Oracle Hyperion vs Tableau Enterprise comparison

Why PeerSpot?

The compared Oracle and Salesforce solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle is ranked #2 in BPM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 4.7% mindshare in the category. Salesforce is ranked #2 in BIT , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 6.5% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Salesforce users who would recommend it.

Oracle Hyperion

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85% willing to recommend

Tableau Enterprise

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23,764 Comparison Views

90% willing to recommend

Oracle Hyperion

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

6.0

Users report varying ROI with Oracle Hyperion, highlighting process improvements, accuracy, reduced task time, and enhanced decision-making.

Sentiment score

6.9

Tableau Enterprise provides rapid ROI through efficient report generation, cost savings, and streamlined operations with minimal integration challenges.

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This saves a significant amount of time, particularly for reports that would have needed around fifty people.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

The ROI of using Tableau extends to its seamless integration across various platforms, as it's from Salesforce and thus not limited to any specific cloud provider.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

Tableau is saving me time, money, and resources, which I would rate as ten.

Satyavrat Nirala

Founder at Mindclick Consulting

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

5.4

Oracle's customer service feedback is mixed, citing delays and coordination issues, though high-priority issues get faster responses.

Sentiment score

6.1

Tableau Enterprise support is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with premium options and community resources highly rated by users.

Support is generally fast for Sev1 or Sev2 tickets but slower for lower-severity tickets.

reviewer1739631

Associate Consultant at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

I rate Oracle's technical support as very good, giving it a score of 8 to 9 out of 10.

Srinivas Chappidi

Product Support Engineer at JSW

The response time is not that good.

Pranit Chhajed

Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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They provide quick email and phone responses and have Thai-speaking personnel.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

There should be consistent standards for all users.

reviewer2543046

Associate Technical Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The technical support for Tableau is quite good.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.0

Oracle Hyperion is scalable and suitable for large organizations, though some users face performance challenges during expansion.

Sentiment score

6.7

Tableau Enterprise offers strong scalability and improved performance with recent updates, despite potential cost and complexity challenges.

I rate the scalability of Oracle Hyperion as an 8 out of 10 because it remains a top choice in the market.

Srinivas Chappidi

Product Support Engineer at JSW

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Tableau is easy to use across various dimensions, whether on-premises or on the cloud.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

The solution is fully scalable and performs well even with large datasets, provided there is proper supporting hardware.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

Tableau is easy to scale.

Julia Miller

Community Director at PeerSpot

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.0

Oracle Hyperion is stable with occasional bugs, reliable performance on-premises, and robust cloud versions when best practices are followed.

Sentiment score

7.3

Tableau Enterprise is stable and reliable, with minor challenges tied to dataset size, server, or network factors.

Cloud configurations have not exhibited issues like crashing or slowing down for significant data volumes.

reviewer1739631

Associate Consultant at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

We sometimes encounter bugs and need to connect with Oracle Support.

Pranit Chhajed

Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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The application hangs after continuous use due to the buildup of cache.

Julia Miller

Community Director at PeerSpot

I rate the stability a five or six because Tableau updates very often with new versions or patches.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

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Room For Improvement

Oracle Hyperion requires user interface, reporting, integration, documentation, pricing, and support improvements for enhanced usability and advanced functionality.

Tableau Enterprise struggles with performance, integration, and features, with users seeking better analytics, data management, and cost efficiency.

After moving to PBCS and EPBCS, the per-user license fees can be reduced, particularly for bulk users.

reviewer1739631

Associate Consultant at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

It is user-friendly and offers several advantages in financial reporting and consolidation.

Srinivas Chappidi

Product Support Engineer at JSW

The pricing model could be more flexible as it's more expensive than its competitors.

Pranit Chhajed

Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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We cannot send the entire Excel file reports via email within Tableau.

SaravananBalakrishnan

Project Manager, Site at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

The product owner should enhance its benefits or clarify its role.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

It sometimes requires extensive investigation to determine why the data does not appear correctly.

reviewer1293936

Group Finance Head Of Investment Bank Product Control at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Setup Cost

Oracle Hyperion's pricing includes high setup costs and complex licensing, challenging for medium-sized firms due to user-based expenses.

Tableau Enterprise is pricier but valued for functionality, offering flexible licensing and discounts for larger purchases.

The pricing model is on the higher side compared to its competitors.

