We performed a comparison between Oracle Essbase and SAP Analytics Hub based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, Quest Software, SolarWinds and others in Database Development and Management."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."
"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features."
"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution can handle a large volume of data."
"It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."
"SAP Analytics Hub offers a user-friendly interface with effortless configuration, seamless updates, and real-time availability of information. It avoids the complexities associated with batch processing, providing a smooth and efficient experience."
"For report scheduling, I always prefer SAP because it has the most powerful scheduling features, like sending reports to more than 1,000 customers per day. That option is not as good in Microsoft BI and in Tableau it only exists as an add-on option."
"This product provides good reports using a single pane of glass."
"Data consistency is also a notable feature; the system takes care of data consistency, so you don't need to handle it manually."
"What I like best about this solution is that it is built into the SAP line, making it easier to integrate with other SAP products."
"I would like to see an integration with application performance management and a version control management tool."
"The ability to drive external reporting out for development could be improved."
"It's an expensive product to use."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"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."
"The technical support for Analytics Hub is limited and could be improved."
"Faster implementation of new functions for the new product is an area of improvement in SAP Analytics Hub."
"The analytics part of SAP has not been that good up until now. They're still in the infant stage and development is still going on. SAP has some cloud analytics and they're trying to configure it in Lumira, but it's not that good at this point."
"The interface can be simplified because it is not a user-friendly experience."
"Pricing and support are integrated into the system. However, the support process can be challenging, particularly when navigating the SAP support site, which lacks user-friendliness and ease of access."
Oracle Essbase is ranked 10th in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews while SAP Analytics Hub is ranked 46th in Data Integration with 6 reviews. Oracle Essbase is rated 8.4, while SAP Analytics Hub is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Oracle Essbase writes "It is easy to use and receives patch updates on regular intervals ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Analytics Hub writes "Powerful capabilities for cross-functional reporting and dashboard creation, with real-time access". Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Tableau, whereas SAP Analytics Hub is most compared with SAP Analytics Cloud, Workday Prism Analytics, Logi Analytics and Salesforce Einstein Analytics.
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