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Oracle Hyperion vs SAS Activity-Based Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Hyperion
Ranking in Business Performance Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAS Activity-Based Management
Ranking in Business Performance Management
19th
Average Rating
5.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Hyperion is 4.2%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Activity-Based Management is 2.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Hyperion4.2%
SAS Activity-Based Management2.5%
Other93.3%
Business Performance Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Divisional Head Operational & Reputational Risk at Allied Bank Limited
Facilitates timely decision making and enhances reporting efficiency
We are going to re-implement the Oracle Hyperion system due to changes in our chart of account process and some other factors. We were analyzing whether to move to a cloud system, EPM Cloud. We have already proceeded with our Oracle Hyperion re-implementation with the vendor, and it is in the approval process. All options have been evaluated. We have made comparisons between EPM Cloud and Oracle Hyperion. Oracle Hyperion is not too user-friendly. EPM Cloud has more support towards functional users who can generate reports according to their own needs. There are specific reasons why we have not moved to the cloud, such as our various processes including reconciliations. We do not prefer customization in Oracle Hyperion, but due to business needs, there may be a few minimal customizations made. The forms are a bit complex for functional users. To create and open forms is not simple. We need trained personnel, and training is essential to use it efficiently.
it_user530763 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees
Helps to compare production costs across different departments. Try CostPerform from QPR.
Helps to compare production costs across different departments The data integration is very complex Visualization of the cost flow is not user-friendly It takes hours to build OLAP cubes to analyze the results of the model We have been using this solution for three years. I would rate the…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The return on investment for this solution is good."
"What you really get is data governance and control."
"Hyperion is one of the best tools in the world; we can do planning and forecasting, store and draw large amounts of data in multiple combinations, integrate with any system to pull data from SAP or SQL Server, and design our own role files to control how we pull file data and store it in our database."
"Hyperion tools are very useful in finance, with data relationship management that is good for storing hierarchical information and can be used for data enhancement and modeling, offering many features that assist other parts of the organization as well."
"I believe that by implementing it a lot of organizations’ manual processes have been automated."
"Hyperion has made our budgeting process and forecast analysis easy and robust, and it is a reliable tool."
"Hyperion is a stable product."
"This is a customizable product, and our implementation was designed to fit our needs."
"The product allows us to calculate the distributed cost across activities."
"The product helped determine the organization's true cost of providing its products and services to customers."
"Cube generation is a valuable feature."
"Helps to compare production costs across different departments."
"We use ABM as an expense allocation model and it has improved the awareness and accountability of the cost incurred due to the traceability feature."
 

Cons

"The initial setup of Oracle Hyperion is very difficult."
"We still have issues and bugs because it's a new release."
"The level of complexity of the implementation is always a challenge."
"Oracle Hyperion generally it's quite a complex architecture that is hard to maintain."
"The biggest issue we have had for end users was that we lost control of functionality."
"The technical support for EPM is bad."
"We have missed deadlines because of that and I had to create some workarounds from my side."
"The analytical side of the product could be better and needs to be improved."
"The usability needs to be improved but bear in mind that we did not have the latest update."
"We experienced severe performance issues when the models created are getting more details and becoming more complex."
"It could be made much more simpler. Most of the time it looks like a black box for developers."
"The data integration is very complex Visualization of the cost flow is not user-friendly It takes hours to build OLAP cubes to analyze the results of the model"
"The interface is poorly designed and could really use an improvement to compete with other comparable software."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licenses cost approximately $1,000."
"As Oracle's pricing is on the higher end, most businesses prefer to have their own private cloud."
"We pay for licensing yearly."
"The solution is affordable."
"It might be considered relatively costly compared to some alternatives."
"Oracle Hyperion's licensing structures are quite expensive for some companies, especially medium-sized companies because of the user-based license."
"Oracle Hyperion is not an inexpensive solution."
"To get a full license, which gives you access to most of the different Hyperion programs, it costs $2000 to $2500 a month."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise38
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Hyperion?
We are going to re-implement the Oracle Hyperion system due to changes in our chart of account process and some other factors. We were analyzing whether to move to a cloud system, EPM Cloud. We hav...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Hyperion?
We are using Oracle Financials and Oracle Hyperion. Oracle Hyperion is used for budget and MIS reporting, while Financials is used for financial accounting, payables, receivables, and general ledge...
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Hyperion?
We are using a centralized data repository with all system's data in data lakes. I am a functional user, not an IT person. We are satisfied with the progress, system, and features in Oracle Hyperio...
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Sample Customers

ITNL, Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd., Zaklady Farmaceutyczne Polpharma S.A., Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd., Barco N.V., SITA, McGregor Fashion Group B.V., PCCW Ltd.
Bank of Queensland, Barclays Bank, BioMar, Danske Bank, Danske Spil, DPPS, First Allied
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