Pranit Chhajed

Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Power BI as a much cheaper alternative.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

A license for 150 users costs around $17,000 USD per year.

Julia Miller

Community Director at PeerSpot

Looker is known to be quite expensive.

reviewer2543046

Associate Technical Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Valuable Features

Oracle Hyperion offers intuitive interfaces, data security, and efficient planning, streamlining global finance management with comprehensive insights.

Tableau Enterprise simplifies data visualization and integration, enhancing decision-making and collaboration with secure, intuitive tools for organizations.

It enables me to input data directly based on my security and business lines, with an inbuilt calculation engine for data aggregation and reporting.

reviewer1739631

Associate Consultant at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

The feature that allows automation of the budgeting and forecasting process is extremely valuable, especially when compared to Excel.

Pranit Chhajed

Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Anaplan allows for quick module changes, where adjustments in one module reflect throughout the user experience.

Srinivas Chappidi

Product Support Engineer at JSW

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A significant feature for me is the real-time connection to data sources because it effectively manages large data sets.

Nattawat Choosuwan

Senior Data Consultant at a government with 11-50 employees

Tableau serves as a stable dashboarding tool for higher management, aiding in quick decision-making.

reviewer2695221

solution architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Building hyper extracts and visualization capabilities make Tableau a robust tool for data analysis.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Hyperion

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Performance Management (2nd)

Tableau Enterprise

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

309

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (2nd), Reporting (2nd), Data Visualization (1st), Embedded BI (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle Hyperion is designed for Business Performance Management and holds a mindshare of 4.7%, down 6.3% compared to last year.
Tableau Enterprise, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 6.5% mindshare, down 9.1% since last year.

Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Hyperion	4.7%
Workday Adaptive Planning	5.9%
Anaplan	5.8%
Other	83.6%

Business Performance Management

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Tableau Enterprise	6.5%
Microsoft Power BI	7.6%
SAP Business Data Cloud	3.4%
Other	82.5%

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

Featured Reviews

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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Swetha Dhanasekar

Senior GenAI Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Centralized dashboards have transformed workforce trend analysis and speed up decisions

Tableau Enterprise helps us to consolidate the data and visualize daily and weekly trends in a clear and centralized dashboard, offering powerful features such as interactive dashboards, real-time data refreshing, advanced visual analytics, role-based access control, secure data, and seamless interaction with multiple data sources and automated reports. This will help us to analyze trends and collaborate across teams and scale analytics across the organization. These features help my team specifically by centralizing all employees' data in one place. This helps us reduce manual tracking and gives us real-time visibility into work from home versus office trends. The interactive dashboards allow quick decision-making, and the automated refresh time saves us a lot, while role-based access ensures data is shared securely with the right stakeholders. Tableau Enterprise has had a strong positive impact on our organization by improving data visibility, speeding up decision-making, and managing reports efficiently. The team can now access and track trends more effectively, and collaboration has improved using interactive dashboards. Overall, it has enhanced effectiveness and fostered a data-driven culture across the organization. The specific outcomes showing this positive impact include speeding up decision-making, which is the biggest impact because it saves us more time. Reporting time actually reduces sequentially since the dashboards refresh automatically. Data security is stronger, and data accuracy has improved, thanks to a centralized data source. Decision-making is also much faster since leaders can view real-time impacts instead of waiting for manual entry.

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Comparison Review

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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

12%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	38

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	117
Midsize Enterprise	67
Large Enterprise	185

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...

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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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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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Seeking lightweight open source BI software

It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik Sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau, etc. I have recently started using Cognos Enter...

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Tableau vs. Business Objects - Which is a better solution for visualization and analysis?

Both tools have their positives and negatives. First, I should mention that I am relatively new to Tableau. I have been working on and off Tableau for about a year, but getting to work on it consta...

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Which would you choose - Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud?

Tableau is easy to set up and maintain. In about a day it is possible for the entire platform to be deployed for use. This relatively short amount of time can make all the difference for companies ...

