Nutanix Database Service vs Oracle Essbase comparison

Nutanix and Oracle are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Nutanix is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.8, while Oracle is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.9. Nutanix holds a 2.4% mindshare in DDM, compared to Oracle’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Nutanix Database Service

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Oracle Essbase and Nutanix Database Service compete in enterprise data management and analysis. Nutanix Database Service often holds the upper hand due to its comprehensive data management and scalability, despite its operational costs.

Features: Oracle Essbase is known for its multidimensional database management, powerful calculation engine, and robust data integrity checks. Nutanix Database Service excels with its autonomous database operations, automated provisioning, and advanced hybrid cloud capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Essbase could enhance deployment efficiency, improve customer support responsiveness, and offer flexible pricing models. Nutanix Database Service might benefit from enhanced integration features, user interface simplification, and more cost-effective pricing structures.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nutanix Database Service offers a smooth cloud setup with minimal configuration, supported by responsive customer service. Oracle Essbase deployment may take more time and require professional support, impacting setup timelines.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Essbase requires substantial initial investment but provides significant long-term analytics benefits. Nutanix Database Service might have higher operational costs yet offers adaptable pricing models and a rapid ROI by reducing IT infrastructure complexity.

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Database Service

Ranking in Database Development and Management

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Essbase

Ranking in Database Development and Management

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

4.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Essbase is 1.1%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nutanix Database Service	2.4%
Oracle Essbase	1.1%
Other	96.5%

Database Development and Management

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Jason Posner

Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Improves time management by reducing database provisioning time

The feature I appreciate the most in Nutanix Database Service is the Time Machine. The simplicity of the Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service and being able to have a point in time that you can go back to at whatever your retention period is, is really great and helpful for us. The Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service has definitely reduced turnaround time for when we need clones or other environments spun up off of our existing environment, such as for corruption. It has helped the workload significantly. We're a very small team of database administrators. It worked really effectively for them and helped the workflow much more than our previous solution. Using Nutanix Database Service has reduced the time it takes to provision a database by 75%. The efficiency gained by using Nutanix Database Service has led to a positive impact on our business as far as bringing in new applications and workloads. Being able to clone and spin up other environments off of what we already have in NDB eases turnaround time when requests come in, and we're able to fill them and get them back to the business and make them available to customers. We've been able to automate DBA tasks. It simplifies turnaround time. Our DBA can deploy on how own and no longer waits for requests to be fulfilled.

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Bhavya N

Senior System Engineer at Infosys

Ensuring efficient data analysis and reporting while identifying areas for calculation and export improvements

The features of Oracle Essbase are valuable, such as its multi-dimensional database used for dynamic calculations and reporting purposes. These features are valuable because they support multi-dimensional data views, allowing users to analyze relationships across various data categories and establish a comprehensive perspective on business operations. Moreover, dynamic calculations allow real-time data analysis, significantly improving the accuracy and depth of financial insights. I have utilized Essbase's data aggregation capabilities. The Oracle Essbase interface provides a good user experience, allowing users to easily navigate and analyze data with fast query performance, effective data visualization tools such as charts, graphs, and tables, and flexibility for customizable analysis and reporting, including the ability to create ad hoc reports. The benefits of the interface include improving productivity and enhancing decision-making.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a very useful solution for database management."

"I would rate Nutanix Database Service a ten out of ten."

"The most valuable feature is its robust infrastructure management tools."

"AI has been deployed within Nutanix. It's very easy to provision the machine within minutes of the application orders. They can hand those over and work along with the AI team to get the data available quickly for business analysis."

"The time to provision the database went from taking a couple of days to now taking a few minutes. That is the immediate impact we saw. It helped the team to focus more. They can now be focused on support rather than spending time provisioning, which is a repetitive activity."

"Nutanix Database Service is a scalable solution."

"I like how easy it is to implement MySQL, SQL, and open-source database platforms."

