We performed a comparison between Microsoft BI and SAP Analytics Cloud based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft BI is the winner in this comparison. Its users give it higher marks in the customer support category. SAP Analytics users are happier with the pricing, however.
"Implementation is very quick and the solution is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft BI is its visualization and its ease of use."
"Power BI is more powerful than other tools because it is new for us. Each new version has more capabilities, and we're expecting AI and ML features in the next version."
"The most valuable feature of Power BI is its ability to provide customized visualizations and insights tailored to specific business needs."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Our setup is very straight forward and can be done in a matter of hours."
"The feature I find most valuable is the ability to publish Power Bi reports, using an embedded link, directly onto a website."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Planning is the most valuable feature of the product because it's integrated and that means we don't need to rely on an independent planning environment."
"It's so user-friendly."
"The user interface is quite good for developing reports out of models."
"The visualizations have been the most valuable feature."
"There is a seamless integration with SAP S4HANA which is really valuable to our organization and its functions. Since the data is stored in the same ecosystem, it creates a simple process of building dashboards, without making the process cumbersome The Analytics Cloud provides standardized templates and storage options, making it easy to plug into existing structures. We're utilizing custom stories that have already been developed, streamlining the development process. It serves as a convenient starting point and contributes to the overall ease of development. Another advantage is that it doesn't provide the same level of calculation power as Power BI and Tableau. SAP Analytics Cloud emphasizes pushing analytics back into the database, recommending data manipulation and preparation outside of the platform. This approach is seen as an advantage, as it allows for more robust data handling."
"Technical support is helpful."
"Offers both business intelligence as well as inbuilt AI and machine learning capabilities."
"All of the modules that we used to have separately in our on-premises solution are now integrated into one platform."
"There are some limitations in Power BI; you have to work in the Power BI base. However, if you want something not out-of-the-box and you want something custom, you have to do a lot of work."
"From a scalability and performance perspective and based on my understanding and feedback from end users, there's room for improvement in data processing, scaling up, and leveraging the cloud. That could be an enhancement area for me to look into."
"If you are having millions of rows of data or you have a large database, Microsoft BI's performance depends upon how powerful your hardware is. When I am handling large amounts of data I do not use Microsoft BI or Tableau because of this, I use D3."
"The interface could be improved."
"The solution doesn't integrate well with third-party tools."
"Powerpoints are not available in the report server."
"There needs to be improved guidance and documentation for the initial setup of Power BI as it currently remains complex."
"When I create measures, sometimes the error messages aren't clear. It makes me spend more time searching for solutions. I need the error messages to be more specific. So, I would like clearer error messages when creating measures."
"SAC, which is the cloud version, lost some good features from the previous planning product, like BPC or BPS."
"An additional feature that needs to be added to SAP Analytics Cloud is exporting because right now, you can only export to PDF and PowerPoint. It would be good to have multiple export options, for example, to Excel and other apps. Pricing is an area for improvement in SAP Analytics Cloud, apart from exporting."
"One potential improvement is how we can transpose data. With SAP, if you have data from one system with a declared data type and a different system with another data type, the transfer is tricky."
"The integration with other vendors and solutions could be improved."
"Connection and integration with other applications have a lot of restrictions at the moment."
"When it comes to planning there is a concern about the ability to match the exact requirements of the customer with what the product offers."
"It still lacks a lot of functionalities as compared to other tools such as Power BI or Tableau. Sorting is not working as well as it works in Tableau. A lot of other things are also not at the same level. Their technical support is not perfect and could be better. It takes a lot of time to have lacking functionalities implemented. Its integration with the BW backend should be better. Both solutions are from the same vendor. They position SAP Analytics Cloud as a reporting tool on top of the BW environment, but the integration between both is not yet 100%. For example, user management is still not synchronized."
"I think it would be easier if there was another module created to retrieve only data."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 5th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 60 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power BI writes "A complete ecosystem with an builtin ETL tool, good integrations with python and R, and support of DAX and Power Query (M languages)". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Good for reporting but needs to improve its predictive analytics features". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle Essbase, whereas SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, IBM Planning Analytics, Anaplan and IBM Cognos. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. SAP Analytics Cloud report.
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