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We performed a comparison between SAP Crystal Reports and Yellowfin based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"I find Crystal Reports very easy to use, even for a non-technical person.""SAP Crystal Reports offers a plethora of features, many of which were available much earlier than in the Crystal Reports we previously used. We extensively use its capabilities for generating general reports, working with Kaspersky data, and even incorporating images into our reports. The range of functions available in SAP Crystal Reports is diverse, and we leverage them across various systems for our needs.""We use SAP Crystal Reports for operational reporting.""It is an user-friendly solution.""The initial setup of the solution is pretty easy.""The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a fantastic way of generating reports.""The most valuable feature is that from a user's point of view, it is easy to use and requires just a simple click to generate a report."

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"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information.""It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout.""It reduces time to reproduce reports, provides easy access to organisational data, and has the ability to generate a wide range of reports and analysis."

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"If at all possible, a little bit of improvement on the analytical side is needed.""It has significantly enhanced security features, especially when compared to the standard security features of the earlier PeerSpot version I purchased. I've observed improvements in security, and overall, it's quite commendable. Regarding potential enhancements for the next release of this solution, I haven't closely examined SAP Crystal Reports 53. I've only encountered it briefly, perhaps once or twice. However, I anticipate that it likely offers advanced features distinct from its predecessor. I believe there may be notable improvements and additions in the latest version, and I look forward to exploring them further.""SAP Crystal Reports should provide better support for dynamic connectors.""There could be improvements made to the analytics capabilities.""A real improvement would be a simpler system that allows users to play with the visualization without needing specialized skills and code.""The financing part needs improvement.""SAP Crystal Reports has some compatibility issues with third-party products."

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"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."

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  • "This product costs a lot of money."
  • "I feel that SAP Crystal Reports is a reasonably priced product."
  • "We pay fifteen hundred dollars as licensing fee."
  • "The cost of licensing can be a significant factor to consider when upgrading or transitioning to a new version of SAP Crystal Reports. It's important to evaluate the benefits and features offered by the new version against the associated costs to ensure it aligns with your organization's needs and budget."
  • "SAP Crystal Reports is a very expensive solution."
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    Turn information from almost any data source into a sophisticated, interactive report with SAP Crystal Reports. This powerful, user-friendly application for small businesses and departments can help you deliver key insights to the right decision maker, at the right time, in the right format. 

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    Yellowfin offers a business intelligence (BI) platform that allows users to interact with big data in a variety of ways. Yellowfin works to provide big data access to companies of all sizes, from small business to billion-dollar enterprises. It is designed for providing data quickly and allowing users to filter for specific results, maximizing gain from big data. Yellowfin has a variety of dashboards so the user can filter, drill to detail, and have data analysis in the same browser. The data can also be easily shared with others via email, wiki embed, and reports. There is a mobile app as well, which works automatically with the desktop dashboards to allow users to access their data on the go, and alerts can be set up to notify a user via email or push to a mobile device if the data is indicating a critical event taking place. Yellowfin also can map data to locations, providing not only the what of data, but also the where. Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust provides its community in England with mental health and community care services. Using Yellowfin's mobile business intelligence capabilities to deliver reporting and analytics to approximately 6000 clinicians, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust was able to greatly improve the quality of its patient care. Yellowfin allowed the Trust to access and share independent data from mobile devices as well as create a Balanced Scoreboard to quickly gather and report information on the company's performance to its executives, management, and directors.
    Sample Customers
    City of Buenos Aires, ASR Group, Citrix, EarlySense, Usha International Limited, Automotive Resources International (ARI), LivePerson, Coelba (Grupo Neoenergia), RZD Russian Railways, National Basketball Association - NBA, TALLY WEiJL, El Machetazo, Young Heroes, Mozzart, Mitsui Knowledge Industry (MKI) , Surgutneftegas Open Joint Stock Company, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, AL-KO KOBER GROUP
    NCS, Universitat Konstanz, AT&T, PG&E, SingTel, InternetStores
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    Healthcare Company17%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Construction Company8%
    Government8%
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    Government10%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company27%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise43%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    SAP Crystal Reports is ranked 9th in Reporting with 48 reviews while Yellowfin is ranked 30th in Reporting. SAP Crystal Reports is rated 8.4, while Yellowfin is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SAP Crystal Reports writes "Helps analyze your data by creating richly formatted, pixel-perfect, and multiple reports from virtually any data source, delivered in over a dozen formats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Yellowfin writes "Very scalable design and easy to implement. It can reside alongside more complex enterprise systems". SAP Crystal Reports is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, TIBCO Jaspersoft, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, IBM Cognos and ComponentOne ActiveReports, whereas Yellowfin is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Apache Superset, 9 Spokes and Tableau.

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