"I appreciate being able to provision a database quickly from our side. We provision it and hand it off. It makes work much easier. Previously, it would take a week or two to do the same in a traditional way, whereas now, it gets completed within about an hour."

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"It's a very powerful analytical engine with Essbase as the back end. We can analyze, transform, or utilize a big chunk of data for our calculations."

"It is highly efficient and easily scalable, particularly for handling large databases."

"Essbase is a kind of backbone, or back end, for systems like Hyperion Planning."

"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."

"Oracle's capability to define custom hierarchies and dimensions has helped my organization in performing nuanced data exploration and advanced modeling because we use Oracle Essbase for dimension definition and also to define the properties of these members, such as dynamic members, stored members, shared members."

"It is very fast compared to other normal databases, like SQL and MySQL."

"The solution is stable and reliable."

"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."

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Cons

"We are also overwhelmed with the quality of technical support associated with the product."

"Nutanix Database Service can be improved by enhancing logging; when we're trying to look for errors, one of the hiccups we always run into is that it's very hard to pinpoint and look through the logs."

"We have a regular license program because it's really expensive."

"It would be helpful if we could patch Windows operating systems with the solution."

"If there were data integration services included with the platform then it would be interesting, and it would help us a lot."

"The initial setup was a little tedious and complex. If they could make the setup slightly more user-friendly, then that would definitely be beneficial. If they could give a clear indication of what ports are required across the business and multiple VLANs, then your prep work can be done beforehand and before you do the actual installation. Because the documentation that was provided was not 100 percent accurate, so we had to do a lot of custom firewall rules after we deployed Nutanix Era."

"There will always be room for improvement, there is nothing perfect from day one. There are some technical challenges that we have with NDS. I believe with time it will be sorted out."

"In the past, there were built-in templates, and now, for some particular databases, I have to create my own templates and push them to NDB, so bringing back those templates would save more time."

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"A significant area for improvement in Oracle Essbase is that financial statement analysis, CAPEX and OPEX analysis, and financial consolidation must be done manually, as Oracle Essbase doesn't include the financial consolidation module that is available in EPM."

"The initial setup could be simplified."

"I would like to see an integration with application performance management and a version control management tool."

"They should improve the solution's performance."

"There is room for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness."

"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."

"It's an expensive product to use."

"The initial setup is pretty complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's priced fairly... It's a good value. When you go looking for something from Oracle that automates things and makes your life easier, it's always going to be a minimum of $500,000. Era's nothing like that."

"The tool is expensive."

"It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost."

"The licensed-based pricing is confusing and too high."

"Pricing wasn't a surprise. It was what we were expecting it to be."

"Not everyone can afford it. It's a bit expensive, so the price has to be improved."

"I wasn't involved much with the pricing and setup costs and licenses. The pricing was as expected."

"Licensing costs will be the main scalability problem."

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"The solution is expensive."

"Essbase is competitively priced."

"I believe the licensing is on a monthly base."

"It is a costly solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

Transportation Company

Media Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Database Service?

It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Database Service?

Nutanix Database Service can be improved by implementing more AI capabilities.

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What is your primary use case for Nutanix Database Service?

Clients use Nutanix Database Service for various reasons.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Essbase?

It's not that expensive, but also not cheap. I'm not sure because it's a private license.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Essbase?

A significant area for improvement in Oracle Essbase is that financial statement analysis, CAPEX and OPEX analysis, and financial consolidation must be done manually, as Oracle Essbase doesn't incl...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Essbase?

The initial setup of Oracle Essbase is dependent on whether you select BSO or ASO cubes. First, you need to set up the type of information and once the type of cubes is defined, you need to define ...

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Also Known As

Nutanix Era

Essbase

Overview

Nutanix Database Service (NDB) simplifies and automates database lifecycle management across on-premises and public clouds for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB databases.

Nutanix

Oracle Essbase is an OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) Server that provides an environment for deploying pre-packaged applications or developing custom analytic and enterprise performance management applications.

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