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Birst vs Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Birst
Ranking in Reporting
26th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Embedded BI (19th)
Oracle Business Intelligenc...
Ranking in Reporting
29th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Birst is 1.1%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer is 1.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Birst1.1%
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer1.0%
Other97.9%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Principal Engineering Manager I at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Offers dashboards and self-service reports. The report performance is very slow.
Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain Most of our customers are interested in dashboards and self-service reports. We are able to offer them these features with this solution. Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution The report…
Useful for business reports and helps to drill down accounting information
The tool's most valuable feature is table creation. One of the most important capabilities is the supplier assessment reports. These reports provide a balance during transactions, which is crucial for auditing. This feature is not standard in other ERP systems, making it highly valuable. The solution helps to drill down details from sources like payables and inventory, which the accounting department requires.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is the best cloud based BI platform/solution out there."
"Scalability is one of the core features of this product that makes Birst great."
"Cloud based BI that can be accessed from anywhere, anytime from mobiles, iPods, tablets, and PCs."
"We found technical support to be very good and responsive."
"Birst is a great tool for: Creating a simple data warehouse Uploading data for quick analysis, visualizations, and dashboards"
"Its ability to create a complete, end-to-end BI solution using a single software stack product is the most valuable feature."
"The impact of Birst has been felt company-wide."
"Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain."
"Discoverer has been very stable and we've had no real issues."
"The tool's most valuable feature is table creation. One of the most important capabilities is the supplier assessment reports. These reports provide a balance during transactions, which is crucial for auditing."
 

Cons

"Release management and version control are poor or not available."
"The ETL, querying, and user interface did not accommodate our performance requirements."
"Error logging is cumbersome to work through to find issues."
"I would want to see some improvement in the user management module."
"The ability to filter out massive amounts of data and load it properly on screen needs to be improved."
"I would like to see better connection functionality. It is not very intuitive and the UI is kind of neglected."
"I would like to see stronger in-built permissions capabilities."
"My own experience just made me think that this was a hidden cost that they tried to hide, but keeping that in mind, it might only be my experience as to how this surfaced for us, because I had this image of Birst that you pay this amount and get everything."
"Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer needs to improve its performance and HTML reports."
"They need to try to develop reports to tie different tables together. Currently, to pull the data into one nice, neat report takes a more advanced technically minded person to develop."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Please negotiate on the price and purchase the latest version."
"Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer is more expensive than its alternatives. You need to pay additional costs for implementation."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
17%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
20%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Media Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise12
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Citrix Systems, Jive Software, SunnyD, Toshiba Medical Systems, Cisco OpenDNS, RB, Sunny D, Vertafore
Georg Fischer Central Plastics
Find out what your peers are saying about Birst vs. Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer and other solutions. Updated: September 2026.
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