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We performed a comparison between Birst and Oracle Analytics Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain."

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"The solution can scale.""Oracle Analytics Cloud's most valuable feature is its visualization.""Mobility is the most valuable feature for us. All employees can access it from anywhere. It is a big advantage for us.""This is a stable and scalable solution.""The AI/ML enablement is useful, as many reporting tools do not offer machine learning models as of now, without writing customized code.""The product is easily customized.""The technical support services are good.""It has the best feature for data augmentation."

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Cons
"Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution."

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"It should simplify data connectivity and modeling, making data extraction more streamlined and adaptable for diverse use cases.""At this time, dataflows cannot be shared, but I think that this should be enhanced.""The interfaces could be improved and some in-memory operations could be built in.""This solution could be more adaptable in its application.""Its FAW feature has limitations in terms of usage.""It's not a failure of the product; it's just an architectural choice. It has to do with data modeling. I'm comparing this to another product, which is Oracle's developer client and probably called Oracle BI Developer Client Tool. The data modeler, which is cloud-based, and Oracle BI Developer Client Tool, which is local or on-premises-based, both can do the same thing in data modeling. However, the cloud tool does not have as many features as the Oracle BI Developer Client Tool, which is closest to the OBIEE Administration Tool with full feature data modeling, metadata development, and so forth. In a complex environment or implementation, that is the capability that you need.""Sharing dataflows is not possible at this time, and the custom chart functionality is not available.""One area of improvement is associated with more connectors needing to be added such as Microsoft OneDrive, Teradata and a few others. I think the list is limited to the top ones now."

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  • "Please negotiate on the price and purchase the latest version."
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  • "Bottom line, the cost is really, really cheap compared to other solutions. Oracle has made a huge effort on the pricing."
  • "The price is reasonable; it's quite a bit lower than Tableau and Spotfire."
  • "I don't know the exact cost, but its pricing was good. Its pricing was competitive. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of pricing."
  • "I would rate it a five out of five in terms of the value received for the price charge."
  • "We pay on a monthly basis and it is $10 per user each month."
  • "It is an expensive platform."
  • "I rate the product's pricing a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
  • "The product’s pricing is expensive. However, feature-wise, it fits the requirements of enterprise customers."
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    Top Answer:Oracle Analytics Cloud's most valuable feature is its visualization.
    Top Answer:The tool's pricing is not unreasonable or non-competitive.
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    Also Known As
    Oracle Analytics Cloud Service, OAC, Oracle Data Visualization, Oracle Data Visualization Cloud Service, ODV
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    Overview

    Birst Networked BI and Analytics eliminates information silos. Decentralized users can augment the enterprise data model virtually, as opposed to physically, without compromising data governance.

    A unified semantic layer maintains common definitions and key metrics.
    Birst’s two-tier architecture aligns back-end sources with line-of-business or local data. Birst’s Automated Data Refinement extracts data from any source into a unified semantic layer. Users are enabled with self-service analytics through executive dashboards, reporting, visual discovery, mobile tools, and predictive analytics. Birst Open Client Interface also offers integration with Tableau, Excel and R.

    Birst goes to market in two primary ways: as a direct sale, for enterprises using Birst on internal data to manage their business; and embedded, for companies who offer analytic products, by embedding and white-labeling Birst capabilities into their products.

    Birst’s is packaged in 3 available formats: Platform and per-user fee; by Department or Business Unit; by end-customer (for embedded scenarios).

    Oracle Analytics is a complete platform with ready-to-use services for a wide variety of workloads and data.

    Oracle Analytics allows businesses to add AI and machine learning capabilities to any application—and as part of our integrated suite of cloud services to comply with data security and connected without disrupting business operations.

    Offering valuable, actionable insights from all types of data—in the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid deployment—Oracle Analytics empowers business users, data engineers, and data scientists to access and process relevant data, evaluate predictions, and make quick, accurate decisions.

    Oracle Analytics Cloud Features

    Oracle Analytics Cloud has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Intelligent search
    • Smart data discovery
    • Smart data preparation
    • Natural language
    • Auto suggest
    • Visualization
    • Dashboarding
    • Global transformation policies
    • Smart collaboration
    • Integrated data science
    • Enterprise architecture and security
    • Platform extensibility
    • Smart data connectors

    Oracle Analytics Cloud Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing Oracle Analytics Cloud. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Flexibility: Oracle Analytics Cloud gives you the flexibility to grow and change as your business does. At the same time, it puts you in complete control of your analytics environment by allowing you to analyze data and accommodate changing demand easily.
    • Scalable: Oracle Analytics Cloud is a single, centralized solution that provides everything you need in a scalable environment to support varied user requirements for your organization right now and in the future as well.
    • Comprehensive analytics: With Oracle Analytics Cloud, existing services are combined with new ones to deliver comprehensive analytics in the cloud. It provides everything you need for analytic agility, from fast, fluid self-service discovery to data loading and blending, inline data prep, data enrichment, automatic visualizations, data storytelling, and more.
    • Cost-effectiveness: The solution is cost-effective and reduces your total cost of ownership (TCO).
    • Innovation: Use the latest data analytics technologies, such as AI, machine learning, and natural language processing. Oracle Analytics has been recognized by industry experts for its innovations and robust architecture.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the Oracle Analytics Cloud solution.

    Fabricio Q., Data Analytics Manager, says, “The main functionality is great and everything is pretty standard and easy to use. It's great for consolidation and creating one source of truth. The initial setup is pretty straightforward.”

    PeerSpot user, Eric B., Independent Consultant - Oracle BI Applications at Desjardins, mentions “It's really an enterprise solution. It has standard dashboarding functionality. It also has reporting capabilities for producing pixel-perfect reports, bursting large volumes of a document if you need to. It has interactive data discovery functionality, which you would use to explore your data, bring your own data, and merge it with maybe the data from an enterprise data warehouse to get new insights from the pre-existing data. It has machine learning embedded in the solution.”

    Gaurav S., Vice President Credit Risk Management at a financial services firm, explains, “From a financial or bank perspective, this product is secure enough. The dashboards, analytics, visualizations, and different reports are valuable for business analytics. The AI/ML enablement is useful, as many reporting tools do not offer machine learning models as of now, without writing customized code.”

    Another reviewer, Trinh P., Delivery Manager at Sift Ag, comments, "The specific capability I find important in Oracle Analytics Cloud is that it allows the basic user to easily drag and drop data. I also like that the solution allows the user to decide what to measure and what to see in the reports."

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    Top Industries
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    Healthcare Company25%
    Retailer17%
    Insurance Company8%
    Computer Software Company8%
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    Financial Services Firm38%
    Individual & Family Service15%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Transportation Company15%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization28%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Government7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise40%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise34%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Birst is ranked 32nd in Reporting while Oracle Analytics Cloud is ranked 8th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 23 reviews. Birst is rated 7.4, while Oracle Analytics Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Birst writes "The dashboards and Visualizer are valuable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Analytics Cloud writes "Reliable, capable of handling massive amounts of data, and good value for money". Birst is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Alteryx and ThoughtSpot, whereas Oracle Analytics Cloud is most compared with Oracle OBIEE, Databricks, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service.

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