Business intelligence (BI) and performance management software from SAP includes a broad portfolio of tools and applications designed to help you optimise business performance by connecting people, information and businesses across business networks. Compare the software to find the best solution for your business needs.
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| Summary |
Intuitive reporting, dashboarding and ad hoc analysis solutions for small businesses and functional departments |
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution providing complete, intuitive, turn-key business intelligence |
Comprehensive business intelligence and performance management software – specifically for midsize companies |
| Best fit for companies that… |
Need affordable reporting with access to any data source, intuitive exploration and analysis, visualisations and interactive dashboards, and the ability to perform "what-if" analysis
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Need a comprehensive BI solution for exploring, reporting on and sharing data that delivers insight quickly and reduces the burden on IT
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Need comprehensive capabilities for enterprise reporting, ad hoc query and analysis, dashboards and visualisation, data management, planning and budgeting or strategy management
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Partner support
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Thousands of partners across every industry and in 80 countries |
Thousands of partners across every industry and in 80 countries |
Thousands of partners across every industry and in 80 countries |
| Language support |
Available in 16 languages |
Available in English |
Available in 12 languages |
| Company size/number of employees |
10 - 500 |
1 - 5,000+ |
100 - 2,500 |
| IMPLEMENTATION TIME |
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| Typical |
1-8 days |
Immediate |
4-8 weeks |
| IT Approach |
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| IT staff/capabilities |
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n/a |
Have at least minimal IT resources |
| On-premise |
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| On-demand |
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| Pricing and financing |
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Pricing/financing
(Payment plans are available through SAP Financing.) |
Traditional licensing and monthly subscriptions; buy online now – starting at €479 |
Monthly subscriptions |
Traditional licensing starting at €8,000 for 10 users. |
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SAP Crystal Solutions |
SAP
BusinessObjects
BI OnDemand |
SAP
BusinessObjects
Edge BI |
SAP
BusinessObjects
Edge Planning
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Consolidation |
SAP BusinessObjects
Edge Strategy
Management |
Report creation, user defined
Create, manage and deliver high-quality reports that can be "user" designed and deployed |
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Data visualisation and dashboard creation
Consolidate company data into a single dashboard to manage performance |
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Reports and dashboards on a single server
Open, view and interact with reports and dashboards and share them securely over the Web, in Microsoft Office documents, via e-mail and on corporate portals; use automatic report scheduling and delivery |
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Report personalisation
Personalise report content and deliver reports to thousands of internal and external recipients – in a single session |
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Ad hoc reporting, query and analysis
Create reports and dashboards "on the fly" and drill down on any data to understand "root causes" for course correction; supports multiple data sources |
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Data integration
Graphically extract, transform and load (ETL) data and identify the impact of changes in source systems on reports and dashboards (impact analysis for IT; data lineage for business user) |
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Pre-configured data mart options
Faster implementation with pre-packaged data mart solutions - sample reports, prebuilt data flows and business logic |
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Data quality
Centralise the discovery, correction and prevention of data issues across the organisation. |
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Packaged planning and budgeting
Support complete top-down and bottom-up approaches. |
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Forecasting and modelling
Create rolling forecasts and incorporate real-time actuals with historical data. |
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Financial consolidation
Support fast close and improved compliance. |
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Statutory reporting support
Produce and manage reporting for internal and external needs. |
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Scorecards
Support effective communication enabled by strong visualisation. |
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Objectives and initiatives tracking
Prioritise resources through insight into dependencies between goals and initiatives and shifts in strategies and associated risk. |
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* Available with SAP Crystal Reports software
** Available with SAP Crystal Reports Server, SAP Crystal Dashboard Design and SAP Crystal Presentation Design
*** Available with SAP Crystal Reports Server
**** Available with SAP Crystal Interactive Analysis
***** Available in SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI, version with data integration
****** Available in SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI, version with data management
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