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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $168

    per year per user

    Oracle Analytics

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AOracle Analytics is a solution used to visually explore data to create and share compelling stories. Oracle Analytics Cloud is a cloud native service, and Oracle Analytics Server is the on-premise option.N/A

    Pentaho

    Score6 out of 10
    N/APentaho is a suite of open source business intelligence and analytics products, now offered and supported by Hitachi Data Systems since the June 2015 acquisition.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BIOracle AnalyticsPentaho
    Editions & Modules
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month (billed annually) per user
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPower BI Desktop is the data exploration and report authoring experience for Power BI, and is available as a free download.Must contact sales team for pricing.—
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    [Microsoft] Power BI is practical and effective, like a hammer for a nail, it is easy to use and produces very quickly the results that in most cases are urgently required by clients (nice reports to share on the web). To start using [Microsoft] Power BI you need a business …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI does not have the feel of a fully independent and robust BI Solution. It tackles smaller functional or department-level analytic needs and can operate in a small or solo roll-out environment. But scaling up to enterprise would be better suited for Qlik or Tableau. Same …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI performs quite well in comparison to it's competitor's products. We compared it mainly to GoodData and Tableau. Power BI has a great pricing. It's affordable and efficient with mid-sized datasets. Hence many companies go for it. Competitive products like Tableau are …
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    Oracle
    Chose Oracle Analytics
    I think Oracle Analytics Server does a pretty good job against its competitors and, in fact, may surpass them in many areas. The cost is just a limitation, especially for small—to medium-sized organizations. The user interface and visuals are a win. Another limitation is the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Analytics
    With respect to the above mentioned tools the Oracle BI provides excellent semantic layer(BMM) layer which is very effective in creating complex measures for various financial reporting solutions and also other use cases. The delivery options are great too. Only drawback is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Analytics
    OBIEE is comparable to SAP BO in many respects, even more so than MS Power BI. It stacks up strong compared to another similar tool in the market with respect to enterprise-level reporting. Among various other financial and strategic reasons, OBIEE was chosen because of its …
    Incentivized
    Hitachi Vantara
    Chose Pentaho
    The basic functionality of Pentaho is well matching the capabilities of some of the main competitors. We also selected Pentaho since part of the platform is open source and can be used without commercial licenses. Currently we use a mix of the open source components and the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pentaho
    Pentaho ranks #3 out of the four. I would always choose Qlik Sense overall since it is so incredibly fast and adaptable. It also has built-in ETL and has a much greater community. If you don't like Qlik, Tableau would be a second choice but the company is difficult to work …
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    Chose Pentaho
    Since the Pentaho platform offers a range of broad functionality across data preparation and advanced analytics, it also can be easily integrated to support many data sources and machine-learning frameworks. Based on that fact, we selected Pentaho to be used in our internal …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Microsoft Power BIOracle AnalyticsPentaho
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Analytics and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.1
    198 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.1
    62 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pentaho
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.1169 Ratings8.055 Ratings8.618 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.6197 Ratings8.161 Ratings9.918 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.7180 Ratings8.361 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Analytics and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    196 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.0
    66 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Pentaho
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.4193 Ratings8.464 Ratings7.618 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.7193 Ratings8.265 Ratings8.319 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.4143 Ratings7.145 Ratings9.312 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.1191 Ratings8.162 Ratings9.717 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Analytics and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Oracle Analytics
    7.8
    63 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pentaho
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Publish to Web8.1179 Ratings7.755 Ratings9.618 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.7174 Ratings7.762 Ratings9.819 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.7145 Ratings7.753 Ratings9.713 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.3148 Ratings7.958 Ratings9.917 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.9111 Ratings7.938 Ratings9.310 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Analytics and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.7
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Oracle Analytics
    7.8
    61 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pentaho
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.3183 Ratings7.559 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.1168 Ratings7.552 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.1138 Ratings7.747 Ratings8.314 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.339 Ratings8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Analytics and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.3
    180 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.4
    61 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pentaho
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.6169 Ratings8.160 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.1148 Ratings8.160 Ratings9.619 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.1160 Ratings8.560 Ratings9.918 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.149 Ratings8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.5141 Ratings8.641 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Analytics and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    162 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.0
    48 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pentaho
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.5152 Ratings8.046 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.5133 Ratings8.033 Ratings6.97 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.8155 Ratings8.044 Ratings8.711 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Analytics and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.6
    116 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Oracle Analytics
    7.9
    36 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pentaho
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    REST API7.7104 Ratings8.231 Ratings8.310 Ratings
    Javascript API7.485 Ratings7.930 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    iFrames8.055 Ratings8.223 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Java API6.769 Ratings7.931 Ratings8.79 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.291 Ratings7.531 Ratings8.910 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.444 Ratings7.924 Ratings9.610 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    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
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BIOracle AnalyticsPentaho
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (199 ratings)
    8.1
    (76 ratings)
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (115 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
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    Performance
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    9.1
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.0
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    Online Training
    -
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    9.1
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    9.5
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    9.1
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    9.2
    (57 ratings)
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    8.1
    (57 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.2
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    Product Scalability
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Power BIOracle AnalyticsPentaho
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
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    Oracle
