CA Datacom vs Oracle Essbase comparison

Broadcom and Oracle are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Broadcom is ranked #25, while Oracle is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.6. Broadcom holds a 1.4% mindshare in DDM, compared to Oracle’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

CA Datacom

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Oracle Essbase and CA Datacom are competing products in data management and analysis. Oracle Essbase has advanced analytical capabilities, while CA Datacom is noted for its data processing speed and reliability, offering distinct advantages based on organizational needs.

Features: Oracle Essbase is known for its robust financial modeling, complex scenario analysis, and sophisticated insights. It also includes advanced analytics and multidimensional data processing. CA Datacom offers efficient transaction processing, high stability in high-volume operations, and a user-friendly environment for current features.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Essbase could improve in areas like ease of use for non-financial users, simplification of deployment processes, and enhancement of integration with other systems. CA Datacom might benefit from better analytics, improved financial modeling features, and enhanced data visualization capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Essbase provides a flexible deployment model with comprehensive support but may pose challenges due to its complexity. CA Datacom offers straightforward implementation and highly responsive customer service, emphasizing swift operational readiness.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Essbase typically involves higher setup costs due to its extensive capabilities, offering significant ROI for analytics-reliant companies. CA Datacom provides a more favorable cost structure for efficient data processing, with lower initial expenses and balanced ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Datacom

Ranking in Database Development and Management

25th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Essbase

Ranking in Database Development and Management

12th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA Datacom is 1.4%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Essbase is 1.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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it_user779310

Mainframe Systems Administrator at Total System Services, Inc.

It is a stable product that cuts down on our support costs

This is a hard one. It has just been a really solid product. We have not had very many issues at all with it. The only minor issue that we have had with Datacom is in the installation guide: Some of the sizings for the databases have not really worked out for us, so we had to go in and resize them. Also, we would run out of space and things like that. Those are the only minor things.

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RANOJOY PAUL

Analyst at Tata Consultancy

Stores multidimensional data, good customer support and interface is very easy

It is very fast compared to other normal databases, like SQL and MySQL. It doesn't store data in tables in the back end. To load data into Essbase, we need to prepare it in a table format. When we find the data in the table, we need to verify it. This way, you can rate the data. But Essbase stores multidimensional data. We have dimensions, which means the data belongs to some company or some time period. For example, if you work for three years, your salary should be something. In this way, we prepare top-level members called dimensions. The dimension defines your position, the year, and the section you were working in the company. We get an intersection of all these dimensions for certain data, and fetching that data is very fast in Essbase compared to normal SQL. If you store this data in a normal SQL table, you need to prepare a row with your company name, employee name, employee ID, joining date, and everything, and then you need to push it into a SQL table. You can search it using your query, but here, that thing is different. Here, you can collect data using forms, reports, and we use a Microsoft tool, which is an add-in called Smart View. Using that, you would just take that data. Here, you need to just create an integration of all these dimensions, and then only you can find the data.

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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

"Scalability is definitely one thing. The size of the database can grow without any issues. We've got one database table that's got over a billion rows in it; quite a bit of data, and it handles access like a champ."

"It definitely cuts down on our support costs. I do not get woken up in the middle of the night very often for a problem with Datacom."

"It is a solid product."

"The initial setup is fairly straightforward for a mainframe product."

"Nowadays, CA is doing a lot of improving as far as online maintainability of definitions, which is a huge improvement over the past. I'm able to do a lot of changes without any outage."

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

"The solution can handle a large volume of data."

"It helps us fetch specific data sets per users' requirements."

"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."

"The solution is stable and reliable."

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

"Essbase is a kind of backbone, or back end, for systems like Hyperion Planning."

"I have found the most valuable aspect is the user-friendly environment and current features."

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Cons

"The only minor issue that we have had with Datacom is in the installation guide: Some of the sizings for the databases have not really worked out for us, so we had to go in and resize them."

"For the "no-outage maintainability" of things, they are making improvements as we speak, but there is definitely still room for more of that."

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

"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."

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

"The initial setup could be simplified."

"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."

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

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

"The reporting tool of Essbase needs improvement."

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"Essbase is competitively priced."

"It is a costly solution."

"The solution is expensive."

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

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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?

If I got the opportunity to work with Hyperion, which is the best product, I would definitely go with that. The main concern is that Oracle is ending on-premises server support, so it would be bett...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Essbase?

We provide complete ownership of this application to Walmart projects. In the UK system, we support and develop for the Asda account, known as Eltham. We provide installation and support to over 50...

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Also Known As

DATACOM

Essbase

Overview

CA Datacom enables the continuous availability of your business applications. Datacom, and its family of rDBMS products, provides you with a reliable database repository with enterprise-wide, high-volume workload and fault-tolerant capabilities.

Broadcom

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

Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.

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.

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