"The GUI interface is nice and easy to use."
"It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."
"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."
"The solution is 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 can handle a large volume of data."
"I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features."
"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The organization of the icons is not saved across users."
"The product was not able to meet our 10 second refresh requirements."
"There was an issue with the incremental aggregation not working as indicated."
"The ability to drive external reporting out for development could be improved."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness."
"The initial setup is pretty complex."
"It's an expensive product to use."
"They should improve the solution's performance."
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AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) is ranked 5th in Data Virtualization while Oracle Essbase is ranked 10th in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews. AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) is rated 5.0, while Oracle Essbase is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) writes "The GUI interface is nice and easy to use, but the organization of the icons is not saved across users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Essbase writes "It is easy to use and receives patch updates on regular intervals ". AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) is most compared with Denodo, Dremio, ThoughtSpot, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Alation Data Catalog, whereas Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Tableau.
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