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Oracle Hyperion vs Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.7
Opinions on Oracle Hyperion's ROI vary, with mixed experiences in financial benefits, time savings, and data accuracy improvements.
Sentiment score
6.6
Switching to Oracle Cloud reduced costs, improved accuracy, and enhanced decision-making, promising ROI in two and a half years.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Oracle Hyperion's customer support experiences vary, with mixed reviews on responsiveness and effectiveness, depending on issue priority and service levels.
Sentiment score
5.3
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud support experiences vary, with mixed reviews on response time, expertise, and service quality.
I rate Oracle's technical support as very good, giving it a score of 8 to 9 out of 10.
Support is generally fast for Sev1 or Sev2 tickets but slower for lower-severity tickets.
The response time is not that good.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Oracle Hyperion is scalable for large corporations but faces challenges as user numbers increase, evolving to meet user needs.
Sentiment score
7.6
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is highly scalable, modular, and offers excellent performance, adapting efficiently to varying user needs.
I rate the scalability of Oracle Hyperion as an 8 out of 10 because it remains a top choice in the market.
The scalability of Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is high.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Oracle Hyperion is generally stable with occasional issues, praised for reliability and improved post-upgrade performance, rated 7-9/10.
Sentiment score
7.4
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is stable with minimal issues, outperforming on-premises options; challenges are user errors, not Oracle.
Cloud configurations have not exhibited issues like crashing or slowing down for significant data volumes.
We sometimes encounter bugs and need to connect with Oracle Support.
 

Room For Improvement

Oracle Hyperion needs better UI, integration, performance, and security, while facing complexity, pricing, flexibility, and cloud scalability issues.
Oracle Planning Cloud struggles with performance, navigation, integration, and lacks intuitive features, needing improvements in interface and calculations.
After moving to PBCS and EPBCS, the per-user license fees can be reduced, particularly for bulk users.
It is user-friendly and offers several advantages in financial reporting and consolidation.
The pricing model could be more flexible as it's more expensive than its competitors.
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud could improve by creating a more visual and user-friendly interface similar to the old ABC analytics.
 

Setup Cost

Oracle Hyperion is costly yet comprehensive, with high initial and ongoing fees, requiring detailed setup knowledge.
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud costs around $40,000 annually, offering infrastructure savings, yet may burden smaller companies.
 

Valuable Features

Oracle Hyperion excels in data integration, scalability, and security, offering powerful budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation features with global deployment.
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud streamlines financial management with seamless integration, scalability, advanced analytics, and user-friendly interfaces.
It enables me to input data directly based on my security and business lines, with an inbuilt calculation engine for data aggregation and reporting.
Anaplan has built-in UX pages for report preparation, unlike Oracle Hyperion, which often relies on third-party tools such as Hyperion Financial Reporting and Power BI for reporting.
The feature that allows automation of the budgeting and forecasting process is extremely valuable, especially when compared to Excel.
One of the most valuable features of Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is the ability to have budgeting, finance, and management running in a single tool.
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Hyperion
Ranking in Business Performance Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Planning and Budgeti...
Ranking in Business Performance Management
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Financial Performance and Strategy Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of Oracle Hyperion is 10.5%, down from 13.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is 5.5%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Performance Management
 

Featured Reviews

Pranit Chhajed - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation of financial processes streamlines operations but pricing needs improvement
Our clients mostly use Hyperion for their financial requirements, including budgeting, forecasting, and planning The feature that allows automation of the budgeting and forecasting process is extremely valuable, especially when compared to Excel. The workflow management of planning and the…
Arthur Perkins - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhancing future planning with predictive capabilities and flexible deployment
OCI can predict changes in your infrastructure in advance so that customers aren't caught off guard. It would be nice if OCI could predict these changes and notify Administrators without the Administrators asking OCI to do it. It would be nice if this function was automated. Right now, OCI can predict what changes should be made. But, at the Administrator's prompting.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Hyperion?
We can collect data from various sources, which is very useful for budgeting and planning.
What needs improvement with Oracle Hyperion?
Oracle Hyperion is fundamentally a good technology and does not require significant improvements compared to other technologies because it is user-friendly and offers several advantages in financia...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Hyperion?
My experience of working with Oracle Hyperion is that it is basically a cloud technology used mainly for budgeting and planning purposes. In Oracle Hyperion, there are different use cases for finan...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud?
While cloud pricing may initially appear more expensive due to the absence of infrastructure expenses, it is fair. There's no need for physical servers or infrastructure management. The licensing i...
What needs improvement with Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud?
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud could improve by creating a more visual and user-friendly interface similar to the old ABC analytics. The ability to easily distribute costs visually, using clic...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud?
At Panama Canal, the entire budget was uploaded into the system, and every process, from a purchase requisition to the purchase order and invoice, had to go through the budgeting system before ente...
 

Also Known As

Hyperion
Oracle PBCS, Oracle Enterprise Business Planning
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ITNL, Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd., Zaklady Farmaceutyczne Polpharma S.A., Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd., Barco N.V., SITA, McGregor Fashion Group B.V., PCCW Ltd.
Australian Finance Group Ltd., Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd., TBS Group, Delaware Life Insurance, Shelf Drilling Ltd., Abu Dhabi Department of Finance, Fugro Norway AS, Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI), Racepoint Global, Edgewater Technology Inc., King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Communications Test Design Inc.
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