We performed a comparison between SAP analytics cloud vs. Tableau based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Tableau users say the best feature is the ease of use, which allows anyone to use the platform. The visual capability helps users explain the data more straightforwardly. On the downside, users say Tableau could improve its data management and ETL features, especially in the Tableau Prep feature.
Comparison Results: SAP Analytics Cloud seems to be a superior solution because of the multiple features. Although the support is slow, it is still better than Tableau’s standard support. Tableau’s upgrades are also challenging to install.
"The most valuable features are the analytical application and the user story."
"SAP Analytics Cloud is a very good tool. The feature that's most useful for me is the reporting as it can be done via Google Chrome. The solution is also very nice, user-friendly, and easy to build. It's very easy to use the features of SAP Analytics Cloud."
"Technical support is helpful."
"One of the most outstanding features is being able to use the dashboard with a touch screen."
"The most valuable features are on the application side, where you can design applications into your analytics on the platform."
"The most useful feature of SAP Analytics Cloud is planning because it helps users with making predictions and forecasts. Clients can forecast, make data allocations, and other actions. The solution is useful for planning."
"It is scalable."
"The features that I have found most valuable with SAP ERP products are their good user interface, stability, functionality, and good interface options."
"I have found the solution easy to use and the interface is very good."
"The ability to deploy is the added ability to centralise the Tableau repository for all Tableau Developers."
"Easy for beginners to use"
"The dashboards are amazing, with different report types and stunning visuals. Most importantly, Tableau's AI with machine learning automatically predicts features and reports based on historical data. These are the three most valuable features for me."
"The geospatial maps representation and the visualizations are nice."
"Tableau is easy to use and it has great predictive features."
"Tableau has many good features. It is user-friendly, has a simple-to-use interface, and has a customizable dashboard."
"Better interaction and less time spent with end users."
"An area for improvement in SAP Analytics Cloud is its planning feature because it's not that efficient when compared to BPC. Another area for improvement in the solution is the difficulty in building reports or dashboards, particularly if you don't have proper knowledge of the BI system. SAP Analytics Cloud technical support also needs improvement."
"Technical support could be more helpful and responsive."
"The integration with other vendors and solutions could be improved."
"SAP Analytics Cloud requires a lot of coding and I would like the coding to be somewhat minimal."
"I would like to see reporting to the Analytics cloud directly."
"Currently only one data modeler can work at a time."
"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."
"The budget management could be better."
"Its integration with Microsoft products such as Teams should be improved."
"To be the best in the market, Tableau has to improve its user interface and also look into developing implementing the best machine learning algorithms."
"Provide additional enhancements in any business process: Operations, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Logistics, etc."
"I think Tableau could be improved with cheaper or more flexible licensing, though this is a generic improvement and applies for any product. It would be better if they had more flexible payment and licensing plans so that they could suit small- and mid-sized organizations."
"There should be more widgets that would help less trained individuals create charts with less difficulty."
"Some of our clients are looking for better UI when using Tableau as they often work with this solution directly."
"The only issue with the solution is with its prices at a regional level."
"The cost of owning the solutions from Tableau is much higher compared to any other analytical solutions."
SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 3rd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 25 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 18 reviews. SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Great scalability, and stability, but does not integrate easily with non-SAP tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tableau writes "Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time". SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Power BI, IBM Cognos and Anaplan, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Databricks. See our SAP Analytics Cloud vs. Tableau report.
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In case you are working for a small accounting firm, Tableau or Power Bi may cover all your needs. It is important, what kind of ERP system do you use. Are you running SAP S4/Hana, stay in SAP word. If you run other product look to other options. Does not make sense to use SAP AC only, far too expensive and will be hard to utilize fully. Solutions like Tableau or Power Bi are easy to use and will give you great result. On the other side it is not so much about the system, but about data quality, this is the key.
Tableau is a fantastic product. It works really well and is remarkably easy to use. SAP Analytics Cloud is also a good product. Both are quite inexpensive. Personally, I prefer Tableau for its ease of use and quick results.