Oracle Hyperion vs SAP Business Planning and Consolidation comparison

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The compared Oracle and SAP solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle is ranked #3 in BPM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 4.3% mindshare in the category. SAP is ranked #7 in FPSM , and holds a 6.4% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Oracle Hyperion

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Hyperion

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Performance Management (3rd)

SAP Business Planning and C...

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Financial Performance and Strategy Management (7th), Financial Close Software (12th)

Mindshare comparison

Oracle Hyperion and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Oracle Hyperion is designed for Business Performance Management and holds a mindshare of 4.3%, down 7.3% compared to last year.
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, on the other hand, focuses on Financial Performance and Strategy Management, holds 6.4% mindshare, down 6.8% since last year.

Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Hyperion	4.3%
Anaplan	5.8%
Workday Adaptive Planning	5.6%
Other	84.3%

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Financial Performance and Strategy Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation	6.4%
Workday Adaptive Planning	10.7%
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud	8.4%
Other	74.5%

Financial Performance and Strategy Management

Q&A Highlights

it_user742446

Works

Oct 06, 2017

Hyperion Planning or SAP BPC?

The only reason to consider BPC at this point is if you are locked into an SAP architecture. SAP is re-architecting BPC to utilize their HANA memory-resident database, which is basically a heart-lung transplant - long, costly and complex. BPC is also known as one of the most costly CPM implementations in the market, which is not likely to get better as SAP rejiggers it for HANA. Hyperion Planning is a long-time leader in on-premise CPM, and Oracle is 2-3 years ahead of SAP in moving to the Cloud. Oracle's PBCS product is basically Hyperion Planning with an HTML5 user interface, and is substantially more mature than BPC at this point. Gartner judged it to be one of 4 apps in it's Strategic CPM Magic Quadrant this past June. (SAP was not even listed by Gartner.) It's also priced very aggressively, like all of the new Oracle Cloud Service apps - $14-30K per year, list. So if there are strong reasons for you to go with either SAP or Oracle, and you're OK with a cloud solution, then Oracle PBCS would be the better choice at this point. If you're not locked into these two vendors, as the responder above mentioned, there are some other cloud CPM vendors like Host Analytics or Adaptive insights in the Gartner MQ that have lower cost of ownership than on-premise solutions.

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Srinivas Chappidi

Product Support Engineer at JSW

Empower financial planning with user-friendly and robust features

The best features of Oracle Hyperion revolve around their cloud-based technology, which is gradually moving to cloud solutions such as EPMCSG, while Anaplan uses two engines for calculations, the classic engine and the Essbase engine. Anaplan allows for quick module changes, where adjustments in one module reflect throughout the user experience. In contrast, Oracle Hyperion relies on Essbase as a database with calculation scripts and business rules, and it incorporates Smart View technology for Excel connections, providing a familiar interface for users. 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 financial reporting and consolidation. However, I have observed that 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.

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Raghavendra Sureban

Head - Financial reporting at CIEL HR Services Limited

Consolidation has become consistent and automated and now delivers accurate monthly group results

The best features SAP Business Planning and Consolidation offers include the ability to see all the entities adding up to these numbers at a click of a button, which avoids manual intervention, with all eliminations automated and each intercompany GL connected, ensuring posting in both sets of books of accounts, resulting in a completed balance sheet with no variances. Out of those features, the IC eliminations and the simultaneous accounting in both books of accounts, along with the drill down of the numbers to the possible T-Code level and the consolidation of all the subsidiaries, has had the biggest impact for me.

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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

"Its major impact is that it reduced manual work since using Oracle Hyperion, and Oracle Hyperion data can now be updated, with data loads completed in 30 minutes."

"The platform is very easy to use from a user perspective, especially for nontechnical experts."

"I believe that by implementing it a lot of organizations’ manual processes have been automated."

"Scalability isn't a problem for Hyperion."

"The partitioning option between databases allows for users to enter data one time, versus copying data lots of times from one cube to another."

"One can see that it's a mature product because it addresses all the requirements that you must have for financial consolidation and for budgeting and planning, and it's really easy to use."

"This product has been helping the organization to implement complex budgeting models."

"We like the reporting and tracking of financials."

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"After switching to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, we have achieved specific outcomes such as reduced manual intervention, which led to reduced errors, time saved, and increased confidence in the numbers that we presented."

"Up to the implementation of the application, it used to take weeks to the consolidation team to carry out the entire, monthly, financial consolidation, now it takes them just one or two days to perform the entire process."

Cons

"There should be more effort put into integration processes."

"Our experience with the support team was not great."

"The support could be improved as service requests can sometimes take a very long time to be dealt with - we have some SRs that are a year old with no solution."

"There's something known as a data block that Hyperion generates for each and every transaction. Sometimes it does not generate and we need to identify those issues and fix them manually."

"The database crashes without any warnings or reasons."

"The pricing model could be more flexible as it's more expensive than its competitors."

"All the planning systems out there are great. It doesn't matter which company you use. They're all great. I've seen demonstrations on a number of them, but it all boils down to the culture within the organization itself to use that functionality, understand it, and help drive it. I've had Oracle salespeople do demonstrations, and it looked really good. We get it on board, and everybody still sticks to their Excel spreadsheets because companies are a lot more complex than what you could deliver on the planning system. So, there should be more education on the capabilities, and there should be more understanding of organizations in terms of the way they access the data in order to plan."

"Integrating Oracle Hyperion, a multidimensional database, with relational databases poses challenges due to the differing database structures."

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"SAP Business Planning and Consolidation can be improved by implementing further checks on the T-Codes to make them much more user-friendly."

"There are no tutorials or wizards inside the tool, and I think they would be very useful sometimes."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"To get a full license, which gives you access to most of the different Hyperion programs, it costs $2000 to $2500 a month."

