Metabase vs. Oracle Analytics Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Metabase
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Metabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.
$85
per month
Oracle Analytics Server
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Analytics Server, replacing the former Oracle BI Foundation Suite is a business intelligence reporting and analytics platform. It provides users with a series of integrated tools for ad-hoc query and analysis, dashboard and scorecard creation, enterprise reporting, mobile analytics, multidimensional OLAP, and predictive analytics.N/A
Pricing
MetabaseOracle Analytics Server
Editions & Modules
Starter
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Growth
$749
per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
Open Source
Free
Enterprise
starting at $15,000
per year
Enterprise
Starts at $15,000
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MetabaseOracle Analytics Server
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Features
MetabaseOracle Analytics Server
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.7
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Oracle Analytics Server
8.4
38 Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.02 Ratings8.934 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.02 Ratings9.237 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.02 Ratings7.138 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
6.0
2 Ratings
29% below category average
Oracle Analytics Server
8.2
38 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.02 Ratings8.437 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.02 Ratings8.138 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages2.01 Ratings7.124 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.02 Ratings9.237 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.5
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Oracle Analytics Server
9.1
38 Ratings
9% above category average
Publish to Web9.01 Ratings8.732 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings9.238 Ratings
Report Versioning7.01 Ratings9.030 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.01 Ratings9.836 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.618 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
6.5
2 Ratings
21% below category average
Oracle Analytics Server
8.5
37 Ratings
6% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.02 Ratings9.036 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.02 Ratings8.532 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.01 Ratings8.127 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
10.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Oracle Analytics Server
8.8
38 Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings9.238 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.02 Ratings8.238 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings8.537 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.02 Ratings9.321 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Oracle Analytics Server
7.3
30 Ratings
8% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings6.730 Ratings
Mobile Application10.01 Ratings7.326 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.02 Ratings7.528 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.5
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Oracle Analytics Server
7.7
18 Ratings
2% below category average
REST API7.12 Ratings7.915 Ratings
Javascript API9.01 Ratings9.016 Ratings
iFrames9.01 Ratings6.714 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)9.01 Ratings7.114 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings9.715 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings5.913 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
MetabaseOracle Analytics Server
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
9.2
(45 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(8 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MetabaseOracle Analytics Server
Likelihood to Recommend
Metabase
Very well-suited in growing organizations, at a company of the size I work at it is the perfect solution in terms of functionality and cost. Compared to other solutions like PowerBI etc, which can run into the hundreds of thousands just to implement, Metabase is fantastic. In terms of scalability, as we grow, there will be inevitable questions over how well we can grow with Metabase.
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Oracle
The entire deployment and configuration stage was easy and it was accessible across the organization in a matter of days. Oracle Analytics Server being a cloud-based solution helped right from Input of Bulk Data to Info preparation, Data cleaning, and finally Data Modeling. Everything was visual and the Help Wizard was very intuitive.
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Pros
Metabase
  • Store Data
  • Make Querying easy
  • Quickly ingest data from many sources
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Oracle
  • Oracle helps with easy customization of reports.
  • It helps with the creation of dashboards and the integration of different data sources.
  • Oracle BI was a package used for multiple users across our organization - publishing and distributing reports was a breeze.
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Cons
Metabase
  • Report Types
  • Updates
  • Colour/Branding
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Oracle
  • More AI but with human back up.
  • Less mumbo jumbo so even IT guys/gals can more easily work.
  • More statistics (math) and orientation for those not familiar with it.
  • More live as well as virtual (live) show casing of real situations in business.
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Likelihood to Renew
Metabase
No answers on this topic
Oracle
Scalability and rich integration capabilities. In the future, if we go with Hyperion for the Financial Consolidation and planning purposes -BI integration with Hyperion is going to be much simpler as it has native interface connectivity and even integration capabilities with well known CRM products (Siebel) and ERP Products (Oracle EBS, Peoplesoft, SAP) is going to be easy and straight forward.
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Usability
Metabase
Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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Oracle
For me or a staff memeber that uses it frequently, its usability is sufficient. However newbies could have a few issues but find their workflow
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Reliability and Availability
Metabase
No answers on this topic
Oracle
No problems, it's that simple.
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Performance
Metabase
No answers on this topic
Oracle
Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
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Support Rating
Metabase
No answers on this topic
Oracle
It's fast, efficient and easy to work with. Scheduling could help when planning out a day however overall it's a big plus when rolling out and supporting Oracle.
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In-Person Training
Metabase
No answers on this topic
Oracle
Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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Online Training
Metabase
No answers on this topic
Oracle
It was a private training site.
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Implementation Rating
Metabase
No answers on this topic
Oracle
A properly implemented Endeca solution performs extremely well on the largest of datasets and it positions your organization to immediately achieve your ROI.
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Alternatives Considered
Metabase
I used Looker in a previous role and found it clunky, difficult to navigate, hard to collaborate on, and ultimately massively expensive. I evaluated Looker to see if it would be right to implement it as a solution in my current role, but Metabase was the clear winner - the ease of use, cost, functionality, and simple report exploration made it an easy decision.
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Oracle
Oracle BI works pretty well and has been well acknowledged and appreciated by the business users and power users who develop reports and dashboards. Compared to other tools, Oracle BI object development is easier and has a quick turnout. Using Oracle BI with Essbase and Oracle Exadata db, we believe the performance rendering data is quite good. We are using MicroStrategy as well almost equally, but for critical reporting needs considering the back end is Oracle and Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) we have chosen OBIEE.
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Scalability
Metabase
No answers on this topic
Oracle
We have seen the results of this in our initial research and are not surprised that Oracle does this like it does soo many other things in this area, so well.
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Return on Investment
Metabase
  • We can make great reports for our customers quickly
  • We can store customer data dynamically
  • we can create customer specific metrics
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Oracle
  • We've used OBIEE (or it's previous named product) for over 13 years and it's still the most used tool for BI by the business.
  • We moved our largest business system off of Business Object into OBI so we could gain improved performance, reliability, and easier management of metadata.
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