Oracle OBIEE Reviews

Name: Oracle OBIEE
Brand: Oracle
Rating: 3.9 (158 reviews)

3.9 out of 5

158 reviews
87% willing to recommend

What is Oracle OBIEE?

Oracle OBIEE (Oracle Business Information Enterprise Edition) is a business intelligence (BI) tool developed by Oracle. OBIEE will gather, store and analyze an organization's network data and compile the information to create reports, dashboard graphs, and performance analysis. OBIEE’s unique platform allows clients to discover new awareness and improve the speed of completing important business decisions by providing robust visual tools and intuitive realization coupled with the latest unmatched enterprise analytics available. OBIEE helps IT enterprise organizations to experience an intelligent view of all enterprise data from across all sources and empowers trusted users with increased levels of reliable, dependable access, interaction, and the ability to utilize the data to increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of the organization.

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Oracle OBIEE is the #4 ranked solution in top Reporting Tools and #6 ranked solution in top Business Intelligence Tools. PeerSpot users give Oracle OBIEE an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. Oracle OBIEE is most commonly compared to Microsoft Power BI: Oracle OBIEE vs Microsoft Power BI. Oracle OBIEE is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 68% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 17% of all views.

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Featured Oracle OBIEE reviews

VishnuReddy

Senior Manager at Ernst & Young

Oracle's technical support usually recommends to upgrade when you contact them for support. They don't focus on fixing the issue at hand or providing guidance on how to do it. If you are in a lower environment, like one version down, they will blindly suggest upgrading. Additional patches are given for other Oracle products like WebLogic, databases, and apps. They fix issues and create patches based on client needs. But from an OBIEE point of view, they mostly provide bundle patches of around 5 to 6 GB that need to be applied and tested end-to-end. It's not an easy way to get small patches, and if issues arise after applying the patches, you have to contact Oracle again.

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Ashok Bhadra

Associate Director at Sequentis

The solution's most valuable feature is that it is a very comprehensive tool. Oracle OBIEE is a really robust tool for a very large enterprise implementation. Its features in terms of physical data model to logical data model building are all really robust. Though somebody else had developed the tool for the client for whom I used the tool, it was very well done. The data modeling was very well done, and it depends on the person who is executing it, as I hadn't developed it. I had just enhanced it. I had seen whatever my role was, but somebody had initially developed it. It was developed very well. It has a fantastic feature of documenting. When you work with many clients, you see the documentation is always missing, and you end up taking up some other vendor's job. It is usually very hard to figure out technically what was done, what was not done, and where the data is, so the data dictionaries are not up to date, and information documentation is always very poor. Oracle OBIEE has a built-in feature where you can actually create entire documentation of all the data elements and how they are linked, and it throws out HTML documents that are all interlinked, so if you have an entire directory structure, it helps create the document. You can find out which logical model links to which physical table, and it is very easy to identify. There are multiple combinations if you want to identify one particular table and how many models are involved. You just need to click a hyperlink click, and it gives you all the information. If somebody has made any enhancements, you can just regenerate the document as there is a component of the tool that generates the documentation automatically, which is brilliant, I think.

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PrakashKumar1

Solution architech at Jack`s Global

Oracle OBIEE is lagging in data visualization. In the form of Data Visualization Desktop (DVD), it has achieved some things, but other visualizing tools like Tableau and Power BI are somewhat ahead. However, Oracle is catching up. Data Visualization is one initiative that is closing the gap, but there's still a need for improvement. Data visualization is the only area I can see right now that needs realignment.

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Oracle OBIEE mindshare

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As of August 2025, the mindshare of Oracle OBIEE in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category stands at 3.5%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerResearch reports based on Oracle OBIEE reviews

Type	Title	Date
Category	BI (Business Intelligence) Tools	Aug 1, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Aug 1, 2025	Download
Comparison	Oracle OBIEE vs Microsoft Power BI	Aug 1, 2025	Download
Comparison	Oracle OBIEE vs Tableau	Aug 1, 2025	Download
Comparison	Oracle OBIEE vs SAP Analytics Cloud	Aug 1, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Microsoft Power BI	4.0	20.4%	93%	326 interviews Add to research
Tableau	4.2	15.4%	89%	307 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

Oracle OBIEE excels in enabling interactive dashboards and ad-hoc analysis, delivering high-performance reporting and flexible data integration. Users value its robust data modeling, security features, and intuitive interface. The platform supports diverse data sources and provides strong visualization capabilities, including geo-mapping and rich visual reports. Its ease of customization, scalability, and ability to handle large data volumes without sacrificing speed are highly regarded. Scheduling, automated reporting, and centralized management further enhance its appeal.

"Oracle OBIEE allows for automation, saving time, with estimates suggesting it saves about twenty-five percent of time previously spent on manual tasks."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Integration-wise, it's good."

Room for Improvement

"Oracle OBIEE has a steep learning curve compared to tools like SQL Server or Power BI. In situations where complex problem-solving is required, Oracle's support tends to direct users to sales representatives with limited technical knowledge, which is less than ideal."
"The tool's downside is that it is very expensive, making it an area where improvements are needed."
"I would rate its current performance as a five out of ten because a lot of features are missed out in OBIEE."

ROI

Organizations leveraging Oracle OBIEE experienced successful ventures, improved reporting efficiencies, and better organizational visibility. Many reported a return on investment, particularly when integrated with WebLogic. However, some found limited financial value, leading to alternative solutions. There were challenges in initial implementation phases, while templates and regulatory requirements influenced adoption. Automation and time savings were recognized benefits, reducing manual tasks by about 25%.

