We performed a comparison between Alteryx and SAP Analytics Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Predictive Analytics solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Alteryx is so advanced. It's just drag and drop."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Its initial setup is easy."
"The filtering is fast, and it provides a search tool that is great."
"Alteryx is a simple and easy-to-use solution."
"The design portion of this tool is easy to use without code, which his something that something we can appreciate."
"The most valuable feature is user-friendliness, as Alteryx can be used by those without any coding experience or experienced data scientists as it has the functionality to embed R and Python scripts."
"Automation is the most valuable aspect for us. The ability to wrap business logic around the data is very helpful."
"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 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's so user-friendly."
"The solution is stable."
"I like the predictive features of SAP. It's easy to use tools for an end-user."
"There is a seamless integration with SAP S4HANA which is really valuable to our organization and its functions. Since the data is stored in the same ecosystem, it creates a simple process of building dashboards, without making the process cumbersome The Analytics Cloud provides standardized templates and storage options, making it easy to plug into existing structures. We're utilizing custom stories that have already been developed, streamlining the development process. It serves as a convenient starting point and contributes to the overall ease of development. Another advantage is that it doesn't provide the same level of calculation power as Power BI and Tableau. SAP Analytics Cloud emphasizes pushing analytics back into the database, recommending data manipulation and preparation outside of the platform. This approach is seen as an advantage, as it allows for more robust data handling."
"Planning is the most valuable feature of the product because it's integrated and that means we don't need to rely on an independent planning environment."
"Real-time data makes for a single version of the truth."
"Its most valuable feature lies in its functionality."
"It would be nice if they can provide Alteryx with more options for In-DB connectivity. That functionality is there, but it doesn't include all software we are connecting."
"The gallery could improve in Alteryx. Additionally, if there was a Conditional Join feature it would be beneficial. Since I do not have this feature I have to use Python scripts."
"It would be great if Alteryx could take third party tools and incorporate them."
"The event handling, such that the file system watcher, is in need of improvement."
"They should work on its pricing."
"The solution just lacks in terms of data visualization. That is why we use Tableau and Qlik in our organization. They help to pick up the slack. If data visualization was added, Alteryx would be a very good tool, and much more complete."
"I think better visualization would be helpful to this solution."
"It's lacking a bit in maturity and we find we can't run our business off it until it's improved."
"There is plenty of room for improvement. They have different products, and you need to integrate all of them to have one functionality. For example, data extraction happens in Datasphere. Then it would be best if you had some connection between the Datasphere and the SAP Analytics Cloud to get the data, as this is causing headaches sometimes. The knowledge base and Jedox also could be more meaningful. I have tried to search for some specific knowledge base and technology base, and I didn't find them. I have learned it by trial and error. There is room to improve the integrations between the different products. The AFS, and the Data action, need improvement. Sometimes they release new tools and updates, but not in my area."
"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."
"SAP Analytics Cloud requires a lot of coding and I would like the coding to be somewhat minimal."
"Currently only one data modeler can work at a time."
"When it comes to planning there is a concern about the ability to match the exact requirements of the customer with what the product offers."
"The customizations need to be better."
"It seems like there's a problem with the tool's licenses. If there are a lot of users, like 200, who only use the solution once a year, paying for a full-year license for each user is expensive. There's no option for users who only use the solution occasionally."
Alteryx is ranked 1st in Predictive Analytics with 74 reviews while SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 3rd in Predictive Analytics with 58 reviews. Alteryx is rated 8.4, while SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Alteryx writes "Feature-rich ETL that condenses a number of functions into one tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Good for reporting but needs to improve its predictive analytics features". Alteryx is most compared with KNIME, Databricks, Dataiku Data Science Studio, RapidMiner and Amazon QuickSight, whereas SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Power BI and MicroStrategy. See our Alteryx vs. SAP Analytics Cloud report.
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