Compare SAP Analytics Cloud and Planning Maestro - Jul 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jul 04, 2022

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

Planning Maestro is more expensive to implement (TCO) than SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP Analytics Cloud is rated higher (90/100) than Planning Maestro (87/100). Planning Maestro offers users more features (15) than SAP Analytics Cloud (9).

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:

SAP Vs. Centage Corporation

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...

Centage Corporation: Centage Corporation is the world leader in automated, budgeting and planning software solutions for small to medium-sized organizations. Since 2001, thousands of managers at all levels have utilized the Budget Maestro family of solutions to streamline their budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, performance analysis, and reporting process...

Who is more expensive? SAP Analytics Cloud or Budget Maestro?

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 SAP Analytics Cloud and Budget Maestro.

SAP Analytics Cloud price starts at $22 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 SAP Analytics Cloud is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Budget Maestro price starts at $10,000 per year , When comparing Budget Maestro to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Budget Maestro is more expensive than SAP Analytics Cloud.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

SAP Analytics Cloud: Dashboard, Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, OLAP, Data Analysis Tools, Data analysis, Business Intelligence, Budgeting & CPM.

Budget Maestro: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cash Flow, Credit Card Processing.

Target customer size

SAP Analytics Cloud's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, Planning Maestro was developed to serve many kinds of industries, from public to private, startups to mature and from family-owned operations to Fortune 500 organizations.



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.

Planning Maestro

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

starts at $10,000 per year

Planning Maestro is a software for mid-market enterprises looking to better manage their businesses and improve on performance. It was developed by the Centage Corporation Company which has been offering its se...

Categories: Accounting & Finance, Fixed Asset Management, Budgeting & CPM, Financial reporting, HR Accounting.

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SAP Analytics Cloud: 9 Features

Dashboard
Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
OLAP
Data Analysis Tools
Data analysis
Business Intelligence
Budgeting & CPM
Data visualization

Budget Maestro: 15 Features

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Budgeting & Forecasting
Cash Flow
Credit Card Processing
Fixed-Assets
Multi-Currency
Sales Reporting
Tax compliance
Time & Expense
Agile Project Management
Budget & Expense Management
Issue Tracking
Project Management
Resource Management
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
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
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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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
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Planning...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
$10,000 per year
Functionality
29
Qlik Sen...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
15
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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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