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Holistics Data Software vs SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Holistics Data Software
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
29th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP BusinessObjects Busines...
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
114
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Holistics Data Software is 0.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is 3.0%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence3.0%
Holistics Data Software0.4%
Other96.6%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

PN
Project Assistant at Computer Center - HCMC University of Technology
Good analytics, fair pricing, and a variety of features
We just use Holistics Data Software for transforming data and reporting in my company. We use it to create dashboards and sometimes send dashboard captures into our Slack or email Holistics Data Software is easy to use, and the price is suitable for my company. We've been using it for almost a…
TarunKumar7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Engineer at LTI LATAM and Toubro Improtech
Data insights have driven faster financial forecasts and improved role-based decision making
The best features SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform offers include cross-enterprise sharing, where sharing insights is easier and seamless across my organization, and creating role-based dashboards. The role-based dashboards help my team and organization by providing information to specific users, allowing them to make decisions more easily, anytime, anywhere, across any device. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to perform financial reporting to make decisions faster. Since we started using SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, we have been able to make faster, data-driven business decisions based on actual data insights and data analysis, which has accelerated our ability to make better decisions for our business productivity.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Holistics Data Software is easy to use, and the price is suitable for my company."
"It provides every feature you're looking for to perform OLAP and OLTP-based transactional and analytical reporting."
"BusinessObjects can handle a lot of usage on the front end, and many users can view these reports. It's a relatively stable and secure tool."
"It is stable and robust. It has pretty direct integration with SAP ERP. It is easy to use."
"The most valuable SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform feature are metadata service layers."
"During the first of the 10 years we used it, it was a very valuable reporting product."
"I rate SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform an eight out of ten."
"The level of stability is very good. There are no bugs or glitches."
"Mostly, we have seen businesses run faster because they use SAP BOBJ."
 

Cons

"The learning curve was quite hard for us to master all the features at the beginning."
"They need to improve the processing of software as it has lag when it initially starts."
"I would like to see their data visualization products enhanced and made more robust and easier to implement."
"Sometimes encounter some bugs. SAP seems to have taken the approach of letting the users test the product lately."
"We would like to see a native version of BusinessObjects and Web Intelligence created for the cloud."
"Its price should be better. It is expensive and not cost-effective. It should also be improved in terms of end-user experience. It requires further improvements for usability and ease of use. It should have more dashboarding metrics and much faster integration with ERP so that when you double click, you can instantly see the scenario-based result."
"There are a lot of stability related issues with all SAP BI products, especially compared with similar Oracle, Cognos or QlickView tools."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"The product lacks the ability to manage universal connectivity, so it needs to be made better for users."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"SAP is losing market to its competitors because of its costly user license and licensing model. They can do much better on the licensing side. That's what Microsoft has been doing, and that's why Power BI is gaining market share at the moment. SAP needs to relax a little bit on the licensing part. If Microsoft is giving people a solution that is half of the cost of SAP, people will definitely go with Power BI."
"The platform's pricing needs to be revised."
"​It is not an expensive platform. The licensing is for a package of users starting at 10 users."
"SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is an expensive application."
"Just work with SAP to make sure you have enough licenses but don't go overboard."
"There is an annual license to use SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform."
"It is not a subscription model, but you must purchase a perpetual license for this."
"The SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform has to improve its licensing cost."
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Comparison Review

it_user6663 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a transportation company with 51-200 employees
May 25, 2013
SAP Business Objects vs. Microsoft BI
A quick look at the whole idea on another weblogs gives you a sense that all of them just talked about very brief things like report refresh feature in BO or cube feature in MS Analysis Service. I choose MS BI and I want to share my reasons and opinions on why I choose it and give you another quick…
 

Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise67
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Holistics Data Software?
The product is easy to set up as a cloud service. We did not need to hire additional staff such as data engineers.
What needs improvement with Holistics Data Software?
The learning curve was quite hard for us to master all the features at the beginning. Now it's fine.
What is your primary use case for Holistics Data Software?
We just use Holistics Data Software for transforming data and reporting in my company. We use it to create dashboards and sometimes send dashboard captures into our Slack or email.
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
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Also Known As

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SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, SAP BusinessObjects, Business Objects, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
 

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Sample Customers

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SRAM, Kennametal, Fairfax Water, British American Tobacco, Velux, and FedEx.
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