Microsoft Power BI vs Oracle HFM comparison

The compared Microsoft and Oracle solutions aren't in the same category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in BIT , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 7.5% mindshare in the category. Oracle is ranked #9 in BPM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Microsoft Power BI

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93% willing to recommend

Oracle HFM

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2,245 Views
1,998 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Power BI

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

331

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (1st), Reporting (1st)

Oracle HFM

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Performance Management (9th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Power BI is designed for BI (Business Intelligence) Tools and holds a mindshare of 7.5%, down 21.0% compared to last year.
Oracle HFM, on the other hand, focuses on Business Performance Management, holds 3.5% mindshare, down 7.1% since last year.

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Power BI	7.5%
Tableau Enterprise	5.8%
Amazon QuickSight	3.2%
Other	83.5%

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle HFM	3.5%
Anaplan	6.5%
Adaptive Insights	4.9%
Other	85.1%

Business Performance Management

Featured Reviews

Hemanthreddy Vakiti

Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Interactive dashboards have transformed restaurant data into faster daily business decisions

Microsoft Power BI has many features and there is not a lot to improve. However, the licensing can be confusing. When deciding between Pro and Premium, I find it difficult to distinguish what features are offered by Pro and what features are offered by Premium, including the particular differences to choose between both licensing models. Additionally, some features such as DAX, which I mentioned previously, involve DAX calculations and complex data modeling, which are somewhat advanced and not easily understandable. Prior knowledge is required or you need to go through the documentation. If the documentation is made comprehensive so that anyone with no knowledge on DAX can easily use it by going through the documentation, it would be really helpful. Additionally, if the integration with non-Microsoft tools is improved and performance is optimized, then Microsoft Power BI can become a top-ranked visualization tool. The user experience with Microsoft Power BI is quite good. The intuitive user interface makes it easy for both technical and non-technical users to create reports. However, only the advanced features are somewhat complex, and if the documentation is improved, it can be easily accessible.

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Segun Oladele

Associate Manager, Accounting at BIC

Has supported financial consolidation through accurate reporting and global currency conversion

Oracle HFM is excellent for consolidation and reconciliation. It helps me see the general overview of the business across several locations. The drill-through reporting enhances accuracy in financial analysis. Oracle HFM has a schedule that requires reporting, especially one that ties back to my general ledger. I have to report each line item that comprises that number. It helps me fact-check reported numbers with a schedule. For example, with payables, Oracle HFM allows me to have a list of numbers reported per supplier. This provides comfort that the numbers are not fictitious. Additionally, it has a feature that performs fact-checking from P&L to balance sheet. For instance, if depreciation is reported, it must align with what is in the profit or loss account. These features ensure integrity in the reported numbers and allow for quick error detection while serving as a reconciliation tool. The currency conversion feature provides a global view from entity currency to local currency perspective, enabling value checks in different currencies for the company as a whole. In Nigeria, I report in Naira, and I don't need to report in my parent currency. The entity can report in their currency into Oracle HFM, and the parent company converts to their currency. By inputting budget rates, I can convert to any reporting currency, particularly the parent company currency. This feature saves time, increases speed, and allows the parent company to value its subsidiaries quickly. Regarding data integration capabilities for ensuring data consistency and accuracy, it deserves a high rating. For example, with inventory, if there is an impairment, the reported amount in P&L should match the balance sheet's inventory impairment. This level of checking provides confidence in the accuracy of reported figures.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I like this product because it's a free software, very intuitive and very easy to use."

"MS SQL & SQL Server Analysis Services."

"In contrast to what we were using before I think that Power BI has given us more extensive results."

"Easy to use. End-users can make changes to the graphics."

"The solution is quite scalable."

"The initial setup is easy."

"SSRS and the Tabular server/Vertipaq engine/DAX are probably the two most valuable components."

"If you are looking for a good BI solution for a small business that is very easy to deploy and not costly and that can use the cloud in terms of security, Power BI is probably the best solution in the market."

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"Oracle HFM is the most scalable solution in the market."

