Databox vs. Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

Databox

Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Databox	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Databox is business intelligence software built for teams that need fast, actionable insights.	$199 per month
Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)	Score 8.0 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

Databox

Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

Editions & Modules

Professional: $199
per month
Growth: $499
per month
Premium: $999
per month

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Databox	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

20% discount for annual pricing.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Databox	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Databox Dustin Brackett CEO Chose Databox In comparison, Databox has been a more robust solution and one that works really well with HubSpot (our preferred marketing automation platform). It's a bit pricier than Cyfe was (not sure now), but the features are worth it. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Glover Content Marketer Chose Databox Much cheaper and seems to do at least as good of a job while having a similar integration stack. I also appreciate the efforts Databox go to on their blog and podcast to help educate people on all things data and metrics. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Databox Databox automatically integrates with tons of different data sources without you needing to arrange the backend information on how everything should connect. Tableau, Power BI, and Sisense require a lot of manual setup unless you have all of your fields perfectly matched up … Incentivized Helpful? Heather Robinette, MBA Marketing Manger Chose Databox While HubSpot is where we store our information and utilize the systems, the reporting wasn't deep enough and it didn't include the entire website since it is hosted elsewhere. So I started looking at options, and Databox came as a recommendation so I checked it out and haven't … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Databox Databox and Grow are similar tools, and truthfully, Grow is a more powerful platform with more sophisticated reporting, integrations, and a larger feature set. However, Grow is significantly more expensive and Databox has the features you need most for less of an investment. I … Incentivized Helpful? Stephanie Tran Sales System Architect Chose Databox HubSpot's reporting tool simply isn't enough. It also doesn't help that the reporting add-on for HubSpot is an additional $200/month, and it only reports on HubSpot stuff. That's why we selected Databox--to report on other platforms like FB ads, Google Analytics, etc. However, … Incentivized Helpful? Eric Pratt Managing Partner Chose Databox Databox is easier to set up and is much less costly. Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Berry SEO Strategy Specialist Chose Databox Databox is unique in its ability to report from multiple data sources. Google Analytics is the standard when it comes to web metrics, but it's just one of the tools that integrates with Databox. Tableau is fantastic for data visualizations and reporting, but it's much more … Incentivized Helpful?	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) AT Akin Tunc Principal Analyst Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) We prefer Oracle BI because it continues to support and is more user-friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Shashank Pathak Internet Marketing Analyst Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) We have chosen for particular tasks or according to requirements of clients, we are also use this because we are well familiar about this tactics and features too. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Oracle BI publisher Oracle analytics cloud Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Very easy to use and understanding the technology could work well for your organization. Sometimes the majority of the business unit's key stakeholders don't utilize the data for the needs of the business. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) BI Discoverer is simpler and lighter. It offers a much lighter option for data access when compared to most other business intelligence tools. However, the features on BI Discoverer are limited and cannot solve deeper analytics requirements. For such use cases, it might be … Incentivized Helpful? Jatel Desai Programmer Analyst Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Oracle BID was a better alternative than AER for our department. Since we are an Oracle-heavy department, using Oracle software for all tasks, from data storage to reporting was the way to go. BID has proven to be a cheaper, more efficient alternative to AER. It has served its … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Power BI is mostly for visualization and dashboards whereas Discoverer is for lifting heavy reports outputs. Oracle Apex can be used for building reports but not very complex ones. Pivot functionality in apex reports is not all good when it involves multiple nested groupings … Incentivized Helpful? Eduin Zuloaga IT Architecture Manager Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Regarding to Power BI and Business Intelligence Discovery I think the principal difference is Business Intelligence Discovery allow discoverer data from web services and there are a lot of tools for only one purpose, manage data! Regarding to SAP BusinessObjects and Business … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Both produce the same end results for creating reports used by higher management for decision making. The way they are designed and featured, the process is what makes them different. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) We selected this tool because it is easy to create an end-user layer which is the repository in the database. The data that is being used is from the datamart which we have built on a daily basis. This tool was selected because it is a web-based and available 24/7. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) N/A Incentivized Helpful? Sherif Said Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) They offer completely different functions. OBIEE is better for detailed data and Tableau is for visualization and summary of data. Incentivized Helpful? Rob Bates Public & Private Cloud Senior Engineer Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) We have used several products over the years, including Sisense and Tableau. They both stack up well against Business Intelligence Discoverer, however, the costs for us are what split them apart. Feature-wise, there isn't much to separate the products. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. OBIEE is much more expensive compared to Discoverer. OBIEE needs an ETL and Reporting team to develop reports. OBIEE involves complex modelling of RPD whereas it is much simpler with Discoverer. With Discoverer, it is as simple as … Incentivized Helpful? David Lisauskas Service Engineer Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) I did not select Discoverer.....however, I do prefer it to the other tools that I have used for report creation. I do like the mix of GUI and SQL direct code avail. I have mostly used the desktop version, but migrating over to the web based version and starting to build reports … Incentivized Helpful? yixiang Shan Strategic Planning And Engineering Advisor Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Tibco Spotfire or SaaS BI are much more flexible and comprehensive, being compared with Business Intelligence Discoverer, they support many ways of scripting and has rich data visualization options, and furthermore, they can be linked with recent popular ML/DL frameworks. Incentivized Helpful? Joseph R. Sweeney Senior Analyst Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Before our team grew to incorporate more database savvy members, Discoverer was an easy and efficient tool for reporting and analyzing data. As our team added more database members, though, we quickly outgrew the need for a simpler program and expanded into one where we could … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) Both Tableau and Argos are newer products and have much improved features. Argos in operation is closer to how Discoverer is. Tableau is a top rated analytics product. Incentivized Helpful? Glen Norman Lead Analyst - Accounting Systems Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Databox

Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

BI Standard Reporting

Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
	Databox 9.3 Ratings 13% above category average	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) 7.9 Ratings 3% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards	8.90 Ratings	7.70 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates	8.90 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Ad-hoc Reporting

Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
	Databox 8.6 Ratings 7% above category average	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) 7.9 Ratings 1% below category average
Drill-down analysis	8.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities	8.90 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages	7.90 Ratings	7.50 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration	9.40 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Report Output and Scheduling

Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
	Databox 8.3 Ratings 2% above category average	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) 8.3 Ratings 2% above category average
Publish to Web	8.90 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Publish to PDF	8.90 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Report Versioning	7.70 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling	8.90 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers	7.10 Ratings	7.70 Ratings

Data Discovery and Visualization

Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
	Databox 7.7 Ratings 4% below category average	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) 8.0 Ratings 0% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)	8.30 Ratings	8.40 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization	7.00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Predictive Analytics	7.90 Ratings	7.80 Ratings

Access Control and Security

Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
	Databox - Ratings	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) 9.7 Ratings 13% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)	00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

Mobile Capabilities

Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
	Databox - Ratings	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) 8.0 Ratings 4% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access	00 Ratings	7.90 Ratings
Mobile Application	00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile	00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
	Databox - Ratings	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued) 7.5 Ratings 3% below category average
REST API	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Javascript API	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
iFrames	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Java API	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Databox	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Small Businesses	Yellowfin Score 8.6 out of 10	Yellowfin Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Reveal Score 10.0 out of 10	Reveal Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Kyvos Semantic Layer Score 9.5 out of 10	Kyvos Semantic Layer Score 9.5 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Databox	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.8 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Databox	Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	Databox is fantastic for companies or agencies that regularly report on a variety of metrics from multiple data sources. It's ideal for any company that uses a variety of different tools (as long as Databox integrates with them). It's particularly good for HubSpot agencies and companies that use HubSpot. It's maybe not necessary for companies that only use one tool or don't do reporting. Incentivized Daniel Berry SEO Strategy Specialist Read full review	Discoverer is definitely well suited for a company that is working with a lot of data but does not have a large database knowledgeable team. It allows for basic database management while permitting users to access the data in a simple and efficient way. Reporting is easy to do and, again, does not require a lot of database know-how. If you are looking for more in-depth customization and multiple data sources from various vendors, though, you may want to look into a more robust platform. Incentivized Joseph R. Sweeney Senior Analyst Read full review
Pros	Create dashboards from a variety of data sources. Set & track goals based on the data and metrics provided. Send alerts and scorecard updates to Slack and email automatically. Incentivized Michael Glover Content Marketer Read full review	Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with our Reporting team. We are able to run reports needed immediately using this tool. Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with getting analysis of monthly and yearly medical data from across the state. Business Intelligence Discoverer helps with web publishing and sending information to the trading partners. Incentivized Jatel Desai Programmer Analyst Read full review
Cons	Some types of data can only be reported on for 1-2 months back. Unless I'm misunderstanding the function of the software this seems really weird. I can't figure out how to report on Activities more than 2 months ago Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It would be useful if users could be allowed to write subqueries. It would be helpful if there was a way for users to download the reports on their PC. Most of the functionality is awesome and I would like to see more graphics in the reports. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	Databox is an intuitive, well-designed platform that can be used by non-technical marketers. It is easy to learn, and while set up takes time, usability is high and the team has enjoyed creating custom dashboards and clients have also given us great feedback regarding its usability and value. While other BI tools are much more complex to navigate, Databox is a breeze. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	I have really enjoyed using Databox and have seen the value of it in many ways. They also continue to improve the functions of it and grow their integrations and templates. I look forward to continuing to use Databox in the future, potentially even finding ways to incorporate it into other departments to help them with reporting as well. Incentivized Heather Robinette, MBA Marketing Manger Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	While HubSpot is where we store our information and utilize the systems, the reporting wasn't deep enough and it didn't include the entire website since it is hosted elsewhere. So I started looking at options, and Databox came as a recommendation so I checked it out and haven't turned back. I didn't evaluate any other products because Databox met our need and we were able to get started right away. Incentivized Heather Robinette, MBA Marketing Manger Read full review	Discoverer is more of a departmental BI tool. OBIEE is much more expensive compared to Discoverer. OBIEE needs an ETL and Reporting team to develop reports. OBIEE involves complex modelling of RPD whereas it is much simpler with Discoverer. With Discoverer, it is as simple as importing database tables, defining joins and running the queries. Discoverer stacks very well on top of ERP systems directly. Users can run reports on ERP tables using Discoverer. To perform similar jobs through OBIEE, one has to either use Noetix or another transactional model. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	It has helped us to show our value to clients Easily digestible dashboards make it easy to understand what you're looking at Incentivized Dustin Brackett CEO Read full review	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. Incentivized Glen Norman Lead Analyst - Accounting Systems Read full review
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