Board vs SAP Analytics Hub comparison

Board International and SAP are both solutions in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category. Board International is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.3, while SAP is ranked #30 with an average rating of 6.0. Board International holds a 0.8% mindshare in BIT, compared to SAP’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Board International users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 71% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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94% willing to recommend

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71% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Board and SAP Analytics Hub compete in analytics solutions for data-driven decision-making, with Board offering flexible pricing and support, while SAP Analytics Hub stands out for feature richness, potentially offering higher ROI despite costs.

Features: Board provides versatile data integration, robust planning tools, and customizable analytics. SAP Analytics Hub offers an extensive library of analytics content, strong integration ecosystems, and scalable analytical services.

Room for Improvement: Board could enhance its user interface, expand integration options, and increase automation capabilities. SAP Analytics Hub might improve deployment processes, offer more competitive pricing models, and simplify user training.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Board offers straightforward deployment with solid customer support, promoting easy adoption. SAP Analytics Hub has a complex deployment but benefits from an extensive resource network for support.

Pricing and ROI: Board's flexible pricing is attractive to small to medium-sized organizations, aligning with quick ROI for financial planning tools. SAP Analytics Hub, though costly upfront, justifies its investment with long-term ROI through comprehensive features.

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Categories and Ranking

Board

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

21st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Performance Management (6th), Reporting (17th)

SAP Analytics Hub

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

30th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (51st)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Board is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Analytics Hub is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Board	0.8%
SAP Analytics Hub	0.5%
Other	98.7%

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Featured Reviews

Wiboon Thabsuwan

Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited

Easy to use and requires less time to learn or understand its features

I think the product is good in terms of ease of use. The interface looks really nice and very easy to use. Every command appears in the icon. It looks like you don't have to understand everything about the command. You do not necessarily have to know more, or I would say that there is less time for our study about the products. Functionality-wise, it is quite easy to use and requires less time to understand or learn about the product. I am a software vendor, so I do not use the tool myself. I use it for my clients. My clients mostly use it for budgeting and timing purposes. I would say that's really less maintenance at all because they can do everything by themselves. It is good in terms of ease of use.

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Nitesh Agrawal

Director & Co-Owner at InfraBeat Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Integration and security have improved, but search functionality and clarity of future direction need enhancement

The search function in SAP Analytics Hub is not effective. When speaking about integration with various analytic sources, for example, if I wanted to send the data from SAP BW or B4HANA to a data lake, we used to earlier use the Open Data Hub or Analytics Hub. Nowadays, we are using the Data Sphere integrators available with Amazon, Azure, and Google Cloud. The search capability could be better, and SAP needs to come out with a clear roadmap for the solution going ahead, as they have not yet provided that.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The ability to do write back and visualization, with minimal IT development orientation."

"I find Board to be simple and easy to use."

"Where it used to take me three days at the beginning of the year to create the new financial statement, now it is a matter of minutes because all the data is in the system."

"We can build reports super fast."

"Our data is now more structured. Between our data warehouse and BOARD, which are both brand new, we now have a more structured data view with more accurate, timely data."

"Our clients have improved a lot in terms of coordination and communication. This has improved their internal performance."

"It allows people to quickly create dashboards with reports."

"The dynamic selections on the screen and details by function are also valuable for inside the data view."

More Board pros

"The platform's main benefit is its integration with SAP ERP data. It’s effective for data integration and integrity."

"As a partner, I can mention something positive about SAP Analytics Hub: its products are tightly integrated, so the business context of data is retained in the analytics solution, and that's the main advantage."

"For report scheduling, I always prefer SAP because it has the most powerful scheduling features, like sending reports to more than 1,000 customers per day. That option is not as good in Microsoft BI and in Tableau it only exists as an add-on option."

"Data consistency is also a notable feature; the system takes care of data consistency, so you don't need to handle it manually."

"SAP Analytics Hub offers a user-friendly interface with effortless configuration, seamless updates, and real-time availability of information. It avoids the complexities associated with batch processing, providing a smooth and efficient experience."

"What I like best about this solution is that it is built into the SAP line, making it easier to integrate with other SAP products."

"This product provides good reports using a single pane of glass."

