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We performed a comparison between Oracle Essbase and VMware Tanzu GemFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"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 scalable.""The solution can handle a large volume of data.""It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements.""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.""It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."

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"The solution improved our site reliability."

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

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"The initial deployment was a little difficult."

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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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    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:The solution improved our site reliability.
    Top Answer:The price is pretty good. It is a CPU-based system. The price depends on how big our cluster is.
    Top Answer:When we had outages, we had timeouts. Sometimes, the nodes would drop out of a cluster. Therefore, the applications would get timeouts. There is a newer version out that we're planning to upgrade to… more »
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    192
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    Reviews
    8
    Average Words per Review
    381
    Rating
    8.4
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    455
    Comparisons
    274
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    330
    Rating
    7.0
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    Also Known As
    Essbase
    GemFire, Pivotal GemFire
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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.

    An in-memory data grid powered by Apache Geode
    Scale your data services on demand to support high-performance, real-time apps.

    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.
    Southwest Airlines, Indian Railways, GE Power and Water
    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 Firm28%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Insurance Company6%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Oracle Essbase is ranked 10th in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews while VMware Tanzu GemFire is ranked 19th in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews. Oracle Essbase is rated 8.4, while VMware Tanzu GemFire is rated 7.6. 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 Tanzu GemFire writes "The product improves site reliability, but it is not stable, and the initial deployment was a little difficult". Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Oracle OBIEE, whereas VMware Tanzu GemFire is most compared with Nutanix Database Service, VMware Postgres and EDB Postgres Enterprise Manager.

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