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Oracle Hyperion vs SAS Strategic Performance Management comparison

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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
58
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAS Strategic Performance M...
Ranking in Business Performance Management
27th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Hyperion is 4.7%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Strategic Performance Management is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Hyperion4.7%
SAS Strategic Performance Management1.3%
Other94.0%
Business Performance Management
 

Featured Reviews

SC
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.
it_user225768 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst/Programmer/Cellular TL at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The dashboards provide a good amount of information, but the unique keys in the underlying MySQL database caused some issues.
The dashboards/reports provide excellent and concise information/results. Also, it provides a good amount of information via the dashboard The data load and the configuration of the front end was not very easy. One of the main issues was that the SAS macros used by SAS SPM, as well as the…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Stable and scalable solution with a valuable data integration feature which allows the slicing and dicing of data. It also has a workforce planning feature that allows you to bring in your HR data."
"It's basically the same as the other budgeting solutions."
"Hyperion is a stable product."
"The fact that Hyperion is a consistent system without any big issues is huge for our users to make decisions based on financial results."
"My primary use case of this solution is as a full EPM shop, with HFM, planning and FDMEE reports, as well as all the features available under the EPM umbrella."
"This product has been helping the organization to implement complex budgeting models."
"Reduced budgeting process from six to eight months, to three months."
"Functionality-wise, it is what they say it is. It is the best in class, but it all ties back to your users. If your users are completely enamored with Excel spreadsheets, then breaking those habits is hard."
"The dashboards/reports provide excellent and concise information/results."
 

Cons

"We have had a little difficulty with financial reports being buggy in the client."
"As an intuitive, user friendly, GUI application, I would rate it a 4/10."
"Integrating Oracle Hyperion, a multidimensional database, with relational databases poses challenges due to the differing database structures."
"The forecasting of values could be simplified in this solution."
"Most of the time it takes three months and you don’t get results."
"We have missed deadlines because of that and I had to create some workarounds from my side."
"If I wanted to add another hundred users tomorrow, it wouldn’t do that."
"The interface could be better. It could be more user-friendly, it is not very intuitive."
"The data load and the configuration of the front end was not very easy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is affordable."
"Oracle Hyperion is not an inexpensive solution."
"The licenses cost approximately $1,000."
"As Oracle's pricing is on the higher end, most businesses prefer to have their own private cloud."
"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."
"We pay for licensing yearly."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
7%
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Company Size

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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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Also Known As

Hyperion
Strategic Performance Management
 

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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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