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Infobright DB vs SAP Business Data Cloud comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Infobright DB
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (38th), Data Warehouse (19th)
SAP Business Data Cloud
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
120
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (7th), BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (3rd), Business Performance Management (2nd), Cloud Analytics (2nd), Predictive Analytics (2nd), Data Governance (4th), Cloud Data Warehouse (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user708987 - PeerSpot reviewer
MySQL DBA at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Excellent reporting server that is compatible with MySQL
We ran into some quirks that Infobright had. We interacted with Infobright's support and were able to resolve them. There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance). This would mean that redundancy is something you need to implement yourself.
Pavlina Pankova - PeerSpot reviewer
Competence Leader - BI at Sabris CZ s.r.o.
Brings reporting, planning, and prediction together in one seamless workflow
I think the areas of SAP Analytics Cloud that could be improved or enhanced are mentioned by users or companies, and they would definitely mention the price in terms of planning licensing. From a consulting point of view, I don't see any major weaknesses. It is reasonably well-developed, and the perfect strength is that innovations are coming on a quarterly basis. It is slightly behind other tools in terms of the number of graphical outputs. Some tools have it faster, but every increment of innovations contains new features. On the other hand, it is perfectly fitting to the SAP environment, with seamless integration to all SAP modules, not only ERP but also SuccessFactors and other tools from the SAP family, for example, integrated business planning for the production planning. This is really a highlight compared to other tools.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The performance of ad hoc aggregation queries is superior to any RDBMS that I have used and I have used them all."
"It has very amazing smart grid query feature for very fast aggregate queries across millions of rows"
"It is very straightforward and easy to work with."
"Infobright gave us the ability to avoid significant changes in our data structure and just use Infobright like BigDataMySql."
"ICE helped us improve the speed for the “group-by” query by 10x."
"Infobright allowed us to reduce the number of moving parts and complexity that we had while providing good performance to produce our reports."
"A valuable feature was the use of a columnar database for large, ever-growing, big datasets."
"We now have multiple times faster queries in comparison to MS SQL."
"I don't find any negative aspects of SAP Business Data Cloud, to be very honest."
"Speaking about the biggest advantage of SAP Business Data Cloud from my personal experience, it provides correct answers based on real official data of my company."
"The ease of use of the solution is its most valuable feature. We haven't tried all of the features yet. The graphing and the ease of using the analytics tools have been great. It's all drag and drop; you don't need to code anything."
"The product seems very secure, it seems very stable, I've had no issues, there are no bugs or glitches, and it does not crash or freeze."
"The integration aspects between SAP and SAP Business Data Cloud are pretty good and seamless, with multiple ways to take the data that all work seamlessly, and taking data out to Azure Data Lake using premium outbound as a service and replication flows in Data Sphere is really seamless."
"Revenue has increased because of SAP Business Data Cloud, as we are gaining more traction and business."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Business Data Cloud is not really limited to BDC itself, it's the two core applications, which are SAC and Data Sphere, and I think seamless planning is the number one feature that is really advantageous to users and really something that stands out for SAP versus everybody else because no other tool has that feature."
"This product provides good reports using a single pane of glass."
 

Cons

"There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance)."
"When running a complex subquery, the system hangs without giving the user any response."
"On the contrary, we have switched back to the MS SSAS Tabular Model, because of pricing policy."
"Only the data from the columns that reached 2GB will actually decrease. Other columns below 2GB in size do not leave the disk."
"After all the re-work to our product to remove as much reliance on Infobright, and the extra hardware costs we had to absorb, there was definitely a negative return on investment."
"We didn’t purchase the Enterprise Edition because it was too expensive for a product that wasn’t going to replace our main DWH database (Oracle), but was, somehow, only an addition for it."
"MPP, distributed processing!!! And better integration with Hadoop."
"There was no scalability at all. Infobright didn't permit any changes in tables."
"I do not perceive any return on investment with SAP Business Data Cloud, as its performance in that area is exceptionally poor and shows no signs of improvement."
"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."
"Some algorithms are complex and can't be processed by just tagging the data and expecting results."
"I would like to have more tabular reporting capabilities, like page reports."
"We are currently working on connectivity with S/4HANA, but we would like to have better connectivity with our legacy systems."
"The budget management could be better."
"SAP Analytics cloud needs better exporting options."
"Cost is quite high when I look at the market and competitors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our pricing was based on server instances and it was actually very cheap compared to Oracle. I guess you get what you pay for."
"They are pursuing a highly assertive approach to target businesses of all sizes within the industry."
"It's not that costly as such for the time being."
"This solution is pricey."
"It is not the most expensive one. You have to do the cost-of-ownership analysis and take a lot of things into consideration to come up with the conclusion that it is cheaper or not, but its price is reasonable. It provides value for money."
"It Wasn't directly involved in the pricing discussions, but when I joined the organization, they had already purchased the SAP Analytics Cloud solution. The organization faced challenges due to its perceived expense, leading to restrictions on granting access to many users."
"Its price is slightly on the higher side."
"SAP pricing tends to be premium, so it is slightly higher."
"I don't have the exact price for SAP Analytics Cloud, but it could be improved and made cheaper, especially when compared to Power BI."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
22%
Construction Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Media Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business47
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise79
 

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Also Known As

Infobright
SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Digital Boardroom, SAP Analytics Hub
 

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