Oracle Hyperion vs SAS Activity-Based Management comparison

Oracle and SAS are both solutions in the Business Performance Management category. Oracle is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.6, while SAS is ranked #18. Oracle holds a 4.7% mindshare in BPM, compared to SAS’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 20% of SAS users who would recommend it.

Oracle Hyperion

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86% willing to recommend

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20% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SAS Activity-Based Management and Oracle Hyperion compete in financial analysis and planning. Oracle Hyperion has a competitive edge due to its robust feature set, despite SAS's advantages in pricing and support.

Features: SAS Activity-Based Management is known for detailed cost tracking, process-based optimization, and activity-based costing to efficiently analyze resource allocation. Oracle Hyperion provides advanced financial consolidation, rich data integration, and an integrated approach to broader financial processes.

Room for Improvement: SAS Activity-Based Management could improve in scalability, reporting features, and data visualization. Oracle Hyperion could enhance ease of use, streamline training requirements, and reduce implementation complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAS Activity-Based Management offers swift implementation and integrates easily into existing workflows, with strong customer service support. Oracle Hyperion's deployment is more complex but is supported by extensive documentation and a broad support network.

Pricing and ROI: SAS Activity-Based Management presents lower setup costs and offers significant ROI through its affordability and precision in cost analysis. Oracle Hyperion, despite its higher initial costs, provides substantial ROI with its comprehensive features in financial management.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Hyperion

Ranking in Business Performance Management

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAS Activity-Based Management

Ranking in Business Performance Management

18th

Average Rating

5.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Hyperion is 4.7%, down from 11.8% 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
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Hyperion	4.7%
SAS Activity-Based Management	2.5%
Other	92.8%

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Srinivas Chappidi

Product Support Engineer at JSW

Empower financial planning with user-friendly and robust features

The best features of Oracle Hyperion revolve around their cloud-based technology, which is gradually moving to cloud solutions such as EPMCSG, while Anaplan uses two engines for calculations, the classic engine and the Essbase engine. Anaplan allows for quick module changes, where adjustments in one module reflect throughout the user experience. In contrast, Oracle Hyperion relies on Essbase as a database with calculation scripts and business rules, and it incorporates Smart View technology for Excel connections, providing a familiar interface for users. Oracle Hyperion is fundamentally a good technology and does not require significant improvements compared to other technologies because it is user-friendly and offers several advantages in financial reporting and consolidation. However, I have observed that Anaplan has built-in UX pages for report preparation, unlike Oracle Hyperion, which often relies on third-party tools such as Hyperion Financial Reporting and Power BI for reporting.

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it_user530763

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…

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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

"The accuracy of data gathering and consolidation is very good."

"For businesses, the ability to create forecasts in a fraction of time it took before the implementation is the most valuable feature."

"We can do budgeting on time and provide an accurate forecast."

"Oracle Hyperion is an engine allowing you to build whatever you want on it."

"The tool's most valuable feature of the solution is flexibility and integration capabilities."

"It's very easy to use and the functionality is quite complete."

"This product is very scalable and provides high ROI."

"It has reduced the amount of paperwork as multiple people can work on a single form, centralize formula creation window (only one person/team is responsible for creating it), It is also possible to maintain history for X number of years, and compare budgets from previous years through just one form and the process of workflow management."

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"The product helped determine the organization's true cost of providing its products and services to customers."

"The product allows us to calculate the distributed cost across activities."

"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."

"Cube generation is a valuable feature."

Cons

"There should be more effort put into integration processes."

"The database crashes without any warnings or reasons."

"Their documentation could be a little bit more descriptive at places. They don't really do a lot of How-Tos because that gets pushed through to the consulting groups. There have been some books. There is a real good one out there about how to look smarter than you are with Hyperion Planning that some people at a company called ArganoInterRel wrote. Those things do exist, but that's not in their documentation. It's basically like they'll say, "This is the field. This is what it's used for," but they don't tell you how to particularly use it in your case environment."

"We have missed deadlines because of that and I had to create some workarounds from my side."

"The most important aspect for improvement is the time efficiency when handling large databases."

"The user interface is in need of improvement. The forms should be more user-friendly."

"The EPM suite, as its capabilities increase, requires upgrading your servers and keeping up with the technology."

"This solution's stability is a little problematic."

More Oracle Hyperion cons

"The interface is poorly designed and could really use an improvement to compete with other comparable software."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"As Oracle's pricing is on the higher end, most businesses prefer to have their own private cloud."

"The solution is affordable."

"Compared with MSBA, it is quite reasonable."

"To get a full license, which gives you access to most of the different Hyperion programs, it costs $2000 to $2500 a month."

"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."

"The licensing cost for the on-premises version of the solution is too high."

"The licenses cost approximately $1,000."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Hyperion?

We can collect data from various sources, which is very useful for budgeting and planning.

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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...

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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...

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Overview

Oracle Business Analytics Suite.

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SAS Activity-Based Management is an analytic application that models business processes to determine cost, profitability and drivers. With this solution, organizations can make informed decisions that streamline processes, deliver revenue growth and reduce costs across the organization.

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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.

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