Oracle Essbase vs Workday Prism Analytics comparison

The compared Oracle and Workday solutions aren't in the same category. Oracle is ranked #10 in DDM , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 1.2% mindshare in the category. Workday is ranked #14 in BIT , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Workday users who would recommend it.

Oracle Essbase

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100% willing to recommend

Workday Prism Analytics

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Essbase

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database Development and Management (10th)

Workday Prism Analytics

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (14th)

Mindshare comparison

Oracle Essbase and Workday Prism Analytics aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Oracle Essbase is designed for Database Development and Management and holds a mindshare of 1.2%, up 0.7% compared to last year.
Workday Prism Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 1.5% mindshare, up 1.2% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Prithwish Kumar Ghosh

Manager at Capgemini

Handles a huge amount of data at a time and offers good processing speed

You will definitely get bugs, for sure, with every version that comes. Oracle is active in creating fixes, and they release patches. If you are using Oracle Cloud and the infrastructure is owned by Oracle, you don't need to worry. They will push the bug fixes themselves. When we use PBCS or EPBCS applications on the cloud, they handle those things. It might be a downtime during the weekends for 30 minutes, but it's a very stable area. You don't actually use Essbase when you use PBCS or EPBCS. It is in the backend, and things are happening there as well, for sure, but you won't get to see the console. You'll just see the front end, the planning part.

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Sarvesh Kumar Jha

Senior Technology Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Provides great flexibility in terms of data transformation

I really like the flexibility the solution provides in terms of data transformation. Workday introduced Prism Analytics mainly because many clients wanted to merge data from different systems and then work with it to get some insights out of it. For that, they previously used tools like Power BI. Workday Prism Analytics gives you the power to do all the data transformations within Workday itself without taking out crucial data to a third system. I really like the way Workday has enabled Prism Analytics to be that one solution where you can bring everything. It also provides you the flexibility that things like the security model of Workday are still in place. You don't have to redo your security configuration if you do the data transformation outside Workday.

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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

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

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

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

"Unlike relational, where you're linking together multiple tables, with Essbase, you basically define what the dimensions are beforehand, and you define the hierarchy, and then load the data. This allows you to do a pretty sophisticated analysis so that you can drill into it and slice and dice the data."

"Essbase is extremely stable and low-maintenance."

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

"The solution is stable and reliable."

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

More Oracle Essbase pros

"The customer service and support are pretty good."

"The product is easier to use compared to other applications."

"I really like the flexibility the solution provides in terms of data transformation."

"The solution is stable and reliable, with minimal issues affecting its performance."

"Feature-wise, I feel that the solution's stability is good."

Cons

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

"The initial setup is pretty complex."

"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 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."

"They should improve the solution's performance."

"It's an expensive product to use."

"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."

More Oracle Essbase cons

"It is not a very scalable product."

"One area for improvement in the solution is the ability to manually update individual rows or columns of data once it has been uploaded."

"The visualization techniques must be upgraded."

"There is not much flexibility in how we can add external data within Workday Prisma Analytics."

"When you create certain objects, a lot of the time, the fields are text. They’re not numeric, date, or any other field type"

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Essbase is competitively priced."

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

"The solution is expensive."

"It is a costly solution."

"I do not know of the licensing cost, but there are additional costs like 5,00,000 for recruitment modules."

"Based on whatever I have heard, Workday Prism Analytics is considered an expensive tool."

"The solution is very expensive."

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Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about Workday Prism Analytics?

Feature-wise, I feel that the solution's stability is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Workday Prism Analytics?

Based on whatever I have heard, Workday Prism Analytics is considered an expensive tool. In fact, that has been one of the hindrance factors for Workday in making Prism Analytics more sellable.

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What needs improvement with Workday Prism Analytics?

I think there are still some gaps in the solution. There is not much flexibility in how we can add external data within Workday Prisma Analytics. For now, Workday has enabled the SFTP server and Am...

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Overview

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.

With Workday Prism Analytics, you can bring data in at scale from any source and prepare, analyze, and securely share it with your organization. The result? You gain all the insights you need to drive better business outcomes.

Sample Customers

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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