Compare Oracle Essbase vs. Tableau
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Information Not Available | "The initial cost that is set according to CPU cores is expensive." "Be careful with the Tableau Viewer's licenses, and stay with the right number of users." "The company chose to purchase a creator license for me, which was $70. With that license, you can also be an administrator. We also have 20-25 extra licenses and they cost around $20-$35 each. Those are for normal users who will be viewing the dashboards. Those are monthly charges." "Tableau's licensing is pretty straightforward and simple." "ROI is very high, but it requires a data preparation/blending tool." "The cost of the solution should be improved." "It is reasonable and cheap as compared to other major tools. It has a good price, and people go for it because of its pricing." "Pricing is not bad. It's competitive." |
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I do use both Tableau and QlikView. Although very different, I really like both solutions. They belong to the new BI generation known as Interactive Visual Analytics.
In my opinion, QlikView has a more intuitive interface for regular users or executives that are not technical experts but the development side is a little more complex. Up to version 12 QlikView did not provide drag & drop features.
If a user wanted to see something not included in the application the new object had to be created by a power user or developer because Qlikview's scripting has somewhat of a learning curve.
On the positive side, QlikView's scripting is a great asset as it functions as an ETL allowing the integration of hundreds of different data sources into the same visual app.
Another feature that’s extremely useful is Qlik’s proprietary Associative Model that allows the users to visualize data relationships that exist as well as those that do not.
Tableau on the other hand is a lot easier to use for developers, analysts or power users who need to connect, manipulate and visualize data rather quickly. While this makes Tableau a better fit for the more analytical crowd, it may not be as appealing or intuitive to the regular or casual business users as QlikView is.
Tableau has full pivot, drag & drop and drill down capabilities that are great for developers or power users. They can rotate measures and dimensions and graph them instantly using visualization best practices as suggested by… Read more » | |||
Questions from the Community | |||
Ask a question Earn 20 points | Top Answer: It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau etc. I have recently started using Cognos Enterprise… more » Top Answer: Since at least 45% of BusinessObjects customers in North America also use Tableau, you would be a good company using both tools. BusinessObjects is used primarily for BI reporting and Tableau for… more » Top Answer: Tableau is way ahead. | ||
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Views 4,068 Comparisons 3,467 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 708 Rating 9.0 | Views 54,776 Comparisons 45,775 Reviews 23 Average Words per Review 628 Rating 8.3 | ||
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Also Known As | |||
| Essbase | Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Tableau Online | ||
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| Oracle | Tableau | ||
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| 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. | Tableau helps people and organizations become more data-driven as the trusted leader in analytics. The Tableau platform provides the breadth and depth of capabilities to serve the needs of even the largest global enterprises in a seamless, integrated experience. Tableau is designed to fit, not dictate your data strategy, and adapts to your environment with unmatched flexibility and choice, while meeting the toughest governance and security requirements. People love using Tableau because it is both powerful and intuitive—and offers a fundamentally different user experience by empowering people of all skill levels to explore and analyze data using visuals and natural language. Tableau has become the standard language of analytics for modern business users and continues to lead the industry with the most passionate and engaged user community in analytics, a customer base with millions of users at more than 80,000 organizations, and a deep commitment to customer-focused innovation Evaluation Guide: How to choose the right BI & analytics platform | ||
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Sample Customers | |||
| CHU de Rennes, Bellco Credit Union, Akindo Sushiro Co. Ltd, Deutsche Telekom AG, Samarco MineraÊo 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. | Accenture, Adobe, Amazon.com, Bank of America, Charles Schwab Corp, Citigroup, Coca-Cola Company, Cornell University, Dell, Deloitte, Duke University, eBay, Exxon Mobil, Fannie Mae, Ferrari, French Red Cross, Goldman Sachs, Google, Government of Canada, HP, Intel, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Macy's, Merck, The New York Times, PayPal, Pfizer, US Army, US Air Force, Skype, and Walmart. | ||
Top Industries | |||
Computer Software Company38% Retailer8% Comms Service Provider8% Financial Services Firm7% | Financial Services Firm14% University9% Healthcare Company8% Manufacturing Company7% Computer Software Company30% Comms Service Provider13% Media Company8% Financial Services Firm7% | ||
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No Data Available | Small Business26% Midsize Enterprise20% Large Enterprise54% Small Business24% Midsize Enterprise6% Large Enterprise70% | ||
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Oracle Essbase is ranked 3rd in Database Development and Management with 1 review while Tableau is ranked 1st in Business Intelligence (BI) Tools with 27 reviews. Oracle Essbase is rated 9.0, while Tableau is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Essbase writes "Everybody uses it for financial purposes, but it can also be used for other analytic purposes, such as mathematical models, statistical models, and so on". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tableau writes "Lets me train new users quickly, easily, and intuitively". Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, IBM Planning Analytics, IBM Cognos and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Tableau is most compared with SAS Visual Analytics, Microsoft BI, ELK Kibana, Oracle OBIEE and IBM Cognos.
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