"As Oracle's pricing is on the higher end, most businesses prefer to have their own private cloud."

"The licensing cost for the on-premises version of the solution is too high."

"Oracle Hyperion's licensing structures are quite expensive for some companies, especially medium-sized companies because of the user-based license."

"We pay for licensing yearly."

"The licenses cost approximately $1,000."

"Compared with MSBA, it is quite reasonable."

"The solution is affordable."

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Answers from the Community

it_user742446

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Oct 6, 2017

Hyperion Planning or SAP BPC?

2 out of 7 answers

it_user490053

EPM & Analytics Consultant at a consultancy

Oct 2, 2017

Depends. In terms of functionality, they both do similar things. I'm sure a lot of users can give you a long list of pros and cons of both, but the choice often comes down to what works well in your environment. The best way to find out is by getting your hands on it and try a proof of concept. I would start by defining exactly what you will be using it for, you may find that lighter weight cloud CPM solutions may be a better fit and with a faster deployement.

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it_user199395

Works at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Oct 2, 2017

A choice between two vendors rarely comes down to the tool (software) itself. This is usually because they both have strong selling points that got you to thus point. I have not used thesee two personally but offer you thus advise. 1. If you have the time request a demo based in what you leadership team would need to see. Never accept the canned demo which shows the app in the best possible light. Use your data if possible. 2. An application is only as good as its usefulness to its users. I have bought great software and no one really used it. So again whatever the choice ensure that you get the buy-in from your user community. 3. Let the vendor explain how they can fill the gap between your expectations and the app capabilities (always is something ). 4. Ensure that you will be able to access the needed support post implementation. This will allow for the continued success of the app use. Lastly trust your gut and spend time doing the research and asking the questions. Noone else does it like you and your team is depending on you to paint a way forward. Remember it's just a tool. Right now you got it down to 2. So review the above and take your shot. Good luck, let me know how it works out. Regards, Andrew

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

15%

Comms Service Provider

Energy/Utilities Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	38

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Hyperion?

We are going to re-implement the Oracle Hyperion system due to changes in our chart of account process and some other factors. We were analyzing whether to move to a cloud system, EPM Cloud. We hav...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Hyperion?

We are using Oracle Financials and Oracle Hyperion. Oracle Hyperion is used for budget and MIS reporting, while Financials is used for financial accounting, payables, receivables, and general ledge...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Hyperion?

We are using a centralized data repository with all system's data in data lakes. I am a functional user, not an IT person. We are satisfied with the progress, system, and features in Oracle Hyperio...

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Also Known As

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Overview

Oracle Hyperion offers integrated EPM solutions with powerful data processing and cloud technology. Its budgeting, planning, and financial reporting features drive efficiency, scalability, and flexibility for enterprise needs.

Oracle Hyperion is known for rapid data processing and comprehensive EPM solutions, facilitating efficient budgeting, planning, and forecasting. It offers highly customizable interfaces and robust data integration capabilities. Financial consolidation and accurate reporting are streamlined, contributing to improved financial tracking. Despite a complex setup and steep learning curve, Oracle Hyperion remains a preferred choice for large enterprises focusing on scalability and security. It addresses needs for multidimensional database integration, business analytics, and cloud support, although its interface and performance with large databases warrant improvement.

What are the key features of Oracle Hyperion?

Rapid Data Processing: Speeds up budgeting and planning cycles, enhancing efficiency.
Integrated EPM Solutions: Consolidates financial data with advanced functionality.
User-Friendly Interfaces: Provides customization options for tailored experiences.
Smart View Excel Functionality: Allows seamless data interaction within Excel.
Financial Reporting: Enables accurate tracking and detailed financial summaries.
Cloud-Based Technology: Supports scalable and flexible cloud deployments.
Robust Security: Ensures data safety with a secure architecture.

What benefits and ROI should users anticipate?

Efficiency Gains: Automates financial processes, saving time and reducing errors.
Accurate Forecasting: Enhances data accuracy for better financial planning.
Scalability: Supports growth into larger datasets and extensive reporting needs.
Flexibility: Offers a customizable platform catering to unique operational requirements.
Secure Transactions: Provides a secure environment for sensitive financial data.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, Oracle Hyperion is crucial for centralizing financial activities, including OPEX, CapEx, and workforce planning. Its ability to integrate with multidimensional databases supports extensive data handling and forecasting models. The cloud-based functionalities further drive innovation in analytics and performance metrics handling, benefiting organizations with on-premises or cloud deployment needs across diverse sectors.

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SAP Business Planning and Consolidation enables businesses to perform financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation within a unified platform, enhancing financial organization and control.

Designed to streamline financial processes, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation integrates seamlessly with existing systems to provide real-time, accurate financial insights. Users benefit from its ability to accelerate decision-making while maintaining compliance and optimizing financial performance. By automating complex tasks and offering robust monitoring capabilities, it ensures a comprehensive approach to financial management without unnecessary complexity.

What are the key features of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation?

Financial Planning: Facilitates precise and customizable financial forecasts and budget allocations.
Consolidation: Automates data consolidation to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulatory standards.
Reporting: Provides dynamic reporting tools to generate insightful financial statements and analyses.
Collaboration: Enhances communication across departments for cohesive financial management.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Improved Efficiency: Reduces time spent on manual financial tasks through automation.
Better Compliance: Ensures adherence to financial regulations with reliable data.
Enhanced Decision-Making: Provides actionable insights for strategic business decisions.
Cost Savings: Minimizes operational costs by streamlining financial processes.

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is widely adopted in industries such as manufacturing, retail, and finance. It improves operational efficiency by adapting to sector-specific requirements, enabling organizations to achieve better control and visibility over their financial data.

SAP

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.

Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone

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