We performed a comparison between Anaplan 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."Anaplan provides 130 GB of cloud storage for organizations to use as part of their license."
"It's simple to use with a lot of functions."
"The best thing is that it's very intuitive and user-friendly. You don't need coding skills to manipulate the platform."
"Anaplan is a three-dimensional cloud platform that is good for analyzing data, visualization, integration, terrific for visibility."
"Anaplan integrates well into my clients' core systems. The ability to aggregate the forms within the dashboarding is also useful. Only one of my clients has implemented workflow. Their usage has been very light. Dashboarding capability is probably the biggest one. My clients like having the ability to aggregate, slice and dice, and dynamically adjust things in the dashboards."
"The solution scales well."
"Anaplan's in-memory calculation engine is super-fast compared to the old tools we previously used. You enter the data and everything shows up in one go."
"Technical support has been good."
"Considering the reporting part, I rate the tool a nine out of ten."
"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 most valuable features are the visualization and user-friendliness."
"The most valuable feature of the tool is machine learning."
"It offers good backup capabilities."
"I like the predictive features of SAP. It's easy to use tools for an end-user."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"Automation needs to be built into this solution."
"Anaplan could be improved with a stronger consolidation module."
"The integration technique should be a little bit easier."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"Anaplan's workflow component is probably the biggest area for improvement. I'd also like to see Anaplan add an ad hoc reporting tool that allows users to query things. It's going to factor into how you design your data set and your models, but I'd like the ability to create ad hoc queries against the data that's in there."
"It would be nice if the solution offered better extensions."
"The visualization tools in the product are limited in comparison to other reporting tools."
"The cloud engine slows down when working with a large dataset. It still lacks a powerful engine."
"It's lacking a bit in maturity and we find we can't run our business off it until it's improved."
"The integration with other vendors and solutions could be improved."
"It should have the flexibility for scoping the story and models. When you use it in a three-layer architecture, you struggle with the fact that you usually have just one SAP Analytics Cloud tenant, and you have to switch the connections, which might be an issue for bigger developments. For the development role, there should be an option to switch between development and production scenarios."
"Some algorithms are complex and can't be processed by just tagging the data and expecting results."
"In the live connection model, we can't create calculated dimensions, however, in the import model we can create them."
"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."
"The scope is limited to a few accounts."
"We are currently working on connectivity with S/4HANA, but we would like to have better connectivity with our legacy systems."
Anaplan is ranked 4th in Predictive Analytics with 24 reviews while SAP Analytics Cloud is ranked 3rd in Predictive Analytics with 60 reviews. Anaplan is rated 8.0, while SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Anaplan writes "Great for large-scale modelling, easy to learn, and very stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Analytics Cloud writes "Good for reporting but needs to improve its predictive analytics features". Anaplan is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Hyperion, IBM Planning Analytics and Board, whereas SAP Analytics Cloud is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Power BI and IBM Cognos. See our Anaplan vs. SAP Analytics Cloud report.
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