We performed a comparison between MicroStrategy and Oracle Essbase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools."The interactive features that appear in the report were good. The external rendering option they give with multi servers was also good."
"The usability for users to be able to drag and drop, then create their own reports."
"It keeps BI in the hands of everyone, rather than a developer or an analyst."
"The dashboard features and functionalities that come through the MicroStrategy Suite are the most valuable. It can be used by end users with minimum knowledge of the product. They can run a report or create a dashboard on their phones, which is kind of cool."
"It drives us away from Excel. For what it is for, it is good. You can't run a business on Excel."
"It plays a vital role in establishing a connection with predictive continuous improvement."
"We are using mobile analytics, and it is amazing."
"With all the APIs it's very scalable."
"Unlike relational, where you're linking together multiple tables, with Essbase, you basically define what the dimensions are beforehand, and you define the hierarchy, and then load the data. This allows you to do a pretty sophisticated analysis so that you can drill into it and slice and dice the data."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."
"I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features."
"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."
"The solution can handle a large volume of data."
"It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."
"If you compare it with Power BI with the DAX language, it would be great to put that into MicroStrategy."
"Currently, the client view looks completely different depending on what you are building."
"MicroStrategy lacks that community support. You're either stuck figuring things out yourself or paying expensive fees to MicroStrategy consultants for help."
"It is actually pretty complicated to use. It is complicated enough that user adaptation is sometimes difficult. We developed more experts rather than people using it."
"The solution's licensing could be improved because its cost is heavy on the pockets."
"Getting our data to work with the tool is where we are having issues."
"The pricing could be lower because it is costly."
"If you do not learn the ins or outs, it can be a difficult tool to use. You could do a PoC and get enough out of it to be able to use it. However, when it comes to administering it, you definitely need the training."
"There is room for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"Essbase has a programming language, and it has a couple of functions to do forecasting, however, their feature set for that is not that good."
"I would like to see an integration with application performance management and a version control management tool."
"It's an expensive product to use."
"The initial setup is pretty complex."
"The ability to drive external reporting out for development could be improved."
"They should improve the solution's performance."
MicroStrategy is ranked 9th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 155 reviews while Oracle Essbase is ranked 10th in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews. MicroStrategy is rated 8.2, while Oracle Essbase is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of MicroStrategy writes "A robust solution for powerful data analytics". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Essbase writes "It is easy to use and receives patch updates on regular intervals ". MicroStrategy is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and IBM Cognos, whereas Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Qlik Sense.
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