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Oracle Essbase Reviews in July 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons
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Spotsaas Editor’s POV
Essbase is a multidimensional database built for financial planning and forecasting. Before shortlisting, verify that your team can support the deployment process—Essbase requires infrastructure planning and ongoing administration that smaller finance teams often underestimate. Test the learning curve in your demo: the tool uses multiple scripting languages ...Read more
Oracle Essbase pros and cons
Rapidly aggregates data and integrates with Excel, improving reporting capabilities.
Calculation engine handles complex hierarchies efficiently for financial analysis.
Ad hoc analysis is accessible through dynamic data access and a familiar interface.
Integrates with other tools and scales to support growing data analysis needs.
Steep learning curve with multiple proprietary languages and functions to master.
Limited ability to customize exception handling, complicating data manipulation.
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Niranjan R
06/11/18
Essbase product review
What do you like best? I have been using Essbase for the past 15 years and loved the product. What do you dislike? Orcale Essbase speed of response can be improved What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Multidimensional databases for financial planning, analysis and reporting
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Ashish M
06/11/18
Perfect for us!
What do you like best? Multidimenstional database Quick reporting Love to code in Calc scripts What do you dislike? User interface Training users - takes a lot! What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Financial Calculations and Reporting
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Administrator in Legal Services
06/11/18
Essbase review
What do you like best? Essbase engine, scalability, speed, etc. What do you dislike? Smart View stability issues on 32-bit Office (Excel) What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? FInancial reprorting, Profitability
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User in Medical Devices
06/11/18
Flexible
What do you like best? I like the ability to design a database to my own specifications. What do you dislike? The interface (EAS) can be a bit difficult at times. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Multiple data streams being collected into one data source.
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User in Oil & Energy
06/11/18
New to Essbase
What do you like best? I like using/setting up business calcs. What do you dislike? We currently use on prem so having to use EAS has been a transition for me coming from a HFM background. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? CapEx spending
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Internal Consultant in Information Services
06/11/18
Essbase Review for Coffee
What do you like best? The dynamic aggregation works quite well for our organization. Also, the ability to have more dimentinos than our planning cubes. It allows us to move data in/out very efficienctly. What do you dislike? the biggest drawback is the inability to store text and add more textual dimensions that I can do so easily with a relational db. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Managing monthly and annual ...
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Executive Sponsor in Information Technology and Services
06/11/18
Essbase Madness
What do you like best? The simplicity and easy to use of the tool What do you dislike? That is not able to scale (active/passive dependant, no dataguard,e tc) What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? The ability to make fast agregactions
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Consultant in Financial Services
06/11/18
Enterprise Architect
What do you like best? The best thing I like from Essbase is the power behinde the dynamic calculations and versatility at the moment of building either top down or bottom up models What do you dislike? THe fact that there had not been hugh improvments over the years in terms of performance and overall product architecture. Specially on scalability and high availability What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Fianance analytics, planning ...
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Internal Consultant in Banking
06/11/18
essbase and oac
What do you like best? essbase calculation functionality, real time results What do you dislike? the oac setup has been painful and very cryptic What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? financial planning, GL reporting, loan analysis
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Administrator in Machinery
06/11/18
The greatest OLAP system
What do you like best? Essbase power and flexibility. We are able to use it for multiple processes, and leverage its capabilities to reflect the complexity of our organization What do you dislike? Essbase requires expertise to leverage its capabilities and operate efficiently What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Business reporting, budget and headcount planning. Federated reporting
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