
Vendor:
Founded:
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Oracle
1977
Austin, TX
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430,000+
Cloud, On-Premise
Yes
Oracle Analytics At A Glance
Product Overview
Oracle has offered a variety of BI software in the past, including the Business Intelligence 12c platform. However, the company now provides a more comprehensive BI tool called Oracle Analytics, which is the focus of this review.
Oracle Analytics uses embedded machine learning and artificial intelligence to help businesses make better decisions, faster. It has self-service functionality, so users can explore their data without leaning on IT. Oracle Analytics can be deployed in the cloud, on-premise or in a hybrid environment.
There are four main products:
- Oracle Analytics Cloud
- Oracle Analytics Server
- Oracle Fusion Analytics
- Oracle Essbase
We discuss each product in our Features section below.
Features
Oracle Analytics Cloud – Oracle Analytics Cloud allows users to create reports and dashboards from their web browser or mobile device. They can build visual stories out of their data, as well as ask questions (via voice or text) and get real-time answers. As mentioned, Oracle Analytics uses machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to streamline the data discovery process. It provides personalized recommendations for preparing datasets (e.g., dates/times, location), gives text descriptions of visualizations for presentations and gives forecasts and predictions with one click. In addition, users can get real-time alerts straight from their mobile device of new data or if data parameters reaches a specific goal. They can share reports with their teams or clients with collaboration and publishing functionality. Finally, Oracle Analytics Cloud can be embedded within another application.
Oracle Analytics Server – Oracle Analytics Server has the same features as Oracle Analytics Cloud except it’s intended for companies that want to host the software on their servers.
Oracle Fusion Analytics – This software integrates with other Oracle Cloud applications and includes a prebuilt key performance indicators (KPI) library. It also comes with prebuilt data models for finance, HR, customer service and supply chain management teams. It is now part of the Fusion Data Intelligence Platform, which combines ready-to-use analytics with prebuilt AI and machine learning models, in order to help businesses get deeper insights into their data and make actionable business decisions faster.
Oracle Essbase – With Oracle Essbase, users can design and test complex business scenarios. It includes 100 prebuilt calculations, and users can also create and store new formulas with most query languages (e.g., multidimensional expressions). They can also develop what-if analyses for multiple scenarios from a single user interface.
Target Market
Oracle Analytics targets finance, HR, sales, marketing and supply chain teams from organizations of all sizes and in many industries. We’ve listed 10 of its clients below.
- Adventist Health
- Coca-Cola HBC
- Dropbox
- FedEx
- Lyft
- Northwell Health
- Riverbed
- Synlait
- Vodafone
- Western Digital
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Implementation/Integration
Oracle develops a tailored implementation plan based on the client’s needs and requirements. Some of the typical components are identifying goals of the software, customization, data migration and training. Oracle offers free and paid courses on the Oracle Analytics and other solutions.
Customer Service & Support
Users can access the MyOracle Support Portal to browse articles, submit a ticket, participate in training courses and engage with other users via a community forum. Oracle offers tailored support plans that include a dedicated support manager, priority support and other services.
Pricing
The Oracle Analytics Cloud has two pricing plans: Professional and Enterprise. The Professional plan costs $16 per user, per month, while the Enterprise plan is priced at $80 per user, per month. It also uses the Oracle Compute Unit (OCPU) per hour strategy for companies that prefer that option. The Professional plan will then cost $0.54 OCPU per hour, and users on the Enterprise plan can expect to pay $1.07 OCPU per hour.
Pricing isn’t publicly available for the Oracle Analytics Server, Oracle Fusion Analytics and Oracle Essbase, so please contact the vendor for a quote.

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Some users have mentioned that Oracle Analytics Cloud has occasional performance issues (e.g., data load is too slow) and that there’s a steep learning curve because the interface is not intuitive.
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About
Oracle has a simple mission – to simplify IT resources. In so doing, it has created systems and products to enable hardware and software to work together. In addition to engineered systems and software, Oracle also has sold products and solutions relating to databases, servers, storage, and cloud solutions. It also offers solutions aimed at specific job functions, such as finance, marketing, and human resources.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, Oracle employs more than 164,000 people, including 47,000 developers and engineers.
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