"The most valuable feature is the flexibility and ease of configuration in terms of testing and formula creation."

"Oracle HFM's drill-through reporting has enhanced my customers' financial analysis significantly, allowing users to drill down to the base level in each of the dimensions and even further using Smart View for very granular level of general ledger cost centers, making the whole process more effective for their targets and deadlines."

"It is an expensive product but delivers what it promises, ensuring regulatory compliance, reducing risks associated with spreadsheets, and providing a better return on investment based on usage."

"You can bring in data from any source and from multiple sources, and you can consolidate that data in HFM."

"The versatile data is probably the most valuable feature, since you can access it through the web interface or through Microsoft Office based solutions like Excel, Excel Smart View, PowerPoint and Word."

"Oracle HFM is excellent for consolidation and reconciliation; it helps me see the general overview of the business across several locations."

"It has really increased efficiency."

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Cons

"For very big companies with large-scale data and many rules, there would be speed issues with Power BI, so I won't recommend Power BI for organizations where 2,000 or 4,000 computers are connected and there are multiple branches with data coming from different countries."

"An area for improvement is data refresh functionality"

"It has limited performance capabilities in terms of connecting to large transactional databases, but it is fine for simple and quick queries from Excel spreadsheets or one table. The premium level is going to be more applicable for the higher transaction-level databases."

"We haven't used it that long and I haven't come across anything that's stood out as needing to be fixed."

"The only concern I have faced with Microsoft BI is the time it takes to find out an issue and rectify it."

"Integrating it with the physics build model or the engineering model should be included."

"I would like to see a more user-friendly interface with Microsoft BI."

"A few features available in Tableau are not available in Power BI. For example. Tableau has the ability to make up the physical layer and all other stuff at runtime. In Power BI, we have to develop a proper physical layer to connect it. The limitation that we normally face is related to the direct query mode. When it comes to the direct query mode, most of the functionality is not working, which is an issue for us. We have to use the direct query mode frequently because the client needs real-time data. They should work on this limitation. There are a lot of other technical things that need to be improved. I am also following the Power BI platform and Microsoft Support Center platform on the web where users have put their requirements. Microsoft is also working on improving this solution. In every update, they add new features to this solution."

More Microsoft Power BI cons

"Format of tables Links between pages could be more efficient"

"The tool almost feels a little disconnected from some of the other tools, so you have to piece together multiple tools into one solution."

"The solution has integration challenges. We need a simple tool that is fool-proof for the data that is submitted not only for consolidation purposes but also for performance management and reporting purposes."

"The financial reporting tool hasn’t improved much since it was first implemented, and we are struggling with it."

"The intercompany reporting function in this tool needs improvement, particularly being able to run reports in batches, rather than one at a time."

"In my first experience with Oracle HFM, navigating to input numbers was cumbersome."

"It's a difficult process to try to edit, configure, or change the business rules that exist and work within HFM."

"If there could be data integration between HFM and the accounting software that would be ideal."

More Oracle HFM cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is somewhere in the middle in terms of price. Licensing is quite clear."

"Microsoft BI is considered to be competitively priced when compared to other similar solutions in the market."

"Globally, we evaluated a number of products, including Salesforce's product, Microsoft won on the ground of simple functionally and cost."

"There are a few options available for purchasing a license. Typically the number of users you have will determine the price of the license. The more users you have the more you will pay."

"The costs are small and the benefits are high."

"In the beginning, the solution cost approximately $1,000 per month, we have a Microsoft startup subscription. There is a subscription pack for startups company which we are able to have for one year."

"Licensing is on a monthly basis, but I am not sure."

"This product offers good value for the money."

More Microsoft Power BI pricing and cost advice

"Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) uses the named user licensing model. There's different pricing depending on HFM and Essbase planning."

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it_user79932

Senior Manager - BI Head with 5,001-10,000 employees

Feb 4, 2015

Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho

1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

10%

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	136
Midsize Enterprise	59
Large Enterprise	171

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

Seeking lightweight open source BI software

There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...

