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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft BI (MSBI)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.

    $14

    per month per user

    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AOracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is a solution that helps users model and plan across finance, HR, supply chain, and sales, streamline the financial close process.

    $250

    per user/per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Editions & Modules
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month per user
    EPM Standard
    $250
    per user/per month
    EPM Enterprise
    $500
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing per user varies by component within the Oracle EPM Cloud solution. Please see pricing information for the EPM Cloud components on cloud.oracle.com or contact Oracle Sales at +1.800.633.0738.
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    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    53 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    5.6
    3 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.546 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.653 Ratings4.43 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.951 Ratings4.43 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    53 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    6.7
    23 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.548 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.253 Ratings7.021 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.342 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.953 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    52 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.5
    19 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Publish to Web9.348 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.148 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.444 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.547 Ratings7.015 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    52 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    5.9
    3 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.651 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.748 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.745 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.3
    53 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.2
    24 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.449 Ratings7.020 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.347 Ratings6.023 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.949 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.36 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.431 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.0
    42 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.2
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.239 Ratings6.22 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.739 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    -
    Ratings
    REST API9.221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    6.6
    38 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings7.030 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings7.038 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings6.037 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings6.035 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings7.033 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.3
    20 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.2
    34 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings9.030 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings6.028 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings6.019 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    6.8
    25 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings6.024 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings6.024 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    7.0
    36 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings7.034 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings7.032 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings7.028 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    OneStream
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (77 ratings)
    8.5
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (19 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    6.8
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft BI has a lot of features and is a very powerful tool, especially if you have folks on your team that know how to utilize all of its capabilities. To truly unlock all that it can do, it does require people to have a deep understanding of its capabilities. That's where the software really shines. If you are looking for a simpler, more basic reporting tool, there are other programs available that do not require such a steep learning curve.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    It is well suited in a geographically distributed environment where you have various key participants in multiple time zones providing input and necessary explanations on performance and measured success It is less appropriate where you have a single office environment with a single finance department working together. It is also less suited when the GL is NOT an Oracle product and the interface between the GL and the reporting software needs to be implemented with utmost care and handling.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Comparatively easy to use compared to other data analytics solutions, collaborating with other colleagues on data work is simple.
    • Using Visual Studio for database, ETL, reporting, and analytics development save time and money.
    • Transfer of data from one application to another via Excel and comparison of data attributes between applications
    • Dashboard functionality, as well as Python support, are available, allowing you to add additional charts and graphs.
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    Oracle
    • Account Reconciliation CLoud Services provides tight integration with Oracle R12 and 11i . Provides drillback capability. It is flexible and provides rich functionality to users.
    • We have implemented ARCS on cloud and migrated planning and budgeting from On premise to PBCS and EPBCS. Functionality is onpar with onpremise. Provides regular updates monthly
    • We don't need to upgrades every year and saved a lot on Hardware.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • MSBI designs can work on increasing data processing capabilities enough to handle the huge datasets etc.
    • It would be a lot better if it is a little low on cost.
    • it needs to create opportunities little more than they do regarding customization of some very unique visualization effects
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    Oracle
