has robust backend integration tools that makes it easy to integrate non-SAP unlike alternatives such as Snowflake.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    DWC really allows no code model development and also integrates with a lot of data sources without additional tools as ETL
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    Visualization layer.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    Compared to the SAP Business Warehouse, the DWC can be operated with the SAC in a cloud environment on the Business Technology Platform. Thus, a single point of entry or single point of truth is given in the DWC, and reporting in the SAC is possible. The complete corporate …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is flexible, highly integrated, and cost-effective compared to competitors, which has poor backend integration capability. In our organization, we prefer SAP Data Warehouse Cloud since it integrates with all external platforms we have in our system.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is easier also for non data scientists.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    Swap SAP Datasphere is easy to use
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Datasphere
    SAP Datasphere is an exciting way to modernize our data stack, and what clinched it for us was how deep we're already in with SAP - it only made sense to try and leverage the synergies between Datasphere and our other SAP products.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    202 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    176 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    78 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    197 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    86 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    122 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    144 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    75 Answers
    Features
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP Datasphere
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    247 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.0204 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.1242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.9220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.9
    257 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.1248 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.1245 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.7190 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.8235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    242 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.0208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.4233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.1202 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.7194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.0
    250 Ratings
    0% above category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.7239 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.7232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.3236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    8.1
    256 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.1235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.1242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.8233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.245 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.5236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
    Feature
    SAP Analytics Cloud
    7.9
    219 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SAP Datasphere
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.7208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.5180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.0203 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP Datasphere
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Azure Synapse Analytics
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Snowflake
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP Datasphere
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (297 ratings)
    8.5
    (92 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (219 ratings)
    7.7
    (37 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.6
    (75 ratings)
    9.0
    (23 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (61 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.1
    (61 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Analytics CloudSAP Datasphere
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP Analytics Cloud is great for big companies that want advanced data analysis and planning, especially when they need to work together in real-time or when people need to access data on their phones. It's like a super tool for predicting future trends in industries like retail or finance. SAC also works well for companies that use different types of computer systems because it can easily connect them. But, for small businesses that only need basic reports or don't have a lot of technical resources, a simpler tool might be better. If a company doesn't always have a good internet connection or if they're just starting with analytics, there might be other tools that work better.
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    SAP
    SAP is best suited for large global corporations. It is a very complex software and is difficult to come by individuals who have sufficient enough knowledge to master the product. Globally our company only has 1 person to support us in IT for SAP. It is great if you use a more complex web host such as SFCC as you can make connections to SAP for returns, inventory, price updates, etc.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • It makes it easier yo analyse order and related records easily.
    • We can easily maintain and track the performance of employees in organisation.
    • Can easily track various aspects for the growth of an organisation thus allowing real time analysis and tracking of organisation's growth and performance.
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    SAP
    • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud offers free trial for 90 days with free 128 GB of storage and 64 GB memory.
    • Availability of self-service data modeling and analytics on SAP Data Warehouse Cloud enables users to access and analyze data without getting support from the IT team.
    • Without zero coding while collecting, connecting, analyzing and modeling data, it saves us time and operational costs of partnering with external IT support experts.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Complexity in Data Modeling
    • SAC supports various data sources, but improvements in the ease of connecting to and integrating with certain data repositories, especially non-SAP databases, would enhance the platform's versatility and integration capabilities.
    • An offline mode for SAC could be valuable for users who need to access and analyze data without an internet connection. Additionally, optimizing performance for large datasets and complex visualizations would contribute to a smoother user experience.
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    SAP
    • Need to have a good understanding of the SAP ecosystem to implement and use it.
    • From a cost perspective it can be little bit on the expensive side for enterprises.
    • The platform is still new and hence more subjected to bugs. But support for it is always good from the SAP team.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    There’s no doubt I will renew SAP Analytics Cloud. It is the most vital tool in our organization that makes it seamless to make rapid business decisions by collecting, modeling and visualizing data in real-time.
