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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Metabase

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMetabase 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 Discoverer (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AOracle'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
    MetabaseOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $85
    per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
    Starter
    $85
    per month up to 5 users
    Pro
    $500
    per month up to 10 users
    Growth
    $749
    per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
    Enterprise
    15,000
    per year
    Open Source
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MetabaseOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    MetabaseOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Metabase and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Metabase
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.9
    20 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.02 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.04 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.34 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Metabase and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.9
    22 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.54 Ratings7.021 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.44 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.92 Ratings7.514 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.54 Ratings9.020 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Metabase and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.3
    22 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web9.01 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings9.020 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.02 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.01 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Metabase and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.54 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.02 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.92 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Metabase and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    9.7
    22 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.64 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.03 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.54 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.04 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Metabase and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.01 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.02 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Metabase and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.5
    9 Ratings
    3% below category average
    REST API8.93 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Javascript API9.02 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    iFrames9.02 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Java API10.01 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.02 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.01 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    MetabaseOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MetabaseOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MetabaseOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Metabase
    Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    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
    Metabase
    • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
    • Data representation from database directly.
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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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    Cons
    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
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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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    Usability
    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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    Alternatives Considered
    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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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
    Metabase
    • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
    • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
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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.
    Incentivized
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