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Oracle Essbase - Financial Analysis Software

Oracle Essbase Reviews in May 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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Oracle Essbase Reviews & Ratings

4.3

Very Good

Based on 326 ratings & 226 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(121)

Very Good

(90)

Good

(12)

Poor

(3)

Terible

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Expert's Review

Essbase, a multidimensional database tool, has garnered positive feedback over the last 12 months for its powerful analytical engine and user-friendly interface. Users appreciate the ease of slicing and dicing data for financial planning and forecasting purposes, emphasizing its ability to provide valuable insights into business operations. The customization ...Read more

Oracle Essbase pros and cons

  • Allows for rapid aggregation of data and easy integration with Excel, enhancing reporting capabilities.

  • Provides powerful calculation engine and flexibility in managing hierarchies, ensuring efficient financial analysis.

  • Offers intuitive interface and dynamic data access, simplifying ad hoc analysis for users.

  • Scalable and easy to integrate with other tools, enhancing data analysis and reporting efficiency.

  • Steep learning curve with various languages and functions to master, posing challenges for new users.

  • Limited ability to customize and handle exception situations, impacting data manipulation and management.

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CI

Consultant in Management Consulting

06/10/18

5 out of 5

Essbase Review

What do you like best? User friendly, Great for Finance and Accounting people What do you dislike? Loved original Essbase addin, SmartView not as easy to use. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Consultant. Have used for data analytics focused on add hoc queries.

CI

Consultant in Financial Services

06/10/18

5 out of 5

Oracle Essbase Excellence

What do you like best? Provides highly scalable data analytics with a strong data integrity What do you dislike? Not to be able to write a If() calculation that uses the logic @CurrMbr("Measures") = [some value]. I know you can hack this with [some other dim 's member]->@CurrMbr("Measures") = [some value], but often this is not possible because of the member in the If or in the other dims are already accounted for in the FIX. What problems are you solving with the product? ...

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AI

Administrator in Insurance

06/10/18

5 out of 5

Hyperion Essbase Financial Systems

What do you like best? The ease of running reports very quickly and the ability to modify deminsions and measures as needed. What do you dislike? Honestly, I do not have anything I dislike about using Essbase. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Benefits are the ability to run reports in record times.

AI

Administrator in Hospital & Health Care

06/10/18

5 out of 5

Essabase has all

What do you like best? FR reports and Smartview EAS.EAS consol give goos view fof What do you dislike? smartview performance is ow if we have large cube s with 24 dimesnions and we invested in Dedecca a third party tool which made our life easy Essabase drills but we moved to PBCS now and drilling is hard for us. Recommendations to others considering the product: But liensing is big issue now if we have PBCS we cant drill to PBCS cube in essabse view where we can have all ...

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CI

Consultant in Information Technology and Services

06/10/18

4.5 out of 5

I love working with Essbase.

What do you like best? Essbase is great for analysis of data sets over time. It has great flexibility to help businesses analyze their data. The built in calculation engine handles most financial calculations out of the box, but Essbase also allows custom calculations built in Java implemented as a Custom Defined Function What do you dislike? There are limitations in data load rules occasionally that cause challenges when loading data. I also have run into issues with Essbase when ...

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CI

Consultant in Computer & Network Security

06/10/18

4.5 out of 5

Wow Cube

What do you like best? Integration with Excel usage, Multi dimension, Speed What do you dislike? Lot of time with appplication management. complexity of use and configuration Recommendations to others considering the product: Make it simple What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Analysis, Data Model, Buudgetting

AI

Administrator in Telecommunications

06/10/18

4.5 out of 5

Essbase as a Reporting Tool

What do you like best? I like the versatility of using essbase as a reporting tool. The ability to set up templates and for reports that can be rolled forward month to month. Also new users who have a familarity with excel can catch on to it very quickly. What do you dislike? There is nothing that I dislike about Essbase. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? The business problems that we solve with Essbase are for reporting purposes. ...

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AI

Administrator in Defense & Space

06/10/18

4.5 out of 5

Excellent product

What do you like best? Everything from drill down to applying rule as per your need. What do you dislike? Character limits for the application names. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Financial planning and for Forecasting.

JM

Joe M

06/10/18

4.5 out of 5

Easiest OLAP tool around

What do you like best? Deployment is a breeze. ON-prem or Essbase CLoud Services (OAC) are easy for an on-prem to cloud (IaaS to Sass) What do you dislike? Cost - it's not cheap. Also - oracle's LRM costs are pretty steep. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? needed fast analytics for our business data

AI

Administrator in Airlines/Aviation

06/10/18

4 out of 5

tools review

What do you like best? simplification, and excel connectivity.. What do you dislike? commentary builtin feature would be great What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? driver based planning and forecasting

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