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Compare SAP Crystal Reports and Spotfire Analytics 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (38.2% of reviews)
Enterprise (51.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$495 user
Free Trial
SAP Crystal Reports
Star Rating
(208)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (38.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$495 user
Browse all 5 pricing plansSpotfire Analytics
Star Rating
(363)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Browse all 2 pricing plansSAP Crystal Reports vs Spotfire Analytics
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Spotfire Analytics easier to use, set up, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration with SAP Crystal Reports.
- Reviewers felt that SAP Crystal Reports meets the needs of their business better than Spotfire Analytics.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Spotfire Analytics is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Spotfire Analytics over SAP Crystal Reports.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP Crystal Reports 2020 - full product
$495
user
Full version allows you to create powerful, richly formatted, and dynamic reports from virtually any data source, delivered in dozens of formats, in up to 28 languages
- Create highly formatted, pixel-perfect reports quickly using an intuitive design interface and efficient workflows
- Deliver personalized reports to your business users’ preferred destination in their preferred language and format
- Combine and connect directly to a variety of data sources across the organization
Spotfire Analytics
Spotfire Free Trial
Free Trial
Try Spotfire for yourself and visualize your data unlike ever before.
Spotfire is the most complete visual data science solution in the market. Take advantage of this data visualization free trial offer today, and see how easy it is to discover new insights from your data.
- https://buy.spotfire.com/try/
Free Trial
SAP Crystal Reports
Free Trial is available
Spotfire Analytics
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
185
8.6
284
Ease of Use
7.7
185
8.1
285
Ease of Setup
7.6
100
7.7
138
Ease of Admin
8.0
95
7.8
112
Quality of Support
7.6
146
7.8
249
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.8
85
8.4
111
Product Direction (% positive)
6.7
183
7.9
281
Features by Category
Reports
8.3
148
8.3
192
|
Verified
7.6
127
7.9
184
|
Verified
7.8
127
8.8
209
|
Verified
7.7
77
8.1
170
|
Verified
7.8
113
8.7
199
|
Verified
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
198
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
204
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
186
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
140
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
203
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
156
|
Verified
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.5
113
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
105
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
84
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
85
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
8.3
148
8.3
192
|
Verified
7.6
127
7.9
184
|
Verified
7.8
127
8.8
209
|
Verified
7.7
77
8.1
170
|
Verified
7.8
113
8.7
199
|
Verified
Reports
8.4
30
8.6
6
8.4
28
8.1
6
8.3
27
7.8
6
Generative AI
7.2
15
8.3
6
7.7
15
8.1
6
Visualization
8.5
28
8.1
6
8.3
27
8.3
6
8.6
28
8.3
6
8.0
28
8.3
6
Data Updates
7.8
27
8.3
6
7.8
26
8.6
6
Collaboration
8.1
29
8.6
7
7.7
28
7.3
5
7.4
26
8.1
6
Data Updates
8.2
36
8.3
6
8.5
35
8.1
6
8.4
36
8.6
6
Reports
8.3
148
8.3
192
|
Verified
7.6
127
7.9
184
|
Verified
7.8
127
8.8
209
|
Verified
7.7
77
8.1
170
|
Verified
7.8
113
8.7
199
|
Verified
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.4
71
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
65
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
8.5
77
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
81
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
75
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4
31
Not enough data
7.1
32
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
198
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
204
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
186
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
140
|
Verified
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
203
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
156
|
Verified
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.5
113
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
105
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
84
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
85
|
Verified
Reports
8.3
148
8.3
192
|
Verified
7.6
127
7.9
184
|
Verified
7.8
127
8.8
209
|
Verified
7.7
77
8.1
170
|
Verified
7.8
113
8.7
199
|
Verified
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
198
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
204
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
186
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
140
|
Verified
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.5
113
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
105
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
84
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
85
|
Verified
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Federation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Transformation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Capabilities
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Methodology
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Science and Machine Learning PlatformsHide 25 FeaturesShow 25 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Model Development
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Model Development
Not enough data
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - Machine Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning - Machine Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Analysis
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.9
9
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
7.9
8
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
SAP Crystal Reports and Spotfire Analytics are categorized as Data Visualization
Unique Categories
SAP Crystal Reports has no unique categories
Spotfire Analytics is categorized as Stream Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Embedded Business Intelligence, Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, Data Virtualization, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, and AWS Marketplace
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
SAP Crystal Reports
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Spotfire Analytics
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
15.6%
Computer Software
6.0%
Hospital & Health Care
4.0%
Accounting
4.0%
Education Management
3.0%
Other
67.3%
Oil & Energy
21.3%
Information Technology and Services
10.1%
Pharmaceuticals
5.2%
Education Management
4.6%
Financial Services
4.3%
Other
54.6%
Discussions
What is SAP Crystal Reports?
2 Comments
AB
SAP Crystal is a report writing software that can connect to various databases that are SQL-based or similar to facilitate report writing. Technically coding...Read more
Why complex reports takes a bit more time to develop?
1 Comment
AN
More complex = more time.
I have seen ppl trying to user CR to build a BI tool ... charts, graphs and such . CR. CR does support those but there are other...Read more
What is SAP Crystal used for?
1 Comment
AS
It is used for generating analytical reports from various data sources, including SAP and non-SAP sources like SQL Server, MySQL, XML Microsoft Excel, etc.Read more
What is most like Tibco Spotfire?
1 Comment
SA
TIBCO Spotfire provides excellent visualization and reporting capability as a BI tool. It enables connections to various data sources and advanced...Read more
What's New In Tibco Spotfire?
1 Comment
Official Response from Spotfire Analytics
If you want to see the latest in Spotfire, you can check out our "What's New" page on the Spotfire community:...Read more
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