Oracle Essbase Reviews

I primarily use Essbase for planning.

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

Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance.

Essbase is scalable.

Essbase is a shell, so your setup is only as complex as your reporting requirements. The actual implementation of the software is easy, it's how you use it that can be complex.

Essbase is competitively priced.

Essbase is a powerful tool that continues to provide value for companies. It's also one of the core databases that Oracle uses. I'd rate it as ten out of ten.

Its multi-dimensionality, powerful calculation engine, aggregate storage applications are excellent features for faster calculations and response.

We are on consulting side but definitely client implemented it for are able to carry out their planning and budgeting exercise in optimize and well structure manner.

Variable attributes functionality need to be incorporated in Planning, though its available in Essabse I believe its still not in Planning.

For the last 8 years we have been implementing Essbase for various clients around globe.

Application deployment process is very easy in classic way but yes I personally found it bit difficult in EPMA way.

No. if your application design is good stability is not an issue in stable version of Hyperion

No

Customer Service: Very good.Technical Support: Very good knowledge base to look for solution or previously fixed issues and timely support by able consultants.

Yes. Initial setup and configuration is made very straightforward in latest versions compared to earlier.

Essbase is a multidimensional database (MOLAP) is undoubtedly leading in that space. It leverages its powerful computing capability and combined with relational database gives hybrid flavor. Its powerful computing capability and scalability rates overall 4.