Longview Analytics (arcplan) vs. Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Longview Analytics (arcplan)
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
Longview Analyticsis a reporting tool that doesn’t require additional tools or experts to create custom dashboards to enable teams to monitor company-wide activities and implement performance-enhancing changes. It is designed to empower users to improve resource management and strategic impact through data-driven insights and increased automation.N/A
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Oracle's Business Intelligence Discoverer is an ad- hoc query and analysis reporting tool oriented for end users to have easy access to relational and multi-dimensional data. The product is now end of life. The vendor has stated that Discoverer 11g release 11.1.1.7.0 is the terminal release of Discoverer.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Longview Analytics (arcplan)Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Longview Analytics (arcplan)
7.6
2 Ratings
8% below category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
7.9
20 Ratings
4% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports6.42 Ratings8.017 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.02 Ratings7.717 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.52 Ratings8.020 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Longview Analytics (arcplan)
7.4
2 Ratings
9% below category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
7.9
22 Ratings
3% below category average
Drill-down analysis5.82 Ratings7.021 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.32 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.02 Ratings7.514 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.52 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Longview Analytics (arcplan)
8.9
2 Ratings
6% above category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
8.3
22 Ratings
1% below category average
Publish to Web7.82 Ratings8.021 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.02 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Report Versioning10.02 Ratings9.018 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.82 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.716 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Longview Analytics (arcplan)
7.1
2 Ratings
13% below category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
8.0
16 Ratings
1% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.72 Ratings8.416 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.72 Ratings7.815 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.72 Ratings7.815 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Longview Analytics (arcplan)
8.2
2 Ratings
5% below category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
9.7
22 Ratings
12% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.02 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.02 Ratings10.020 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.52 Ratings9.021 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Longview Analytics (arcplan)
6.7
2 Ratings
17% below category average
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
8.0
16 Ratings
1% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.52 Ratings7.915 Ratings
Mobile Application5.01 Ratings7.811 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.32 Ratings7.811 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Longview Analytics (arcplan)
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Ratings
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
7.5
9 Ratings
5% below category average
REST API00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
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User Ratings
Longview Analytics (arcplan)Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(2 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Insightsoftware, Inc
It is very suitable for complete corporate BI solutions. If you see BI as embedding information into your organization and business processes, and thus as more than just a few scattered dashboards and reports, arcplan is your platform. It's less suitable for ad-hoc reporting and data discovery. It can do it (everything is possible), but there is strong competition in this area.
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Discoverer is well suited as a reporting tool where data integration doesn't play a major role. Discoverer suits very well situations where a user has to run a query every day. Discoverer reports can be scheduled and the user can just view the data instead of running the query manually. Also, Discoverer takes away the pain of managing the database credentials. Discoverer is not well suited to situations where the whole enterprise wants to view the same dashboard. Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. Discoverer doesn't offer many options to integrate data unless one has to create and handle integration using PL/SQL.
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Pros
Insightsoftware, Inc
  • Excellent dashboard.
  • Well advanced BI metrics.
  • Better interfacing to other DW.
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Discontinued Products
  • SQL friendly which allows for fast adoption for those users who know how to write in SQL. This makes integration with other programs much easier.
  • Accessing data is very fast even with larger data sets.
  • The layout is clean and organized similar to a spreadsheet which allows for easier viewing and analyzing of the data.
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Cons
Insightsoftware, Inc
  • Positioning and marketing. Most BI vendors use a non-technical sales strategy and focus on shiny, sexy dashboards to sell the story. In order to position arcplan fairly and correctly, the technical and business advantages need to be part of a sales story. So, it is not really an easy product to sell to customers, if it has to compete with now-to-wow-five-minute products.
  • Learning/training for developers. It's easy to learn the basics of arcplan, because the interface is logical. But nothing prevents a beginning developer from creating a monstrous application, because there is no prescribed architecture. It really takes some experience to become a good arcplan architect. It's a disadvantage resulting from one of arcplan's biggest advantages.
  • Data connectors: arcplan standard comes with a connector of your choice. Additional connectors need to be purchased separately. Many other products come with a full range of connectors.
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Discontinued Products
  • There is always room for more scalability and optimization of performance.
  • Oracle BI changes a lot from version to version. A smoother transition into a new version would be very helpful.
  • Oracle BI's reporting tool is a little hard to use at first. The UI/UX of the tool can use improvement.
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Alternatives Considered
Insightsoftware, Inc
Personally, I prefer QlikView not because it's more stable but simply just for the looks of the dashboard. One of my clients in Sydney recently moved from arcplan to QlikView. The reason was mainly looks and that QlikView has more training materials for the support users to train with. So in all, it does not really stack well against QlikView.
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Discontinued Products
Discoverer was already in place when I joined the company so I was not involved in the selection process. However, I have been involved in the review of Discoverer as compared to alternatives including Business Objects, OBIEE, and SSRS. On a cost benefit analysis Discoverer always came out on top. Changing to another tool never provided enough additional functionality to overcome the cost of conversion and ongoing maintenance.
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Return on Investment
Insightsoftware, Inc
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Discontinued Products
  • We have used Discoverer to respond to state sales and use tax audits and saved the company more than the cost of the product. Discoverer has thus assisted in our objective of managing costs.
  • Discoverer is used to provide reports for EEOC reporting assisting our goal of complying with all government requirements.
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