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Oracle Hyperion pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
3.9 out of 5
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PROS

Oracle Hyperion offers excellent scalability and provides a high return on investment.
Data integration is a strong feature, allowing users to pull and consolidate data from various systems.
Oracle Hyperion is customizable, enabling implementations tailored to specific business needs.
Oracle Hyperion provides a structured methodology for financial analysis, improving efficiency over tools like Excel.
Automation features for budgeting and forecasting significantly reduce manual work and improve data processing speeds.

CONS

Oracle Hyperion's security model lacks differentiation and needs improvement in disaster recovery options.
Technical support for Oracle Hyperion is inadequate and stability issues persist.
The complexity of Oracle Hyperion's implementation and configuration is challenging.
Oracle Hyperion's documentation is not detailed enough and requires more how-to guides.
Oracle Hyperion's pricing model is inflexible and more expensive than competitors.
 

Oracle Hyperion Pros review quotes

it_user202521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Business Intel at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 28, 2015
The partitioning option between databases allows for users to enter data one time, versus copying data lots of times from one cube to another.
it_user205302 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle EPM Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 9, 2015
This product has been helping the organization to implement complex budgeting models.
it_user208800 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant with 51-200 employees
Mar 16, 2015
It has reduced the amount of paperwork as multiple people can work on a single form, centralize formula creation window (only one person/team is responsible for creating it), It is also possible to maintain history for X number of years, and compare budgets from previous years through just one form and the process of workflow management.
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it_user341055 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 15, 2015
In the most simplest way, the product allows the availability of data to be predefined as well as customized based on user inputs and requirements.
RG
EPM/BI certified Consultant, Oracle ACE and TeraCorp Consulting CEO at TeraCorp Consulting
Oct 1, 2016
For businesses, the ability to create forecasts in a fraction of time it took before the implementation is the most valuable feature.
AN
Senior Hyperion Systems Architect at County of Loudoun Virginia
Aug 24, 2017
Hyperion has made our budgeting process and forecast analysis easy and robust, and it is a reliable tool.
it_user436188 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Technology Engineer at a renewables & environment company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 15, 2016
The product itself, right now, especially on the Hyperion planning side, is the industry leading software for what it does.
it_user436062 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Consultant at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 16, 2016
The tool does all our budgeting and forecasting without much manual work, so it's now all automated, saving us both time and from many human errors.
it_user27945 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Database and Security at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 18, 2016
The fact that Hyperion is a consistent system without any big issues is huge for our users to make decisions based on financial results.
it_user448791 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
May 23, 2016
I believe that by implementing it a lot of organizations’ manual processes have been automated.
 

Oracle Hyperion Cons review quotes

it_user202521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Business Intel at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 28, 2015
As an intuitive, user friendly, GUI application, I would rate it a 4/10.
it_user205302 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle EPM Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 9, 2015
In my opinion, the reporting features could be visually better, and prettier, than it is so far.
it_user208800 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant with 51-200 employees
Mar 16, 2015
The database crashes without any warnings or reasons.
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it_user341055 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 15, 2015
Improvements might relate to the integration of the visual aspect of the product. There is a scope for improvement in the governance of the product.
RG
EPM/BI certified Consultant, Oracle ACE and TeraCorp Consulting CEO at TeraCorp Consulting
Oct 1, 2016
The technical support for EPM is bad.
AN
Senior Hyperion Systems Architect at County of Loudoun Virginia
Aug 24, 2017
We have missed deadlines because of that and I had to create some workarounds from my side.
it_user436188 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Technology Engineer at a renewables & environment company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 15, 2016
Oracle should have provided better documentation, and should update it more often.
it_user436062 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Consultant at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 16, 2016
We still have issues and bugs because it's a new release.
it_user27945 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Database and Security at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 18, 2016
Occasionally, though, we get issues such as process hangs or something similar, although they're usually known bugs the fixes for which we can find in Oracle support fairly easily.
it_user448791 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
May 23, 2016
I would not recommend implementing FDM as it is falling away and will not be supported in the near future.