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We performed a comparison between Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Oracle OBIEE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services vs. Oracle OBIEE Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"We can create quality reports in real time.""The solution's features are all just wrapped up in one nice easy package. I don't need a lot of toolsets to get everything I need done.""I am impressed with the product's seamless integration. It can work with different databases like Oracle.""The SQL Server Reporting Services makes it very easy to get the data whenever we need it.""We get good support from Microsoft.""The solution is known for its robust security features.""It is scalable.""I like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services' automated reporting feature."

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"The most valuable feature is the openness of the solution. It helps us integrate some of our clients.""Can utilize SQL queries to generate reports directly.""It's easy to create fully-functional Dashboards.""Oracle OBIEE is good for data visualization and analytical reporting.""Easy to create ad hoc reporting for different solutions.""User-friendly look and feel.""The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE, for me, would be the Web Catalog. From a development perspective, I do not need any client or any software to be installed on my laptop or desktop. Everything is browser-based, so I just open the browser and start development.""They are introducing AI. There are good forecasting features and machine learning."

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Cons
"The product should improve its performance.""We encounter some barriers while trying to build a report.""In this solution, the cost should be reduced for the enterprise edition.""Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services needs to improve performance.""Technical support is in minor need of improvement so that they can solve problems in a more timely manner.""The solution's interface is old.""The setup is difficult because you have to install different servers.""There is room for improvement in the pricing model."

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"The solution needs to be easier to scale.""Oracle OBIEE can improve the ease of use. It is a lot to learn and it could be made easier.""I find I prefer Oracle OAC over OBIEE. It's more advanced, has artificial intelligence, and there's more that we can do with it in general. OBIEE is lacking features.""Oracle OBIEE could improve the visualizations, such as diagrams, charts, and graphical user interface. Other tools on the market have better graphical visualizations this Oracle OBIEE.""I would like to see Machine Learning included in this solution.""There could be better integration with other solutions, such as Microsoft Office.""This solution is weak in the data science perspective. I have past data science experience. And, I find that there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of incorporating more advanced statistical modeling into the product.""The solution is too expensive for small firms."

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  • "The price is pretty good."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "The solution is cheaper than its alternatives."
  • "The solution is free to use for developers."
  • "The tool's licensing costs are expensive."
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  • "It is high."
  • "It's expensive."
  • "I think to spread this across an enterprise will be a significant investment."
  • "Be prepared to spend a lot of time and money."
  • "The pricing we negotiated with Oracle. But, I do not have details."
  • "Oracle products are extremely expensive."
  • "This was not an expensive product for us, although the price varies depending on conditions for each company."
  • "The cost of this solution is a little bit high compared with other products like Zoho, so reducing it would make OBIEE more competitive."
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    Top Answer:Oracle OBIEE is great in allowing design and creativity per the individual needs of the organization. Dashboards are fully customizable and very user-friendly. This solution is very stable. Oracle… more »
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    Top Answer:The technical support services are good.
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    8th
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    Also Known As
    SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft SSRS, SSRS, MS SQL Server Reporting Services
    OBIEE, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Oracle BI, Oracle BI EE 11g
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    Overview

    At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world.

    We do business in 170 countries and are made up of 114,000 passionate employees dedicated to fulfilling our mission of helping you and your organization achieve more.

    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.

    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."



    Sample Customers
    CMS Wire, The New York Times
    Banca Transilvania, BeckmanCoulter, Hong Kong Housing Society, HealthShare, Ivanhoe Cambridge Unifies, and Home Credit, and Finance Bank.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company38%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Retailer13%
    Healthcare Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government10%
    Healthcare Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise65%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft SQL Servering Services vs. Oracle OBIEE
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services vs. Oracle OBIEE and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 8th in Reporting with 12 reviews while Oracle OBIEE is ranked 3rd in Reporting with 154 reviews. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.8, while Oracle OBIEE is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services writes "Offers valuable data extraction from Microsoft sources, scalability, and effective customer support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle OBIEE writes "A solution that is easily accessible, scalable and requires a straightforward initial setup process to get started". Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is most compared with Tableau, TIBCO Jaspersoft, Microsoft Power BI, SAP Crystal Reports and IBM Cognos, whereas Oracle OBIEE is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Tableau, IBM Cognos and Qlik Sense. See our Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services vs. Oracle OBIEE report.

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