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We performed a comparison between Oracle Essbase and VMware Postgres 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 Essbase vs. VMware Postgres Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements.""Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance.""The solution is scalable.""I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features.""It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases.""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."

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"The stability of this solution was very good.""The solution is stable."

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

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"This solution struggled with multi-regional synchronization.""It doesn't have any GUI-based monitoring tools."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "On a scale of one to five, with five being the most competitive pricing, I would rate this solution as a four."
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    Questions from the Community
    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 »
    Top Answer:We have zero licensing costs. The solution is open-source.
    Top Answer:It doesn't have any GUI-based monitoring tools. Oracle has some proprietary tools for monitoring all the databases and all that. Postgres doesn't have any graphical capabilities where we can monitor… more »
    Ranking
    Views
    185
    Comparisons
    131
    Reviews
    8
    Average Words per Review
    381
    Rating
    8.4
    Views
    363
    Comparisons
    269
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    504
    Rating
    8.0
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    Also Known As
    Essbase
    Pivotal Postgres
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    Overview

    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
    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.
    The world’s most versatile open-source database VMware Postgres is open-source PostgreSQL binaries, packaged and commercially supported.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm50%
    Retailer25%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Retailer7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm24%
    Computer Software Company23%
    Government8%
    Healthcare Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise59%
    Buyer's Guide
    Oracle Essbase vs. VMware Postgres
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle Essbase vs. VMware Postgres and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Oracle Essbase is ranked 10th in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews while VMware Postgres is ranked 16th in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews. Oracle Essbase is rated 8.4, while VMware Postgres is rated 8.0. 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 VMware Postgres writes "A fully open source solution with high throughput and good serviceability, but it struggles with multi-regional synchronization". Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Tableau, whereas VMware Postgres is most compared with Nutanix Database Service, EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager, VMware Tanzu GemFire and Redgate SQL Toolbelt. See our Oracle Essbase vs. VMware Postgres report.

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