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    SAP
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    Usability
    SAP
    On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate 8 SAP Analytics Cloud's overall usability as a 7. SAC has a clean, modern user interface with drag-and-drop features. It is an integrated platform that combines reporting, planning, and predictive analytics in one tool. It has Real-time connectivity with SAP data sources like S/4HANA.


    Self-service analytics capabilities allow non-technical users to build simple dashboards.
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    SAP
    It is one of the best tools and a boon to Logistics teams across the globe. One tends to actually process warehousing data so smoothly and the way demonstration is made while in programs it makes it user friendly. The Inventory touch points that one identify is simply awesome and is best part.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud an 8 out of 10 for scalability. It offers a flexible, cloud-based architecture that supports expansion across departments and geographies. The platform adapts well to growing data volumes and user needs, making it a strong choice for organizations looking to scale analytics capabilities efficiently.
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    Performance
    SAP
    I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud’s performance an 8 out of 10. Pages generally load quickly, and reports run within a reasonable time frame, even with complex datasets. Integration with other systems is smooth and doesn’t noticeably affect performance. Overall, it’s a responsive and efficient tool for business analytics. But
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    Since the implementation stage, the support team has been very helpful and assisting. Even in the later stages, the tech team had quite a rapid response. In general, SAP has provided us with great customer support, let it be for a specific product of SAP or for integration of different modules.
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    SAP
    I would greatly acknowledge the services of Sap Data [warehouse Cloud] because we were struggling before its arrival where we used to get manual data connections and this used to consume a lot of time but after its use, we now are able to connect data easily saving a lot of time and finances.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    Good videos and reference material available in SAP Portal.
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    SAP
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    Online Training
    SAP
    it's ok
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    SAP
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    SAC is a simple solution ad it works fine when connecting it to other SAP tools. On the other hand, connecting it to third party solutions brings difficulties when there's no previous design and the objetives are not clear. It is really important to integrate Business users from the start to provide with valuable business insights
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    SAP Analytics Cloud vs. Microsoft Power BI:Cost: Power BI is often perceived as a cost-effective solution, especially for organizations already using Microsoft products. SAP Analytics Cloud might be seen as a higher-cost option.Integration: SAP Analytics Cloud may have an edge in integration with SAP systems, while Power BI is known for its broad integration capabilities, including seamless integration with other Microsoft tools.Usability: Power BI is often praised for its user-friendly interface and quick adoption, while SAP Analytics Cloud may be seen as offering more advanced features.
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    SAP
    Each of these listed software has its own unique strength and capacity that scales well. SAP Datasphere on its end up against them with more suitability for large establishments with complex data ecosystems with scalability support. Also, it avails a pay-as-you-go pricing for users, and it is widely up for data quality, data governance, and data discovery.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    SAP
    unit pricing
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    SAP
    Despite the pricing model being expensive for small businesses, it provides decent features and capabilities for organizations of different sizes and it's an appropriate investment in today's business environment where there is constant pressure to build a scalable and flexible analytics service
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    Scalability
    SAP
    I would rate SAP Analytics Cloud an 8 out of 10 for scalability. It offers a flexible, cloud-based architecture that supports expansion across departments and geographies. The platform adapts well to growing data volumes and user needs, making it a strong choice for organizations looking to scale analytics capabilities efficiently.
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    SAP
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    Professional Services
    SAP
    very simple
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    SAP
    Ever since we implemented SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, we have been able to reduce the additional costs of hiring third-party service providers by incorporating professional services offered by the vendor.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Many manual data manipulations and exports in Excel have been replaced by the tool, providing management with improved insight into the amount of time spent at each stage of an invoice's lifetime, allowing bottlenecks to be discovered.
    • We now have more insight into the data, and people with little technical experience can easily build stories.
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    SAP
    • Preserving data quality has enhanced governance on data by having a single source that is accessible to every business user via self-service capabilities.
    • Operational cost is lowered by connecting data in one integrated solution hence making it easy to access information without having to keeping logging to other applications. Additionally, no external IT support is needed since SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has no-coding modeling tools.
    • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has enabled every business user to understand different data by transforming data to real insights.
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