Compare Salient and SAP Analytics Cloud - Apr 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Apr 12, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Salient or SAP Analytics Cloud?

Salient is more expensive to implement (TCO) than SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP Analytics Cloud is rated with the same score (90/100) as Salient (90/100). SAP Analytics Cloud offers users more features (9) than Salient (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is SAP Analytics Cloud!

Looking for the right Business Intelligence solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Salient Software, Inc Vs. SAP

Salient Software, Inc: Salient provides IT solutions that empower businesses to measure and manage their performance. With our software, you can collect, organize and analyze data to drive performance improvements by better aligning goals with metrics, increasing your operational efficiency and becoming more comfortable with the integrity of your numbers. Founded in 1...

SAP: SAP ® AG is German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. SAP ® is the market leader in enterprise application software. The company's best-known software products are its enterprise resource planning application (SAP ® ERP), its enterpr...

Who is more expensive? Salient or SAP Analytics Cloud?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Salient and SAP Analytics Cloud.

Salient price starts at $60 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Salient is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. SAP Analytics Cloud price starts at $22 per user/month , When comparing SAP Analytics Cloud to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Salient cost is around the same cost of SAP Analytics Cloud.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Salient Vs. SAP Analytics Cloud based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

Salient: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

SAP Analytics Cloud: Dashboard, Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, OLAP, Data Analysis Tools.

Target customer size

Salient's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and SAP Analytics Cloud's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.

Salient

ITQlick rating
(3.9/5)

starts at $60 per license

Salient Software is a cloud-based performance management and business analytics software designed for midstream organizations. It features midstream KPIs, BI Accelerators and MLP reporting packages and more.

Categories: Business Intelligence, Business performance management, Dashboards & KPIs.

SAP Analytics Cloud

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

starts at $22 per user/month

SAP Analytics Cloud is a growing cloud-based BI software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. SAP Analytics Cloud received a rating of 4.3 from ITQlick team. The software cost is co...

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, Data Analysis Tools, Business Intelligence, Dashboards & KPIs, Data analysis.

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Salient: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

SAP Analytics Cloud: 9 Features

Dashboard
Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
OLAP
Data Analysis Tools
Data analysis
Business Intelligence
Budgeting & CPM
Data visualization
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Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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Salient
ITQlick rating
3.9/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
3.8/10
License pricing
$60 per license
Functionality
6
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SAP Anal...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$22 per user/month
Functionality
19
Qlik Sen...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
15
SuiteAna...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$499 per month + $99 per user
Functionality
10
Sisense
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$83 per employee/month
Functionality
35

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