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Is Power BI a complete platform or only a visualization tool?

Power BI is an advanced visualization tool oriented to big data with a very complete set of widgets to visualize information, control users accessing information, the configuration of governance po...

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How does Oracle OBIEE compare with Microsoft BI?

Oracle OBIEE is great in allowing design and creativity per the individual needs of the organization. Dashboards are fully customizable and very user-friendly. This solution is very stable. Oracle ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle HFM?

It depends on the discount offered by Oracle. It is an expensive product but delivers what it promises, ensuring regulatory compliance, reducing risks associated with spreadsheets, and providing a ...

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What needs improvement with Oracle HFM?

Oracle HFM could be improved or enhanced in handling metadata or the dimensionality. I currently handle updates in the dimension hierarchies and properties manually. There is a way for it to be cen...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle HFM?

The usual use cases for Oracle HFM that I support are for financial institutions, crewing for ships, and an Australian airlines company. They use the application mainly for management reporting pur...

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 2% of the time

IBM Cognos vs Microsoft Power BI

Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

SSRS, SSAS, MSBI, MS Reporting Services, Microsoft BI Tools, Microsoft Big Data, Power BI Pro, MS BI

HFM

Overview

Microsoft Power BI is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. This tool stands out for its ability to merge and analyze data from various sources. Widely adopted across different industries and departments, Power BI is instrumental in creating visually appealing dashboards and generating insightful business intelligence reports. Its intuitive interface, robust visualization capabilities, and seamless integration with other Microsoft applications empower users to easily create interactive reports and gain valuable insights.

Microsoft

Oracle HFM is a flexible and robust financial management tool, offering efficient data consolidation and multi-currency capabilities for comprehensive financial reporting and analysis.

Oracle HFM facilitates end-to-end financial consolidations, featuring outstanding data consolidation performance and flexible configuration options. Offering efficient multi-currency translations and complex ownership calculations, it delivers superior data integration, ensuring data consistency and accuracy crucial for financial analysis. However, user experience challenges arise from its interface complexity and SQL syntax for customizations, with desires for better integration with third-party tools and real-time data synchronization with accounting software. Intercompany reporting and metadata management are occasionally demanding, challenging users to explore alternate tools for comprehensive reporting solutions. Transitioning to cloud-based deployment adds a layer of complexity, requiring adjustments in implementation.

What are the Key Features of Oracle HFM?

Data Consolidation: Efficiently handles complex consolidations end-to-end.
Multi-Currency Translations: Offers reliable currency conversion for global financial insights.
Ownership Calculations: Performs complex calculations with ease.
Data Integration: Ensures consistency with superior integration capabilities.
Drill-Through Reporting: Provides accurate financial analysis through detailed reporting.

What Benefits and ROI Should Users Expect?

Enhanced Reporting: Streamlines financial statement preparation with speed.
Global Financial Insights: Supports quick evaluations across global subsidiaries.
Accurate Data Handling: Maintains data consistency and accuracy for precise analysis.
Efficient Financial Processes: Facilitates management reporting and taxation.

Implementing Oracle HFM spans industries such as financial institutions, shipping, and airlines, where it supports specialized operations by managing financial data, hierarchies, and complex business processes. Users responsible for implementation often tailor its capabilities to meet sector-specific needs, leveraging its powerful consolidation and reporting functions.

Oracle

Sample Customers

Accenture Adidas Aetna AIG Airbus Alibaba Allstate Amazon American Express Aon AT&T Audi Bank of America BASF Bayer Berkshire Hathaway Boeing Coca-Cola Comcast Cisco Coca-Cola Dell Disney Emirates Equinix FedEx Ford GE Google H&M Home Depot Honda IBM Intel JPMorgan Chase Kellogg's Kroger L'Oréal McDonald's Merck MetLife Microsoft Nike Oracle P&G PepsiCo Procter & Gamble Prudential Financial SAP Siemens Snapchat Spotify Starbucks Target Toyota T-Mobile Unilever Visa Walmart WeWork World Bank Xerox

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