We performed a comparison between Oracle Essbase and Zoho Analytics 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."
"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."
"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."
"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."
"The data source is the most valuable feature as it can perform any function."
"The integration interface is very easy to use and allows you to directly connect to a variety of APIs."
"It's a very strong analytics tool."
"We moved the data from Zoho Creator to Zoho Analytics and created reports."
"We really like that it's user friendly and has a lot of combinations and charts. They're good compared to other tools. We used a free Elastic product, comparatively, this solution is good because of their support, UI, and connecting to databases is very easy."
"It provides insights into leads, information about the team and about various sales activities. The graphical representations in the form of charts is excellent."
"I like the way I can share dashboards and embed dashboards. I normally use embedding. So, I create a dashboard, and I embed it into specific websites. Sharing of the dashboard is seamless, and it is easier than any other visualization platform, even Tableau."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"It's an expensive product to use."
"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."
"They should improve the solution's performance."
"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."
"I like the solution's Query Table feature which helps me write SQL queries. We can get data from different tables and then use it to create reports."
"There is a limitation that we cannot create more than 300 columns in a worksheet on Zoho Analytics."
"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option. I know they have a white labeling feature in which I can white label Zoho Analytics with my company theme, logo, and URL, but it seems a little expensive. If they can make it cheaper, it would be great. The same is applicable to Tableau."
"A higher degree of artificial intelligence could be included in this solution. The data and overall insights could be improved."
"There should be more types of graphics available for use in the reports."
"The support for Zoho Analytics is pathetic."
"The tool needs to improve analysis and add more features."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
Oracle Essbase is ranked 10th in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews while Zoho Analytics is ranked 10th in Reporting with 24 reviews. Oracle Essbase is rated 8.4, while Zoho Analytics is rated 8.2. 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 Zoho Analytics writes "An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards". Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Tableau, whereas Zoho Analytics is most compared with Apache Superset, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker and Qlik Sense.
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