Oracle Essbase vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

Oracle and Broadcom are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Oracle is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.9, while Broadcom is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.6. Oracle holds a 1.1% mindshare in DDM, compared to Broadcom’s 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Oracle Essbase

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100% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Oracle Essbase and VMware Tanzu Data Solutions compete in the realm of data processing and management. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions has the upper hand due to its advanced cloud-native features despite Essbase's competitive pricing.

Features: Oracle Essbase provides outstanding multidimensional data analysis, scenario modeling, and budgeting. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions excels in Kubernetes integration, microservices support, and efficient cloud-native application deployment.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Essbase could enhance cloud integration capabilities, deploy on hybrid environments, and improve real-time data analytics. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions can improve user interface simplicity, expand documentation, and enhance on-premises flexibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Essbase offers easy on-premises deployment with robust customer support for enterprise environments. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions facilitates flexible cloud deployments using Kubernetes with strong support for cloud-native architectures, making it suitable for modern IT frameworks.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Essbase is cost-effective with competitive setup costs and ROI enhanced by strong analytical features. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions requires a higher initial investment but offers a compelling ROI through its expansive features and efficiency in cloud-native environments.

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Categories and Ranking

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

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Ranking in Database Development and Management

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Relational Databases Tools (14th), Data Warehouse (9th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Essbase is 1.1%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 2.7%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions	2.7%
Oracle Essbase	1.1%
Other	96.2%

Database Development and Management

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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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Moisés Guillén

Has improved server deployment speed and simplified Kubernetes cluster administration

My main use case for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is Tanzu Basic TKB version 2.4 I focus on the creation of Kubernetes clusters with VMware Tanzu Data Solutions. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions has positively impacted my organization because it is efficient, easy, fast, and aids in the creation and…

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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

"Oracle Essbase is a web integration system that integrates with other data systems."

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

"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."

"With Oracle Essbase, everything is centralized in a comprehensive financial statement analysis, allowing for complete management of budget, actuals analysis, and forecast."

"Oracle Essbase enables organizations to take their strategic decisions, which helps them make the right decisions at the right time."

"The solution is scalable."

"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."

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"Helps us to achieve large-scale analytics."

"We chose Greenplum because of the architecture in terms of clustering databases and being able to have, or at least utilize the resources that are sitting on a database."

"Scalability is simple because it's an MPP database. If you need more processing power or you need more storage, you just add a few more nodes in the cluster. It works on common commodity hardware. You can use any type of server. You don't need to have proprietary hardware. It's fairly flexible."

"The product's feature of data transaction works fast."

"The solution is stable."

"The product's reliability is the most valuable feature."

"Simple and straightforward admin portals: Made it easy for users and worked out excellently for our requirements"

"It is easy to use. The addition of more queues and more services can be managed very easily."

Cons

"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."

"The ability to drive external reporting out for development could be improved."

"The consolidation engine, which is HFM or FCCS, needs some room for improvement."

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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"This solution struggled with multi-regional synchronization."

"The product has to improve the crisis management, especially in memory issues."

"The fact that a single queue can't be distributed across multiple instances/nodes is a major disadvantage."

"If you're outside IP address range, the clustering no longer has all the features which is problematic."

"The initial deployment was a little difficult."

"I saw some limitation with respect to the column store, and removing this would be an improvement."

"The product is pretty hard to configure."

"The installation is difficult and should be made easier."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Essbase is competitively priced."

"It is a costly solution."

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

"The solution is expensive."

"It is an open-source product."

"The solution's pricing is cost-effective as it does not involve significant expenses. Licensing is required only for the server, while clients do not need any licensing. Therefore, it proves to be a cost-efficient option."

"The price is pretty good."

"Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."

"We are using the open-source version of this solution."

"The pricing is okay."

"The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."

"This is an open source solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	49

Questions from the Community

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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How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?

IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...

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What do you like most about VMware RabbitMQ?

RabbitMQ provides access to SDKs for development and the ability to raise and log tickets if we encounter issues. We can integrate RabbitMQ using various languages like Java or Python using the pro...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware RabbitMQ?

The product is free of cost.

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Also Known As

Essbase

Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres

Overview

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

VMware Tanzu is a robust platform tailored for data warehousing, complex analytics, BI applications, and predictive analytics. It excels in scalability, performance, and parallel processing, enhancing data handling efficiency. Users report significant productivity improvements and streamlined operations, making it ideal for comprehensive data solutions.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

CHU de Rennes, Bellco Credit Union, Akindo Sushiro Co. Ltd, Deutsche Telekom AG, Samarco MineraÊo S.A., PCCW Ltd., QDQ media S.A.U., Boiron Italia, Specialized Bicycle Components Inc., Akindo Sushiro Co. Ltd., Air Canada, Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd.

General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University

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