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 #9 with an average rating of 7.9. Nutanix holds a 2.4% mindshare in DDM, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% 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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95% willing to recommend

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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

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Essbase

Ranking in Database Development and Management

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Essbase is 0.8%, down from 1.1% 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	0.8%
Other	96.8%

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Featured Reviews

Prasad Pimple

Vice President Information Technology at network techlab

Enhancing database management with operational efficiency but needs better compatibility

Era should be compatible with various environments, such as VMware and Red Hat, to be hypervisor agnostic. Due to increasing adoption among enterprise clients, integration with Kubernetes platforms is also needed. Furthermore, the product can benefit from improving its understanding of architectural setup and communicating its limitations to users and partners.

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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

"It has some very good features. It really works with multiple silos in terms of infrastructure, database updates, and migration. So many things are easy with Era."

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

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

"I wanted a tool that offers enough monitoring for everything related to load balancing in my databases."

"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."

"The solution allows quick setting up of new development environments and ensures the use of the storage more efficiently. It manages to create new clients to be utilized for development or reporting."

"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."

"One feature that is very good is the backup and validation process that's built into Era."

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

"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."

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

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

"The solution can handle a large volume of 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."

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Cons

"One of the things that we've discovered specific to SQL is that the deployment options that are available do not match our company standards, so we have asked the Nutanix team if that is something that is customizable or if we need to adjust our deployment strategy."

"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."

"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."

"I would like to see the SQL compatibility enhanced."

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

"The solution needs to improve compatibility with other back-ups and products."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing structure."

"The downside of this solution is that it's more expensive than its competitors."

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"The initial setup could be simplified."

"The solution could enhance business analytics. I delved into the data using Oracle Essbase to create a new support tool."

"The initial setup is pretty complex."

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

"They should improve the solution's performance."

"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."

"The main concern is that Oracle is ending on-premises server support, so it would be better if there was a cloud platform available for Oracle Essbase."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Era is quite expensive. The thing that will be a showstopper for them in the long run is if you look at it from a technical perspective on what it provides and weigh it up against consolidation of multiple other software suites."

"This solution is reasonably priced."

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

"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"The tool is expensive."

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

"The pricing is competitive."

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

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"Essbase is competitively priced."

"It is a costly solution."

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

"The solution is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Transportation Company

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
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 do you like most about Nutanix Database Service?

The most valuable feature is its robust infrastructure management tools.

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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?

It has already saved me a lot of time, but it can still improve. In the past, there were built-in templates, and now, for some particular databases, I have to create my own templates and push them ...

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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.

Oracle

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