Pricing

Oracle OBIEE pricing is considered high, with significant expenses associated with its licensing and setup, making it a costly option for enterprises. The licensing typically involves per-user costs, though there's interest in a per-CPU model. Despite the high price, Oracle often negotiates significant discounts. While some find the licensing fair, many companies view OBIEE as more expensive compared to competitors like Power BI, prompting some to explore more affordable alternatives.

"All products from Oracle are very pricey."
"Compared with the other products in the market, I feel Oracle OBIEE is an expensive product."
"The licensing cost for Oracle OBIEE is expensive."

Popular Use Cases

Oracle OBIEE is used by organizations for enterprise reporting, dashboard creation, and data visualization. Companies utilize it for analyzing sales, processes, and KPIs. It supports financial, HR, and operational reporting while also facilitating complex and ad-hoc analyses. Financial products, regulatory compliance, and strategic decision-making are common applications. It integrates with various data sources and provides tools for interactive and format-based report generation, primarily aiming at enhanced business intelligence and analytics.

Service and Support

Customer service of Oracle OBIEE is rated between 4 to 9 over 10, often responsive but inconsistent in resolving issues. Users experience varied expertise from technical support, highlighting delays in solving complex problems. Many respondents face slow, redundant processes, while others point to community forums for quicker solutions. Difficulty arises when dealing with technical queries, as Oracle OBIEE support may suggest upgrades over problem-solving, leading to user frustration and reliance on third-party resources.

Deployment

Oracle OBIEE's initial setup complexity varies. For those with experience, it's often straightforward, aided by detailed documentation. However, without expertise, it can appear daunting due to intricate configurations and dependencies on components. While some find it manageable with step-by-step guidance, others encounter challenges with customizations and integrations, particularly in complex environments. Successful deployment frequently requires expert intervention and thorough planning. As ease improves with newer versions, initial experiences still differ widely among users.

Scalability

Oracle OBIEE is known for its scalability, often praised for accommodating large user bases and complex data processing. Users report positive experiences with its ability to scale horizontally and vertically, although some note potential performance slowdowns under heavy load. Expert knowledge is sometimes required for optimal scaling. OBIEE's compatibility with Oracle infrastructure makes it advantageous for enterprises. Some users face challenges integrating it with non-Oracle systems, and achieving efficient scalability may involve addressing infrastructure dependencies.

Stability

Oracle OBIEE demonstrates consistent stability with some users experiencing minor issues like cache handling and crashing under heavy loads. Many notice its stability improves with proper hardware, infrastructure, and configuration. Frequent reboots are necessary for some environments, while others report seamless performance. Latest versions show increased reliability. Some detailed connectivity and export limitations are mentioned. It's rated between 7 and 9 out of 10 in stability, displaying solid performance when maintained correctly.

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Learn more about Oracle OBIEE

OBIEE provides unique immediate mobile access, intuitive dashboards, robust reporting, real-time alerts, metadata search, procedure management, direct access to Big Data resources, enlightened in-memory computing, and seamless systems management processes. These features seamlessly combine to make Oracle OBIEE a complete, top-of-the-line broad solution that is cost-effective, minimizes TCO, and provides a competitive, quick ROI for the entire organization.

Oracle OBIEE Top Features

Complete comprehension: Oracle OBIEE offers a full range of BI strategies, including intuitive smart dashboards, dynamic alerts and detection, efficient workflows, enterprise reporting, MS Office integration, real-time predictive analysis, and more. OBIEE also includes many next-generation options, including mission critical scalability and performance, diverse data access and integration, and a modern, robust, service-oriented architecture.

Hot-pluggable: OBIEE will take advantage of existing IT relationships, both Oracle and non-Oracle databases, solutions, and applications. Organizations that partner with OBIEE have access to an entire library of analytic tools that are immediately deployable and provide an improved TCO and a super-fast ROI. Additionally, in an outstanding collaboration with Hyperion, OBIEE incorporates BI tools that integrate well with the current suite to supply the grandest selection of BI tools available on the market today.

Extensive: OBIEE is very user-friendly and extremely intuitive, and the 100% Web UI brings robust and dynamic BI from diverse sources to any audience, distributing awareness when and where users require it to manage activities, decisions, and processes.

Reviews from Real Users

Sandeep V., Process System Engineer at a comms service provider, tells us, “This solution is very easy for people who are building ad-hoc things. It's an enterprise solution so it can be deployed for a lot of users. There are some great new features that come with the 12c like data visualization, desktop BI Publisher, automation, and interactive dashboards. The product has good features. “

A user who is a CEO at a consultancy relates, “The most valuable feature is the visualization. The data warehousing, data storage, and data wrangling are all features that are in there, and it's one of the better products out there. A good thing is that for large datasets, it's very stable, especially when you have an Oracle database.”

A user who is a Principal Business Intelligence Architect at a computer software company suggests, "It is very biased towards Oracle infrastructure. One of the major red flags we have at the moment against Oracle is that it doesn't support deployment on other cloud providers. We're quite heavily vested in AWS as our infrastructure, and Oracle is yet to formally support deploying on those virtual infrastructure instances. That's quite disappointing, and it also cuts them out of over 70% of the market."

Oracle OBIEE was previously known as OBIEE, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Oracle BI, Oracle BI EE 11g.