Enterprise BI platforms · SAP SE

SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP's cloud analytics platform combining BI dashboards, planning, and predictive analytics in one workspace tied to SAP data.

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SAP Analytics Cloud is SAP's cloud-native platform for business intelligence, financial and operational planning, and predictive analytics in a single workspace, rather than separate BI and planning products. It reads live from SAP systems such as S/4HANA and SAP BW as well as non-SAP sources, and lets planners build driver-based models, run what-if simulations, and generate forecasts alongside standard dashboards and stories. Analytics Designer and scripting extend it for custom applications, and it ships with augmented-analytics features such as Smart Insights and Smart Discovery for automated driver and outlier detection. As a fully cloud-hosted service with no self-managed option, it is aimed primarily at organizations already running SAP for their core transactional systems that want planning and BI to sit close to that data rather than in a third-party tool.

At a glance

Vendor SAP SE
Pricing model Quote only
Free tier —
Deployment Cloud
Open source No
Best for SAP-centric organizations wanting BI and financial planning built on the same platform as their transactional data.

Pricing

Sales-led pricing; SAP's product page offers a demo and trial request but no published self-serve tiers or figures.

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Features

  • Combined BI dashboards and driver-based planning in one tool
  • Live connectivity to S/4HANA and SAP BW
  • What-if simulation and predictive forecasting
  • Smart Insights and Smart Discovery augmented analytics
  • Analytics Designer for custom applications
  • Story-based interactive dashboards
  • Multi-tenant cloud deployment with SAP identity integration

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

Head to head

Alternatives

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Terms to know

Business intelligence (BI) The practice of turning company data into dashboards, reports and metrics that guide business decisions. FP&A (financial planning and analysis) The finance function responsible for budgeting, forecasting and analyzing company performance against plan. Dashboard A visual display of the metrics a team needs to monitor, usually updated on a schedule or in real time. Predictive analytics Analytics that uses historical data and statistical models to estimate what is likely to happen next. Augmented analytics Using AI and machine learning to automate parts of data preparation, insight discovery, and explanation in analytics tools. Anomaly detection Identifying data points or patterns that deviate significantly from expected or normal behavior.

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