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We performed a comparison between Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Essbase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Oracle Essbase Report (Updated: March 2024).
768,886 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"It is the best database management system.""I mostly use the top events, and look at how the execution is happening on the database; and monitoring the cluster level rates. I even look at the execution plan.""I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager eight out of 10 for stability.""SQL Tuning Advisor, ADDM, Top Activity, ASM Space Manager, Incident Notifications""The most valuable features of Oracle Enterprise Manager are the data guide and online monitoring.""It is a good tool for monitoring databases.""Due to the infrastructure's size, the introduction they offer is very, very useful. It helps with an overall understanding of the product.""It's a useful feature to be able to see the top SQL, the number of executions, the CPU, and the resources that it's using."

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"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements.""The solution is scalable.""Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance.""I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features.""The solution is stable and reliable.""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.""It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."

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"The user interface is not very interactive. It needs improvement.""Oracle Enterprise Manager's scalability is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""The solution's agents work with Java, and the Java code sometimes consumes a lot of memory on the CPU.""The deployment is not straightforward.""In my opinion, rather than a younger DBA, think the user interface could be improved.""RMAN tools need improvement.""There's a lot of documentation to go through as a new user.""The solution’s stability could be improved."

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"The ability to drive external reporting out for development could be improved.""I would like to see an integration with application performance management and a version control management tool.""The initial setup could be simplified.""It's an expensive product to use.""They should improve the solution's performance.""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.""There is room for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness.""The initial setup is pretty complex."

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  • "It is part of Real Application Testing, so no new investment is necessary for clients who already are already using RAT."
  • "As with all Oracle products, care should be taken when using any features to ensure that they do not activate licensed features that have not been paid for."
  • "The basic functions are free. You only pay license fees for advanced features."
  • "The pricing is very high."
  • "We are satisfied with the pricing."
  • "There is only the standard licensing fee. There are no other costs."
  • "Evaluate your requirements carefully. Elaborate DR and HA setup of OEM can become expensive."
  • "Be careful to only enable the packs for which you have a license as this is an issue we see time and again."
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  • "Essbase is competitively priced."
  • "I believe the licensing is on a monthly base."
  • "It is a costly solution."
  • "The solution is expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Oracle Enterprise Manager helps to control servers.
    Top Answer:Initially, our deal was for three years, and we extended it to five years. Oracle solutions are very costly. We have totally our solution and including hardware with its license. we have no product… more »
    Top Answer:It is a costly solution. This is because we require high-performance servers with substantial CPU and RAM capacities to handle our extensive datasets effectively.
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness.
    Top Answer:We are a telecommunications company operating in Iran, and we manage a vast amount of data related to our network infrastructure. We have hundreds of data points specifically pertaining to our network… more »
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    Overview

    Oracle Enterprise Manager is an on-premises management platform that provides a comprehensive integrated solution for managing and automating your various Oracle products, including applications, databases, middleware, hardware, and engineered systems located either in your Oracle data center or in the cloud.

    With the Oracle Enterprise Manager's console, you can administer multiple databases and servers, distribute software to multiple servers and clients, monitor objects and events throughout the network, and integrate with other tools.

    Key Oracle Enterprise Manager Features and Products

    • Hardware and virtualization management: Manage all Oracle environments from one central console. Oracle Enterprise Manager provides management and automation for Oracle engineered systems, databases, middleware, and hardware.

    • Database management: Oracle’s Database management provides a full lifecycle solution for updates and configuration management, patching, provisioning, testing, performance management and automatic tuning.

    • Application performance management (APM): User and database monitoring with diagnostics and performance analysis that provide rich reporting on real user activities.

    • Enterprise monitoring: Built-in monitoring of all components of the IT infrastructure enables rapid problem diagnosis. Both Oracle and non-Oracle components are constantly monitored.

    • Oracle real user experience insight: Insights on real user experiences and preferences enable businesses and IT stakeholders to develop a shared understanding into their application users’ experience.

    • Non-Oracle management: Oracle Enterprise Manager manages non-Oracle components with a comprehensive set of plugins. The self-update mechanism allows customers to download, import, and deploy extensions built by Oracle, Oracle partners, and Oracle customers. These extensions enjoy the same level of stability as Oracle's own products.

    • Installation and upgrade: The upgrade process provides efficient, reliable, secure data migration with minimal downtime of your environment.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Oracle Enterprise Manager stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its central management and monitoring and its reporting capabilities

    Robin C., head of Oracle Exadata Centre of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services, writes, "The database performance monitoring features are very useful and allow us to quickly zero in on DB-related issues. Exadata storage server and Infiniband switches can be viewed from the GUI in OEM which cannot be done in other tools. The ability to deploy metric extensions makes this tool extensible for our custom monitoring also."

    PeerSpot users note the effectiveness of these features. A database manager at a tech services company notes, “The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact that it is embedded with the Oracle database and Oracle's engineering system, its extra data, and analytics.  They have plug-ins that are very helpful. Due to the infrastructure's size, the introduction they offer is very, very useful. It helps with an overall understanding of the product. They have a very nice graphical user interface. The monitoring is good. We can capture the SQL tune from us. With Oracle Enterprise Managers, we can see the rich performance tuning.”

    Oracle Essbase is an OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) Server that provides an environment for deploying pre-packaged applications or developing custom analytic and enterprise performance management applications.

    Sample Customers
    7-Eleven, Halliburton, Cisco, Garmin, Nationwide, Korea Telecom, Allied Irish Bank
    CHU de Rennes, Bellco Credit Union, Akindo Sushiro Co. Ltd, Deutsche Telekom AG, Samarco MineraÊo S.A., PCCW Ltd., QDQ media S.A.U., Boiron Italia, Specialized Bicycle Components Inc., Akindo Sushiro Co. Ltd., Air Canada, Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm23%
    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Educational Organization67%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Computer Software Company4%
    Government4%
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    Financial Services Firm50%
    Retailer25%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
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    Financial Services Firm23%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Retailer7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business5%
    Midsize Enterprise70%
    Large Enterprise25%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    Buyer's Guide
    Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Oracle Essbase
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Oracle Essbase and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,886 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Oracle Enterprise Manager is ranked 1st in Database Development and Management with 123 reviews while Oracle Essbase is ranked 10th in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews. Oracle Enterprise Manager is rated 8.4, while Oracle Essbase is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Enterprise Manager writes "Provides good stability and has an easy implementation process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Essbase writes "It is easy to use and receives patch updates on regular intervals ". Oracle Enterprise Manager is most compared with Zabbix, Quest Spotlight, Dynatrace, AppDynamics and Quest Foglight for Databases, whereas Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Tableau. See our Oracle Enterprise Manager vs. Oracle Essbase report.

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