We performed a comparison between Databricks and SAP Analytics Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Databricks, Microsoft, Alteryx and others in Data Science Platforms."There are good features for turning off clusters."
"It's easy to increase performance as required."
"The fast data loading process and data storage capabilities are great."
"Databricks has helped us have a good presence in data."
"The solution is very simple and stable."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The main features of the solution are efficiency."
"Databricks is hosted on the cloud. It is very easy to collaborate with other team members who are working on it. It is production-ready code, and scheduling the jobs is easy."
"The product is flexible and has features like AI, link analysis, and insights. It has many features. I can search, and it creates automatic charts without selecting anything. For example, I can ask, "What is the gross margin?" the tool builds a chart based on my question."
"The new Application Design option offers lots of customization options by being able to script in Typescript (similar to Javascript)."
"The ability to collaborate and plan together is great."
"I like the connectivity the solution provides with other products."
"The visualizations have been the most valuable feature."
"Technical support is helpful."
"The features that are most valuable in SAP Analytics Cloud are the planning feature and the predictive analytics feature, though the planning feature needs to be more efficient."
"The most valuable features are the analytical application and the user story."
"Costs can quickly add up if you don't plan for it."
"Databricks doesn't offer the use of Python scripts by itself and is not connected to GitHub repositories or anything similar. This is something that is missing. if they could integrate with Git tools it would be an advantage."
"Instead of relying on a massive instance, the solution should offer micro partition levels. They're working on it, however, they need to implement it to help the solution run more effectively."
"The interface of Databricks could be easier to use when compared to other solutions. It is not easy for non-data scientists. The user interface is important before we had to write code manually and as solutions move to "No code AI" it is critical that the interface is very good."
"Databricks requires writing code in Python or SQL, so if you're a good programmer then you can use Databricks."
"It would be great if Databricks could integrate all the cloud platforms."
"I would like it if Databricks made it easier to set up a project."
"If I want to create a Databricks account, I need to have a prior cloud account such as an AWS account or an Azure account. Only then can I create a Databricks account on the cloud. However, if they can make it so that I can still try Databricks even if I don't have a cloud account on AWS and Azure, it would be great. That is, it would be nice if it were possible to create a pseudo account and be provided with a free trial. It is very essential to creating a workforce on Databricks. For example, students or corporate staff can then explore and learn Databricks."
"SAP could add some more visualization features to Analytics Cloud, like charts and analytics. I would also like to see some more data cleaning and ad hoc functions added to this solution."
"SAP Analytics cloud needs better exporting options."
"I expect more integration from SAP Analytics Cloud."
"Could have more tabular reporting capabilities."
"There is no direct connector from SAP to Redshift, so we are required to use a third-party product that was recommended by SAP."
"In the live connection model, we can't create calculated dimensions, however, in the import model we can create them."
"They need more support for more languages, Python for example."
"The business intelligence features should be improved because there is a lack of functionality regarding that part."
Databricks is ranked 1st in Data Science Platforms with 78 reviews while SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 5th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 60 reviews. Databricks is rated 8.2, while SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Databricks writes "A nice interface with good features for turning off clusters to save on computing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Good for reporting but needs to improve its predictive analytics features". Databricks is most compared with Amazon SageMaker, Informatica PowerCenter, Dataiku, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio and Dremio, whereas SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Power BI and Anaplan.
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