BrightGauge vs Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Likelihood to Recommend

Any data-driven business that requires metrics and performance benchmarks, that need to drill into data for analysis, should use Bright Gauge. If you don't require data that can be displayed in a meaningful way, and that's not important to your business, then this product is probably not for you; otherwise, it's great.

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Ian Hansen

IT Services Director

Philantech3Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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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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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Near real-time data in dashboards is a game changer for decision making
Easy of setup of gauges, dashboards and reports makes the product versatile
Automated scheduled reporting increases visibility and reduces workload.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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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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Joseph R. Sweeney

Senior Analyst

The TJX Companies, Inc.Information Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Support quality has decreased since BrightGauge was acquired by Continuum then ConnectWise.
It would be helpful to be able to change multiple similar gauges at one time, as opposed to individually.
Reporting system could be improved. At the moment, I am not comfortable scheduling reports to be sent to customers.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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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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Jatel Desai

Programmer Analyst

Department of Industrial RelationsGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

BrightGauge 9.5

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Usability is BrightGauge's strength. Granting the ability of virtually any user to be able to create a dashboard is incredibly valuable. If an organization very simple and straight forward reporting needs then BrightGauge is a perfect fit for them. Connecting to the dataset we used was very quick and easy and I imagine it would be the same for any major data source you would like to pull from.

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Support Rating

BrightGauge 10.0

Based on 2 answers

We did not need to use BrightGauge's support for the entire time that we used it. Best support is always the one that isn't needed because nothing breaks.

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

We looked very briefly at Solar Winds, but due to Connectwise the reporting was not very accurate and was conflicted.

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Dale Bradford

Network Administrator

Leap Managed IT powered by Thomas OfficeInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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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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Glen Norman

Lead Analyst - Accounting Systems

Energy TransferOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

ROI can be difficult to measure specifically on a tool like this, but quicker, easier access to information is key.
Decrease workload and time in creation of reports has definitely created an ROI.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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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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Glen Norman

Lead Analyst - Accounting Systems

Energy TransferOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

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Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

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Likelihood to Recommend

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Feature Rating Comparison

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Cons

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Usability

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Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Support Rating

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Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Alternatives Considered

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Return on Investment

BrightGauge

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

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