Cons

"I would like to see a better Web client, where the controls work the same way as in the Windows client. I do think that the focus is now on the Web, so it should be improved upon."

"It would be nice to have more connectors for other data sources. BOARD is a great tool to become the single source of the truth. Making it easier to connect data sources for niche software tools will make it easier to keep everything in one place."

"We would like to see better logging in the procedural world."

"The engine of the Board should be made powerful like the engine of IBM planning which is more powerful in terms of performance. The consolidated finance area also needs improvement."

"If we could upload other data, e.g., pivot tables which can be done in BOARD already, that we have pre-existing and have that data distribute to more complex spreadsheets, I would like that going forward."

"The one thing that I think we would like to see in terms of improvement of the application is the ability to print. It's fantastic to have all of these graphic visualization of data, but we're not able to very easily just print... From my perspective, if you can have a little "print" button and then you just click it and it would produce what's on the screen, that would be very helpful."

"It would be nice to be able to host your site and actually have BOARD be the driver of your site. So you could have anybody in your organization go to www.myorg.com, for example, and then go through what you allow them to go through. So rather than having to go through the application, to be able to go to actually host it to a website."

"The setup was a bit complex."

More Board cons

"The platform could easily integrate with other ERP data solutions. Additionally, it should be faster compared to competitors in the cloud space."

"Faster implementation of new functions for the new product is an area of improvement in SAP Analytics Hub."

"The search capability could be better, and SAP needs to come out with a clear roadmap for the solution going ahead, as they have not yet provided that."

"The analytics part of SAP has not been that good up until now. They're still in the infant stage and development is still going on. SAP has some cloud analytics and they're trying to configure it in Lumira, but it's not that good at this point."

"Pricing and support are integrated into the system. However, the support process can be challenging, particularly when navigating the SAP support site, which lacks user-friendliness and ease of access."

"The technical support for Analytics Hub is limited and could be improved."

"The interface can be simplified because it is not a user-friendly experience."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's price is a bit high compared to other solutions."

"It is not the cheapest product on earth, but you get so much. It provides good value for money."

"The solution is quite expensive, if it is made cheaper then we can have more clients. I rate it four out of ten."

"Find a partner who will take responsibility for the implementation, and be available for support."

"In terms of the pricing, it was reasonable. BOARD is not the lowest in the market, but it was reasonable for us."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"It is an expensive solution."

"The product is expensive."

"They are pursuing a highly assertive approach to target businesses of all sizes within the industry."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

Energy/Utilities Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

Is Board better than Anaplan as a Business Intelligence (BI) solution?

We've had several FP&A departments include Anaplan in their analytics discussions, and while BI information IS generated, the focus is generally on compiling input from various sources and simu...

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What do you like most about Board?

All the reports are prepared automatically.

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What needs improvement with Board?

Board's integration could be a bit more robust, but what we have works. If the design isn't right, the flexibility of Board can negatively impact performance.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Analytics Hub?

The product is expensive. The cost starts from $1,000,000 per year. Moreover, there are additional costs involved for customization.

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What needs improvement with SAP Analytics Hub?

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What advice do you have for others considering SAP Analytics Hub?

When speaking about integration with various analytic sources, for example, if I wanted to send the data from SAP BW or B4HANA to a data lake, we used to earlier use the Open Data Hub or Analytics ...

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Overview

BOARD International - headquartered in Switzerland - is a leading global provider of software for improving business results through better decision making. By unifying Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management into a single product, BOARD enables companies to achieve a shared vision of their performance across the entire organization, and thus a single version of the truth.

BOARD provides seamless solutions for • Reporting & Analysis • Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting • Profitability Modelling & Optimization • Simulation & What-if-Analysis • Scorecarding & Strategy Management • Financial Consolidation. Based on visual modelling, BOARD has enabled global companies to deploy BI and CPM applications without a single line of code in a fraction of the time and cost associated with traditional solutions.

Board International

SAP Analytics Hub simplifies access to analytics scattered across multiple heterogeneous environments. The solution recommends the best analytics to fit personalized needs and grants users with actionable insights without compromising agility.

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Sample Customers

Coca-Cola, Puma, Desigual, Ricoh, KPMG, H&M, Groupe SEB

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