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Comparisons

IBM Cognos vs Oracle Hyperion

Compared 8% of the time

Workday Adaptive Planning vs Oracle Hyperion

Compared 8% of the time

Anaplan vs Oracle Hyperion

Compared 7% of the time

CCH Tagetik vs Oracle Hyperion

Compared 5% of the time

Planful vs Oracle Hyperion

Compared 4% of the time

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Microsoft Power BI vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 8% of the time

Domo vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 4% of the time

QlikView vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 3% of the time

Salesforce Einstein Analytics vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 2% of the time

Oracle OBIEE vs Tableau Enterprise

Compared 2% of the time

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Also Known As

Hyperion

Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Tableau Online

Overview

Oracle Hyperion offers integrated EPM solutions with powerful data processing and cloud technology. Its budgeting, planning, and financial reporting features drive efficiency, scalability, and flexibility for enterprise needs.

Oracle Hyperion is known for rapid data processing and comprehensive EPM solutions, facilitating efficient budgeting, planning, and forecasting. It offers highly customizable interfaces and robust data integration capabilities. Financial consolidation and accurate reporting are streamlined, contributing to improved financial tracking. Despite a complex setup and steep learning curve, Oracle Hyperion remains a preferred choice for large enterprises focusing on scalability and security. It addresses needs for multidimensional database integration, business analytics, and cloud support, although its interface and performance with large databases warrant improvement.

What are the key features of Oracle Hyperion?

Rapid Data Processing: Speeds up budgeting and planning cycles, enhancing efficiency.
Integrated EPM Solutions: Consolidates financial data with advanced functionality.
User-Friendly Interfaces: Provides customization options for tailored experiences.
Smart View Excel Functionality: Allows seamless data interaction within Excel.
Financial Reporting: Enables accurate tracking and detailed financial summaries.
Cloud-Based Technology: Supports scalable and flexible cloud deployments.
Robust Security: Ensures data safety with a secure architecture.

What benefits and ROI should users anticipate?

Efficiency Gains: Automates financial processes, saving time and reducing errors.
Accurate Forecasting: Enhances data accuracy for better financial planning.
Scalability: Supports growth into larger datasets and extensive reporting needs.
Flexibility: Offers a customizable platform catering to unique operational requirements.
Secure Transactions: Provides a secure environment for sensitive financial data.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, Oracle Hyperion is crucial for centralizing financial activities, including OPEX, CapEx, and workforce planning. Its ability to integrate with multidimensional databases supports extensive data handling and forecasting models. The cloud-based functionalities further drive innovation in analytics and performance metrics handling, benefiting organizations with on-premises or cloud deployment needs across diverse sectors.

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Tableau Enterprise is a leading data visualization tool, empowering users to create custom dashboards and reports with intuitive drag-and-drop functionality and strong security features, supporting business-driven insights.

Tableau Enterprise provides a robust platform for data visualization across industries, offering advanced features like data blending, real-time integration, and geo-spatial analysis. It supports large datasets and simplifies collaboration through role-based security. Challenges include a need for improved ETL capabilities and better scalability. Integration with machine learning and handling of big data platforms could be enhanced. Licensing costs and server performance issues are noted areas for improvement. Despite this, its flexibility and ability to process large datasets make it valuable for decision-making.

What are the key features of Tableau Enterprise?

Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Enables creation of custom dashboards and reports without technical expertise.
Data Blending: Combines data from multiple sources for comprehensive analysis.
Real-Time Integration: Connects with diverse data sources instantaneously for up-to-date insights.
Geo-Spatial Analysis: Conducts location-based data examination efficiently.
Role-Based Security: Ensures secure data sharing and collaboration.

What benefits do users find when using Tableau Enterprise?

Flexibility: Supports various business needs and adapts to large datasets.
Community Support: Provides access to a vibrant community for shared knowledge and solutions.
Advanced Analytics: Enhances data-driven decision-making capabilities with robust analytics.

Companies across industries utilize Tableau Enterprise for data visualization and analytics, creating compelling dashboards for social media analysis, financial presentations, operational monitoring, and more. It supports both cloud and on-premises deployment, offering interactive experiences and enhanced decision-making through deep data insights.

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Accenture, Adobe, Amazon.com, Bank of America, Charles Schwab Corp, Citigroup, Coca-Cola Company, Cornell University, Dell, Deloitte, Duke University, eBay, Exxon Mobil, Fannie Mae, Ferrari, French Red Cross, Goldman Sachs, Google, Government of Canada, HP, Intel, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Macy's, Merck, The New York Times, PayPal, Pfizer, US Army, US Air Force, Skype, and Walmart.

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