We performed a comparison between CA IDMS and Oracle Essbase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a really stable platform. It has been around for many years. We trust it implicitly. "
"The most useful feature is the governance feature, because it can show us and help us to manage user profiles very quickly and using it in assertive way."
"Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too."
"Unlike relational, where you're linking together multiple tables, with Essbase, you basically define what the dimensions are beforehand, and you define the hierarchy, and then load the data. This allows you to do a pretty sophisticated analysis so that you can drill into it and slice and dice the data."
"I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features."
"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."
"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."
"The solution is scalable."
"It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."
"The solution can handle a large volume of data."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"I would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain."
"Right now, it's not easy to start using this solution. You have to take long course and train people. It's not an easy path."
"I would like to see an integration with application performance management and a version control management tool."
"The initial setup is pretty complex."
"The ability to drive external reporting out for development could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"It's an expensive product to use."
"Essbase has a programming language, and it has a couple of functions to do forecasting, however, their feature set for that is not that good."
"They should improve the solution's performance."
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CA IDMS is ranked 31st in Database Development and Management while Oracle Essbase is ranked 10th in Database Development and Management with 10 reviews. CA IDMS is rated 9.0, while Oracle Essbase is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CA IDMS writes "We get network database performance. It supports our back office". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Essbase writes "It is easy to use and receives patch updates on regular intervals ". CA IDMS is most compared with IBM IMS, CA Datacom and Adabas, whereas Oracle Essbase is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Tableau. See our CA IDMS vs. Oracle Essbase report.
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