    Oracle Data Visualization is very effective if used in an enterprise context with huge volumes of data coming from different systems. It supports dashboard and reporting capabilities and is easy to scale. It also allows you to leverage machine learning capabilities to extract hidden data trends. Visualization capabilities are powerful but not so various if compared to other solutions on the market. If you want to present a dashboard to an executive audience and you want to make your dashboards beautiful you must adapt them through PowerPoint.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    Pentaho is very well suited to perform data extraction & data mining from various cloud storage & transform that data using various available data models. However, the software struggles when it comes to visualizing the extracted data in an appealing manner & can be difficult for end-users to get an understanding of data tables created using those models.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
    • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
    • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
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    Oracle
    • Available without of the box connectors for Salesforce and oracle Saas Cloud. This is a huge plus for our business since we don't need another middleware solution just for this sake.
    • We are able to connect to our on-prem SQL Server database where we have our RMA database and other applications seamlessly without writing custom APIs.
    • OAC writes directly into ADW which is another advantage for loading Excel files into ADW after dataflow transformations.
    • OAC allows replication of the database from fusion ERP and lets us create subject areas using the data modeler.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • Integrate and synchronize with big data easily
    • Import data from any sources and different databases
    • Managing data in on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments.
    • Compatibility and flexibility of the platform with any type of scenario and any business or industry
    • Various tools in the software suite to transformation of data
    • Simple interface appearance and creative UI graphics
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
    • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
    • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
    • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
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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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    Hitachi Vantara
    • I think the relative obscurity of the tool is a downside, not as many developers, consultants or peers you can tap into.
    • Lack of a solid user community held us back, looking at Power BI and Qlik, they have huge user communities that help each other out. Would have liked that here.
    • Smaller company means smaller sales force, and the lack of a local presence made it hard to only interact online with the account rep. Other companies have someone local who often stops by with pre-sales developers to just pitch in free of charge when they have time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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    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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    Hitachi Vantara
    I will use Pentaho until I find a better tool with a better, easier to use report designer client. For now, Pentaho has been the most powerful reporting tool for our clients because of its ability to connect to Odoo, integrate in Odoo (reports are accessible in Odoo) and the flexibility in report design and parameter integration
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
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    Oracle
    Great, if you are limited to using it along with other Oracle products; sadly, not if you are integrating with other products, which can be a challenge. It is a great product with tons of functionality and great integration with other in-house platforms. Great visuals and customization for data and analytics to provide decision-making data and analysis.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    The Pentaho tools are designed so you can start playing around on your own. Of course, you will need guidance at some point, but the training teams are good at guiding new users, and the online documentation is usually pretty up-to-date.
    Some of the tools, such as the Pentaho Data Integration tool and the Pentaho Server, are pretty self-explanatory. The other tools maybe are not so quickly and obvious to use, but again, with some documentation and some customer support, you can find your way around them.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No problems, it's that simple.
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    Hitachi Vantara
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
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    Hitachi Vantara
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Analytics Support team is very proactive and I have never had a situation where I had to wait for more than a day or two to get my issues resolved. This is a very big help for us and we appreciate Oracle and its team for guaranteeing that experience.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    They were responsive to our questions when we raised issues. They gave us workarounds when required. They were quite knowledgeable when it came to issue analysis and providing fixes. They were forthright in informing us if a bug was not due for release soon.
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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    Hitachi Vantara
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    It was a private training site.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    Course Taken: DI1000 Pentaho Data Integration Fundamentals Setup A week before your class started, the instructor will start sending out class material and lab setup instructions. This is helpful so that you understand how the environment is laid out and can start reviewing the content. Ultimately it saved about a 1/2 day trying to setup with 10 other people online which was great! The Course The 3-day course was laid out like many other technical classes with 15-30 minutes instruction and 15-60 minutes of lab exercises. The instructor was very knowledgeable with the functionality from version to version and answered questions as we went along. I was amazed at some of the functionality that was available that I was not using at the time and quickly implemented changes to many existing transformations and jobs. The novice users seemed to catch on quickly and more experienced users explained how some of the functionality was used in their home environments. Towards the end there was enough time so that we were able to ask very directed questions about our own environments. Overall, I really found the class to be informative and deliver enough information to be dangerous. My skills improved and I was able to design better and efficient transformations for the HIE. Course Description: https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/pentaho-data-integration-fundamentals-di1000
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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    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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    Hitachi Vantara
    Get the right people in before starting implementation. Start small and build as you go approach is time consuming and involves lot of rework. Evangalize within the organization the capabilities and limitations equally so that correct delivery expectations are set. Set expectations with the Customer that the tool cannot replace proprietary software in terms of stability/usability and that timelines could change given the new ness of the product.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Analytics Cloud, is one of the most agile and secure data analysis platforms that according to the budget and the amount of use, you can use the resources you need under the cloud. The Oracle brand is also very well known in this field and can meet all the needs of an organization or industry in any sector.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    Since the Pentaho platform offers a range of broad functionality across data preparation and advanced analytics, it also can be easily integrated to support many data sources and machine-learning frameworks. Based on that fact, we selected Pentaho to be used in our internal department. It also supports many of our BI use cases as required by company management or the business user. Last but not least, the Pentaho license is cheaper than their competitor.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    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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    Hitachi Vantara
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
    • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
    • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
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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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    Hitachi Vantara
    • Pentaho has improved our overall business process.
    • Pentaho has helped the Managers and Directors to analyze the numbers going up and down from time to time.
    • We have a started a big project using Pentaho that is going to include all the business processes in the organization.
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