    • The limitation of constrained out of the box dimensions that requires ripping the initial implementation to add the new dimensions is a major drawback.
    • Smartview interface is cumbersome for many.
    • The only financial adapter is available for integration for other modules we have to go with file-based uploads which is cumbersome and not real-time.
    • It is very costly in terms of licensing unlike other Oracle products.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Microsoft BI is fundamental to our suite of BI applications. That being said, Northcraft Analytics is focused on delighting our customers, so if the underlying factors of our decision change, we would choose to re-write our BI applications on a different stack. Luckily, mathematics are the fundamental IP of our technology... and is portable across all BI platforms for the foreseeable future.
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    Oracle
    We have a pretty good userbase who are at the high level who gained value from this tool. Discontinuing this tool is prone to impact their day to day operations. Also the data in this tool cannot alter the source, which maintains the integrity of this tool. Smartview is a cool addition that gained lot of traction as well.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    The Microsoft BI tools have great usability for both developers and end users alike. For developers familiar with Visual Studio, there is little learning curve. For those not, the single Visual Studio IDE means not having to learn separate tools for each component. For end-users, the web interface for SSRS is simple to navigate with intuitive controls. For ad-hoc analysis, Excel can connect directly to SSAS and provide a pivot table like experience which is familiar to many users. For database development, there is beginning to be some confusion, as there are now three tool choices (VS, SSMS, Azure Data Studio) for developers. I would like to see Azure Data Studio become the superset of SSMS and eventually supplant it.
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    Oracle
    It produces consolidated multi currency reports faster and more accurately whilst adding additional pivotal functionality. The Smartview reporting is a key for us and a flagstone of the application
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    The product has been reliable.
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    Oracle
    EPM has been so far available all the time
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) can drag at times. We created two report servers and placed them under an F5 load balancer. This configuration has worked well. We have seen sluggish performance at times due to the Windows Firewall.
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    Oracle
    The product performance is so far very good
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    MSBI natively has a site that allows you to vote on user enhancements and bug fixes. This allows the largest nagging issues to float to the top and the development team can prioritize accordingly. As mentioned earlier, the large community base of MSBI developers assist technical resources in handling technical questions.
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    Oracle
    Support from our implementation partner is a 10/10, but support from Oracle is awful. Case in point: recently over a 2-day period, there were a series of intermittent outages. Oracle actually asked US for the outage time-stamps. I would have thought that, since we were paying them, they should probably be able to tell us!
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    This training was more directed toward what the product was capable of rather than actual programming.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Microsoft
    I have used on-line training from Microsoft and from Pragmatic Works. I would recommend Pragmatic Works as the best way to get up to speed quickly, and then use the Microsoft on-line training to deep dive into specific features that you need to get depth with.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    We are a consulting firm and as such our best resources are always billing on client projects. Our internal implementation has weaknesses, but that's true for any company like ours. My rating is based on the product's ease of implementation.
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    Oracle
    I suggest doubling the time to implement from the initial quote you get from the Sales team. That's always been the case for me for multiple EPMs now. The out-of-the-box functionality of Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud is pretty robust so I appreciate that and it really helped us get the ball rolling quickly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    We have used the built in ConnectWise Manager reports and custom reports. The reports provide static data. PowerBI shows us live data we can drill down into and easily adjust parameters. It's much more useful than a static PDF report.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud fared very well against Adaptive, Anaplan, and Host Analytics. We ultimately decided on Oracle due to its reputation and strength of existing customers. We are happy with our decision.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    The product is scalable
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • As a SaaS provider we see being able to provide self-service BI to our client users as a competitive advantage. In fact the MSSQL enabled BI is a contributing factor to many winning RFPs we have done for prospective client organisations.
    • However MSSQL BI requires extensive knowledge and skills to design and develop data warehouses & data models as a foundation to support business analysts and users to interrogate data effectively and efficiently. Often times we find having strong in-house MSSQL expertise is a bless.
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    Oracle
    • Significantly reduced the amount of money we spent for the maintenance of in-house hardware.
    • We now need less employees to manage the configurations of Oracle EPM Cloud.
    • There have been many time savings as a whole to apply to more productive causes.
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    ScreenShots

    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of Process and Workflow - Flexible Workflow and Process Management - Annotations - Concurrency in UsageScreenshot of Integration - External Integration - Oracle ERP Systems and Hybrid On-Premise DeploymentScreenshot of Planning and Forecasting - Decision-Oriented Plans with Instant Feedback Loop - What-If Modeling and SandboxScreenshot of Process and Workflow - Flexible Workflow and Process Management - Annotations - Concurrency in UsageScreenshot of User Interface - Role-Based, Intuitive User Interface - Role-Based Navigation Flows - Microsoft Office InterfaceScreenshot of Integration - External Integration - Oracle ERP Systems and Hybrid On-Premise Deployment